William Lawrence James

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Full Name: William Lawrence James	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/196	First Game: April 17, 1913
Birthdate: March 12, 1892	Final Game: June 4, 1919
Birthplace: Iowa Hill, California	MLB Experience: 4 years
Died: March 10, 1971
Deathplace: Oroville, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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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.

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[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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