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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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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[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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