Bilbo is a hero in multiple ways in The Hobbit. He shows his heroism most in Mirkwood and the Lonely Mountain. First, Bilbo rescues his friends from the spiders in the forest. When his friends stray from the path to ask the Wood-elves for help, they are captured by the giant spiders. Bilbo puts on the One Ring, making him invisible, and then goes after his friends, freeing them from their web prisons and killing a lot of the spiders with his sword, which is when his sword gets its name, Sting. After being rescued from the spiders, the dwarves are then captured by the Elves, and Bilbo follows after them, still invisible. He then rescues his friends from the Wood-elves' prison.
Later, he finds the hidden path leading up the mountain toward the secret entrance of the Lonely Mountain. After realizing how to get into the mountain, he is sent to face Smaug, where he saw a bare spot on Smaug's belly - the one vulnerable spot on the dragon's entire body - which helped Bard the Bowman kill the dragon a little later. He also sacrificed his own share of the treasure when he took the Arkenstone and sneaked down to give it to Bard and Thranduil in an effort to end the war.
In the end, Bilbo shows many qualities of a hero: bravery, intelligence, sacrifice, etc. Without him, the quest for Erebor would have failed entirely.
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