Josh Billings
1927–1929 · bats R / throws R · Detroit Tigers
39G
.250AVG
.301OBP
.324SLG
More career statistics
17H
0HR
6RBI
0SB
10–15W–L
197.0IP
67K
5.03ERA
25GS
1Rare feat
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 · At bats | 68 | 67 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 15 | 17 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 77 | 76 |
| Batting · RBI | 6 | 5 |
| Pitching · p er | 110 | 111 |
| Pitching · p h | 209 | 208 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 591 | 592 |
| Pitching · p k | 67 | 68 |
| Pitching · p w | 107 | 109 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 77 | 68 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .250 | .301 | .324 | .625 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 197.0 | 39 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 209 | 133 | 110 | 7 | 107 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 5.03 | 1.604 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1927-08-31 to 1927-10-02
6longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1928-08-16 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 |  Detroit Tigers | 10 | 27 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .259 | 67 | 18 |
| 1928 | Detroit Tigers | 21 | 35 | 10 | – | 4 | – | .286 | 111 | 49 |
| 1929 | Detroit Tigers | 8 | 5 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 19 | 1 |