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Bill James

William Lawrence James (Seattle Bill)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 196 lb.

Born: March 12, 1892 in Iowa Hill, CA
High School: Union HS (Oroville, CA)
School: Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1913
Team: Braves 1913-1919

Final Game: June 4, 1919
Died: March 10, 1971 in Oroville, CA
Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Oroville, CA
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1913 21 BSN NL 24 50 47 5 12 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 12 .255 .271 .298 .569 62 14 0 2 1
1914 22 BSN NL 49 135 129 9 33 3 0 0 9 0 0 20 .256 .262 .279 .541 59 36 1 5 1 MVP-3
1915 23 BSN NL 14 23 21 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .048 .091 .048 .139 -57 1 0 1 1
1919 27 BSN NL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
4 Yrs 88 210 199 18 46 5 0 0 9 2 0 2 44 .231 .243 .256 .499 46 51 1 8
162 Game Avg. 162 387 366 33 85 9 0 0 17 4 4 81 .231 .243 .256 .499 46 94 2 15

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1913 21 BSN NL 24 50 -3 1 0 0 4 2 0.2 1 4 0.2 .511 .502 0.2 0.0 4 $2,400 1
1914 22 BSN NL 49 135 -7 0 0 0 12 5 0.5 4 9 0.5 .512 .504 0.6 -0.0 9 $4,000 1 MVP-3
1915 23 BSN NL 14 23 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .480 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -2 $6,000 1
1919 27 BSN NL 1 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .463 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
4 Seasons 88 210 -14 1 0 0 18 5 0.5 6 11 0.4 .506 .501 0.5 -0.0 11 $12,400

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1913 21 BSN NL 50 37 4 2.9 92 .343 .255 .270 .271 .334 .298 .367 .569 .701 62 .386 -2.4 -0.3 .486 .106 .043 .0
1914 22 BSN NL 135 101 9 2.4 86 .303 .256 .262 .262 .331 .279 .351 .541 .681 59 .331 -7.2 -0.8 .385 .023 .023
1915 23 BSN NL 23 21 0 0.0 80 .100 .048 .255 .091 .317 .048 .341 .139 .658 -57 .000 -4.0 -0.5 .100 .048 .000
1919 27 BSN NL 2 2 0 0.0 77 .000 .000 .257 .000 .310 .000 .338 .000 .649 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
4 Yrs 210 161 13 2.2 87 .297 .231 .263 .243 .330 .256 .353 .499 .683 46 .290 -14.1 -1.6 .366 .045 .025 .0
162 Game Avg. 387 296 24 2.2 87 .297 .231 .263 .243 .330 .256 .353 .499 .683 46 .290 -14.1 -1.6 .366 .045 .025

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1914 22 BSN NL WS PHA W 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1919 27 BSN NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
4 Yrs 2 0.0% 2200.0% 100.0% 250.0% 11% 22.00 4.5 22.1 7750%
MLB Averages 2.0% 43.2% 34.5% 22.2% 22% 1.25 9.1 196.4 10.3 349%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1913 21 24 50 47 5 12 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 12 .255 .271 .298 .569 62 14 0 2
1914 22 73 185 176 14 45 5 0 0 9 2 0 1 32 .256 .264 .284 .548 60 50 1 7
1915 23 87 208 197 18 46 5 0 0 9 2 0 2 43 .234 .245 .259 .504 47 51 1 8
1916 24 87 208 197 18 46 5 0 0 9 2 0 2 43 .234 .245 .259 .504 47 51 1 8
1917 25 87 208 197 18 46 5 0 0 9 2 0 2 43 .234 .245 .259 .504 47 51 1 8
1918 26 87 208 197 18 46 5 0 0 9 2 0 2 43 .234 .245 .259 .504 47 51 1 8
1919 27 88 210 199 18 46 5 0 0 9 2 0 2 44 .231 .243 .256 .499 46 51 1 8

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1913 21 25 53 50 6 13 2 0 0 0 2 1 13 .260 .275 .300 .575 4 24
1914 22 51 142 136 10 36 3 0 0 10 0 0 21 .265 .270 .287 .557 10 49
1915 23 15 24 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .000 .043 .000 .043 0 14
1919 27 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
4 Yrs 92 221 210 16 49 5 0 0 10 2 2 46 .233 .244 .257 .501 14 88
162 Game Avg. 162 389 370 28 86 9 0 0 18 4 4 81 .233 .244 .257 .501 25 88

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1914 NL (3, 52%)
0.52 Career Shares (432nd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1914 NL  8.2 (2nd)

                           

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