Bill James

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-4, 195lb (193cm, 88kg)

Born: January 20, 1887 in Detroit, MI us

Died: May 25, 1942 in Venice, CA

Buried: Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA

Debut: June 12, 1911 (Age 24-143d, 3,520th in major league history)
vs. NYY 8.0 IP, 4 H, 5 SO, 4 BB, L

Last Game: September 17, 1919 (Age 32-240d)
vs. NYY 9.0 IP, 9 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1911 season

Full Name: William Henry James

Nicknames: Big Bill

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.6

ERA

3.21

203

146

1178.2

408

WHIP

1.432

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	SLB	@	DET	L,2-3	GF	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 16	SLB	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	0	7	0	7	1
3	9 (6)	Apr 24	SLB		DET	W,6-5	CG	0	12.0	0	5	0	5	0
4	12 (2)	Apr 29	SLB		CLE	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	19 (6)	May 6	SLB	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
6	21 (1)	May 9	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	22	May 10	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
8	27 (4)	May 18	SLB	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS	32	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
9	33 (5)	May 25	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-6	GS	24	6.0	0	3	0	3	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	40 (6)	Jun 1	SLB	@	CLE	W,10-5	GS	0	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
11	43 (2)	Jun 5 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,6-5		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
12	44	Jun 5 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	0	5.0	0	7	0	7	0
13	47 (2)	Jun 8	SLB		WSH	W,8-7	GS	0	6.0	0	4	0	4	0
14	49 (1)	Jun 10	SLB		NYY	L,3-5	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	50	Jun 11	SLB		NYY	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
16	54 (3)	Jun 15	SLB		BOS	L,0-2	GF	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
17	60 (5)	Jun 21	SLB		PHA	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
18	67 (6)	Jun 27 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	GS	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	68	Jun 28 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	9.1	0	4	0	4	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	72 (3)	Jul 3	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	50	12.0	2	3	0	5	0
21	77 (4)	Jul 7	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-7	GS	0	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
22	82 (4)	Jul 11 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-6	GS	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	83	Jul 16	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-6		12	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
24	89 (5)	Jul 22 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	91 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
26	93 (1)	Jul 28	SLB		WSH	L,3-7	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	95 (1)	Jul 30	SLB		PHA	L,1-4	GS	0	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	99 (3)	Aug 3	SLB		BOS	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	104 (4)	Aug 9	SLB		NYY	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
30	107 (2)	Aug 15	SLB		CHW	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	110 (2)	Aug 18	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	112 (1)	Aug 20	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS	0	7.0	0	4	1	5	0
33	113	Aug 22 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
34	118 (4)	Aug 25 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	122 (3)	Aug 31 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS	26	7.0	1	5	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	126 (3)	Sep 2 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,9-6	GF	0	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
37	129 (2)	Sep 5	SLB	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
38	133 (3)	Sep 10	SLB		CLE	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
39	136 (2)	Sep 13 (2)	SLB		CLE	T,3-3	CG	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
40	140 (3)	Sep 17	SLB		WSH	L,2-12	GS	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	144 (3)	Sep 20	SLB		NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	9.2	0	1	1	2	0
42	147 (2)	Sep 24	SLB		BOS	L,1-5	GS	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	151 (3)	Sep 27	SLB		PHA	L,0-6	GS	0	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
44	156 (4)	Oct 2	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS	16	4.0	0	3	0	3	0
							44gm		284.0	11	105	3	119	5