Josh Billings (baseball)

Infobox MLB retired
name=Josh Billings
position=Catcher
birthdate=November 30, 1892
deathdate=death date and age|1981|12|30|1892|11|30
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=September 9
debutyear=by|1913
debutteam=Cleveland Naps
finaldate=June 16
finalyear=by|1923
finalteam=St. Louis Browns
stat1label=Batting average
stat2label=Hits
stat3label=Runs
stat1value=.217
stat2value=106
stat3value=44
teams=
*Cleveland Indians (1913 - 1918)
*St. Louis Browns (1919 - 1923)
highlights=
* 1920 - 7th in league for times hit by a pitch (6)

Josh Billings (November 30, 1892 - December 30, 1981) was a professional baseball player from 1913 to 1923. Before playing professional baseball, he was a star player at Kansas State University (1910) and Oklahoma State University (1911-1912). [cite journal | last = Evans | first = Harold | title = Baseball in Kansas, 1867-1940 | journal = Kansas Historical Quarterly | date = 1940 | url = http://www.kancoll.org/khq/1940/40_2_evans.htm | accessdate = 2008-02-18] [ [http://www.ncaa-baseball.com/sabr/database/schools/okstate.htm Oklahoma State alums in major leagues] ]

Billings primarily played catcher, although he also made appearances in the outfield and first base. Billings played for the Cleveland Indians for the first six years of his career. In 1919, Billings was traded to the St. Louis Browns for Les Nunamaker. In St. Louis he received considerably more playing time than he had in Cleveland. In 1920, Billings had a career year, hitting .277 and finishing seventh in the league in times hit by a pitch. Billings' career batting average was .217.

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/billijo01.shtml Baseball-Reference.com]