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.

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 19	CHC		STL	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 20	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 21	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 22 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 22 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 25	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	Apr 27	CHC		PIT	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
9	9	Apr 28	CHC		PIT	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	10	Apr 29 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 29 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 5	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	13	May 6 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	14	May 6 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	15	May 9	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
16	16	May 11	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	17	May 12	CHC	@	BSN	W,13-12	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	18	May 13	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	19	May 14	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	41	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 15	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
21	21	May 16	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
22	22	May 17	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	23	May 18	CHC	@	BRO	L,12-15	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	24	May 20 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	25	May 20 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	26	May 23	CHC		PHI	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
27	27	May 24	CHC		PHI	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	28	May 25	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	29	May 26	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	30	May 27 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
31	31	May 27 (2)	CHC		BRO	T,2-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	32	May 28	CHC		BRO	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	33	May 29	CHC		BRO	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
34	34	May 30 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	35	May 30 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 2	CHC		BSN	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	37	Jun 3 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	38	Jun 3 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	39	Jun 7	CHC	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	40	Jun 8	CHC		CIN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	41	Jun 9	CHC		CIN	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	42	Jun 10 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	43	Jun 10 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	44	Jun 12	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	45	Jun 14 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	46	Jun 14 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	47	Jun 15 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	48	Jun 15 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	49	Jun 17	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
50	50	Jun 20	CHC		PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	51	Jun 21	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	52	Jun 22	CHC		STL	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	53	Jun 23	CHC		STL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 24 (1)	CHC		STL	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	55	Jun 24 (2)	CHC		STL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	56	Jun 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	41	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
57	57	Jun 28	CHC	@	BRO	W,11-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
58	58	Jun 29 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
59	59	Jun 29 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	60	Jun 30	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	61	Jul 1 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
62	62	Jul 1 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	63	Jul 3	CHC	@	BSN	W,24-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	64	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	65	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	66	Jul 5	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	67	Jul 6 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	68	Jul 6 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	69	Jul 7	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	70	Jul 8 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,12-6	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
71	71	Jul 8 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	72	Jul 12 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	73	Jul 12 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	74	Jul 13	CHC		BSN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	75	Jul 14	CHC		BSN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	76	Jul 15 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	77	Jul 15 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	78	Jul 16	CHC		NYG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
79	79	Jul 17	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	80	Jul 18 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	81	Jul 18 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	82	Jul 19	CHC		BRO	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	83	Jul 20 susp	CHC		BRO	L,5-12	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	84	Jul 21	CHC		PHI	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	85	Jul 22 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	86	Jul 22 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,6-11	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	87	Jul 24	CHC		PHI	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	88	Jul 26	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	89	Jul 27	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
90	90	Jul 28	CHC		CIN	W,8-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	91	Jul 29 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	92	Jul 29 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	93	Aug 1	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	94	Aug 2	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	95	Aug 3 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	96	Aug 3 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	97	Aug 4	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	98	Aug 5 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	99	Aug 5 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	100	Aug 8 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	101	Aug 8 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	102	Aug 9	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	103	Aug 10	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
104	104	Aug 11	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	105	Aug 12 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	106	Aug 12 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	107	Aug 13	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	108	Aug 14	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	109	Aug 15	CHC	@	BRO	W,20-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	110	Aug 16	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
111	111	Aug 17	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
112	112	Aug 18	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	113	Aug 19 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	114	Aug 19 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-0	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	115	Aug 20	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
116	116	Aug 21	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
117	117	Aug 24	CHC		STL	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
118	118	Aug 25	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	119	Aug 26	CHC		STL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	121 (1)	Aug 29	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
121	122	Aug 30	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-6	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	125 (2)	Sep 2 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	40	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
123	126	Sep 2 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
124	127	Sep 3 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
125	128	Sep 3 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
126	129	Sep 5 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,5-2	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
127	130	Sep 5 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
128	131	Sep 6	CHC		NYG	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	132	Sep 7	CHC		NYG	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
130	133	Sep 8	CHC		NYG	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
131	134	Sep 9 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
132	135	Sep 9 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
133	136	Sep 10	CHC		BSN	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
134	137	Sep 11	CHC		BSN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
135	138	Sep 12	CHC		PHI	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
136	139	Sep 14 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
137	140	Sep 14 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,6-0	CG	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
138	141	Sep 15	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
139	142	Sep 16 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
140	143	Sep 16 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
141	144	Sep 17	CHC		BRO	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
142	145	Sep 18	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
143	146	Sep 19	CHC	@	STL	W,4-1	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
144	148 (1)	Sep 23	CHC		PIT	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
145	149	Sep 25	CHC		STL	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
146	150	Sep 26	CHC		STL	L,6-11	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
147	151	Sep 27 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
148	152	Sep 27 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
149	153	Sep 29 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
150	154	Sep 29 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
151	155	Sep 30	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
							151gm			269	9	3	281	4