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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 19 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 19 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 20	PHI	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 23	PHI		BRO	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 24 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 24 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 25	PHI		NYG	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 26	PHI		NYG	W,12-11	CG	56	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	11 (1)	Apr 28	PHI		BSN	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	13 (1)	Apr 30	PHI	@	BRO	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	14	May 1	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	17 (2)	May 5	PHI		STL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	18	May 6	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	19	May 7	PHI		PIT	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	21 (1)	May 8 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,8-1	CG	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	22	May 11	PHI		CHC	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	23	May 12	PHI		CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	24	May 13	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-9	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	25	May 14	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-12	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
21	26	May 15	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
22	27	May 17	PHI	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	0	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	28	May 18	PHI	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
24	29	May 21	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	30	May 22	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	31	May 24	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	44	10.1	1	0	0	1	0
27	32	May 25	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	33	May 27	PHI		NYG	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
29	34	May 28	PHI		NYG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
30	35	May 29 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,2-4	GS	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	51 (15)	Jun 11	PHI		STL	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	52	Jun 12 (1)	PHI		STL	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	53	Jun 12 (2)	PHI		STL	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	54	Jun 14	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	55	Jun 15 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	57 (1)	Jun 16	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	60 (2)	Jun 19	PHI	@	STL	L,5-6	GF	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	84 (23)	Jul 18	PHI		PIT	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	85	Jul 19	PHI		CHC	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	86	Jul 20	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	CG	41	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	87	Jul 21	PHI		CHC	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	91 (3)	Jul 24 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	93 (1)	Jul 27	PHI	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	95 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	96	Jul 30 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-1	GF	21	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	97	Jul 31	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	98	Aug 2	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
48	100 (1)	Aug 4 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-8	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	103 (2)	Aug 6	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	104	Aug 7 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	105	Aug 7 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	106	Aug 9	PHI		BRO	L,1-8	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	107	Aug 10	PHI		BRO	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	108	Aug 11	PHI		BRO	L,7-10	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	109	Aug 12	PHI	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	110	Aug 14 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-8	CG	47	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	111	Aug 14 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	112	Aug 16	PHI	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	48	12.0	5	0	0	5	0
59	113	Aug 17	PHI	@	BRO	W,11-7	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
60	114	Aug 18	PHI	@	BRO	W,9-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	115	Aug 19	PHI		NYG	W,7-1	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	116	Aug 20	PHI		NYG	W,9-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	117	Aug 21 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,4-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	118	Aug 21 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,2-4	GF	15	2.1	2	0	0	2	0
65	119	Aug 23	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	GF	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	121 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,4-2	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	123 (1)	Aug 27	PHI		PIT	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	124	Aug 28 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	125	Aug 28 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	126	Aug 29	PHI		CHC	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	128 (1)	Sep 2	PHI		BSN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	129	Sep 3	PHI		BSN	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	130	Sep 4 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	131	Sep 4 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	132	Sep 5 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
76	133	Sep 5 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-2	GF	9	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	134	Sep 6 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	36	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	135	Sep 6 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	136	Sep 8	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	138 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	139	Sep 11 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
82	141 (1)	Sep 14	PHI	@	PIT	W,12-4	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	143 (1)	Sep 17	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	144	Sep 18	PHI	@	STL	L,3-15	CG	50	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	146 (1)	Sep 20	PHI	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	147	Sep 21 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	148	Sep 21 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,6-9	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
88	149	Sep 22	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	150	Sep 24	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
90	151	Sep 25	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	153 (1)	Oct 1	PHI		BRO	W,6-4	GS	42	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
92	154	Oct 2	PHI		BRO	L,7-9	CG	51	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
							92gm		731.0	186	9	1	196	1