Bill Nicholson
1936–1953 · bats L / throws R · Chicago Cubs, NLS, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies
1,678G
.268AVG
.365OBP
.465SLG
More career statistics
1,484H
235HR
948RBI
27SB
2Rare feats
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 · At bats | 5,546 | 5,544 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 1 | 24 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 828 | 826 |
| Batting · RBI | 948 | 953 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 27 | 28 |
| Batting · Walks | 800 | 801 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,678 | 6,418 | 5,546 | 837 | 1,484 | 272 | 60 | 235 | 948 | 800 | 828 | 27 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 2,581 | .268 | .365 | .465 | .830 |
Streaks
22longest hitting streak · 1943-08-11 to 1943-08-29
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Three Intentional Walks | 1945-06-08 | 1 in 1,129 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1944-07-23 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | 11 total bases | 1942-08-15 | 1 in 2,522 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 828 | 3111 | 738 | 99 | 442 | 375 | 400 | .273 | .358 | .458 |
| Away | 850 | 3307 | 746 | 136 | 511 | 426 | 426 | .263 | .354 | .473 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 120 | 469 | 97 | 15 | 79 | 62 | 57 | .242 | .339 | .419 |
| May | 266 | 1036 | 239 | 39 | 143 | 138 | 139 | .268 | .364 | .459 |
| June | 284 | 1036 | 238 | 37 | 161 | 131 | 121 | .267 | .356 | .466 |
| July | 327 | 1209 | 283 | 48 | 188 | 153 | 150 | .272 | .361 | .495 |
| August | 348 | 1325 | 311 | 51 | 195 | 166 | 164 | .272 | .360 | .478 |
| September | 324 | 1306 | 306 | 44 | 180 | 142 | 191 | .267 | .343 | .444 |
| October | 9 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 4 | .357 | .514 | .607 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 247 | 956 | 243 | 42 | 129 | 105 | 137 | .290 | .364 | .491 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 243 | 937 | 210 | 46 | 161 | 145 | 140 | .268 | .379 | .520 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 234 | 905 | 207 | 28 | 133 | 104 | 84 | .262 | .344 | .442 |
| cincinnati-reds | 232 | 885 | 189 | 31 | 132 | 115 | 99 | .248 | .344 | .430 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 229 | 871 | 183 | 35 | 125 | 90 | 158 | .237 | .313 | .415 |
| boston-braves | 227 | 902 | 224 | 34 | 145 | 125 | 94 | .293 | .387 | .527 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 193 | 784 | 201 | 17 | 113 | 93 | 85 | .294 | .375 | .468 |
| chicago-cubs | 54 | 151 | 26 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 20 | .210 | .325 | .331 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 11 | 12 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1939 |  Chicago Cubs | 58 | 220 | 65 | 5 | 38 | – | .295 | – | – |
| 1940 | Chicago Cubs | 135 | 491 | 146 | 25 | 98 | 2 | .297 | – | – |
| 1941 | Chicago Cubs | 147 | 532 | 135 | 26 | 98 | 1 | .254 | – | – |
| 1942 | Chicago Cubs | 152 | 587 | 173 | 21 | 80 | 8 | .295 | – | – |
| 1943 | Chicago Cubs | 154 | 607 | 188 | 29 | 128 | 5 | .310 | – | – |
| 1944 | Chicago Cubs | 156 | 582 | 167 | 33 | 122 | 3 | .287 | – | – |
| 1945 | Chicago Cubs | 151 | 559 | 136 | 13 | 88 | 4 | .243 | – | – |
| 1946 | Chicago Cubs | 105 | 296 | 65 | 8 | 43 | 1 | .220 | – | – |
| 1947 | Chicago Cubs | 148 | 487 | 119 | 26 | 75 | 1 | .244 | – | – |
| 1948 | Chicago Cubs | 143 | 494 | 129 | 19 | 67 | 2 | .261 | – | – |
| 1949 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 99 | 299 | 70 | 11 | 40 | 1 | .234 | – | – |
| 1950 | Philadelphia Phillies | 41 | 58 | 13 | 3 | 10 | – | .224 | – | – |
| 1951 | Philadelphia Phillies | 85 | 170 | 41 | 8 | 31 | – | .241 | – | – |
| 1952 | Philadelphia Phillies | 55 | 88 | 24 | 6 | 19 | – | .273 | – | – |
| 1953 | Philadelphia Phillies | 38 | 62 | 13 | 2 | 16 | – | .210 | – | – |