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Jack Billingham

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 195lb (193cm, 88kg)

Born: February 21, 1943 in Orlando, FL us

High School: Winter Park HS (Winter Park, FL)

Debut: April 11, 1968 (Age 25-050d, 12,669th in major league history)
vs. NYM 0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 20, 1980 (Age 37-120d)
vs. CAL 3.1 IP, 10 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 7 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Full Name: John Eugene Billingham

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.4

145

113

ERA

3.83

476

305

2231.1

1141

WHIP

1.354

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 11	DET	@	KCR	L,3-10	GS	23	6.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
2	7 (3)	Apr 16	DET		KCR	W,10-4	GS	25	5.0	0	3	0	3	2	P
3	10 (2)	Apr 21	DET		TOR	L,4-5	GS	22	4.2	0	2	1	3	0	P
4	12 (1)	Apr 26 (1)	DET	@	MIL	L,1-5	GS	22	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	17 (4)	May 1	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	18	May 3	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	GF	7	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
7	20 (1)	May 5	DET	@	MIN	W,8-4	GF	16	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	23 (2)	May 8	DET		CHW	W,10-8	GF	18	4.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
9	25 (1)	May 11	DET		MIL	L,1-5		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	27 (1)	May 13	DET		MIL	W,6-2	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	34 (6)	May 21	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
12	38 (3)	May 27 (1)	DET		BAL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	44 (5)	Jun 1	DET	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	27	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	48 (3)	Jun 5	DET	@	SEA	W,3-1	GS	26	6.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
15	52 (3)	Jun 10	DET	@	CAL	W,10-7	GS	14	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	56 (3)	Jun 14	DET		SEA	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	61 (4)	Jun 19	DET	@	BOS	W,10-4	GS	29	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	66 (4)	Jun 23 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	70 (3)	Jun 28	DET		BOS	W,6-3	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	75 (4)	Jul 3	DET		TOR	L,1-9	GS	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	81 (5)	Jul 8 (1)	DET	@	MIL	L,4-5	GS	17	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	95 (13)	Jul 23	DET		CHW	L,3-11		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	100 (4)	Jul 28	DET	@	TOR	L,0-3		3	0.1	0	0	1	1	0	P
24	103 (2)	Jul 31	DET	@	TEX	L,3-11	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	105 (1)	Aug 3 (1)	DET		KCR	L,3-5	GF	6	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
26	110 (4)	Aug 7 (2)	DET		TEX	W,8-2	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	116 (5)	Aug 11	DET	@	KCR	L,5-11	GS	29	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	119 (2)	Aug 14	DET	@	CAL	W,6-3	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
29	123 (3)	Aug 19	DET	@	SEA	L,4-8		11	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	131 (7)	Aug 27	DET		CAL	W,3-2	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	136 (4)	Sep 1	DET		OAK	L,3-6	GS	19	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	142 (5)	Sep 7	DET		NYY	W,6-0	GF	22	6.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	148 (5)	Sep 15 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-7	GF	24	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	153 (4)	Sep 20	DET		BAL	L,7-8		21	4.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
35	159 (5)	Sep 28	DET		BOS	L,4-7	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
							35gm		158.0	6	21	2	29	3