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	15-18 / in Starts: 12-11
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	25 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 68 PAs	1
Actual Runners on Base	23 (10-10-3)
Avg. MLBer w/ 68 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	41 (19-13-7)

Most Driven In
R Young	1

Most Driven In By
T Cobb	4
B Veach	1
O Vitt	1
D Bush	0

1917 Batting Game Log

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1917 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	132	1	Apr 11	DET		CLE	L,4-6	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0						9						P
2	133	4 (2)	Apr 15	DET		CHW	L,2-6	2-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.30	-0.046	2.93	-0.06%	-0.44	P
3	134	10 (5)	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	1-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.11	-0.054	1.96	-0.06%	-0.54	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
4	135	22 (11)	May 12	DET		BOS	L,0-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
5	136	25 (2)	May 15	DET		WSH	L,5-11	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
6	137	29 (3)	May 19	DET		NYY	T,9-9	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
7	138	34 (4)	May 29	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.63	-0.208	.70	-0.05%	-1.00	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
8	139	38 (3)	Jun 2	DET	@	NYY	L,4-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.125	.125	.125	.250	9	1.11	-0.030	.59	-0.01%	-0.29	P
9	140	44 (5)	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	W,7-4	GS-7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0		.091	.167	.091	.258	9	.34	-0.020	.20	-0.01%	-0.44	P
10	141	48 (3)	Jun 15	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.071	.133	.071	.205	9	1.04	-0.078	.71	-0.03%	-0.61	P
11	142	51 (2)	Jun 19	DET	@	WSH	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.125	.176	.125	.301	9	1.14	-0.041	1.16	-0.03%	-0.35	P
12	143	58 (6)	Jun 26 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.167	.211	.167	.377	9	.58	0.015	.93	0.02%	0.10	P
13	144	61 (2)	Jun 28	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.211	.250	.211	.461	9	2.76	0.148	2.77	0.09%	0.72	P
14	145	64 (2)	Jun 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,6-5	GS-8	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.286	.318	.286	.604	9	.94	0.048	.75	0.02%	0.31	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
15	146	69 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CHW	L,3-4	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.273	.333	.273	.606	9	1.46	0.001	1.71	0.00%	0.04	P
16	147	75 (5)	Jul 9 (2)	DET		WSH	W,10-2	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.320	.393	.320	.713	9	.15	0.025	.07	0.01%	0.77	P
17	148	79 (3)	Jul 13	DET		BOS	W,1-0	CG	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0		.346	.433	.346	.779	9	1.83	0.078	1.41	0.04%	0.54	P
18	149	85 (5)	Jul 18 (2)	DET		PHA	L,3-4	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.346	.433	.346	.779	9						P
19	150	88 (2)	Jul 21 (1)	DET		NYY	W,4-3	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.333	.438	.333	.771	9	.92	0.009	.31	0.00%	0.04	P
20	151	92 (3)	Jul 26 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.300	.400	.300	.700	9	.50	-0.035	.12	-0.01%	-0.33	P
21	152	95 (2)	Jul 28 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.300	.400	.300	.700	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
22	153	99 (3)	Aug 1	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.323	.417	.323	.739	9	.57	0.023	.33	0.01%	0.23	P
23	154	106 (6)	Aug 10 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0		.303	.410	.303	.713	9	.29	-0.015	.16	-0.01%	-0.42	P
24	155	112 (5)	Aug 13 (2)	DET		SLB	W,7-6	1-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.278	.381	.278	.659	9	.56	-0.040	.07	0.00%	-0.40	P
25	156	118 (5)	Aug 22	DET		NYY	W,2-0	CG	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		.270	.400	.270	.670	9	.71	0.078	.01	0.00%	0.47	P
26	157	123 (4)	Aug 27	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.275	.396	.275	.671	9	.65	0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.09	P
27	158	126 (2)	Aug 31	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.262	.380	.262	.642	9	1.27	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-0.50	P
Sept		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	159	130 (3)	Sep 3 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-7	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.262	.380	.262	.642	9						P
29	160	131	Sep 3 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,8-14	3-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.256	.373	.256	.628	9	.83	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.20	P
30	161	135 (3)	Sep 9 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-6	3-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.365	.250	.615	9	.80	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.19	P
31	162	138 (2)	Sep 12 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG(11)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		1		0		.234	.357	.234	.591	9	.91	-0.015	.00	0.00%	0.31	P
32	163	143 (4)	Sep 19 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.220	.339	.220	.559	9	.42	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.36	P
33	164	148 (4)	Sep 24 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.226	.349	.226	.576	9	.55	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.75	P
34	165	153 (4)	Sep 29 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,4-8	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.214	.333	.214	.548	9	.43	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
							15-18		68	56	7	12	0	0	0	1	10	0	20	0	2		1		0		.214	.333	.214	.548		.83	-0.290	.48	-0.08%	-2.19

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