Bill James Stats

Bill James was born on Saturday, March 12, 1892, in Iowa Hill, California. James was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 17, 1913, with the Boston Braves. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bill James baseball stats page.

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Bill James
 
 
Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   William Lawrence James
Nickname:   Seattle Bill
Born On:   03-12-1892
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Iowa Hill, California
Zodiac:   Pisces
Year of Death Data Died On:   03-10-1971
Place of Death Data Died In:   Oroville, California
Cemetery:   Memorial Park Cemetery, Oroville, California
College:   Saint Mary's College of California (DNP)
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-03
Player Weight Chart Weight:   196
First Game:   04-17-1913 (Age 21)
Last Game:   06-04-1919
Draft:   Not Applicable
Bill James

Bill James Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1913 Braves 24 14 7 6 10 .375 2.79 10 1 0 135.2 590 134 42 75 4 57 - 73 8 7 1 -
1914 Braves 46 37 9 26 7 .788 1.90 30 4 2 332.1 1,316 261 70 91 7 118 - 156 6 13 1 -
1915 Braves 13 10 3 5 4 .556 3.03 4 0 0 68.1 287 68 23 28 3 22 - 23 3 2 0 -
1919 Braves 1 0 1 0 0 .000 3.38 0 0 0 5.1 24 6 2 2 0 2 - 1 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
4 Years 84 61 20 37 21 .638 2.28 44 5 2 541.2 2,217 469 137 196 14 199 - 253 17 22 2 -
Bill James

Bill James Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1913 Braves 24 47 5 12 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 12 2 - 0 - .255 .271 .298
1914 Braves 49 129 9 33 3 0 0 0 9 0 - 20 5 - 1 - .256 .262 .279
1915 Braves 14 21 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 11 1 - 0 - .048 .091 .048
1919 Braves 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 - 0 - .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
4 Years 88 199 18 46 5 0 0 0 9 2 - 44 8 - 1 - .231 .243 .256
Bill James

Bill James Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1913 Braves P 24 14 407 49 2.0 42 7 35 7 2 n/a n/a n/a .857 2.79 -
1914 Braves P 46 37 997 99 2.2 89 4 85 10 7 n/a n/a n/a .899 2.41 -
1915 Braves P 13 10 205 27 2.1 27 2 25 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.56 -
1919 Braves P 1 0 16 3 3.0 3 0 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.06 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 84 61 1,625 178 2.1 161 13 148 17 9 n/a n/a n/a .904 2.68 --
4 Years 84 61 1,625 178 2.1 161 13 148 17 9 n/a n/a n/a .904 2.68 --
Bill James

Bill James Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1913 Braves 2 0 1.000 - - n/a 0.0 3.9 0.0 1.28 4.84 3.78
1914 Braves 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 6.5 14.3 1.32 4.22 3.20
1915 Braves 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 1.9 0.0 1.05 3.03 2.90
1919 Braves 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.50 1.69 3.38
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
4 Years 2 0 1.000 - - n/a 0.0 4.5 22.1 1.27 4.20 3.31
Bill James

Bill James Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1913 Boston Braves n/a Undetermined n/a -
1914 Boston Braves n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1915 Boston Braves n/a Undetermined n/a -
1919 Boston Braves n/a Undetermined n/a -


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