Dick Billings vs. Wally Gilbert — Career Comparison

Dick Billings
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueCatcher
Wally Gilbert
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueThird Baseman

Dick Billings and Wally Gilbert are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 86 for Dick Billings, 90 for Wally Gilbert), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 82 vs 80). The overall lean goes to Wally Gilbert, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Dick Billings and Wally Gilbert

Dick Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
400
178.44
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
591
138.62
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
1345
600
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2558
600
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1231
549.14
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2317
543.47
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.605
0.605
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.689
0.689
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
280
124.91
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
624
146.36
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
219
97.7
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
488
114.46
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
44
19.63
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
26.27
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.45
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
3.99
Dick Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
7.14
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
7
1.64
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
61
27.21
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
31.9
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Dick Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Dick Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
101.45
45.26
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
267.52
62.75
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
374
166.84
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
791
185.54
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
376
167.73
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
803
188.35
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.322
0.322
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.341
0.341
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.584
0.584
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Dick Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.072
0.072
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.585
0.585
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
101
45.06
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
301
70.6
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
142
63.35
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
50.2
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
227
101.26
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
508
119.16
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
104.05
46.42
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
302.63
70.98
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.01
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
3.99
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
87
38.81
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
38
Dick Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.57
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
207
92.34
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
30.73
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
6.5
6.5
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.53
19.53
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.24
1.24
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
5
2.23
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
14.54
Dick Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
5.8
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
36
16.06
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
6
2.68
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
4.93
Dick Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
5.35
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
8.03
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
4.93
Dick Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
33.33
33.33
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100

Fielding Stats for Dick Billings and Wally Gilbert

Dick Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Dick Billings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.16
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
587
Dick Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
1
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8276
27
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2758.2
9
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1414
4.61
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
512
Dick Billings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.49
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1157
Dick Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.11
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
Dick Billings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1598
5.21
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1763
Dick Billings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1564
5.1
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1669
Dick Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.87
97.87
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.67
Dick Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.393
4.393
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.843
Dick Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.52
86.52
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Billings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.08
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
Dick Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.11
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Dick Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
0.49
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Dick Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.26
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0