Josh Billings (catcher)

John Augustus "Josh" Billings (November 30, 1891 – December 30, 1981) was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between the 1913 and 1923 seasons.

Listed at 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), 165 lb., Billings batted and threw right-handed.

[1][2] Billings played from 1913 to 1918 for the Cleveland Naps (renamed the Indians in 1915).

His most productive season came in 1920, when he posted career-numbers in batting average (.277), runs (19) and RBI (11), while matching a career-high 66 games played and finishing seventh in the American League in hit by pitches (7).

[3] In 1943 Billings managed the Kenosha Comets, one of the four original teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, and led his team to the playoffs in that season.