Bill Nicholson

Full Name: William Beck Nicholson	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/205	First Game: June 13, 1936
Birthdate: December 11, 1914	Final Game: September 19, 1953
Birthplace: Chestertown, Maryland	MLB Experience: 16 years
Died: March 8, 1996
Deathplace: Chestertown, Maryland
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Bill Nicholson (William Beck Nicholson) was born on December 11, 1914 in Chestertown, Maryland. He made his Major League debut on June 13, 1936 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1939, his rookie year, he hit .295 with 5 home runs and 38 RBI. Nicholson played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 16 year career.

Most people believe that Bill Nicholson's best season was 1944, when he slugged 33 home runs, hit for a .287 average and knocked in 122 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1936	PHI	A	11	12	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
1939	CHI	N	58	220	37	65	5	38	.295	.354	.464	12	5	20	29	0	3	0	1
1940	CHI	N	135	491	78	146	25	98	.297	.366	.534	27	7	50	67	3	1	2	7
1941	CHI	N	147	532	74	135	26	98	.254	.357	.453	26	1	82	91	3	0	1	8
1942	CHI	N	152	588	83	173	21	78	.294	.382	.476	22	11	76	80	8	1	8	7
1943	CHI	N	154	608	95	188	29	128	.309	.386	.531	30	9	71	86	5	0	4	7
1944	CHI	N	156	582	116	167	33	122	.287	.391	.545	35	8	93	71	6	5	3	3
1945	CHI	N	151	559	82	136	13	88	.243	.356	.377	28	4	92	73	6	3	4	9
1946	CHI	N	105	296	36	65	8	41	.220	.325	.358	13	2	44	44	2	3	1	4
1947	CHI	N	148	487	69	119	26	75	.244	.364	.466	28	1	87	83	5	1	1	4
1948	CHI	N	143	494	68	129	19	67	.261	.371	.445	24	5	81	60	5	1	2	5
1949	PHI	N	98	299	42	70	11	40	.234	.344	.391	8	3	45	53	5	1	1	1
1950	PHI	N	41	58	3	13	3	10	.224	.318	.448	2	1	8	16	0	0	0	2
1951	PHI	N	85	170	23	41	8	30	.241	.342	.459	9	2	25	24	1	0	0	1
1952	PHI	N	55	88	17	24	6	19	.273	.390	.511	3	0	14	26	3	1	0	0
1953	PHI	N	38	62	12	13	2	16	.210	.338	.419	5	1	12	20	0	0	0	2
Total	NL		1666	5534	835	1484	235	948	.268	.366	.466	272	60	800	823	52	20	27	61
Total	AL		11	12	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Total			1677	5546	837	1484	235	948	.268	.365	.465	272	60	800	828	52	20	27	61

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1936	PHI	A	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
1939	CHI	N	OF	58	123	5	6	0	.955
1940	CHI	N	OF	123	235	10	13	2	.950
1941	CHI	N	OF	143	293	10	9	2	.971
1942	CHI	N	OF	151	327	18	5	2	.986
1943	CHI	N	OF	154	340	16	8	2	.978
1944	CHI	N	OF	156	305	18	7	4	.979
1945	CHI	N	OF	151	300	12	3	4	.990
1946	CHI	N	OF	80	179	4	5	1	.973
1947	CHI	N	OF	140	281	7	3	1	.990
1948	CHI	N	OF	136	244	7	5	1	.980
1949	PHI	N	OF	91	185	10	1	1	.995
1950	PHI	N	OF	15	20	0	1	0	.952
1951	PHI	N	OF	41	75	1	1	0	.987
1952	PHI	N	OF	19	33	0	0	0	1.000
1953	PHI	N	OF	12	13	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	1471	2954	118	67	20	.979

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (1936).
Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with $30000 to Washington Senators in exchange for Dee Miles (August 9, 1938).
Sold by Washington Senators to Chicago Cubs for $35000 (June 25, 1939).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Harry Walker (October 4, 1948).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (October 30, 1953).

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