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Mordecai Brown League
10-13-2263
Bill James Second Base
Retired (1973, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .253 Total Rating 53   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .678 Status Deceased (2008) Option Years 0  
H 519 Age at Death 71 Date of Birth 08-02-1937
HR 31 Drafted Round 2, Pick 24
(1961)
Majors Svc Time 9 years
(22 games)
RBI 215
SB 54
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R 63 Contact vs. L 65 Endurance 55   Ldrship 75
Power vs. R 35 Power vs. L 45 Velocity 8   Mentor vR 61
Speed 59 Bunt 22 Control 18   Mentor vL 100
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS 43 (43.7%) Range 39 WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm 65 WS Appearances 0
2B 100 (100%) CF ---   Health 51 LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1970 2B PHI 33 32 252.1 174 74 98 2 23 -1 6.13 .989
1971 2B PHI 99 92 725.0 410 167 235 8 34 -5 4.99 .980
C PHI 2 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 0.00 NaN
1972 SS PHI 34 31 229.0 125 42 75 8 10 -9 4.60 .936
2B PHI 26 10 122.0 65 27 36 2 7 -1 4.65 .969
3B PHI 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
1973 SS PHI 2 2 13.0 5 1 3 1 0 -3 2.77 .800
2B PHI 2 2 12.0 6 3 3 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
Pos Total 2B 160 136 1111.1 655 271 372 12 64 -7 5.21 .982
SS 36 33 242.0 130 43 78 9 10 -12 4.50 .931
C 2 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 0.00 NaN
3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
Total 199 169 1359.0 786 314 451 21 74 0 1 0 0.0% -19 5.07 .973
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1973-11-01Bill James has retired from the Philadelphia Lockheed-Martins
1973-04-26The Philadelphia Lockheed-Martins have designated Bill James for assignment.
1963-10-14The Philadelphia Lockheed-Martins have promoted Bill James to the major league team. The Philadelphia Lockheed-Martins have designated Billy Boles for assignment.
1961-05-31The Philadelphia Lockheed-Martins have sent Bill James to the minors.
1961-05-09The Philadelphia Lockheed-Martins have promoted Bill James to the major league team.