Bill Nicholson

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 205lb (183cm, 92kg)

Born: December 11, 1914 in Chestertown, MD us

Died: March 8, 1996 in Chestertown, MD

Buried: Old St. Paul Episcopal Church Cemetery, Chestertown, MD

High School: Chestertown HS (Chestertown, MD)

School: Washington College (Chestertown, MD)

Debut: June 13, 1936 (Age 21-185d, 8,016th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 19, 1953 (Age 38-282d)
vs. BRO 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: William Beck Nicholson

Nicknames: Swish

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5x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

41.9

5546

1484

235

.268

837

RBI

948

OBP

.365

SLG

.465

OPS

.831

OPS+

132

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 21	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 22	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 23	CHC		STL	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 24	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
6	6	Apr 25	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 27	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	Apr 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-8	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 29	CHC		PIT	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 30	CHC		PIT	L,4-10	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	CHC	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	12	May 2	CHC	@	STL	W,13-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	13	May 3	CHC	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
14	14	May 5	CHC		PHI	L,9-13	CG	53	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 7	CHC		BRO	L,5-9	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	16	May 8	CHC		BRO	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	17	May 9	CHC		NYG	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	18	May 13	CHC		BSN	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	19	May 14	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
20	20	May 15	CHC		CIN	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	21	May 16	CHC		CIN	L,11-13	CG	54	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	22	May 18	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	23	May 19	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	24	May 20	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	25	May 21	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	26	May 22	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-11	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	27	May 23 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,5-8	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	28	May 23 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-12	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
29	29	May 26	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	30	May 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	31	May 28	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	32	May 29	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	34 (1)	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	44 (9)	Jun 8	CHC		BSN	L,1-11	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	45	Jun 9 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	46	Jun 9 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	47	Jun 10	CHC		NYG	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	48	Jun 11	CHC		NYG	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	49	Jun 13	CHC		BRO	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	50	Jun 15	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	51	Jun 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	52	Jun 17 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
43	53	Jun 17 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG	45	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
44	54	Jun 18	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	55	Jun 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	56	Jun 20	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	57	Jun 24 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	58	Jun 24 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
49	59	Jun 25	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	60	Jun 26	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	5	0	1	6	0
51	61	Jun 27 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	62	Jun 27 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
53	63	Jun 29	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	64	Jun 30	CHC		STL	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	65	Jul 1	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
56	66	Jul 2	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	67	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
58	68	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	70 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	26	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	71	Jul 6	CHC	@	STL	W,12-10	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
61	72	Jul 7	CHC		CIN	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	73	Jul 8	CHC		CIN	L,0-4	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	74	Jul 9	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	75	Jul 10	CHC		PIT	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	76	Jul 11	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	77	Jul 15 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,1-2	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	78	Jul 15 (2)	CHC		BSN	T,1-1	CG	48	13.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	79	Jul 16	CHC		BSN	L,10-12	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	80	Jul 17	CHC		BSN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	81	Jul 18 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	82	Jul 18 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	83	Jul 19	CHC		PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	84	Jul 20	CHC		BRO	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
74	85	Jul 21 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,3-9	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	86	Jul 21 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,1-7	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	87	Jul 22	CHC		BRO	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	88	Jul 23	CHC		NYG	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	89	Jul 24 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	90	Jul 24 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	91	Jul 25	CHC		NYG	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	92	Jul 27	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	93	Jul 28	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	94	Jul 29	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	95	Jul 30	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	96	Jul 31 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,9-14	CG	47	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	97	Jul 31 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	98	Aug 2	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	41	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
88	99	Aug 4	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
89	100	Aug 5	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
90	101	Aug 6	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	102	Aug 7	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	103	Aug 8	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	104	Aug 10	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	105	Aug 11	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	106	Aug 13	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	107	Aug 15 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
97	109 (1)	Aug 16	CHC		STL	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	110	Aug 17	CHC		STL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	111	Aug 18	CHC		PIT	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	112	Aug 19	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	115 (2)	Aug 22	CHC		CIN	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	116	Aug 24	CHC		NYG	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	117	Aug 25	CHC		NYG	L,4-9	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
104	118	Aug 26 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	119	Aug 26 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
106	120	Aug 27	CHC		BSN	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	121	Aug 28	CHC		BSN	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	122	Aug 29 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
109	123	Aug 29 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	124	Aug 31 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,3-0	CG	27	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	125	Aug 31 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	126	Sep 1	CHC		BRO	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	127	Sep 2	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
114	128	Sep 3	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
115	129	Sep 5 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	130	Sep 5 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	131	Sep 6 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
118	132	Sep 6 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	133	Sep 8	CHC	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	134	Sep 9	CHC	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
121	135	Sep 11	CHC		PIT	L,12-13	CG	51	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
122	136	Sep 12	CHC		PIT	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	137	Sep 13	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	138	Sep 14	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
125	139	Sep 15	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
126	140	Sep 17	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
127	141	Sep 19	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
128	143 (1)	Sep 21 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	144	Sep 21 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	145	Sep 22 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
131	146	Sep 22 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
132	147	Sep 24	CHC		STL	L,1-4	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
133	148	Sep 25	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	149	Sep 26	CHC		STL	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
135	150	Sep 28	CHC		CIN	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
136	151	Sep 29	CHC		CIN	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							136gm		1178.2	234	7	5	246	1