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: 12-18 / in Starts: 8-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 10, Entered with runners on base: 2

1916 Pitching Game Log

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1916 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	101	4	Apr 15	DET	@	CHW	L,4-9	1-6		99	6.0	6	5	5	4	1	0	2	7.50	4.98	29		2	1	1	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.14%
2	102	10	Apr 23	DET		CHW	L,2-3	GS-	L(0-1)	7	6.0	5	3	3	2	4	0	2	6.00	3.98	21	52				17					0
3	103	15	Apr 30	DET		CLE	L,6-12	GS-	L(0-2)	6	1.1	3	4	4	2	1	0	1	8.10	4.34	9	31				6					0
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
4	104	19	May 5	DET		SLB	L,4-5			4	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8.10	4.79	2					0					0
5	105	25	May 12	DET	@	PHA	W,8-6	GS-6		6	5.0	2	0	0	10	3	0	0	5.89	5.43	26	56	0	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.47	0.14%
6	106	29	May 17	DET	@	WSH	L,4-6			4	1.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	6.52	5.16	7					7					0
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
7	107	64	Jun 27(2)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	W(1-2)	40	9.0	7	2	2	6	5	0	0	5.08	4.54	38	64				31	2	0			0
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
8	108	68	Jul 1	DET	@	CHW	L,0-6	GS-7	L(1-3)	3	7.0	9	4	3	1	4	1	0	4.84	4.33	28	48	1	0	1	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	2.27	-0.16%
9	109	72	Jul 4(2)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS-	L(1-4)	2	7.0	9	6	5	4	1	0	0	5.10	4.23	31	34				27					0
10	110	75	Jul 8	DET	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	W(2-4)	3	9.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	0	4.56	3.84	33	70	2	0	1	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	0.39%
11	111	79	Jul 13	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	W(3-4)	4	9.0	5	1	1	3	3	0	0	4.03	3.66	34	73				31	0	1			0
12	112	84	Jul 17(2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-7	L(3-5)	3	7.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	0	4.01	3.46	30	54	1	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.13	-0.27%
13	113	90	Jul 22(2)	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	GS-6	L(3-6)	4	6.0	2	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.80	3.45	25	63	1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.73	0.19%
14	114	93	Jul 25	DET		WSH	W,6-5	GS-		2	0.2	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.26	3.44	8	24				8					0
15	115	98	Jul 29(2)	DET		BOS	W,7-3	CG	W(4-6)	3	9.0	5	3	2	2	2	0	0	4.01	3.34	36	67				33	0	2			0
Aug				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
16	116	101	Aug 1	DET		BOS	L,2-6	CG	L(4-7)	2	9.0	7	6	0	0	1	0	2	3.62	3.28	38	62				35	0	2			0
17	117	105	Aug 5	DET		NYY	W,3-2	8-GF(14)	W(5-7)	3	7.0	7	1	1	1	2	0	1	3.45	3.24	29		0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	4.14	0.36%
18	118	110	Aug 10	DET		PHA	W,10-4		S(1)	4	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.35	3.22	11					10					0
19	119	113	Aug 13	DET	@	CHW	W,9-4	GS-	W(6-7)	2	5.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.36	3.16	18	52				18					0
20	120	115	Aug 17(1)	DET	@	WSH	W,11-6		W(7-7)	3	4.0	3	3	1	5	1	0	0	3.32	3.24	20					15					0
21	121	120	Aug 22	DET	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	L(7-8)	4	8.0	7	1	1	5	4	0	0	3.18	3.24	36	63				29	1	0			0
22	122	124	Aug 26	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	W(8-8)	3	9.0	4	1	1	5	2	0	0	3.02	3.26	34	72	0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	8.34	1.85%
23	123	127	Aug 30	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS-3	L(8-9)	3	2.1	7	5	5	0	1	0	0	3.31	3.23	14	24	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.37	-1.65%
Sep/Oct				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
24	124	131	Sep 4(1)	DET		CLE	W,7-5	2-7		4	5.2	5	3	2	3	2	0	1	3.31	3.25	28		0	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	1	1	9.55	0.47%
25	125	137	Sep 10	DET	@	CLE	L,2-8	GS-	L(8-10)	5	1.2	5	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.53	3.28	11	27				9					0
26	126	145	Sep 18	DET		PHA	L,0-2			7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.50	3.28	3					3					0
27	127	146	Sep 19	DET		BOS	L,1-3	9-9		0	0.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.50	3.32	4		1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.12	-0.35%
28	128	150	Sep 23	DET		WSH	L,3-6	GS-	L(8-11)	3	2.0	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	3.57	3.31	11	38				9					0
29	129	152	Sep 25	DET		WSH	L,5-8			1	2.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.58	3.28	9					9					0
30	130	155	Oct 1	DET	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	L(8-12)	5	8.0	8	6	5	10	5	0	2	3.69	3.40	41	39				27	2	0			0
							12-18		W-L:8-12,Sv:1	3.6	151.1	142	76	62	80	61	1	11	3.69	3.40	664	51	8	3	3	554	15	7	0	1	1	3	4.46	0.84%

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