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.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHC	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 15	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 16	CHC	@	STL	L,6-11	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 17	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 19	CHC		CIN	L,1-2	CG	53	14.0	6	0	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 20	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 21	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 22	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 23	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 24	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	Apr 25	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	12	Apr 26	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	13	Apr 27	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	47	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	14	Apr 28	CHC		BSN	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	15	Apr 29	CHC		BSN	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	16	Apr 30	CHC		BSN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	CHC		NYG	W,13-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 2	CHC		NYG	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	19	May 3 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	20	May 3 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	21	May 5	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	22	May 8	CHC		PIT	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	23	May 9	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	26 (2)	May 12	CHC	@	BSN	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	27	May 13	CHC	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	28	May 14	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	29	May 15	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	30	May 17 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	31	May 17 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	32	May 18	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	34 (1)	May 20	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	35	May 23	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	36	May 24 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	44	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	37	May 24 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	38	May 25	CHC		STL	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	39	May 26	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	43	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	40	May 27	CHC		CIN	L,1-10	CG	46	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
38	41	May 28	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	44	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	42	May 29	CHC		CIN	W,6-5	CG	47	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
40	43	May 30 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	44	May 30 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	45	May 31	CHC		STL	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	46	Jun 2	CHC		NYG	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
44	47	Jun 3	CHC		NYG	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	48	Jun 4	CHC		NYG	L,3-4	CG	50	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	49	Jun 5 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	50	Jun 5 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
48	51	Jun 6	CHC		BRO	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	52	Jun 7 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
50	53	Jun 7 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	54	Jun 10	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	55	Jun 11	CHC		PHI	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
53	56	Jun 12	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	57	Jun 13	CHC		BSN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	58	Jun 14 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	59	Jun 14 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,1-10	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	60	Jun 15	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
58	61	Jun 17	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	62	Jun 19 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	63	Jun 19 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
61	64	Jun 20	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	65	Jun 21 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	66	Jun 21 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	67	Jun 23	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	68	Jun 24	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
66	69	Jun 25	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	70	Jun 26	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	71	Jun 27	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	72	Jun 28 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
70	73	Jun 28 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	74	Jun 30	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	75	Jul 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	76	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	77	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
75	78	Jul 5 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	79	Jul 5 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	80	Jul 9	CHC		BSN	L,3-4	CG	54	13.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	81	Jul 10	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	82	Jul 11	CHC		BSN	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	83	Jul 12 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	84	Jul 12 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	85	Jul 14	CHC		NYG	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	86	Jul 15	CHC		BRO	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
84	87	Jul 16 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
85	88	Jul 16 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
86	89	Jul 17	CHC		BRO	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	90	Jul 18	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	91	Jul 19 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	92	Jul 19 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	93	Jul 21	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	74	16.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	94	Jul 22	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
92	95	Jul 25	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
93	96	Jul 26 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
94	97	Jul 26 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	98	Jul 28 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
96	99	Jul 28 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	100	Jul 29 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	101	Jul 29 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	102	Jul 30	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	103	Aug 1	CHC	@	BRO	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	104	Aug 2 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	48	9.2	4	0	0	4	0
102	105	Aug 2 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	106	Aug 4	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	43	10.1	0	0	0	0	0
104	108 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	45	11.1	3	0	0	3	0
105	109	Aug 8 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
106	110	Aug 9 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-8	CG	83	18.0	4	0	0	4	0
107	111	Aug 9 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	23	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	112	Aug 11	CHC		STL	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	113	Aug 12 (1)	CHC		STL	L,4-9	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	114	Aug 12 (2)	CHC		STL	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
111	115	Aug 13	CHC		STL	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	116	Aug 14	CHC		PIT	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
113	117	Aug 15 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	118	Aug 15 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,7-8	CG	52	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	119	Aug 16 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	120	Aug 16 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	121	Aug 18	CHC	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
118	122	Aug 19	CHC	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
119	123	Aug 21	CHC		CIN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
120	124	Aug 22	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	CG	48	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
121	125	Aug 23 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
122	126	Aug 23 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,3-0	CG	27	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
123	127	Aug 25	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
124	128	Aug 26 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG	45	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
125	129	Aug 26 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
126	130	Aug 28	CHC		BRO	L,1-7	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
127	131	Aug 29	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
128	132	Aug 30 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	133	Aug 30 (2)	CHC		NYG	T,5-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	134	Aug 31	CHC		NYG	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	135	Sep 1	CHC		NYG	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
132	136	Sep 2	CHC		BSN	L,1-2	CG	36	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
133	137	Sep 4	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	138	Sep 6 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
135	139	Sep 6 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
136	140	Sep 7 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
137	141	Sep 7 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
138	142	Sep 10	CHC	@	BRO	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
139	143	Sep 11	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	45	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
140	144	Sep 13 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,6-11	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
141	145	Sep 13 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,12-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
142	146	Sep 14	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
143	147	Sep 16 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
144	148	Sep 16 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
145	149	Sep 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
146	150	Sep 20 (1)	CHC		STL	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
147	151	Sep 20 (2)	CHC		STL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
148	152	Sep 22 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
149	153	Sep 22 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
150	154	Sep 27 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
151	155	Sep 27 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
							151gm			252	18	5	275	3