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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1913	21	BSN	NL	6	10	.375	2.79	24	14	7	10	1	0	135.2	134	75	42	4	57	73	7	1	8	590	117	1.408	8.9	0.3	3.8	4.8	1.28
1914	22	BSN	NL	26	7	.788	1.90	46	37	9	30	4	3	332.1	261	91	70	7	118	156	13	1	6	1316	149	1.140	7.1	0.2	3.2	4.2	1.32	MVP-3
1915	23	BSN	NL	5	4	.556	3.03	13	9	3	4	0	0	68.1	68	28	23	3	22	23	2	0	3	287	90	1.317	9.0	0.4	2.9	3.0	1.05

1917	25	POR	AA	7	9	.438	3.94	27						118.2	120	61	52		51							1.441	9.1		3.9			POR · PCL
1919	27	BSN	NL	0	0		3.38	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	6	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	24	91	1.500	10.1	0.0	3.4	1.7	0.50
1920	28	BMT,SLE	B,AA	9	12	.429	3.96	27	0					193.0	209	100	85		62							1.404	9.7		2.9			BMT,SLE · TL,PCL
1923	31	SAC	AA	0	0		20.25	2	0					2.2	10	7	6		2							4.500	33.8		6.8			SAC · PCL
1924	32	CNG,SAC	A,AA	9	13	.409	4.06	51						213.0	281	152	96		63							1.615	11.9		2.7			CNG,SAC · SOUA,PCL
1925	33	SAC	AA	0	0		0.00	1	0					1.0	3	2	0		0							3.000	27.0		0.0			SAC · PCL
4 Yrs				37	21	.638	2.28	84	60	20	44	5	3	541.2	469	196	137	14	199	253	22	2	17	2217	128	1.233	7.8	0.2	3.3	4.2	1.27
162 Game Avg.				17	10	.638	2.28	40	28	9	21	2	1	256	221	93	65	7	94	119	10	1	8	1047	128	1.233	7.8	0.2	3.3	4.2	1.27

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1913	21	BSN	NL	135.2	24	14	75	4.98	4.14	-0.12	0.00	102.0	4.35	-9	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	-0.1	2	.458	.494	$2,400
1914	22	BSN	NL	332.1	46	37	91	2.46	3.79	0.26	0.00	101.0	3.57	43	5.5	1.0	-0.2	7.7	66	.619	.534	$4,000	MVP-3
1915	23	BSN	NL	68.1	13	9	28	3.69	3.61	0.07	0.00	98.0	3.47	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.3	3	.489	.499	$6,000

1919	27	BSN	NL	5.1	1	0	2	3.38	3.62	-0.09	0.00	92.0	3.41	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.507	.500	$
4 Seasons				541.2	84	60	196	3.26	3.86	0.14	0.00	100.8	3.75	33	4.3	1.0	-0.3	7.9	72	.551	.507	$12,400

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1914	22	BSN	NL	WS	W	PHA	2	0	1.000	0.00	2	1	1	1	1	0	11.0	2	0	0	0	6	1	9	0	0	0	37	0.727	1.6	0.0	4.9	7.4	1.50
1 WS							2	0	1.000	0.00	2	1	1	1	1	0	11.0	2	0	0	0	6	1	9	0	0	0	37	0.727	1.6	0.0	4.9	7.4	1.50

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1919	27	BSN	NL	24	0.0%	4.2%	8.3%			88%
1 Yr				24	0.0%	4.2%	8.3%			88%
MLB Averages					0.4%	8.0%	7.3%	2.7%	12%	81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1913	21	6	10	.375	2.79	24	14	7	10	1	0	135.2	134	75	42	4	57	73	7	1	8	590	117	1.408	8.9	0.3	3.8	4.8	1.28	117
1914	22	32	17	.653	2.15	70	51	16	40	5	3	468.0	395	166	112	11	175	229	20	2	14	1906	137	1.218	7.6	0.2	3.4	4.4	1.31	137
1915	23	37	21	.638	2.27	83	60	19	44	5	3	536.1	463	194	135	14	197	252	22	2	17	2193	129	1.231	7.8	0.2	3.3	4.2	1.28	129
1916	24	37	21	.638	2.27	83	60	19	44	5	3	536.1	463	194	135	14	197	252	22	2	17	2193	129	1.231	7.8	0.2	3.3	4.2	1.28	129
1917	25	37	21	.638	2.27	83	60	19	44	5	3	536.1	463	194	135	14	197	252	22	2	17	2193	129	1.231	7.8	0.2	3.3	4.2	1.28	129
1918	26	37	21	.638	2.27	83	60	19	44	5	3	536.1	463	194	135	14	197	252	22	2	17	2193	129	1.231	7.8	0.2	3.3	4.2	1.28	129
1919	27	37	21	.638	2.28	84	60	20	44	5	3	541.2	469	196	137	14	199	253	22	2	17	2217	128	1.233	7.8	0.2	3.3	4.2	1.27	128

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1913	21	9	5	.643	3.07	135.0	144	51	46	4	61	72	8	1.519	9.6	4.1	4.8	1.18	0.3	24
1914	22	25	9	.735	2.40	311.0	290	92	83	8	131	146	14	1.354	8.4	3.8	4.2	1.11	0.2	46
1915	23	3	4	.429	4.22	64.0	79	33	30	3	26	21	2	1.641	11.1	3.7	3.0	0.81	0.4	13

1919	27	0	0		4.50	6.0	8	3	3	0	3	1	0	1.833	12.0	4.5	1.5	0.33	0.0	1
4 Yrs		37	18	.673	2.83	516.0	521	179	162	15	221	240	24	1.438	9.1		4.2	1.09	0.3	84

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)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1914 NL 7.7 (2nd)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1914 NL 1.90 (2nd)
Wins s c a p y 1914 NL 26 (2nd)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1914 NL .788 (1st)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1914 NL 1.140 (8th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1914 NL 7.068 (5th)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1914 NL 4.225 (10th)	Games Played s c a p y 1914 NL 46 (4th)	Saves s c a p y 1914 NL 3 (6th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1914 NL 332.3 (3rd)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1914 NL 156 (5th)	Games Started s c a p y 1914 NL 37 (5th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1914 NL 30 (3rd)	Shutouts s c a p y 1914 NL 4 (8th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1914 NL 118 (3rd)	Hits s c a p y 1914 NL 261 (7th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1913 NL 8 (5th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1914 NL 13 (3rd)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1914 NL 1,316 (3rd)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1914 NL 150 (2nd)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1914 NL 37 (1st)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1914 NL 4.2 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 28 (847), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 24 (537), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 27 (174), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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George Cunningham (991) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Nick Maddox (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Nick Maddox (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rube Foster (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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