Dick Billings
1968–1975 · bats R / throws R · St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Washington Senators (1961-71)
400G
.227AVG
.281OBP
.304SLG
More career statistics
280H
16HR
142RBI
6SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 207 | 208 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400 | 1,345 | 1,231 | 101 | 280 | 44 | 1 | 16 | 142 | 87 | 207 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 374 | .227 | .281 | .304 | .585 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1972-05-31 to 1972-06-09
9longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1972-08-13 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1972-08-08 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1973-06-08 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 199 | 659 | 140 | 8 | 73 | 53 | 97 | .235 | .293 | .312 |
| Away | 201 | 686 | 140 | 8 | 69 | 34 | 111 | .221 | .254 | .297 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 44 | 99 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 12 | .209 | .283 | .233 |
| May | 67 | 172 | 39 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 33 | .242 | .273 | .292 |
| June | 61 | 209 | 46 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 21 | .241 | .278 | .314 |
| July | 74 | 301 | 66 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 44 | .239 | .272 | .304 |
| August | 64 | 248 | 55 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 40 | .237 | .274 | .336 |
| September | 87 | 306 | 55 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 57 | .199 | .268 | .304 |
| October | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .111 | .200 | .111 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 46 | 153 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 39 | .182 | .248 | .234 |
| chicago-white-sox | 43 | 137 | 32 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 19 | .246 | .270 | .308 |
| boston-red-sox | 41 | 133 | 30 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 15 | .265 | .353 | .319 |
| california-angels | 37 | 122 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 18 | .168 | .205 | .230 |
| baltimore-orioles | 36 | 133 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16 | .207 | .263 | .298 |
| kansas-city-royals | 36 | 113 | 23 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 20 | .230 | .283 | .320 |
| minnesota-twins | 36 | 120 | 28 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 17 | .257 | .308 | .385 |
| new-york-yankees | 34 | 114 | 33 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 9 | .306 | .316 | .444 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 |  Washington Senators (1961-71) | 12 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 3 | – | .182 | – | – |
| 1969 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 27 | 37 | 5 | – | – | – | .135 | – | – |
| 1970 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 11 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1971 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 116 | 349 | 86 | 6 | 48 | 2 | .246 | – | – |
| 1972 |  Texas Rangers | 133 | 469 | 119 | 5 | 58 | 1 | .254 | – | – |
| 1973 | Texas Rangers | 81 | 280 | 50 | 3 | 32 | 1 | .179 | – | – |
| 1974 | St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers | 17 | 36 | 8 | – | – | 2 | .222 | – | – |
| 1975 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |