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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: 15-18 / in Starts: 12-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 3

1917 Pitching Game Log

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1917 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	131	1	Apr 11	DET		CLE	L,4-6	GS-1	L(0-1)	99	1.0	3	4	2	3	2	0	0	18.00	7.26	9	34	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.95	-0.53%
2	132	4	Apr 15	DET		CHW	L,2-6	2-5		3	3.2	5	3	3	0	1	0	1	9.64	3.55	16		1	1	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.10%
3	133	10	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	1-7		6	6.2	4	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.97	2.88	25		0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.16%
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
4	134	22	May 12	DET		BOS	L,0-8	9-GF		19	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.65	2.83	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
5	135	25	May 15	DET		WSH	L,5-11	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	2.64	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
6	136	29	May 19	DET		NYY	T,9-9	8-9		3	1.1	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	3.68	2.53	7		1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.09%
7	137	34	May 29	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG(10)	L(0-2)	9	9.2	8	1	1	5	4	0	0	2.59	2.71	42	68	0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.07%
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
8	138	38	Jun 2	DET	@	NYY	L,4-8	GS-4	L(0-3)	3	3.1	3	5	5	2	1	0	2	3.90	3.02	17	33	1	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.11%
9	139	44	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	W,7-4	GS-7	W(1-3)	5	6.1	8	2	2	5	2	0	0	3.71	3.20	31	46	0	0	0	26	2	0	0	2	0	1	.33	0.02%
10	140	48	Jun 15	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS-7	W(2-3)	6	6.0	5	3	2	6	2	0	0	3.60	3.41	28	48	1	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.05%
11	141	51	Jun 19	DET	@	WSH	L,0-3	GS-7	L(2-4)	3	7.0	6	3	2	2	4	0	0	3.45	3.20	28	57	0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.07%
12	142	58	Jun 26(2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-6	L(2-5)	6	6.0	8	4	2	3	3	0	0	3.40	3.15	29	44	1	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.21%
13	143	61	Jun 28	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	8-GF(10)	W(3-5)	1	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.21	3.08	11		0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	0.19%
14	144	64	Jun 30(2)	DET	@	SLB	W,6-5	GS-8	W(4-5)	1	7.0	8	5	3	2	3	0	0	3.29	2.99	29	46	1	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	0	.77	-0.15%
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
15	145	69	Jul 4(1)	DET		CHW	L,3-4	GS-7	L(4-6)	3	7.0	8	4	3	2	2	0	1	3.34	2.99	31	47	0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.40	-0.17%
16	146	75	Jul 9(2)	DET		WSH	W,10-2	CG	W(5-6)	4	9.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	1	3.19	2.87	35	66	0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.03%
17	147	79	Jul 13	DET		BOS	W,1-0	SHO	W(6-6)	3	9.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.86	2.83	32	85	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	2	.93	0.29%
18	148	85	Jul 18(2)	DET		PHA	L,3-4	GS-3	L(6-7)	4	3.0	3	4	1	2	1	0	0	2.87	2.86	15	42	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	.70	-0.11%
19	149	88	Jul 21(1)	DET		NYY	W,4-3	GS-8		2	8.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	2.91	2.84	33	56	2	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	1	0	.51	-0.02%
20	150	92	Jul 26(1)	DET	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	W(7-7)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	1	0	2	2.83	2.91	38	63	0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	.32	0.03%
21	151	95	Jul 28(1)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-3	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.81	2.96	6		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	0.01%
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
22	152	99	Aug 1	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-4		3	3.2	3	3	1	6	4	0	1	2.80	3.05	22	45	4	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.10%
23	153	106	Aug 10(1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-8		8	7.0	3	1	1	10	1	1	0	2.71	3.35	32	58	1	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	.43	0.02%
24	154	112	Aug 13(2)	DET		SLB	W,7-6	1-9	W(8-7)	2	7.2	6	3	1	2	0	0	1	2.62	3.35	29		1	2	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	1	.18	-0.01%
25	155	118	Aug 22	DET		NYY	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-7)	8	9.0	8	0	0	4	3	0	0	2.44	3.33	37	70	1	2	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.01%
26	156	123	Aug 27	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	W(10-7)	4	9.0	6	1	1	5	1	0	1	2.35	3.37	39	67	0	0	0	32	1	0	1	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
27	157	126	Aug 31	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	GS-6	L(10-8)	3	6.0	3	1	1	4	1	0	1	2.32	3.41	25	59	1	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
Sept				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	158	130	Sep 3(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-7	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.35	3.42	8		0	1	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
29	159	131	Sep 3(2)	DET	@	CHW	L,8-14	3-6	L(10-9)	-1	3.1	10	8	5	2	1	1	0	2.59	3.50	21		2	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
30	160	135	Sep 9(2)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-6	3-6		5	3.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.53	3.46	12		0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
31	161	138	Sep 12(2)	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG(11)	W(11-9)	2	11.0	7	3	2	7	4	0	0	2.47	3.46	44	70	3	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
32	162	143	Sep 19(1)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	W(12-9)	6	9.0	9	2	1	4	3	0	0	2.40	3.43	38	62	1	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
33	163	148	Sep 24(1)	DET	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	W(13-9)	4	9.0	7	3	2	3	1	0	1	2.38	3.43	38	61	2	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
34	164	153	Sep 29(1)	DET	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG(8)	L(13-10)	4	8.0	10	8	7	5	0	0	1	2.60	3.47	39	27	2	1	0	30	0	1	0	2	1	2	.00	0.00%
							15-18		W-L:13-10,Sv:1	3.7	197.1	174	81	57	100	63	2	13	2.60	3.47	854	55	26	15	0	709	23	6	2	8	6	11	.49	-0.89%

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