Bill Nicholson

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 205lb (183cm, 92kg)

Born: December 11, 1914 in Chestertown, MD us

Died: March 8, 1996 in Chestertown, MD

Buried: Old St. Paul Episcopal Church Cemetery, Chestertown, MD

High School: Chestertown HS (Chestertown, MD)

School: Washington College (Chestertown, MD)

Debut: June 13, 1936 (Age 21-185d, 8,016th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 19, 1953 (Age 38-282d)
vs. BRO 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: William Beck Nicholson

Nicknames: Swish

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5x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

41.9

5546

1484

235

.268

837

RBI

948

OBP

.365

SLG

.465

OPS

.831

OPS+

132

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	18-21 / in Starts: 4-6
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	18 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 66 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	53 (24-20-9) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 66 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	44 (23-13-7)

Most Driven In
W Jones	3
Self	3
P Caballero	2
A Seminick	1
M Goliat	0

Most Driven In By
Self	3
A Seminick	0

1950 Batting Game Log

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1950 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	1460	12 (11)	Apr 30 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.66	-0.043	3.85	-0.06%	-0.44	PH
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
2	1461	14 (1)	May 2	PHI	@	CHC	L,8-10	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.38	0.022	.98	0.04%	0.87	PH
3	1462	25 (10)	May 14 susp	PHI		NYG	W,9-7	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.98	-0.026	3.47	-0.06%	-0.44	PH
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
4	1463	52 (26)	Jun 18 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	4.68	0.171	15.59	0.34%	0.58	PH
5	1464	53	Jun 18 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,4-2	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	4.29	-0.255	15.92	-0.57%	-1.59	PH
6	1465	56 (2)	Jun 22	PHI		PIT	W,7-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.556	.778	6	.54	0.030	2.01	0.07%	0.73	RF
7	1466	57	Jun 23	PHI		CHC	L,4-7	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.308	.455	.762	6	1.62	-0.097	7.57	-0.27%	-0.69	RF
8	1467	58	Jun 24	PHI		CHC	W,5-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.313	.429	.741	6	1.15	0.051	5.23	0.14%	0.53	RF
9	1468	59	Jun 25 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,8-11	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.316	.412	.728	6	1.03	-0.025	4.61	-0.07%	-0.38	RF
10	1469	60	Jun 25 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,2-1	GS-9	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.348	.476	.824	6	1.54	0.060	6.55	0.15%	0.07	RF
11	1470	62 (1)	Jun 28	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.455	.788	9	1.49	-0.042	7.88	-0.13%	-0.32	PH
12	1471	63	Jun 29	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.320	.435	.755	8	6.11	-0.139	31.78	-0.44%	-0.47	PH
13	1472	64	Jun 30	PHI		BRO	W,8-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.320	.435	.755	6						RF
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
14	1473	65	Jul 1	PHI		BRO	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.320	.435	.755	6						RF
15	1474	66	Jul 2 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,6-4	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.346	.583	.929	9	2.53	0.280	15.55	1.03%	1.58	PH RF
16	1475	67	Jul 2 (2)	PHI		BRO	T,8-8	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.333	.560	.893	7	4.39	-0.113	27.20	-0.42%	-0.44	PH
17	1476	68	Jul 3	PHI		BSN	L,1-3	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.357	.577	.934	9	2.00	0.121	11.21	0.41%	0.96	PH
18	1477	70 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,9-12	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.345	.556	.900	3	3.16	-0.073	19.15	-0.26%	-0.48	PH
19	1478	74 (3)	Jul 8	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-1	9-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.321	.367	.679	1.045	8	4.51	0.483	26.73	1.72%	2.66	PH
20	1479	75	Jul 9	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.290	.353	.613	.966	4	.56	-0.034	3.40	-0.12%	-0.49	RF
21	1480	77 (1)	Jul 14	PHI	@	STL	L,2-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.281	.343	.594	.937	9						PH
22	1481	78	Jul 15	PHI	@	STL	L,6-8	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.273	.333	.576	.909	9	2.60	-0.121	20.41	-0.57%	-0.78	PH
23	1482	79	Jul 16 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.324	.559	.883	9	.04	-0.001	.22	0.00%	-0.45	PH
24	1483	80	Jul 16 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-10	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.317	.514	.831	7	.59	-0.013	2.95	-0.04%	-0.47	RF
25	1484	83 (2)	Jul 19 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-2	9-11	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.333	.579	.912	5	1.86	0.229	9.19	0.68%	0.69	RF
26	1485	84	Jul 19 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-4	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.349	.579	.928	8	1.53	0.027	7.95	0.09%	0.12	PH
27	1486	85	Jul 20	PHI	@	PIT	L,8-10	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.341	.564	.905	8	3.65	-0.090	18.53	-0.27%	-0.82	PH
28	1487	88 (2)	Jul 22 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.550	.883	9	.07	-0.002	.39	-0.01%	-0.17	PH
29	1488	94 (5)	Jul 26	PHI		CHC	W,6-4	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.348	.550	.898	9						PH
30	1489	99 (4)	Jul 30 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.360	.558	.918	5	.81	0.097	5.31	0.39%	0.48	RF
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
31	1490	109 (9)	Aug 9	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.353	.545	.898	9	2.08	-0.063	17.60	-0.32%	-0.63	PH
32	1491	111 (1)	Aug 11	PHI		NYG	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.327	.500	.827	5	1.26	-0.128	8.04	-0.49%	-0.89	RF
33	1492	112	Aug 12	PHI		NYG	W,5-4	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.339	.510	.849	9	2.57	0.074	17.94	0.31%	0.39	PH
34	1493	113	Aug 13	PHI		NYG	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.333	.500	.833	9	1.87	-0.048	11.95	-0.18%	-0.24	PH
35	1494	121 (7)	Aug 25	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.328	.490	.818	9	2.61	-0.048	13.54	-0.15%	-0.33	PH
36	1495	122	Aug 26	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-14	5-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.339	.490	.829	7	1.25	0.026	6.03	0.07%	0.28	PH
37	1496	124 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	T,4-4	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.339	.490	.829	3						RF
38	1497	128 (3)	Aug 30	PHI	@	STL	W,9-8	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.333	.481	.814	8	4.72	-0.122	21.59	-0.34%	-0.80	PH
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
39	1498	130 (1)	Sep 2	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-0	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.328	.472	.800	8	.56	-0.014	1.75	-0.03%	-0.43	PH
40	1499	131	Sep 4 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.323	.456	.779	5	1.05	-0.059	2.62	-0.09%	-0.33	RF
41	1500	134 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.318	.448	.766	9	3.53	-0.100	21.36	-0.36%	-0.24	PH
							18-21		66	58	3	13	2	1	3	10	8	0	16	0	0		1	2	0	0	.224	.318	.448	.766		1.62	0.015	8.29	0.18%	-2.40

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