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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-23 / in Starts: 18-16
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 99 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	17 (6-8-3) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 99 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	60 (28-20-11)

Most Driven In
D Lavan	1
S Agnew	1

Most Driven In By
B Shotton	1
W Rumler	1
G Williams	0

1914 Batting Game Log

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1914 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	12	1	Apr 14	SLB	@	DET	L,2-3	0-GF(13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0						9						P
2	13	2	Apr 16	SLB	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
3	14	9 (6)	Apr 24	SLB		DET	W,6-5	CG(12)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
4	15	12 (2)	Apr 29	SLB		CLE	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		1		1	0	0				0		.000	.077	.000	.077	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	16	19 (6)	May 6	SLB	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.067	.125	.067	.192	9	.98	-0.055	2.51	-0.08%	-1.17	P
6	17	21 (1)	May 9	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.067	.125	.067	.192	9						P
7	18	22	May 10	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.056	.105	.056	.161	9	1.18	-0.115	3.09	-0.18%	-1.05	P
8	19	27 (4)	May 18	SLB	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.100	.143	.100	.243	9	1.17	-0.006	2.47	-0.01%	-0.09	P
9	20	33 (5)	May 25	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.091	.130	.091	.221	9	.63	-0.030	1.52	-0.04%	-0.20	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	21	40 (6)	Jun 1	SLB	@	CLE	W,10-5	GS-0	4	4	0	1	1	0	0		0		2	0	0				0		.115	.148	.154	.302	9						P
11	22	43 (2)	Jun 5 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,6-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.115	.148	.154	.302	9						P
12	23	44	Jun 5 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,0-3	CG(5)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.111	.143	.148	.291	9						P
13	24	47 (2)	Jun 8	SLB		WSH	W,8-7	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.103	.133	.138	.271	9						P
14	25	49 (1)	Jun 10	SLB		NYY	L,3-5	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.103	.133	.138	.271	9						P
15	26	50	Jun 11	SLB		NYY	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.094	.121	.125	.246	9						P
16	27	54 (3)	Jun 15	SLB		BOS	L,0-2	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.088	.114	.118	.232	9						P
17	28	60 (5)	Jun 21	SLB		PHA	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	1				0		.081	.105	.108	.213	9						P
18	29	67 (6)	Jun 27 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.081	.105	.108	.213	9						P
19	30	68	Jun 28 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.073	.095	.098	.193	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	31	72 (3)	Jul 3	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-13	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.067	.087	.089	.176	9	1.86	-0.194	5.91	-0.37%	-0.88	P
21	32	77 (4)	Jul 7	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-7	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.067	.087	.089	.176	9						P
22	33	82 (4)	Jul 11 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-6	GS-8	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		.087	.143	.109	.252	9	1.43	0.257	5.77	0.63%	1.08	P
23	34	83	Jul 16	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-6	4-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.085	.140	.106	.246	9	1.29	-0.031	3.37	-0.05%	-0.20	P
24	35	89 (5)	Jul 22 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.080	.132	.100	.232	9						P
25	36	91 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.075	.125	.094	.219	9						P
26	37	93 (1)	Jul 28	SLB		WSH	L,3-7	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.075	.125	.094	.219	9						P
27	38	95 (1)	Jul 30	SLB		PHA	L,1-4	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.073	.121	.091	.212	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	39	99 (3)	Aug 3	SLB		BOS	W,6-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.069	.115	.086	.201	9						P
29	40	104 (4)	Aug 9	SLB		NYY	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.098	.141	.115	.255	9						P
30	41	107 (2)	Aug 15	SLB		CHW	W,7-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.094	.134	.109	.244	9	.66	-0.049	.02	0.00%	-0.72	P
31	42	110 (2)	Aug 18	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.094	.134	.109	.244	9						P
32	43	112 (1)	Aug 20	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.091	.130	.106	.236	9						P
33	44	113	Aug 22 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.101	.139	.145	.284	9	1.61	0.100	.01	0.00%	0.96	P
34	45	118 (4)	Aug 25 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0				0		.097	.133	.139	.272	9						P
35	46	122 (3)	Aug 31 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.095	.130	.135	.265	9	.84	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.29	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	47	126 (3)	Sep 2 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,9-6	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.107	.141	.147	.288	9						P
37	48	129 (2)	Sep 5	SLB	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		2	0	0				0		.101	.134	.139	.273	9						P
38	49	133 (3)	Sep 10	SLB		CLE	W,6-5	GS-0	3	3	1	1	0	0	0		0		2	0	0				1		.110	.141	.146	.288	9						P
39	50	136 (2)	Sep 13 (2)	SLB		CLE	T,3-3	CG(8)	3	2	1	1	0	0	0		1		1	0	0				0		.119	.159	.155	.314	9						P
40	51	140 (3)	Sep 17	SLB		WSH	L,2-12	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.119	.159	.155	.314	9						P
41	52	144 (3)	Sep 20	SLB		NYY	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.115	.154	.149	.303	9						P
42	53	147 (2)	Sep 24	SLB		BOS	L,1-5	GS-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	0				0		.115	.163	.149	.312	9						P
43	54	151 (3)	Sep 27	SLB		PHA	L,0-6	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.114	.170	.148	.318	9						P
44	55	156 (4)	Oct 2	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.112	.168	.146	.314	9	.71	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.13	P
							20-23		99	89	4	10	1	1	0	2	6	0	38	0	4		0		1		.112	.168	.146	.314		1.20	-0.166	2.58	-0.11%	-2.69

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