Bill James stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1911
Bio
- Debut
- 1911
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 203
- W
- 65
- L
- 71
- ERA
- 3.20
- IP
- 1179.2
- K
- 408
- BB
- 578
- WHIP
- 1.43
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | CLE | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4.88 | 51.2 | 21 | 32 | 1.74 |
| 1912 | CLE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.61 | 13.2 | 5 | 9 | 1.76 |
| 1914 | BAL | 44 | 15 | 14 | 2.85 | 284.0 | 109 | 109 | 1.33 |
| 1915 |  BAL/DET | 45 | 14 | 13 | 3.26 | 237.1 | 82 | 125 | 1.42 |
| 1916 | DET | 30 | 8 | 12 | 3.68 | 151.2 | 61 | 79 | 1.45 |
| 1917 | DET | 34 | 13 | 10 | 2.09 | 198.0 | 62 | 96 | 1.31 |
| 1918 | DET | 19 | 6 | 11 | 3.76 | 122.0 | 42 | 68 | 1.60 |
| 1919 |  DET/BOS/CHW | 20 | 7 | 7 | 3.71 | 121.1 | 26 | 60 | 1.52 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 6.75
- IP
- 4.0
- K
- 2
- BB
- 3
- WHIP
- 2.75
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 68
- SHO
- 9
- K/9
- 3.1
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | CLE | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1912 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | BAL | 0 | 20 | 3 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | BAL/DET | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | DET | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | DET | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | DET | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | DET/BOS/CHW | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Bill James's career stats?
Bill James played 8 seasons for the Guardians, the Orioles and the Tigers. He had 65 wins and 408 strikeouts with a 3.20 ERA over 1,179.2 innings. His best season was 1914: 15 wins, a 2.85 ERA and 109 strikeouts.
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