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.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CHC		PIT	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 17	CHC		PIT	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 18	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 20	CHC	@	STL	W,11-10	CG	48	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 22	CHC		CIN	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 23	CHC		CIN	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 24	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	45	10.2	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	Apr 25	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 26	CHC		STL	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 27	CHC		STL	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 29	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	43	10.1	2	1	0	3	1
12	12	Apr 30	CHC	@	BSN	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 2	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	14	May 3	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
15	15	May 4	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
16	16	May 6	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	May 7	CHC	@	PHI	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	18	May 8	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 10	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 11	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	21	May 12	CHC	@	CIN	W,12-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	22	May 13	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
23	23	May 15	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	24	May 16	CHC		NYG	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	25	May 17	CHC		NYG	L,0-9	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	26	May 18	CHC		BRO	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	27	May 19	CHC		BRO	W,14-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	28	May 20	CHC		BRO	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	29	May 21	CHC		PHI	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	30	May 23	CHC		CIN	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
31	31	May 24 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	32	May 24 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	33	May 25	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	34	May 26	CHC	@	STL	L,11-12	CG	57	10.1	2	0	1	3	0
35	35	May 27	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
36	36	May 28	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	39 (2)	Jun 1 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	41 (1)	Jun 2	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
39	43 (1)	Jun 6	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	45 (1)	Jun 8 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
41	46	Jun 8 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-13	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	47	Jun 9	CHC	@	BSN	W,13-6	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	48	Jun 10	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	49	Jun 11 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	50	Jun 11 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,7-8	CG	44	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
46	51	Jun 12	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
47	52	Jun 14	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
48	53	Jun 15 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,6-0	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	54	Jun 15 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	55	Jun 16	CHC		PHI	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	56	Jun 17	CHC		BRO	L,6-7	CG	45	10.0	2	0	1	3	0
52	57	Jun 18	CHC		BRO	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	58	Jun 19	CHC		BRO	L,4-9	CG	47	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
54	59	Jun 20	CHC		BSN	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	60	Jun 21	CHC		BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	61	Jun 22 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	62	Jun 22 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	63	Jun 23	CHC		NYG	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	64	Jun 24	CHC		NYG	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
60	65	Jun 25	CHC		NYG	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	66	Jun 27	CHC		PIT	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	67	Jun 28	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	68	Jun 29 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	69	Jun 29 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	70	Jun 30	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	71	Jul 3	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	72	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		STL	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	73	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		STL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	74	Jul 5	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
70	75	Jul 6 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	76	Jul 6 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-13	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	77	Jul 10	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	78	Jul 11	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	79	Jul 13 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	80	Jul 13 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	81	Jul 14	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	36	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
77	82	Jul 15 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
78	83	Jul 15 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
79	84	Jul 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	85	Jul 17	CHC	@	PHI	T,2-2	CG	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	86	Jul 20 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	87	Jul 20 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	88	Jul 22	CHC		BSN	W,13-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	89	Jul 23	CHC		BSN	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	90	Jul 24	CHC		BSN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	91	Jul 25	CHC		NYG	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	92	Jul 26	CHC		NYG	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	93	Jul 27	CHC		NYG	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
89	94	Jul 29	CHC		PHI	W,12-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
90	95	Jul 30 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	96	Jul 30 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	97	Jul 31	CHC		PHI	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	98	Aug 1	CHC		BRO	L,4-5	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	99	Aug 2	CHC		BRO	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	100	Aug 3	CHC		BRO	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
96	101	Aug 4	CHC		STL	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
97	102	Aug 5	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	103	Aug 6	CHC		PIT	L,3-13	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	104	Aug 7	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	105	Aug 8	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
101	106	Aug 9	CHC		CIN	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
102	107	Aug 10	CHC		CIN	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	108	Aug 11	CHC	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	109	Aug 12	CHC	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	110	Aug 13	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	111	Aug 14	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	112	Aug 15	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	113	Aug 16	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	114	Aug 17 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	116 (1)	Aug 18 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	118 (1)	Aug 20	CHC	@	NYG	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
112	119	Aug 21	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	120	Aug 22	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
114	121	Aug 23	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
115	122	Aug 24 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	123	Aug 24 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-7	GS	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	124	Aug 26 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
118	125	Aug 26 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
119	126	Aug 27 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
120	127	Aug 27 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
121	128	Aug 28	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
122	129	Aug 30	CHC		PIT	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	130	Aug 31	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	134 (3)	Sep 4 (1)	CHC		STL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
125	135	Sep 4 (2)	CHC		STL	W,4-3	GS	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	136	Sep 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
127	137	Sep 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
128	138	Sep 10 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
129	139	Sep 10 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
130	140	Sep 12	CHC		PHI	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
131	141	Sep 13	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
132	142	Sep 14 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
133	143	Sep 14 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,10-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
134	144	Sep 16	CHC		BSN	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
135	145	Sep 17	CHC		NYG	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
136	146	Sep 18	CHC		NYG	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
137	147	Sep 19	CHC	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
138	148	Sep 20	CHC	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
139	149	Sep 21 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
140	150	Sep 21 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-7	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
141	151	Sep 23	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
142	154 (2)	Sep 27	CHC		STL	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
143	155	Sep 28	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							143gm			239	10	9	258	2