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: 18-25 / in Starts: 14-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 4

1915 Pitching Game Log

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1915 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	56	4	Apr 17	SLB		CHW	W,4-3	GS-8		99	8.0	4	3	3	8	4	0	0	3.38	4.41	35	58	1	1	0	24	1	0	1	1	0	1	2.31	0.04%
2	57	8	Apr 21	SLB		CLE	L,1-3	GS-	L(0-1)	3	5.0	6	3	0	3	0	0	0	2.08	4.33	24	46				19					0
3	58	11	Apr 24	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS-3	L(0-2)	2	3.0	2	4	2	2	1	0	1	2.81	4.41	13	42	0	2	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.22%
4	59	15	Apr 28	SLB	@	DET	L,3-12	GS-	L(0-3)	3	7.2	10	10	10	6	3	0	0	5.70	4.27	38	16				32					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	60	19	May 4	SLB		DET	L,1-3		L(0-4)	5	7.2	6	3	1	9	2	1	1	4.60	5.06	38					28					0
6	61	23	May 9	SLB		CHW	L,1-6			4	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.60	5.15	1					0					0
7	62	27	May 15	SLB		PHA	W,5-4	GS-		5	7.0	9	3	2	1	1	0	0	4.23	4.68	28	49				27					0
8	63	30	May 20	SLB		NYY	L,2-4			4	3.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.92	4.59	10					9					0
9	64	32	May 22	SLB		NYY	W,6-2	GS-8	W(1-4)	1	8.0	3	2	0	5	4	0	1	3.28	4.44	31	71	3	3	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	.64	0.03%
10	65	35	May 29(1)	SLB		DET	L,1-7			6	3.0	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	3.10	4.51	14					10					0
11	66	40	May 31(2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,6-9	GS-		1	3.0	5	6	5	4	2	0	0	3.74	4.54	18	25				14					0
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
12	67	41	Jun 1	SLB	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(2-4)	0	9.0	8	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.36	4.13	35	71				33	3	0			0
13	68	44	Jun 5	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.26	4.02	6		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.01%
14	69	45	Jun 7	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	W(3-4)	1	9.0	7	1	1	0	1	0	1	2.99	3.84	35	70	0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	.39	0.12%
15	70	49	Jun 11	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	W(4-4)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	1	2.77	3.75	35	73				27	1	0			0
16	71	53	Jun 15	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG(8)	L(4-5)	3	8.0	11	9	7	4	3	0	1	3.22	3.73	40	27	1	2	0	33	1	0	0	0	1	1	.19	-0.05%
17	72	56	Jun 19	SLB	@	BOS	T,5-5			3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.18	3.69	4					4					0
18	73	58	Jun 22	SLB	@	DET	W,13-9			2	0.1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	3.17	3.76	4					1					0
19	74	59	Jun 23	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4	GS-		0	7.0	4	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.13	3.68	25	62				22					0
20	75	62	Jun 27	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	L(4-6)	3	8.0	7	4	4	5	5	0	0	3.23	3.63	33	52				28	0	1			0
21	76	65	Jun 30	SLB	@	CHW	L,6-8	4-5		2	2.0	3	5	5	1	2	0	0	3.58	3.60	10		0	0	0	7	0	2	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
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
22	77	66	Jul 1	SLB		CLE	L,2-5	GS-	L(4-7)	0	5.0	4	5	3	2	2	0	0	3.66	3.57	22	43				20					0
23	78	70	Jul 5(1)	SLB		CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(5-7)	3	9.0	6	1	0	3	3	0	1	3.39	3.53	37	73				32	2	0			0
24	79	73	Jul 9	SLB		PHA	L,1-3	CG	L(5-8)	3	9.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.37	3.46	35	60				31	2	0			0
25	80	76	Jul 13(1)	SLB		WSH	L,2-3	GS-		3	5.0	7	2	1	2	1	0	0	3.31	3.45	19	46				17					0
26	81	80	Jul 15(2)	SLB		WSH	W,4-3		S(1)	1	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.29	3.45	6					5					0
27	82	82	Jul 17	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	GS-4		1	3.1	3	1	1	4	1	0	0	3.27	3.49	14	47	1	1	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
28	83	83	Jul 19(1)	SLB		NYY	L,3-10	8-8		1	0.1	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.45	3.51	5		0	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
29	84	86	Jul 21	SLB		BOS	L,2-4	GS-	L(5-9)	1	8.0	10	3	3	1	0	1	0	3.45	3.56	32	49				30					0
30	85	87	Jul 22	SLB		BOS	L,3-7			0	0.2	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.61	3.59	5					3					0
31	86	91	Jul 25(1)	SLB		BOS	W,9-8	GS-	W(6-9)	2	5.0	8	5	5	4	1	0	0	3.78	3.62	24	28				20					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
32	87	103	Aug 7(2)	SLB	@	NYY	T,4-4	GS-6		12	5.1	6	2	2	4	1	0	0	3.77	3.64	24	45	1	1	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
33	88	107	Aug 11(1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-11	7-7		3	0.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.83	3.66	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
34	89	108	Aug 11(2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	L(6-10)	-1	8.0	5	2	2	2	1	0	1	3.75	3.64	32	63				27	0	1			0
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Detroit Tigers
35	90	114	Aug 20	DET		PHA	W,11-1	CG	W(7-10)	8	9.0	8	1	0	2	3	0	0	3.56	3.58	37	70				34	0	0			0
36	91	118	Aug 25	DET		BOS	L,1-2	GS-		4	8.0	4	1	1	4	2	0	0	3.46	3.57	30	68				25					0
37	92	122	Aug 28(1)	DET		NYY	L,0-1	GS-8	L(7-11)	2	8.0	5	1	1	5	4	0	0	3.36	3.56	30	67	0	1	0	23	0	2	0	1	0	1	8.39	1.04%
38	93	125	Aug 31	DET		CHW	W,9-8	7-GF	BW(8-11)	2	3.0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.31	3.56	13		0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.87	-0.13%
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
39	94	127	Sep 2	DET		CHW	W,8-6	GS-7	W(9-11)	1	6.2	8	4	3	3	0	0	0	3.34	3.57	30	41	0	0	0	26	1	3	0	0	1	0	4.08	-0.21%
40	95	131	Sep 5(1)	DET	@	SLB	W,6-5	GS-	W(10-11)	2	5.0	6	5	5	2	2	1	0	3.47	3.61	19	35				17					0
41	96	136	Sep 10	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS-	L(10-12)	4	5.0	6	3	2	2	2	0	0	3.47	3.59	20	45				18					0
42	97	138	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	SHO	W(11-12)	2	9.0	2	0	0	4	6	0	0	3.33	3.54	32	85	0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	6.53	1.80%
43	98	142	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	L,2-7	GS-3	L(11-13)	3	2.1	4	6	4	6	1	0	0	3.46	3.60	18	24	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	21.00	-3.74%
44	99	150	Sep 25(2)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	W(12-13)	7	9.0	9	3	2	4	3	0	0	3.40	3.58	40	58	2	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	2	1	.76	0.03%
45	100	156	Oct 3	DET		CLE	W,6-5		W(13-13)	7	2.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	3.56	8					8					0
							18-25		W-L:13-13,Sv:1,BSv:1	2.6	237.1	212	116	89	125	82	3	8	3.38	3.56	1010	52	9	13	0	843	21	11	1	6	5	7	3.39	-1.29%

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