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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	7-12 / in Starts: 6-12
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	16 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 47 PAs	1
Actual Runners on Base	26 (12-11-3) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 47 PAs	4
Avg. Runners on Base	28 (13-9-5)

Most Driven In
R Young	1

1918 Batting Game Log

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1918 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	166	2 (1)	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,7-3	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.71	-0.063	1.63	-0.09%	-0.94	P
2	167	5 (2)	Apr 27	DET		CLE	L,2-3	CG(12)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.68	-0.188	4.23	-0.28%	-1.21	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
3	168	8 (2)	May 2	DET		CHW	W,9-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
4	169	9	May 3	DET		CHW	L,3-19	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
5	170	14 (4)	May 8	DET		SLB	L,1-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.26	-0.033	2.51	-0.04%	-0.31	P
6	171	17 (2)	May 11	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.49	-0.024	.97	-0.03%	-0.09	P
7	172	20 (2)	May 16	DET	@	BOS	L,2-7	GS-3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.071	.071	.143	.214	9	.44	0.026	.64	0.02%	0.20	P
8	173	30 (9)	May 29	DET	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.059	.059	.118	.176	9	.58	-0.046	.51	-0.02%	-0.65	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
9	174	36 (5)	Jun 4	DET		BOS	L,6-7	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.056	.056	.111	.167	9	1.00	-0.023	.81	-0.01%	-0.19	P
10	175	57 (20)	Jun 24	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.091	.091	.136	.227	9	.40	0.009	.08	0.00%	-0.31	P
11	176	62 (4)	Jun 29	DET	@	CLE	L,4-13	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.120	.120	.160	.280	9	1.68	-0.048	.28	-0.01%	-0.53	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
12	177	66 (3)	Jul 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-8	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.107	.107	.143	.250	9	1.32	-0.106	.14	-0.01%	-0.93	P
13	178	70 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.133	.133	.167	.300	9						P
14	179	75 (4)	Jul 9 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.121	.121	.152	.273	9	.37	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.52	P
15	180	77 (1)	Jul 11	DET	@	WSH	W,8-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.121	.121	.152	.273	9						P
16	181	79 (1)	Jul 13	DET	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.111	.111	.139	.250	9	.58	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.16	P
17	182	83 (3)	Jul 18 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.103	.125	.128	.253	9	1.97	-0.062	.12	0.00%	-0.64	P
18	183	87 (3)	Jul 22 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.093	.114	.116	.230	9	1.97	-0.181	.02	0.00%	-1.07	P
19	184	91 (3)	Jul 27	DET		PHA	L,3-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.109	.128	.130	.258	9	.70	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.07	P
							7-12		47	46	0	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	12	0	0		2		0		.109	.128	.130	.258		1.08	-0.757	.85	-0.47%	-6.95

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