Bill Nicholson Stats

William Beck Nicholson was a Major League Baseball player with the Philadelphia Athletics (1936), Chicago Cubs (1939-1948), and Philadelphia Phillies

Did you know that Bill Nicholson also led the National League in runs batted in (RBI) during the same two seasons ( 1943 & 1944 ) he led the league in home runs, capturing two legs of the Triple Crown in consecutive seasons? Did you know that Big Bill was the first player in National League history to lead the circuit in home runs and runs batted in for two successive seasons?

On July 23, 1944 , Bill Nicholson was given an intentional walk with the bases loaded , only the fourth instance in baseball history. The New York Giants were beating the Chicago Cubs , 10-7, in the top of the eighth with the bases loaded, none out, and Nicholson — who had homered four times (once in Game 1 , three times in Game 2 ) already that day — was waiting at the plate to set a Major League record. New York Giants ' manager Mel Ott ordered Ewald Pyle to walk Nicholson, bringing up Dom Dallessandro , Andy Pafko , and Don Johnson . The Chicago Cubs tied the game up by the time the inning was over, but New York went on to win, 12-10.

Bill Nicholson Baseball Record | The Pantagraph | July 24, 1944 | Page 7