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Bill Nicholson

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Full Name: William Beck Nicholson Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/205 First Game: June 13, 1936
Birthdate: December 11, 1914 Final Game: September 19, 1953
Birthplace: Chestertown, Maryland MLB Experience: 16 years
Died: March 8, 1996
Deathplace: Chestertown, Maryland
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Bill Nicholson (William Beck Nicholson) was born on December 11, 1914 in Chestertown, Maryland. He made his Major League debut on June 13, 1936 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1939, his rookie year, he hit .295 with 5 home runs and 38 RBI. Nicholson played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 16 year career.

Most people believe that Bill Nicholson's best season was 1944, when he slugged 33 home runs, hit for a .287 average and knocked in 122 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1936 PHI A 11 12 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
1939 CHI N 58 220 37 65 5 38 .295 .354 .464 12 5 20 29 0 3 0 0 1
1940 CHI N 135 491 78 146 25 98 .297 .366 .534 27 7 50 67 3 1 2 0 7
1941 CHI N 147 532 74 135 26 98 .254 .357 .453 26 1 82 91 3 0 1 0 8
1942 CHI N 152 588 83 173 21 78 .294 .382 .476 22 11 76 80 8 1 8 0 7
1943 CHI N 154 608 95 188 29 128 .309 .386 .531 30 9 71 86 5 0 4 0 7
1944 CHI N 156 582 116 167 33 122 .287 .391 .545 35 8 93 71 6 5 3 0 3
1945 CHI N 151 559 82 136 13 88 .243 .356 .377 28 4 92 73 6 3 4 0 9
1946 CHI N 105 296 36 65 8 41 .220 .325 .358 13 2 44 44 2 3 1 0 4
1947 CHI N 148 487 69 119 26 75 .244 .364 .466 28 1 87 83 5 1 1 0 4
1948 CHI N 143 494 68 129 19 67 .261 .371 .445 24 5 81 60 5 1 2 0 5
1949 PHI N 98 299 42 70 11 40 .234 .344 .391 8 3 45 53 5 1 1 0 1
1950 PHI N 41 58 3 13 3 10 .224 .318 .448 2 1 8 16 0 0 0 0 2
1951 PHI N 85 170 23 41 8 30 .241 .342 .459 9 2 25 24 1 0 0 0 1
1952 PHI N 55 88 17 24 6 19 .273 .390 .511 3 0 14 26 3 1 0 0 0
1953 PHI N 38 62 12 13 2 16 .210 .338 .419 5 1 12 20 0 0 0 0 2
Total NL 1666 5534 835 1484 235 948 .268 .366 .466 272 60 800 823 52 20 27 0 61
Total AL 11 12 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1677 5546 837 1484 235 948 .268 .365 .465 272 60 800 828 52 20 27 0 61

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1936 PHI A OF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1939 CHI N OF 58 0 0 123 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1940 CHI N OF 123 0 0 235 10 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1941 CHI N OF 143 0 0 293 10 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1942 CHI N OF 151 0 0 327 18 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1943 CHI N OF 154 0 0 340 16 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1944 CHI N OF 156 0 0 305 18 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1945 CHI N OF 151 0 0 300 12 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1946 CHI N OF 80 0 0 179 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1947 CHI N OF 140 0 0 281 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1948 CHI N OF 136 0 0 244 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1949 PHI N OF 91 0 0 185 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1950 PHI N OF 15 0 0 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1951 PHI N OF 41 0 0 75 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1952 PHI N OF 19 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 PHI N OF 12 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 1471 0 0 2954 118 67 20 0 0 0 0 0 .979

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (1936).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with $30000 to Washington Senators in exchange for Dee Miles (August 9, 1938).
  • Sold by Washington Senators to Chicago Cubs for $35000 (June 25, 1939).
  • Traded by Chicago Cubs to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Harry Walker (October 4, 1948).
  • Released by Philadelphia Phillies (October 30, 1953).

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