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Bill James
William Lawrence James (Seattle Bill)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 196 lb.
School Saint Mary's College of California

Debut April 17, 1913
Final Game June 4, 1919
Born March 12, 1892 in Iowa Hill, CA
Died March 10, 1971 in Oroville, CA

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1913 21 BSN NL   6  10  24  14  10   1   7  0  135.7  134   75   42   4   57   73   7   8   590       1  2.79  3.26  117 1.408
 1914 22 BSN NL  26   7  46  37  30   4   9  2  332.3  261   91   70   7  118  156  13   6  1316       1  1.90  2.84  150 1.140 MVP-3
 1915 23 BSN NL   5   4  13  10   4   0   3  0   68.3   68   28   23   3   22   23   2   3   287       0  3.03  2.66   88 1.317
 1919 27 BSN NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    5.3    6    2    2   0    2    1   0   0    24       0  3.38  2.85   84 1.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .638  37  21  84  61  44   5  20  2  541.7  469  196  137  14  199  253  22  17  2217       2  2.28  2.92  128 1.233
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    17   9  39  28  20   2   9  0  254.0  219   91   64   6   93  118  10   7  1039   0   0  2.28  2.92  128 1.233
 Career High     26  10  46  37  30   4   9  2  332.3  261   91   70   7  118  156  13   8  1316   0   1  1.90  3.26  150 1.140

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 21 BSN NL  24   47    5   12   2  0   0    0   2      1  12  .255  .271  .298   62   14   2           0    
 1914 22 BSN NL  49  129    9   33   3  0   0    9   0      0  20  .256  .262  .279   58   36   5           1     MVP-3
 1915 23 BSN NL  14   21    4    1   0  0   0    0   0      1  11  .048  .091  .048  -57    1   1           0    
 1919 27 BSN NL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       88  199   18   46   5  0   0    9   2  0   2  44  .231  .243  .256   46   51   8   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        366   33   85   9  0   0   17   4  0   4  81  .231  .243  .256   46   94  15   0   0   2   0
 Career High     49  129    9   33   3  0   0    9   2  0   1  20                          36   5   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 21 BSN NL   50   37    4   2.9    91| .255  .270| .271  .334| .298  .367| .569  .701|  62  .371  -2.4  -0.3     
 1914 22 BSN NL  135  101    9   2.4    87| .256  .263| .262  .332| .279  .352| .541  .684|  58  .331  -7.3  -0.8     
 1915 23 BSN NL   23   21    0   0.0    79| .048  .253| .091  .316| .048  .339| .139  .655| -57  .000  -4.0  -0.5     
 1919 27 BSN NL    2    2    0   0.0    79| .000  .260| .000  .314| .000  .341| .000  .655|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       210  161   13   2.2    87| .231  .264| .243  .331| .256  .354| .499  .685|  46  .287 -14.2  -1.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1913 21 BSN NL P 24 7 35 7 2 .857 .955 1.75 1.57 2.79 2.61 14 135.7 1914 22 BSN NL P 46 4 85 10 7 .899 .943 1.93 1.65 2.41 2.68 37 332.3 1915 23 BSN NL P 13 2 25 0 0 1.000 .951 2.08 1.68 3.56 2.71 10 68.3 1919 27 BSN NL P 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.90 5.09 2.89 0 5.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1913 21 BSN NL P 24 7 35 7 2 .857 .955 1.75 1.57 2.79 2.61 14 135.7 1914 22 BSN NL P 46 4 85 10 7 .899 .943 1.93 1.65 2.41 2.68 37 332.3 1915 23 BSN NL P 13 2 25 0 0 1.000 .951 2.08 1.68 3.56 2.71 10 68.3 1919 27 BSN NL P 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.90 5.09 2.89 0 5.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 84 13 148 17 9 .904 .948 1.92 1.63 2.67 2.67 61 541.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 84 13 148 17 9 .904 .948 1.92 1.63 2.67 2.67 61 542
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1914   WS    BSN PHA     W   2   1   0.00  2  0  0  1  11     2   0   6   9 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1914   WS    BSN PHA     W   2   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   4  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1914-NL-3-0.52
Car-410-0.52 shares

ERA
1914 NL-1.90-2

Wins
1914 NL-26-2

Won-Loss %
1914 NL-.788-1

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1914 NL-1.140-8

Hits Allowed/9IP
1914 NL-7.07-5

Strikeouts/9IP
1914 NL-4.22-10

Games
1914 NL-46-4

Saves
1914 NL-2-10

Innings
1914 NL-332.3-3

Strikeouts
1914 NL-156-5

Games Started
1914 NL-37-5

Comp. Games
1914 NL-30-3

Shutouts
1914 NL-4-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1914 NL-118-3

Hits Allowed
1914 NL-261-7

Wild Pitches
1913 NL-8-5

Hit Batsmen
1914 NL-13-3

Batters Faced
1914 NL-1316-3

Adjusted ERA+
1914 NL-150-2

       

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (549) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 28 (823) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 27.0 (171) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 24.0 (515) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 24, 1912: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the Seattle (Northwestern).

July 2, 1919: Purchased by the Oakland (PCL) from the Boston Braves.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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