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, 3,521st in MLB history)
vs. NYY 8.0 IP, 4 H, 5 SO, 4 BB, 0 ER, 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

4.8

W

L

ERA

3.21

G

203

GS

146

SV

IP

1178.2

SO

408

WHIP

1.432

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1911	24	CLE	AL	2	4	.333	4.88	8	6	0	4	0	0	51.2	58	37	28	1	32	21	2	1	2	238	70	4.18	1.742	10.1	0.2	5.6	3.7	0.66
1912	25	CLE	AL	0	0		4.61	3	0	1	0	0	0	13.2	15	11	7	0	9	5	0	0	0	61	77	4.09	1.756	9.9	0.0	5.9	3.3	0.56

1914	27	SLB	AL	15	14	.517	2.85	44	35	7	20	3	1	284.0	269	121	90	4	109	109	6	0	10	1162	95	3.07	1.331	8.5	0.1	3.5	3.5	1.00
1915	28	TOT	AL	13	13	.500	3.26	45	31	6	11	1	1	237.1	212	115	86	3	125	82	7	0	6	976	89	3.55	1.420	8.0	0.1	4.7	3.1	0.66
1915	28	SLB	AL	6	10	.375	3.59	34	22	5	8	0	1	170.1	155	89	68	2	92	58	7	0	5	708	79	3.62	1.450	8.2	0.1	4.9	3.1	0.63
1915	28	DET	AL	7	3	.700	2.42	11	9	1	3	1	0	67.0	57	26	18	1	33	24	0	0	1	268	126	3.36	1.343	7.7	0.1	4.4	3.2	0.73
1916	29	DET	AL	8	12	.400	3.68	30	20	4	8	0	1	151.2	141	76	62	1	79	61	11	1	6	642	78	3.38	1.451	8.4	0.1	4.7	3.6	0.77
1917	30	DET	AL	13	10	.565	2.09	34	23	5	10	2	1	198.0	163	71	46	2	96	62	12	0	2	821	126	3.40	1.308	7.4	0.1	4.4	2.8	0.65
1918	31	DET	AL	6	11	.353	3.76	19	18	1	8	1	0	122.0	127	68	51	3	68	42	5	0	2	546	70	3.66	1.598	9.4	0.2	5.0	3.1	0.62
1919	32	TOT	AL	7	7	.500	3.74	20	13	4	7	2	0	120.1	125	60	50	2	60	26	5	0	3	505	84	3.89	1.537	9.3	0.1	4.5	1.9	0.43
1919	32	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	5.79	2	1	0	0	0	0	9.1	12	6	6	0	7	3	0	0	1	44	58	4.10	2.036	11.6	0.0	6.8	2.9	0.43
1919	32	BOS	AL	3	5	.375	4.14	13	7	4	4	0	0	71.2	74	42	33	2	39	12	3	0	2	306	74	4.27	1.577	9.3	0.3	4.9	1.5	0.31
1919	32	CHW	AL	3	2	.600	2.52	5	5	0	3	2	0	39.1	39	12	11	0	14	11	2	0	0	155	128	3.15	1.347	8.9	0.0	3.2	2.5	0.79
8 Yrs				64	71	.474	3.21	203	146	28	68	9	4	1178.2	1110	559	420	16	578	408	48	2	31	4951	88	3.47	1.432	8.5	0.1	4.4	3.1	0.71
162 Game Avg.				12	14	.474	3.21	40	28	5	13	2	1	230	216	109	82	3	113	79	9	0	6	965	88	3.47	1.432	8.5	0.1	4.4	3.1	0.71

DET (5 yrs)				35	36	.493	3.01	96	71	11	29	4	2	548.0	500	247	183	7	283	192	28	1	12	2321	92	3.46	1.429	8.2	0.1	4.6	3.2	0.68
CLE (2 yrs)				2	4	.333	4.82	11	6	1	4	0	0	65.1	73	48	35	1	41	26	2	1	2	299	72	4.16	1.745	10.1	0.1	5.6	3.6	0.63
SLB (2 yrs)				21	24	.467	3.13	78	57	12	28	3	2	454.1	424	210	158	6	201	167	13	0	15	1870	88	3.28	1.376	8.4	0.1	4.0	3.3	0.83
CHW (1 yr)				3	2	.600	2.52	5	5	0	3	2	0	39.1	39	12	11	0	14	11	2	0	0	155	128	3.15	1.347	8.9	0.0	3.2	2.5	0.79
BOS (1 yr)				3	5	.375	4.14	13	7	4	4	0	0	71.2	74	42	33	2	39	12	3	0	2	306	74	4.27	1.577	9.3	0.3	4.9	1.5	0.31

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