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

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

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 24	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	9	Apr 25	CHC		CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
3	10	Apr 26	CHC		CIN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	11	Apr 27	CHC	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	12	Apr 28	CHC	@	STL	L,5-7	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	13	Apr 29	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
7	14	Apr 30	CHC		BSN	W,8-7	CG	46	10.0	1	0	2	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	15	May 4	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	16	May 5	CHC		PHI	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	17	May 6	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	18	May 7	CHC		PHI	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	19	May 9	CHC		BRO	L,1-4	CG	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	26 (6)	May 18	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	27	May 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
15	28	May 20	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	29	May 21	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	30	May 23	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	54	13.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	31	May 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,7-12	CG	44	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
19	32	May 26	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	33	May 27	CHC		STL	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	35 (1)	May 29	CHC		STL	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	36	May 30 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	37	May 30 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,8-9	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	38	Jun 1	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	47	12.0	3	1	0	4	0
25	39	Jun 2 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	40	Jun 2 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	42 (1)	Jun 4	CHC		PHI	W,12-6	GF	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	43	Jun 5	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	44	Jun 6	CHC		PHI	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	45	Jun 7	CHC		BSN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	46	Jun 8	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	47	Jun 9 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	48	Jun 9 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,15-8	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	49	Jun 11 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	50	Jun 11 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	51	Jun 14	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	52	Jun 15	CHC	@	BSN	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	54 (1)	Jun 16 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
39	55	Jun 17	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	56	Jun 18	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	57	Jun 20	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-6	GS	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	59 (1)	Jun 22	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	60	Jun 23 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	61	Jun 23 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
45	62	Jun 25	CHC	@	BRO	W,8-3	CG	53	13.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	63	Jun 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	64	Jun 28	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	65	Jun 29	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	66	Jun 30 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	67	Jun 30 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	44	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	68	Jul 1	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	69	Jul 2	CHC		PIT	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	70	Jul 3	CHC		PIT	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	71	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
55	72	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	73	Jul 5	CHC	@	STL	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	74	Jul 6	CHC		CIN	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
58	75	Jul 7	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	76	Jul 11 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	77	Jul 11 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	78	Jul 12	CHC		BSN	W,2-0	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	79	Jul 13	CHC		BSN	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	80	Jul 14 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,6-5	CG	53	13.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	81	Jul 14 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	83 (1)	Jul 16	CHC		NYG	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
66	84	Jul 17	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	85	Jul 18	CHC		BRO	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
68	86	Jul 19	CHC		BRO	W,11-4	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	87	Jul 20	CHC		PHI	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	3	0	2	5	0
70	88	Jul 21 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	89	Jul 21 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	90	Jul 23	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	91	Jul 24	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	92	Jul 25	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	93	Jul 26	CHC	@	NYG	W,14-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	94	Jul 27	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	95	Jul 28	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	96	Jul 29	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	97	Jul 30	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	98	Jul 31	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	99	Aug 2	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
82	100	Aug 3	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	101	Aug 4 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	102	Aug 4 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	48	10.2	0	0	0	0	0
85	103	Aug 7	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	41	10.0	5	1	0	6	1
86	104	Aug 8	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	105	Aug 9	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	106	Aug 10	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	107	Aug 11 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	108	Aug 11 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
91	109	Aug 13	CHC		STL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	110	Aug 15	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	111	Aug 16 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,4-9	CG	50	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	112	Aug 16 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	126 (13)	Aug 31	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	127	Sep 1 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	128	Sep 1 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	129	Sep 2 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	130	Sep 2 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	131	Sep 4	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	132	Sep 6	CHC	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	133	Sep 7	CHC		CIN	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	134	Sep 8	CHC		CIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	135	Sep 11 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	136	Sep 11 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
106	137	Sep 12	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	138	Sep 13	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
108	139	Sep 14	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	140	Sep 15 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	141	Sep 15 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	142	Sep 17	CHC	@	NYG	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
112	143	Sep 18	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	144	Sep 19	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
114	145	Sep 21	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	1	0	1	2	0
115	146	Sep 22 (1)	CHC		STL	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
116	147	Sep 22 (2)	CHC		STL	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
117	148	Sep 23	CHC		STL	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
118	149	Sep 25 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
119	150	Sep 25 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	151	Sep 26	CHC		PIT	L,6-7	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
121	152	Sep 27	CHC	@	STL	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
122	153	Sep 28	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	0	11.1	2	0	0	2	0
123	154	Sep 29	CHC	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
							124gm			188	11	13	212	2