Bill James
1913–1919 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves
88G
.231AVG
.243OBP
.256SLG
More career statistics
46H
0HR
9RBI
2SB
37–21W–L
541.2IP
253K
2.28ERA
60GS
3SV
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · RBI | 9 | 10 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 2 | 3 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,217 | 2,220 |
| Pitching · p er | 137 | 145 |
| Pitching · p h | 469 | 471 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,625 | 1,626 |
| Pitching · p k | 253 | 256 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 210 | 199 | 18 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | .231 | .243 | .256 | .499 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 541.7 | 84 | 60 | 44 | 37 | 21 | 3 | 469 | 196 | 137 | 14 | 199 | 253 | 0 | 0 | 2.28 | 1.233 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1914-08-29 to 1914-09-15
6longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 12 scoreless innings | 1913-04-24 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 13 innings pitched | 1914-06-02 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 51 | 113 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 28 | .236 | .239 | .264 |
| Away | 37 | 97 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | .226 | .216 | .247 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .167 | .167 | .167 |
| May | 18 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | .189 | .190 | .189 |
| June | 23 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .250 | .233 | .275 |
| July | 17 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .152 | .152 | .182 |
| August | 10 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .250 | .242 | .250 |
| September | 13 | 46 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | .295 | .304 | .364 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 15 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .333 | .346 | .375 |
| cincinnati-reds | 15 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | .188 | .171 | .250 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 14 | 43 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | .286 | .302 | .310 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 13 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | .233 | .233 | .267 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 11 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .208 | .200 | .208 |
| chicago-cubs | 11 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .087 | .080 | .087 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 9 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .231 | .250 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 |  Boston Braves | 24 | 47 | 12 | – | 3 | 3 | .255 | 135 | 74 |
| 1914 | Boston Braves | 49 | 129 | 33 | – | 7 | – | .256 | 333 | 157 |
| 1915 | Boston Braves | 14 | 21 | 1 | – | – | – | .048 | 68 | 23 |
| 1919 | Boston Braves | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 5 | 2 |