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.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 18	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	5 (1)	Apr 21	CHC		STL	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	6	Apr 23	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
4	7	Apr 24	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	15 (7)	May 3	CHC		NYG	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	16	May 4	CHC		NYG	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	17	May 5 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,13-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
8	18	May 5 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	19	May 8	CHC		BSN	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	20	May 9	CHC		BSN	L,2-5	CG	53	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	22 (1)	May 15	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-4	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
12	23	May 18	CHC	@	NYG	W,19-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	24	May 19 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	25	May 19 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	26	May 20	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	27	May 22	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	49	12.1	0	0	0	0	0
17	28	May 23	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	42	10.1	4	0	0	4	0
18	29	May 24	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	30	May 26	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	31	May 27	CHC		STL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	32	May 28	CHC		STL	L,2-12	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
22	33	May 29	CHC		STL	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	34	May 30 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	35	May 30 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	61 (25)	Jun 30 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-5	GF	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	62	Jun 30 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	63	Jul 1	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	64	Jul 2	CHC		PIT	L,0-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	65	Jul 3 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	66	Jul 3 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	68 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-6	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	70 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,2-0	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	74 (3)	Jul 12	CHC		BRO	W,13-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	87 (12)	Jul 25	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
35	90 (2)	Jul 27 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	91	Jul 28 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	92	Jul 28 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	93	Jul 29	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	51	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	94	Jul 30	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	44	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
40	95	Jul 31	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	96	Aug 3	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	97	Aug 4 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	0	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
43	98	Aug 4 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	99	Aug 6	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
45	100	Aug 8	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	101	Aug 9	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	102	Aug 10	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	103	Aug 11 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,9-10	CG	43	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
49	104	Aug 11 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	T,4-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	105	Aug 12	CHC		STL	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	106	Aug 13	CHC		STL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	107	Aug 14	CHC		STL	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	108	Aug 15 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	109	Aug 15 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	110	Aug 16	CHC		CIN	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
56	111	Aug 17	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	115 (3)	Aug 21	CHC		PHI	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	116	Aug 22	CHC		BSN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	117	Aug 23	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	127 (9)	Sep 2 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	128	Sep 2 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	134 (5)	Sep 10	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	135	Sep 11	CHC	@	BSN	T,3-3	CG	0	17.0	7	0	0	7	0
64	139 (3)	Sep 14	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	140	Sep 15 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	141	Sep 15 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	21	5.0	1	1	1	3	0
67	142	Sep 16	CHC	@	BRO	W,10-7	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	143	Sep 17	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	144	Sep 18	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
70	145	Sep 19	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	146	Sep 21	CHC		STL	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	147	Sep 22	CHC		STL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	148	Sep 23	CHC		STL	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
74	149	Sep 24 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,13-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
75	150	Sep 24 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,0-13	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
76	151	Sep 25	CHC		PIT	L,5-6	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	152	Sep 26	CHC		PIT	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	153	Sep 27	CHC	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	154	Sep 28	CHC	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	155	Sep 29	CHC	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							80gm			173	4	5	182	1