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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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Team Record in Appearances: 7-12 / in Starts: 6-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1918 Pitching Game Log

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1918 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	165	2	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,7-3	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.0	4	3	3	9	2	0	0	3.38	5.11	37	55	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.35	0.29%
2	166	5	Apr 27	DET		CLE	L,2-3	CG(12)	L(1-1)	4	12.0	9	3	2	3	7	1	2	2.25	4.08	48	78	2	0	1	41	5	0	0	0	0	1	3.96	0.06%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
3	167	8	May 2	DET		CHW	W,9-6	GS-1		4	0.0	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.05	4.23	4	27	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	2.00	-0.38%
4	168	9	May 3	DET		CHW	L,3-19	GS-2	L(1-2)	0	2.0	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	4.09	4.32	14	28	1	0	0	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	1.44	-0.42%
5	169	14	May 8	DET		SLB	L,1-8	GS-5	L(1-3)	4	4.0	8	6	5	2	1	0	0	5.19	4.15	21	23	4	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.37%
6	170	17	May 11	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-7	L(1-4)	2	6.1	8	6	6	3	3	0	1	5.85	3.96	30	33	0	2	0	23	0	1	0	0	1	1	3.05	-0.72%
7	171	20	May 16	DET	@	BOS	L,2-7	GS-3	L(1-5)	4	2.1	6	6	6	0	0	1	1	7.01	4.31	14	21	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.29%
8	172	30	May 29	DET	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG(7)	L(1-6)	12	6.0	10	7	6	4	2	0	0	7.30	4.20	32	24	1	1	0	25	0	1	0	0	1	1	.55	-0.20%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
9	173	36	Jun 4	DET		BOS	L,6-7	GS-6		5	6.0	4	3	3	3	3	1	0	6.94	4.29	25	52	1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.07%
10	174	57	Jun 24	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	W(2-6)	19	9.0	5	2	2	4	1	0	1	6.14	4.19	38	66	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	1	1	.21	0.03%
11	175	62	Jun 29	DET	@	CLE	L,4-13	GS-7	L(2-7)	4	7.0	9	3	1	1	4	0	0	5.60	3.89	28	54	1	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.01%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
12	176	66	Jul 2(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG(8)	L(2-8)	2	8.0	11	8	6	8	2	0	1	5.73	4.03	43	26	0	2	0	33	3	1	0	0	0	2	.06	-0.02%
13	177	70	Jul 4(2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-	L(2-9)	1	7.0	10	2	2	2	1	0	0	5.45	3.92	31	48				28	1	0	0		0
14	178	75	Jul 9(2)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-4	GS-7	W(3-9)	4	6.1	5	2	2	7	4	0	0	5.25	3.95	30	52	1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
15	179	77	Jul 11	DET	@	WSH	W,8-6	8-GF	W(4-9)	1	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.13	3.92	10		0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.03	0.00%
16	180	79	Jul 13	DET	@	WSH	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-9)	1	9.0	7	0	0	4	3	0	0	4.64	3.82	37	72	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	.01	0.00%
17	181	83	Jul 18(1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(6-9)	4	9.0	5	1	1	7	3	0	0	4.33	3.83	38	69	2	2	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.07	0.01%
18	182	87	Jul 22(1)	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG(10)	L(6-10)	3	9.0	6	1	0	6	4	0	0	3.98	3.79	37	71	1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	0.00%
19	183	91	Jul 27	DET		PHA	L,3-5	CG	L(6-11)	4	9.0	9	5	4	5	4	0	1	3.98	3.76	42	50	0	1	0	33	3	0	1	0	0	3	.00	0.00%
							7-12		W-L:6-11	2.9	122.0	127	68	54	72	45	3	7	3.98	3.76	559	47	14	10	1	455	16	7	1	2	3	14	.95	-2.06%

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