Bill Nicholson stats

Last played for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1953

Age 111

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Bill Nicholson played 16 MLB seasons, 1936 to 1953.

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
1,677
AB
5,546
R
837
H
1,484
HR
235
RBI
948
SB
27
AVG
.268
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1936ATH111220000.000
1939CHC5822037655380.295
1940CHC1354917814625982.297
1941CHC1475327413526981.254
1942CHC1525888317321788.294
1943CHC15460895188291284.309
1944CHC156582116167331223.287
1945CHC1515598213613884.243
1946CHC10529636658411.220
1947CHC1484876911926751.244
1948CHC1434946812919672.261
1949PHI98299427011401.234
1950PHI41583133100.224
1951PHI8517023418300.241
1952PHI558817246190.273
1953PHI386212132160.210

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
7
AB
28
R
1
H
6
HR
0
RBI
8
SB
0
AVG
.214

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
6,418
TB
2,581
XBH
567
HBP
52
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1936ATH12000000
1939CHC243102220000
1940CHC545262593000
1941CHC617241533000
1942CHC673280548000
1943CHC684323685000
1944CHC686317766000
1945CHC660211456000
1946CHC345106232000
1947CHC580227555000
1948CHC581220485000
1949PHI350117225000
1950PHI662660000
1951PHI19678191000
1952PHI1064593000
1953PHI742680000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
40.2
RC
998.1
RC/27
6.60
ISOP
.198
SECA
.347
BB/K
0.97
AB/HR
23.6
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1936ATH0.0-1.2-2.8.0000000
1939CHC0.8376.3.1680.30.7440
1940CHC4.096.57.5.2360.30.819.60
1941CHC3.891.66.2.1990.40.920.50
1942CHC5.6112.77.3.1820.31.0280
1943CHC6.8125.78.1.2220.30.8210
1944CHC5.91278.2.2580.41.317.60
1945CHC2.3855.4.1340.31.3430
1946CHC1.138.44.4.1390.31370
1947CHC3.3896.5.2220.41.118.70
1948CHC3.288.26.5.1840.41.4260
1949PHI1.744.55.2.1570.30.927.20
1950PHI-0.28.75.2.2240.40.519.30
1951PHI0.7285.8.2180.41.021.30
1952PHI0.918.37.6.2390.40.514.70
1953PHI0.39.65.3.2100.40.6310

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
111 yearsDec 11, 1914
Debut
1936

What were Bill Nicholson's career stats?

Bill Nicholson played 16 seasons for the Athletics, the Cubs and the Phillies. He was a career .268 hitter with 1,484 hits, 235 home runs and 948 RBI. His best season was 1943: a .309 batting average, 29 home runs and 128 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

16 seasons, 1 postseason, 1936 to 1953

All-time career rank

  • 299th in home runs (235)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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