William Lawrence James
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[edit] Biography
Born on March 12, 1892 in Iowa Hill, California, Bill James (William Lawrence James) played for the Boston Braves for his entire 4 year career. James broke into the bigs on April 17, 1913 with the Boston Braves, and put up a 2.79 ERA in 135.2 innings pitched in 1913, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bill James's best season was 1914, when he posted a 1.90 ERA, won 26 games and struck out 156 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | BOS | N | 24 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 2.79 | 73 | 75 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 135.2 | 134 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| 1914 | BOS | N | 46 | 37 | 26 | 7 | 1.90 | 156 | 91 | 70 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 332.1 | 261 | 7 | 118 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 1915 | BOS | N | 13 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3.03 | 23 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 68.1 | 68 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 1919 | BOS | N | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 84 | 60 | 37 | 21 | 2.28 | 253 | 196 | 137 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 541.2 | 469 | 14 | 199 | 0 | 17 | 22 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | BOS | N | P | 24 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .857 |
| 1914 | BOS | N | P | 46 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 85 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .899 |
| 1915 | BOS | N | P | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1919 | BOS | N | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | P | 84 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 148 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .904 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | BOS | N | 24 | 47 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .271 | .298 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | BOS | N | 49 | 129 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 9 | .256 | .262 | .279 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | BOS | N | 14 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .048 | .091 | .048 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | BOS | N | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 88 | 199 | 18 | 46 | 0 | 9 | .231 | .243 | .256 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Seattle (Northwestern) to Boston Braves (June 24, 1912).
- Sold by Boston Braves to Oakland (PCL) (July 2, 1919).
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