Bill Nicholson Stats

Bill Nicholson was born on Friday, December 11, 1914, in Chestertown, Maryland. Nicholson was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 13, 1936, with the Philadelphia Athletics. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bill Nicholson baseball stats page.

"We all respected Bill Nicholson. He had been through what we hoped to go through. When he said something, we listened. He knew the pitchers in the league and would tell us what to expect in certain situations. He was a man's man." - Putsy Caballero in Baseball Players of the 1950s: A Biographical Dictionary of All 1,560 Major Leaguers (Rich Marazzi, McFarland Publishing, 11/30/2000, Page 251)

Birth Name:

William Beck Nicholson

Nickname:

Big Bill - Bill - Swish

Born On:

12-11-1914 (Sagittarius)

Born In:

Chestertown, Maryland

Died On:

03-08-1996 ( 500 Oldest Living )

Died In:

Chestertown, Maryland

Cemetery:

Old St. Paul Episcopal Church Cemetery, Chestertown, Maryland

High School:

Chestertown High School (Chestertown, MD)

College:

Washington College

Bats:

Left

Throws:

Right

Height:

6-00

Weight:

205

First Game:

06-13-1936 (Age 21)

Last Game:

09-19-1953

Draft:

Not Applicable / Signing Bonus = $1,000

Did Not Pitch

Bill Nicholson Bill Nicholson Hitting Stats
Yr	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1936	22	Athletics	11	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1939	25	Cubs	58	220	37	65	12	5	5	0	38	20	1	29	3	0	0	1	.295	.354	.464
1940	26	Cubs	135	491	78	146	27	7	25	2	98	50	1	67	1	0	3	7	.297	.366	.534
1941	27	Cubs	147	532	74	135	26	1	26	2	98	82	1	91	0	0	3	8	.254	.357	.453
1942	28	Cubs	152	588	83	173	22	11	21	0	78	76	6	80	1	0	8	7	.294	.382	.476
1943	29	Cubs	154	608	95	188	30	9	29	0	128	71	11	86	0	0	5	7	.309	.386	.531
1944	30	Cubs	156	582	116	167	35	8	33	2	122	93	17	71	5	0	6	3	.287	.391	.545
1945	31	Cubs	151	559	82	136	28	4	13	0	88	92	14	73	3	0	6	9	.243	.356	.377
1946	32	Cubs	105	296	36	65	13	2	8	1	41	44	9	44	3	0	2	4	.220	.325	.358
1947	33	Cubs	148	487	69	119	28	1	26	1	75	87	13	83	1	0	5	4	.244	.364	.466
1948	34	Cubs	143	494	68	129	24	5	19	0	67	81	14	60	1	0	5	5	.261	.371	.445
1949	35	Phillies	98	299	42	70	8	3	11	0	40	45	2	53	1	0	5	1	.234	.344	.391
1950	36	Phillies	41	58	3	13	2	1	3	0	10	8	0	16	0	0	0	2	.224	.318	.448
1951	37	Phillies	85	170	23	41	9	2	8	0	30	25	2	24	0	1	1	1	.241	.340	.459
1952	38	Phillies	55	88	17	24	3	0	6	0	19	14	0	26	1	0	3	0	.273	.390	.511
1953	39	Phillies	38	62	12	13	5	1	2	0	16	12	1	20	0	0	0	2	.210	.338	.419
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
16 Years			1,677	5,546	837	1,484	272	60	235	8	948	800	92	828	20	1	52	61	.268	.365	.465

Bill Nicholson Bill Nicholson Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1936 Athletics	RF	1	0	18	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.50
1939 Cubs	RF	58	58	1,455	134	2.3	128	123	5	6	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.955	2.38
1940 Cubs	LF	29	27	669	61	2.1	57	56	1	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.934	2.30
1940 Cubs	RF	95	94	2,436	197	2.1	188	179	9	9	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.954	2.08
1941 Cubs	LF	2	2	48	3	1.5	3	3	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.69
1941 Cubs	RF	141	141	3,597	302	2.1	300	290	10	2	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.993	2.25
1942 Cubs	RF	151	151	153	350	2.3	345	327	18	5	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	60.88
1943 Cubs	RF	154	154	462	364	2.4	356	340	16	8	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.978	20.81
1944 Cubs	RF	156	156	468	330	2.1	323	305	18	7	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.979	18.63
1945 Cubs	RF	151	149	390	315	2.1	312	300	12	3	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.990	21.60
1946 Cubs	RF	80	75	1,971	188	2.4	183	179	4	5	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.973	2.51
1947 Cubs	RF	140	140	3,633	291	2.1	288	281	7	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.990	2.14
1948 Cubs	RF	136	135	3,531	256	1.9	251	244	7	5	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.980	1.92
1949 Phillies	RF	91	79	2,175	196	2.2	195	185	10	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.995	2.42
1950 Phillies	RF	15	10	279	21	1.4	20	20	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.952	1.94
1951 Phillies	RF	41	33	978	77	1.9	76	75	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.987	2.10
1952 Phillies	RF	19	13	432	33	1.7	33	33	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.06
1953 Phillies	RF	12	10	279	13	1.1	13	13	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.26
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
RF Totals		1,441	1,398	22,257	3,068	2.1	3,012	2,895	117	56	20	n/a	n/a	n/a	.982	3.65
LF Totals		31	29	717	64	2.1	60	59	1	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.938	2.26
16 Years		1,472	1,427	22,974	3,132	2.1	3,072	2,954	118	60	20	n/a	n/a	n/a	.981	3.61

Bill Nicholson Bill Nicholson Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1936 Athletics	0	0	.000	10	0	n/a	0.0	2.4	0.0	-	-	-
1939 Cubs	0	1	.000	0	0	n/a	44.0	7.6	5.8	-	-	-
1940 Cubs	2	3	.400	12	0	n/a	19.6	7.3	5.0	-	-	-
1941 Cubs	1	1	.500	4	0	n/a	20.5	5.8	5.4	-	-	-
1942 Cubs	8	0	1.000	1	0	n/a	28.0	7.4	7.5	-	-	-
1943 Cubs	4	1	.800	0	0	n/a	21.0	7.1	4.8	-	-	-
1944 Cubs	3	1	.750	0	0	n/a	17.6	8.2	4.8	-	-	-
1945 Cubs	4	0	1.000	0	0	n/a	43.0	7.7	6.4	-	-	-
1946 Cubs	1	4	.200	25	0	n/a	37.0	6.7	7.2	-	-	-
1947 Cubs	1	8	.111	8	0	n/a	18.7	5.9	6.5	-	-	-
1948 Cubs	2	6	.250	7	0	n/a	26.0	8.2	7.4	-	-	-
1949 Phillies	1	0	1.000	10	0	n/a	27.2	5.6	7.5	-	-	-
1950 Phillies	0	0	.000	27	0	n/a	19.3	3.6	5.8	-	-	-
1951 Phillies	0	1	.000	47	0	n/a	21.3	7.1	5.7	-	-	-
1952 Phillies	0	0	.000	38	0	n/a	14.7	3.4	4.6	-	-	-
1953 Phillies	0	0	.000	26	1	n/a	31.0	3.1	3.9	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
16 Years	27	26	.509	215	1	n/a	23.6	6.7	5.9	-	-	-

Bill Nicholson Bill Nicholson Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1936 Philadelphia Athletics	21	$1,200.00	-	-
1939 Chicago Cubs	8	$4,200.00	-	-
1940 Chicago Cubs	8	Undetermined	Stats	-
1941 Chicago Cubs	8	Undetermined	Stats	-
1942 Chicago Cubs	8	Undetermined	-	-
1943 Chicago Cubs	43	Undetermined	Stats	-
1944 Chicago Cubs	43	Undetermined	Stats	-
1945 Chicago Cubs	43	Undetermined	n/a	Stats
1946 Chicago Cubs	43	Undetermined	-	-
1947 Chicago Cubs	43	Undetermined	-	-
1948 Chicago Cubs	43	Undetermined	-	-
1949 Philadelphia Phillies	12	Undetermined	-	-
1950 Philadelphia Phillies	12	Undetermined	-	-
1951 Philadelphia Phillies	12	$10,000.00	-	-
1952 Philadelphia Phillies	12	Undetermined	-	-
1953 Philadelphia Phillies	12	Undetermined	-	-
Bill Nicholson Stats by Baseball Almanac

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

Bill Nicholson was the National League (NL) home run champion with the Chicago Cubs in 1943 and 1944 . No Cubbie has hit the most homers in the NL in back-to-back seasons since Swish! Cubs who led the senior circuit in home runs in consecutive seasons before Nicholson were Frank Schulte ( 1910 , 1911 ) and Hack Wilson ( 1926 , 1927 , 1928 ). [ Home Run Champions ]

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.

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