Billy Grabarkewitz

Billy Grabarkewitz
Third baseman / Second baseman
Born: (1946-01-18) January 18, 1946 Lockhart, Texas
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 22, 1969, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
April 25, 1975, for the Oakland Athletics
MLB statistics
Batting average	.236
Home runs	28
Runs batted in	141
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Los Angeles Dodgers (1969–1972) California Angels (1973) Philadelphia Phillies (1973–1974) Chicago Cubs (1974) Oakland Athletics (1975)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (1970)

Billy Cordell Grabarkewitz (born January 18, 1946) is a retired Major League Baseball infielder.

Grabarkewitz lettered in baseball, basketball, football, golf and track at Alamo Heights High School, and in 1963, he played for the now defunct Sagamore Clouters of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

He played third base, second base, and shortstop in the Major Leagues from 1969 to 1975. His best season was 1970, when he was the starting third baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers and was selected as an All-Star. That year, he led the team with a .399 on-base percentage, hitting .289 with 17 home runs and 84 RBIs; he also set the Dodgers franchise record by striking out 149 times.

External links

• Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
• Billy Grabarkewitz at the Society for American Baseball Research