Jack Billingham
1968–1980 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, NLS
396G
.111AVG
.152OBP
.125SLG
More career statistics
62H
0HR
23RBI
0SB
145–113W–L
2,230.2IP
1,141K
3.82ERA
305GS
15SV
3Rare feats
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 · Games | 396 | 476 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 9,486 | 9,487 |
| Pitching · p er | 948 | 947 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 6,692 | 6,694 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,068 | 1,067 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 396 | 656 | 559 | 21 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 27 | 206 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70 | .111 | .152 | .125 | .277 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,230.7 | 476 | 305 | 74 | 145 | 113 | 15 | 2,272 | 1,068 | 948 | 176 | 750 | 1,141 | 0 | 0 | 3.82 | 1.355 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1973-09-03 to 1973-09-21
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1975-04-24 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1968-08-24 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 12 strikeouts | 1970-09-28 | 1 in 426 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 229 | 281 | 31 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 85 | .128 | .146 | .149 |
| Away | 247 | 375 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 121 | .098 | .128 | .107 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 77 | 90 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 27 | .115 | .122 | .115 |
| May | 91 | 116 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 40 | .103 | .138 | .113 |
| June | 79 | 116 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 40 | .069 | .086 | .079 |
| July | 75 | 111 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 31 | .134 | .189 | .144 |
| August | 79 | 129 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37 | .104 | .124 | .113 |
| September | 71 | 93 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 30 | .152 | .161 | .203 |
| October | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| atlanta-braves | 48 | 65 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | .111 | .108 | .130 |
| san-francisco-giants | 45 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 23 | .098 | .125 | .115 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 38 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15 | .088 | .163 | .088 |
| san-diego-padres | 36 | 86 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 26 | .097 | .116 | .097 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 36 | 69 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 21 | .164 | .174 | .197 |
| houston-astros | 33 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | .159 | .176 | .205 |
| chicago-cubs | 31 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | .070 | .115 | .070 |
| montreal-expos | 29 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | .054 | .063 | .071 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 |  Los Angeles Dodgers | 50 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 71 | 46 |
| 1969 |  Houston Astros | 52 | 14 | 1 | – | – | – | .071 | 82 | 71 |
| 1970 | Houston Astros | 46 | 58 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .103 | 187 | 134 |
| 1971 | Houston Astros | 33 | 73 | 9 | – | 4 | – | .123 | 228 | 139 |
| 1972 |  Cincinnati Reds | 36 | 71 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .070 | 217 | 137 |
| 1973 | Cincinnati Reds | 40 | 93 | 6 | – | 4 | – | .065 | 293 | 155 |
| 1974 | Cincinnati Reds | 36 | 67 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .075 | 212 | 103 |
| 1975 | Cincinnati Reds | 33 | 65 | 7 | – | 4 | – | .108 | 208 | 79 |
| 1976 | Cincinnati Reds | 34 | 59 | 14 | – | 4 | – | .237 | 177 | 76 |
| 1977 | Cincinnati Reds | 36 | 56 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .161 | 161 | 76 |
| 1978 |  Detroit Tigers | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 201 | 59 |
| 1979 | Detroit Tigers | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 158 | 59 |
| 1980 | Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 31 | 7 |