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.

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 19	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 20	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 21	CHC		STL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 23 (1)	CHC		STL	L,3-11	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 23 (2)	CHC		STL	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 26	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	Apr 29	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 30 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 30 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 3	CHC		CIN	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	12	May 7 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,5-6	CG	0	14.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	13	May 7 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	May 10	CHC		PHI	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	15	May 11	CHC		PHI	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	16	May 12	CHC		PHI	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
17	17	May 13	CHC		PHI	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	18	May 14 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 14 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	20	May 15	CHC		BRO	L,3-14	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	21	May 16	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	22	May 17	CHC		NYG	L,6-10	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	23	May 19	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	24	May 20	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	25	May 21 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,15-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	26	May 21 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,14-5	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
27	27	May 24	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	28	May 26	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
29	29	May 27	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
30	30	May 28 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	31	May 28 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	32	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
33	33	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	34	May 31	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-8	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	35	Jun 1	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	36	Jun 2	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	37	Jun 3	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	38	Jun 4 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	39	Jun 4 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	T,8-8	CG	52	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	40	Jun 8	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	41	Jun 9	CHC	@	PIT	T,3-3	CG	39	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	42	Jun 10	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	43	Jun 11 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	44	Jun 11 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	45	Jun 13	CHC	@	STL	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	46	Jun 14	CHC	@	STL	L,9-10	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	47	Jun 16	CHC		CIN	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	48	Jun 17	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	49	Jun 18 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	50	Jun 18 (2)	CHC		CIN	T,6-6	CG	52	13.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	51	Jun 20	CHC		STL	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	52	Jun 21 (1)	CHC		STL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	53	Jun 21 (2)	CHC		STL	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 23	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	55	Jun 24	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	56	Jun 25 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	57	Jun 25 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	58	Jun 28 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,12-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	59	Jun 28 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
60	60	Jun 30	CHC		BRO	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	61	Jul 1	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	62	Jul 2 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	63	Jul 2 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	64	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	65	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
66	66	Jul 5	CHC		BSN	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	67	Jul 6	CHC		BSN	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	68	Jul 7 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
69	69	Jul 7 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
70	70	Jul 8	CHC		NYG	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
71	71	Jul 9 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	72	Jul 9 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	74 (1)	Jul 14	CHC		PIT	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	75	Jul 15	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
75	76	Jul 16 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
76	77	Jul 16 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	78	Jul 19	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	79	Jul 20 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	58	13.1	0	0	0	0	0
79	80	Jul 20 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	0	8.1	5	0	0	5	0
80	81	Jul 21	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	82	Jul 22	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	83	Jul 23 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
83	84	Jul 23 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,10-12	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	85	Jul 24	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	86	Jul 25	CHC	@	BRO	W,14-6	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	87	Jul 26	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
87	88	Jul 28	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	89	Jul 29	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	90	Jul 30 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	91	Jul 30 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	92	Jul 31	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	93	Aug 3 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
93	94	Aug 3 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	95	Aug 4	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
95	96	Aug 5	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
96	97	Aug 6 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-13	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	98	Aug 6 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	99	Aug 9	CHC		BRO	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
99	100	Aug 10	CHC		BRO	L,4-6	CG	46	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	101	Aug 11	CHC		BRO	L,6-7	CG	51	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	102	Aug 12	CHC		BRO	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	103	Aug 13 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	104	Aug 13 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
104	105	Aug 14	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	106	Aug 15	CHC		PHI	W,4-1	CG	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	107	Aug 16	CHC		BSN	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	108	Aug 17	CHC		BSN	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	109	Aug 18	CHC		BSN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
109	110	Aug 19	CHC		BSN	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
110	111	Aug 20 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	112	Aug 20 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	113	Aug 21	CHC		NYG	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	114	Aug 22	CHC		NYG	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
114	115	Aug 23	CHC	@	STL	L,1-11	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	116	Aug 24	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	117	Aug 25	CHC		CIN	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
117	118	Aug 26	CHC		CIN	L,7-10	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
118	119	Aug 29 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,15-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
119	120	Aug 29 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	121	Aug 30 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
121	122	Aug 30 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	123	Sep 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
123	124	Sep 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
124	125	Sep 3 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
125	126	Sep 3 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
126	127	Sep 4 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
127	128	Sep 4 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	5.1	1	0	0	1	0
128	129	Sep 7	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
129	130	Sep 9	CHC	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	131	Sep 10 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
131	132	Sep 10 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
132	133	Sep 11	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	CG	45	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
133	134	Sep 13 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	135	Sep 13 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
135	136	Sep 14 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,2-3	CG	52	13.0	0	0	0	0	0
136	137	Sep 14 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
137	138	Sep 15 (1)	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
138	139	Sep 15 (2)	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
139	140	Sep 16	CHC		STL	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
140	141	Sep 17 (1)	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
141	142	Sep 17 (2)	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
142	143	Sep 21 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
143	144	Sep 21 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
144	145	Sep 22	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
145	146	Sep 23	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-12	CG	47	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
146	147	Sep 24 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
147	148	Sep 24 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
148	149	Sep 25 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	47	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
149	150	Sep 25 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
150	151	Sep 26 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,15-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
151	152	Sep 26 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
152	153	Sep 27	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	44	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
153	154	Sep 29	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
154	155	Sep 30	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
155	156	Oct 1 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
156	157	Oct 1 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
							156gm			288	18	7	313	3