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Dick
Billings		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: December 4, 1942 in Usa, MI, DETROIT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1974   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1968 25 MON NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1969 26 MON NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1970 27 COL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 7
1971 28 COL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1972 29 COL NL     7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1973 30 COL NL     8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 4 4 7 7 7
1974 31 COL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 7
1975 32 COL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 6 6 6
1976 33 COL NL $ 350,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1968 25 AA   137 521 48 130 29 0 7 40 1 1 46 79 .250 .310 .345 .656 55.9  
1969 26 AA   120 422 49 120 23 1 9 52 3 0 56 61 .284 .368 .408 .776 64.6  
1970 27 COL NL 62 165 15 42 4 1 2 17 0 1 14 25 .255 .313 .327 .640 16.1 2.6
    AAA   28 122 14 42 3 3 2 10 0 0 9 16 .344 .389 .467 .857 20.5  
1971 28 COL NL 39 131 19 40 9 0 1 8 0 0 3 20 .305 .326 .397 .723 14.1 2.7
    AAA   83 318 32 96 17 0 3 35 0 0 23 46 .302 .349 .384 .733 41.1  
1972 29 AAA   135 499 58 153 29 1 11 59 0 0 59 60 .307 .380 .435 .815 80.6  
1973 30 AAA   137 517 67 155 25 0 6 68 2 0 44 71 .300 .355 .383 .738 69.2  
1974 31 COL NL 23 61 4 17 3 0 1 7 0 0 1 6 .279 .290 .377 .667 6.5 0.9
1975 32 COL NL 17 51 8 9 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 8 .176 .204 .275 .478 2.0 0.0
1976 33 AAA   101 188 23 62 15 1 5 29 1 0 20 21 .330 .394 .500 .894 34.4  
4 Years Sim 141 408 46 108 18 1 5 36 0 1 20 59 .265 .300 .350 .650 38.7 6.2
5 Years AAA 484 1644 194 508 89 5 27 201 3 0 155 214 .309 .369 .418 .788 245.8  
2 Years AA 257 943 97 250 52 1 16 92 4 1 102 140 .265 .337 .373 .711 120.6  
7 Years Minors 741 2587 291 758 141 6 43 293 7 1 257 354 .293 .358 .402 .760 366.4  
162 Game Average 468 52 124 20 1 5 41 0 1 22 67 .265 .300 .350 .650 44.4  
Career Highs 62 165 19 42 9 1 2 17 0 1 14 25 .305 .326 .397 .723 16.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   127 11 38 10 0 0 13 0 0 4 15 .299 .318 .378 .696 14.0
vs LH   281 35 70 8 1 5 23 0 1 16 44 .249 .292 .338 .630 26.9
Home 70 208 25 57 8 0 2 23 0 0 9 28 .274 .304 .341 .645 20.7
Away 71 200 21 51 10 1 3 13 0 1 11 31 .255 .296 .360 .656 20.2
RISP   91 0 20 3 0 0 26 0 0 5 7 .220 .265 .253 .518 5.5
Pinch Hitting   30 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .267 .267 .267 .533 1.9
Close/Late   41 3 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 2 .317 .333 .366 .699 4.6
Mar/Apr 28 83 15 28 6 0 1 9 0 0 2 9 .337 .360 .446 .806 11.7
May 24 80 8 20 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 14 .250 .259 .325 .584 6.2
June 18 57 6 12 3 0 0 5 0 1 4 7 .211 .258 .263 .521 3.4
July 23 73 3 16 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 12 .219 .230 .233 .463 3.1
August 24 63 7 17 3 1 1 6 0 0 8 7 .270 .352 .397 .749 8.9
Sep/Oct 24 52 7 15 2 0 2 6 0 0 4 10 .288 .339 .442 .782 7.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1970 27 COL NL C 44 44 351.0 172 18 4 0 .979 4.87 31 10 .323 0 2.0
    LF 7 0 18.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 28 COL NL C 29 27 227.0 151 5 1 0 .994 6.19 8 2 .250 2 0.7
    LF 7 1 20.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 31 COL NL C 17 14 118.7 89 9 0 0 1.000 7.43 11 6 .545 0 1.2
    LF 5 0 12.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1975 32 COL NL C 15 13 108.0 71 6 0 0 1.000 6.42 8 3 .375 1 0.9
    LF 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  C 105 98 804.7 483 38 5 0 .990 5.83 58 21 .362 3 4.8
  LF 21 1 56.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 2.09 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   129 99 863.7 496 40 5 0 .991 5.59 58 21 .362 3 5.0
Career Highs   53 44 371.0 180 19 4 0 1.000 6.96 31 10 .545 2  
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  1. Tom McBride (990)
  2. Muddy Ruel (981)
  3. Buck Crouse (980)
  4. Kirt Manwaring (979)
  5. Pinky Hargrave (976)
  6. Al Spohrer (960)
  7. Orlando McFarlane (960)
  8. Joe Girardi (959)
  9. Earl Smith (957)
  10. Al Unser (954)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 64th overall pick, by Montreal in 1968
Injured on 5/21/1969 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Montreal to Colorado on 2/1/1970 (Going to MON: C Carl Warwick, LF Gates Brown. Going to COL: C Dick Billings)
Had first career hit on 6/5/1970, off Tommy John (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 8/9/1970, off Ralph Lumenti (SDP)
Injured on 7/18/1971 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 3 days
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1974
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/2/1976 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 4 weeks
 
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