Bill Nicholson
William Beck Nicholson (Swish)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 11, 1914 in Chestertown, MD
High School: Chestertown (Chestertown, MD)
School: Washington College
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 13, 1936
Final Game: September 19, 1953
Died: March 8, 1996 in Chestertown, MD
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1936 PHA AL 21 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 2.30 0-0-1
1939 CHC NL 24 OF 58 134 123 5 6 0 .955 2.21 .975 2.17 0-0-58
1940 CHC NL 25 OF 123 258 235 10 13 2 .950 1.99 .978 2.17 43-0-81 AS,MVP-20
1941 CHC NL 26 OF 143 312 293 10 9 2 .971 2.12 .975 2.15 3-0-140 AS,MVP-16
1942 CHC NL 27 OF 151 350 327 18 5 2 .986 2.28 .981 2.15 0-0-151 MVP-19
1943 CHC NL 28 OF 154 364 340 16 8 2 .978 2.31 .977 2.27 0-0-154 AS,MVP-3
1944 CHC NL 29 OF 156 330 305 18 7 4 .979 2.07 .980 2.31 0-0-156 AS,MVP-2
1945 CHC NL 30 OF 151 315 300 12 3 4 .990 2.07 .978 2.33 0-0-151
1946 CHC NL 31 OF 80 188 179 4 5 1 .973 2.29 .977 2.16 0-0-80
1947 CHC NL 32 OF 140 291 281 7 3 1 .990 2.06 .977 2.19 0-0-140
1948 CHC NL 33 OF 136 256 244 7 5 1 .980 1.85 .978 2.20 0-0-136
1949 PHI NL 34 OF 91 196 185 10 1 1 .995 2.14 .977 2.25 0-0-92
1950 PHI NL 35 OF 15 21 20 0 1 0 .952 1.33 .981 2.14 0-0-15
1951 PHI NL 36 OF 41 77 75 1 1 0 .987 1.85 .981 2.23 0-0-41
1952 PHI NL 37 OF 19 33 33 0 0 0 1.000 1.74 .982 2.10 0-0-19
1953 PHI NL 38 OF 12 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.08 .977 2.11 0-0-12
16 Seasons OF 1471 3139 2954 118 67 20 .979 2.09 .978 2.22 46-0-1427
16 Seasons TOT 1471 3139 2954 118 67 20 .979 2.09 .956 2.22 46-0-1427

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1936 PHA AL 21 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1939 CHC NL 24 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 58
1940 CHC NL 25 135 135 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 81 123
1941 CHC NL 26 147 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 140 143
1942 CHC NL 27 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 151
1943 CHC NL 28 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 154
1944 CHC NL 29 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 156
1945 CHC NL 30 151 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 151
1946 CHC NL 31 105 105 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 80
1947 CHC NL 32 148 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 140
1948 CHC NL 33 143 143 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 136
1949 PHI NL 34 98 98 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 91
1950 PHI NL 35 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15
1951 PHI NL 36 85 85 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 41
1952 PHI NL 37 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 19
1953 PHI NL 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12
16 Seasons 1677 1677 1677 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0 1427 1471
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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