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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-33 / in Starts: 8-5
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	11 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 106 PAs	19
Actual Runners on Base	81 (39-25-17) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 106 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	66 (35-21-10)

Most Driven In
Self	6
J Mayo	2
D Young	2
R Ashburn	1
W Jones	1
J Wyrostek	1
P Caballero	1
D Ennis	1

Most Driven In By
Self	6
G Hamner	3
S Burgess	3
S Lopata	2
D Ennis	1

1952 Batting Game Log

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1952 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1586	1	Apr 16	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	5	1.15	-0.054	2.89	-0.08%	-0.49	RF
2	1587	2	Apr 17	PHI	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG(11)	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	5	2.20	0.014	5.29	0.02%	-0.10	RF
3	1588	3	Apr 18	PHI		BSN	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.250	.417	5	1.97	-0.339	4.83	-0.50%	-1.40	RF
4	1589	7 (3)	Apr 21	PHI		NYG	L,4-10	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.231	.385	9	.31	-0.005	.63	-0.01%	-0.30	PH
5	1590	10 (2)	Apr 29	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-2	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.231	.445	4	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	0.38	RF
6	1591	11	Apr 30	PHI	@	CHC	L,8-9	8-GF(12)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.188	.200	.388	9	2.60	-0.144	5.19	-0.17%	-0.73	PH RF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	1592	14 (2)	May 3	PHI	@	STL	L,0-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.176	.188	.364	9	1.09	-0.026	1.80	-0.03%	-0.28	PH
8	1593	15	May 4 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.222	.412	.634	9	.88	0.051	1.39	0.05%	1.75	PH
9	1594	16	May 4 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,7-8	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.263	.412	.675	7	1.36	0.041	1.78	0.03%	0.12	PH
10	1595	25 (8)	May 16	PHI		CIN	W,3-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.250	.389	.639	9	3.46	0.070	5.07	0.06%	0.07	PH
11	1596	27 (1)	May 18	PHI		STL	L,3-4	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.250	.389	.639	9						PH
12	1597	33 (5)	May 27 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,5-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.286	.421	.707	9	4.86	0.180	3.56	0.08%	0.50	PH
13	1598	36 (2)	May 30 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,2-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.400	.673	9	1.49	-0.049	2.07	-0.04%	-0.79	PH
14	1599	37	May 31	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.261	.381	.642	9	2.66	-0.072	2.11	-0.03%	-0.35	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	1600	41 (3)	Jun 4	PHI	@	CIN	L,8-10	6-6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.292	.381	.673	9	1.65	0.048	1.03	0.02%	0.35	PH
16	1601	47 (5)	Jun 11	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.320	.381	.701	9	1.45	0.074	.38	0.01%	0.38	PH
17	1602	48	Jun 12	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.308	.364	.671	7	2.81	-0.071	.48	-0.01%	-0.42	PH
18	1603	51 (2)	Jun 15 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,6-3	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.333	.364	.697	9	2.65	0.056	.23	0.00%	0.36	PH
19	1604	52	Jun 16	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.174	.321	.348	.669	9	4.58	0.009	.53	0.00%	-0.11	PH
20	1605	53	Jun 17 (1)	PHI		STL	W,2-1	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.345	.375	.720	7	5.79	0.170	.79	0.01%	1.00	PH
21	1606	54	Jun 17 (2)	PHI		STL	L,0-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.360	.693	9	.20	-0.005	.03	0.00%	-0.35	PH
22	1607	58 (3)	Jun 22 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,3-5	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.323	.346	.669	9	2.46	-0.057	.16	0.00%	-0.28	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	1608	69 (10)	Jul 2 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,2-1	8-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.344	.481	.825	9	2.04	0.533	.12	0.02%	1.88	PH
24	1609	72 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-3	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.333	.464	.798	7	2.84	-0.233	.20	-0.01%	-1.45	PH
25	1610	76 (3)	Jul 10	PHI	@	STL	L,3-10	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.324	.448	.772	9	.06	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.22	PH
26	1611	78 (1)	Jul 12	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.314	.433	.748	7	1.36	-0.034	.08	0.00%	-0.10	PH
27	1612	80 (1)	Jul 13 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.325	.412	.737	3	.42	0.029	.01	0.00%	0.25	RF
28	1613	83 (2)	Jul 17 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.317	.400	.717	9	1.38	-0.035	.06	0.00%	-0.10	PH
29	1614	85 (1)	Jul 18	PHI	@	CIN	W,7-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.310	.389	.698	9	1.12	-0.027	.03	0.00%	-0.15	PH
30	1615	87 (1)	Jul 20 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-6	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.302	.378	.681	3	3.82	-0.089	.10	0.00%	-0.28	PH RF
31	1616	92 (4)	Jul 25	PHI		CHC	L,3-8	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.211	.318	.395	.713	9						PH
32	1617	94 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,12-8	4-GF	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.340	.385	.725	3	.72	-0.008	.02	0.00%	0.18	PH RF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	1618	99 (4)	Aug 1	PHI		STL	L,5-10	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.354	.385	.739	9	1.80	0.069	.25	0.01%	0.25	PH
34	1619	105 (5)	Aug 9 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,0-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.347	.375	.722	9	.60	-0.016	.12	0.00%	-0.42	PH
35	1620	106	Aug 9 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,2-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.195	.340	.366	.706	9	.31	-0.008	.04	0.00%	-0.15	PH
36	1621	108 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,5-9	5-6	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.353	.452	.805	9	2.41	0.299	.21	0.02%	1.88	PH
37	1622	110 (1)	Aug 13 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,3-9	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.365	.452	.818	9	.18	0.006	.01	0.00%	0.38	PH
38	1623	117 (6)	Aug 22	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.377	.465	.842	9	.79	0.025	.05	0.00%	0.12	PH
39	1624	121 (3)	Aug 25	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-3	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.370	.455	.825	9	3.00	-0.071	.03	0.00%	-0.28	PH
40	1625	122	Aug 26	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	13-13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.364	.444	.808	7	4.11	-0.209	.03	0.00%	-0.79	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	1626	133 (10)	Sep 5	PHI	@	NYG	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.375	.457	.832	9	3.83	0.206	.03	0.00%	0.66	PH
42	1627	134	Sep 6 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,7-6	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.368	.447	.815	8	.82	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.22	PH
43	1628	135	Sep 6 susp	PHI		BSN	L,1-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.362	.438	.800	8	1.31	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.22	PH
44	1629	136	Sep 7	PHI		BSN	W,2-1	2-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.344	.412	.756	3	.89	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.71	RF
45	1630	137	Sep 9	PHI		STL	L,4-7	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0			0	0	0	.232	.348	.411	.759	4						RF
46	1631	138	Sep 10	PHI		STL	W,6-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.228	.343	.404	.747	9						PH
47	1632	146 (7)	Sep 19	PHI		NYG	W,1-0	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.338	.397	.735	3	.37	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.15	RF
48	1633	147	Sep 20	PHI		NYG	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.333	.403	.737	3	1.43	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.26	RF
49	1634	148	Sep 21	PHI		NYG	W,6-2	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.355	.462	.817	3	.84	0.282	.00	0.00%	3.34	RF
50	1635	149	Sep 23 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.375	.455	.830	3	.82	0.063	.00	0.00%	0.40	RF
51	1636	150	Sep 23 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.365	.451	.815	3	1.52	0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.16	RF
52	1637	151	Sep 24	PHI	@	BRO	W,9-7	CG	6	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.374	.447	.821	3	.96	0.107	.00	0.00%	0.83	RF
53	1638	152	Sep 26	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.368	.438	.806	3	.65	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.94	RF
54	1639	153	Sep 27	PHI	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	5	3	2	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.390	.482	.872	3	1.14	0.176	.00	0.00%	2.32	RF
55	1640	154	Sep 28	PHI	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.390	.511	.902	3	.92	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.69	RF
							22-33		106	88	17	24	3	0	6	19	14	0	25	3	1		0	0	0	0	.273	.390	.511	.902		1.46	0.764	.92	-0.55%	5.91

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