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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 17	SLB		CHW	W,4-3	GS	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	8 (3)	Apr 21	SLB		CLE	L,1-3	GS	0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	11 (2)	Apr 24	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	15 (3)	Apr 28	SLB	@	DET	L,3-12	GS	0	7.2	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	19 (3)	May 4	SLB		DET	L,1-3		0	7.2	0	2	0	2	0
6	23 (3)	May 9	SLB		CHW	L,1-6		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	27 (3)	May 15	SLB		PHA	W,5-4	GS	0	7.0	0	3	1	4	0
8	30 (2)	May 20	SLB		NYY	L,2-4	GF	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	32 (1)	May 22	SLB		NYY	W,6-2	GS	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
10	35 (2)	May 29 (1)	SLB		DET	L,1-7		0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	40 (4)	May 31 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,6-9	GS	0	3.0	1	1	1	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	41	Jun 1	SLB	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
13	44 (2)	Jun 5	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	45	Jun 7	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	49 (3)	Jun 11	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
16	53 (3)	Jun 15	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
17	56 (2)	Jun 19	SLB	@	BOS	T,5-5	GF	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	58 (1)	Jun 22	SLB	@	DET	W,13-9		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
19	59	Jun 23	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4	GS	0	7.0	0	4	0	4	1
20	62 (2)	Jun 27	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
21	65 (2)	Jun 30	SLB	@	CHW	L,6-8		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	66	Jul 1	SLB		CLE	L,2-5	GS	0	5.0	0	4	1	5	0
23	70 (3)	Jul 5 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
24	73 (2)	Jul 9	SLB		PHA	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
25	76 (2)	Jul 13 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,2-3	GS	0	5.0	1	4	0	5	1
26	80 (3)	Jul 15 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,4-3	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	82 (1)	Jul 17	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	GS	14	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
28	83	Jul 19 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,3-10		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
29	86 (2)	Jul 21	SLB		BOS	L,2-4	GS	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
30	87	Jul 22	SLB		BOS	L,3-7		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
31	91 (3)	Jul 25 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,9-8	GS	0	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	103 (11)	Aug 7 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	T,4-4	GS	24	5.1	0	1	1	2	0
33	107 (3)	Aug 11 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-11		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	108	Aug 11 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	5	1	6	0
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Detroit Tigers
35	114	Aug 20	DET		PHA	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
36	118 (3)	Aug 25	DET		BOS	L,1-2	GS	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
37	122 (3)	Aug 28 (1)	DET		NYY	L,0-1	GS	30	8.0	0	3	1	4	1
38	125 (2)	Aug 31	DET		CHW	W,9-8	GF	13	3.0	0	3	1	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	127 (1)	Sep 2	DET		CHW	W,8-6	GS	30	6.2	1	0	0	1	0
40	131 (3)	Sep 5 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,6-5	GS	0	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
41	136 (4)	Sep 10	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS	0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	138 (1)	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
43	142 (3)	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	L,2-7	GS	18	2.1	2	0	0	2	0
44	150 (7)	Sep 25 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
45	156 (5)	Oct 3	DET		CLE	W,6-5		0	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
							45gm		237.0	14	84	8	106	3