Jack Billingham stats
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1968
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1968
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 476
- W
- 145
- L
- 113
- ERA
- 3.83
- IP
- 2230.2
- K
- 1,141
- BB
- 750
- WHIP
- 1.35
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | LAD | 50 | 3 | 0 | 2.17 | 70.2 | 46 | 30 | 1.19 |
| 1969 | HOU | 52 | 6 | 7 | 4.25 | 82.2 | 71 | 29 | 1.46 |
| 1970 | HOU | 46 | 13 | 9 | 3.98 | 187.2 | 134 | 63 | 1.35 |
| 1971 | HOU | 33 | 10 | 16 | 3.39 | 228.1 | 139 | 68 | 1.20 |
| 1972 | CIN | 36 | 12 | 12 | 3.18 | 217.2 | 137 | 64 | 1.20 |
| 1973 | CIN | 40 | 19 | 10 | 3.04 | 293.1 | 155 | 95 | 1.20 |
| 1974 | CIN | 36 | 19 | 11 | 3.94 | 212.1 | 103 | 64 | 1.40 |
| 1975 | CIN | 33 | 15 | 10 | 4.11 | 208.0 | 79 | 76 | 1.43 |
| 1976 | CIN | 34 | 12 | 10 | 4.32 | 177.0 | 76 | 62 | 1.42 |
| 1977 | CIN | 36 | 10 | 10 | 5.23 | 161.2 | 76 | 56 | 1.55 |
| 1978 | DET | 30 | 15 | 8 | 3.88 | 201.2 | 59 | 65 | 1.40 |
| 1979 | DET | 35 | 10 | 7 | 3.30 | 158.0 | 59 | 60 | 1.41 |
| 1980 |  DET/BOS | 15 | 1 | 3 | 10.23 | 31.2 | 7 | 18 | 2.34 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 10
- W
- 2
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 2.03
- IP
- 40.0
- K
- 32
- BB
- 15
- WHIP
- 1.08
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 74
- SHO
- 27
- K/9
- 4.6
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | HOU | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | HOU | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | HOU | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | CIN | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | CIN | 0 | 16 | 7 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | CIN | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | CIN | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | CIN | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | CIN | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | DET | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | DET | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | DET/BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Jack Billingham's career stats?
Jack Billingham played 13 seasons for the Dodgers, the Astros, the Reds and the Tigers. He had 145 wins and 1,141 strikeouts with a 3.83 ERA over 2,230.2 innings. His best season was 1973: 19 wins, a 3.04 ERA and 155 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1968 to 1980
Championships ×2
- 1975 World Series with the Cincinnati Reds
- 1976 World Series with the Cincinnati Reds
All-time career rank
- 271st in wins (pitching) (145)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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