Bill James Notable

b. January 20, 1887 · Cleveland Naps 1911–1912, St. Louis Browns 1914–1915, Detroit Tigers 1915–1919, Boston Red Sox 1919, Chicago White Sox 1919

Bill James played for five clubs across nine seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Cleveland Naps in 1911 and closing with the Chicago White Sox in 1919. His longest stay was with the Detroit Tigers, from 1915 to 1919.

He went 65 and 71 with a 3.20 earned run average, pitching 1,179 innings in 203 games. He struck out 408, completed 68 of his 147 starts and threw 9 shutouts. Across 203 games he batted .142, with 51 hits and 25 runs. He finished with 6 doubles and 1 stolen base.

He was born in Detroit, MI, USA on January 20, 1887, and died on May 25, 1942. He batted both ways and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1911	CLE	8	17	1	1	1	0	1	1	7	0	.059
1912	CLE	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.000
1914	SLB	44	89	4	10	1	1	2	4	38	1	.112
1915	DET/SLB	45	63	6	14	3	0	4	6	24	0	.222
1916	DET	30	44	3	3	0	0	1	3	24	0	.068
1917	DET	34	57	7	12	0	0	2	10	20	0	.211
1918	DET	19	46	0	5	1	0	0	1	12	0	.109
1919	BOS/CHW/DET	20	39	4	6	0	0	2	1	11	0	.154
Career	—	203	358	25	51	6	1	12	27	138	1	.142

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1911	CLE	2	4	8	6	0	51.2	58	28	32	21	4.88
1912	CLE	0	0	3	0	0	13.2	15	7	9	5	4.61
1914	SLB	15	14	44	35	1	284.0	269	90	109	109	2.85
1915	DET/SLB	14	13	45	32	1	237.1	212	86	125	82	3.26
1916	DET	8	12	30	20	1	151.2	141	62	79	61	3.68
1917	DET	13	10	34	23	1	198.0	163	46	96	62	2.09
1918	DET	6	11	19	18	0	122.0	127	51	68	42	3.76
1919	BOS/CHW/DET	7	7	20	13	0	121.1	125	50	60	26	3.71
Career	—	65	71	203	147	4	1179.2	1110	420	578	408	3.20

On this day & linked events

1887

Born January 20, 1887

Detroit, MI, USA

1942

Died May 25, 1942

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