Bill James

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-4, 195lb (193cm, 88kg)

Born: January 20, 1887 in Detroit, MI us

Died: May 25, 1942 in Venice, CA

Buried: Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA

Debut: June 12, 1911 (Age 24-143d, 3,520th in major league history)
vs. NYY 8.0 IP, 4 H, 5 SO, 4 BB, L

Last Game: September 17, 1919 (Age 32-240d)
vs. NYY 9.0 IP, 9 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1911 season

Full Name: William Henry James

Nicknames: Big Bill

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.6

ERA

3.21

203

146

1178.2

408

WHIP

1.432

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Team Record in Appearances: 20-23 / in Starts: 18-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 11, Entered with runners on base: 2

1914 Pitching Game Log

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1914 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	12	1	Apr 14	SLB	@	DET	L,2-3		L(0-1)	99	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	27.00	2.44	2					1					0
2	13	2	Apr 16	SLB	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	W(1-1)	1	9.0	10	5	3	2	4	0	0	3.86	2.22	40	53				33	0	1			0
3	14	9	Apr 24	SLB		DET	W,6-5	CG	W(2-1)	7	12.0	9	5	4	10	3	0	0	3.38	3.47	52	59				39	1	1			0
4	15	12	Apr 29	SLB		CLE	W,6-3	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	7	3	1	6	2	0	0	2.67	3.62	38	61				32	1	0			0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
5	16	19	May 6	SLB	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	W(4-1)	6	9.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.29	3.35	33	74	0	2	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.80	0.44%
6	17	21	May 9	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.68	3.35	5		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.19	-0.15%
7	18	22	May 10	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(4-2)	0	8.0	8	4	3	0	6	0	0	2.79	2.95	33	58	1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	-0.16%
8	19	27	May 18	SLB	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS-7		7	7.0	5	2	2	5	4	0	2	2.77	3.12	32	58	0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.93	0.00%
9	20	33	May 25	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-6	GS-6	L(4-3)	6	6.0	6	5	2	4	0	1	0	2.79	3.46	24	42	1	5	0	20	0	2	0	0	0	3	2.03	-0.41%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
10	21	40	Jun 1	SLB	@	CLE	W,10-5	GS-	W(5-3)	6	7.0	10	5	3	2	4	1	0	2.90	3.52	32	43				30					0
11	22	43	Jun 5(1)	SLB	@	DET	W,6-5			3	0.2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.00	3.60	5					3					0
12	23	44	Jun 5(2)	SLB	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	L(5-4)	-1	5.0	4	3	2	2	2	0	0	3.04	3.55	21	49				18	0	1			0
13	24	47	Jun 8	SLB		WSH	W,8-7	GS-		2	6.0	9	5	3	2	2	0	1	3.15	3.52	28	38				25					0
14	25	49	Jun 10	SLB		NYY	L,3-5			1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.11	3.49	3					3					0
15	26	50	Jun 11	SLB		NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(6-4)	0	9.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.90	3.37	31	72				30	1	0			0
16	27	54	Jun 15	SLB		BOS	L,0-2			3	8.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.76	3.26	28					25					0
17	28	60	Jun 21	SLB		PHA	W,5-0	SHO	W(7-4)	5	9.0	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.52	3.20	33	77				31	0	0			0
18	29	67	Jun 27(2)	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	GS-		5	2.0	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	2.72	3.22	10	35				9					0
19	30	68	Jun 28(1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	L(7-5)	0	9.1	8	2	0	3	4	0	0	2.51	3.16	41	69				38	3	0			0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
20	31	72	Jul 3	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-12		4	12.0	7	2	1	4	3	0	1	2.35	3.17	50	81	1	0	0	39	2	1	0	0	0	2	5.36	1.15%
21	32	77	Jul 7	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-7	GS-	L(7-6)	3	1.2	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	2.59	3.16	11	27				10					0
22	33	82	Jul 11(2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-6	GS-8		3	7.0	9	5	3	4	2	0	0	2.65	3.19	32	41	0	3	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	5.48	-1.38%
23	34	83	Jul 16	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-6	4-6		4	2.2	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.67	3.20	12		0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	-0.42%
24	35	89	Jul 22(2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	L(7-7)	5	8.0	11	6	2	3	2	0	0	2.65	3.19	38	43				32	3	0			0
25	36	91	Jul 26(2)	SLB		WSH	W,4-1	CG	W(8-7)	3	9.0	4	1	1	4	9	0	0	2.55	3.11	36	80				31	0	0			0
26	37	93	Jul 28	SLB		WSH	L,3-7			1	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.52	3.08	8					7					0
27	38	95	Jul 30	SLB		PHA	L,1-4	GS-	L(8-8)	1	7.0	7	4	4	4	2	1	0	2.63	3.18	28	45				24					0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
28	39	99	Aug 3	SLB		BOS	W,6-1	CG	W(9-8)	3	9.0	7	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.55	3.15	34	70				31	0	1			0
29	40	104	Aug 9	SLB		NYY	W,2-0	SHO	W(10-8)	5	9.0	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.42	3.07	32	78				31	1	0			0
30	41	107	Aug 15	SLB		CHW	W,7-4	CG	W(11-8)	5	9.0	9	4	4	4	8	0	0	2.50	3.02	40	57	0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	2	0	.03	0.00%
31	42	110	Aug 18	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-8	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.48	3.01	5		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
32	43	112	Aug 20	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-		1	7.0	9	4	2	2	4	0	1	2.49	3.00	32	49				28					0
33	44	113	Aug 22(1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(12-8)	1	10.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	1	2.50	2.99	37	65	1	3	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
34	45	118	Aug 25(2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	L(12-9)	2	8.0	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	2.45	3.01	29	69				25	0	1			0
35	46	122	Aug 31(1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-7	L(12-10)	5	7.0	6	4	3	1	0	0	0	2.49	3.00	26	50	0	1	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
36	47	126	Sep 2(1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,9-6		S(1)	1	2.0	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	2.47	3.02	12					10					0
37	48	129	Sep 5	SLB	@	DET	W,7-0	SHO	W(13-10)	2	9.0	4	0	0	4	3	0	0	2.38	3.02	34	78				30	0	0			0
38	49	133	Sep 10	SLB		CLE	W,6-5	CG	W(14-10)	4	9.0	11	5	4	7	1	0	0	2.43	3.07	41	41				32	1	0			0
39	50	136	Sep 13(2)	SLB		CLE	T,3-3	CG		2	8.0	10	3	3	0	5	0	0	2.46	3.02	34	55				33	2	1			0
40	51	140	Sep 17	SLB		WSH	L,2-12	GS-	L(14-11)	3	2.0	5	5	3	2	0	0	0	2.55	3.03	14	28				11					0
41	52	144	Sep 20	SLB		NYY	W,3-2	CG	W(15-11)	2	9.2	8	2	2	4	3	0	0	2.52	3.04	39	64				35	2	1			0
42	53	147	Sep 24	SLB		BOS	L,1-5	GS-	L(15-12)	3	5.0	9	5	4	2	1	1	1	2.61	3.10	23	30				20					0
43	54	151	Sep 27	SLB		PHA	L,0-6	GS-	L(15-13)	2	7.0	10	5	5	4	3	0	0	2.71	3.10	31	36				27					0
44	55	156	Oct 2	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS-4	L(15-14)	4	4.0	6	4	3	0	0	0	0	2.76	3.09	16	36	0	2	0	14	0	2	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
							20-23		W-L:15-14,Sv:1	3.0	283.1	270	123	87	109	107	4	7	2.76	3.09	1185	55	4	18	0	1029	27	14	0	0	4	9	2.11	-0.94%

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