William Henry James

Full Name: William Henry James	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/195	First Game: June 12, 1911
Birthdate: January 20, 1887	Final Game: September 17, 1919
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: May 25, 1942
Deathplace: Venice, California
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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Born on January 20, 1887 in Detroit, Michigan, Bill James (William Henry James) played for the Cleveland Naps, St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 8 year career. James broke into the bigs on June 12, 1911 with the Cleveland Naps, and put up a 4.88 ERA in 51.2 innings pitched in 1911, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bill James's best season was 1914, when he posted a 2.85 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 109 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1911	CLE	A	8	6	2	4	4.88	21	37	28	4	0	0	51.2	58	1	32	2	2
1912	CLE	A	3	0	0	0	4.61	5	11	7	0	0	0	13.2	15	0	9	0	0
1914	STL	A	44	35	15	14	2.85	109	121	90	20	3	1	284	269	4	109	11	6
1915	STL	A	34	22	7	10	3.59	58	89	68	8	0	1	170.1	155	2	92	5	7
1915	DET	A	11	9	7	3	2.42	24	26	18	3	1	0	67	57	1	33	1	0
1915	TOT	A	45	31	14	13	3.26	82	115	86	11	1	1	237.1	212	3	125	6	7
1916	DET	A	30	20	8	12	3.68	61	76	62	8	0	1	151.2	141	1	79	6	11
1917	DET	A	34	23	13	10	2.09	62	71	46	10	2	1	198	163	2	96	2	12
1918	DET	A	19	18	6	11	3.76	42	68	51	8	1	0	122	127	3	68	2	5
1919	DET	A	2	1	1	0	5.79	3	6	6	0	0	0	9.1	12	0	7	1	0
1919	CHI	A	5	5	3	2	2.52	11	12	11	3	2	0	39.1	39	0	14	0	2
1919	BOS	A	13	7	3	5	4.09	12	42	33	4	0	0	72.2	74	2	39	2	3
1919	TOT	A	20	13	7	7	3.71	26	60	50	7	2	0	121.1	125	2	60	3	5
Total			203	146	65	71	3.20	408	559	420	68	9	4	1179.2	1110	16	578	32	48

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1911	CLE	A	P	8	4	11	1	0	.938
1912	CLE	A	P	3	1	2	3	0	.500
1914	STL	A	P	44	11	105	3	5	.975
1915	STL	A	P	34	12	58	6	2	.921
1915	DET	A	P	11	2	26	2	1	.933
1915	TOT	A	P	45	14	84	8	3	.925
1916	DET	A	P	30	4	46	6	1	.893
1917	DET	A	P	34	4	61	5	1	.929
1918	DET	A	P	19	5	43	1	3	.980
1919	DET	A	P	2	1	2	0	0	1.000
1919	CHI	A	P	5	2	7	1	0	.900
1919	BOS	A	P	13	4	23	3	2	.900
1919	TOT	A	P	20	7	32	4	2	.907
Total			P	203	50	384	31	15	.933

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB
1911	CLE	A	8	17	1	1	1	.059	.111	.118	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
1912	CLE	A	3	3	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
1914	STL	A	44	89	4	10	2	.112	.151	.146	1	1	4	38	0	4	1
1915	STL	A	34	42	2	8	2	.190	.261	.238	2	0	3	18	1	6	0
1915	DET	A	11	21	4	6	2	.286	.400	.333	1	0	3	6	1	1	0
1915	TOT	A	45	63	6	14	4	.222	.310	.270	3	0	6	24	2	7	0
1916	DET	A	30	44	3	3	1	.068	.128	.068	0	0	3	24	0	6	0
1917	DET	A	34	57	7	12	2	.211	.328	.211	0	0	10	20	0	2	0
1918	DET	A	19	46	0	5	0	.109	.128	.130	1	0	1	12	0	0	0
1919	DET	A	2	4	1	1	1	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
1919	CHI	A	5	14	2	2	0	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
1919	BOS	A	13	21	1	3	1	.143	.217	.143	0	0	1	7	1	3	0
1919	TOT	A	20	39	4	6	2	.154	.195	.154	0	0	1	11	1	4	0
Total			203	358	25	51	12	.142	.209	.165	6	1	27	129	3	25	1

[edit] Transactions

Traded by St. Louis Browns to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Baby Doll Jacobson and $15000 (August 18, 1915).
Sold by Detroit Tigers to Boston Red Sox (May 24, 1919).
Claimed on waivers by Chicago White Sox from Boston Red Sox (August 18, 1919).

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