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Kevin Brown League
3-28-2195
Bill Nicholson First Base
Retired (1976, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .270 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .790 Status Deceased (2010) Option Years 0  
H 1436 Age at Death 71 Date of Birth 10-21-1939
HR 248 Drafted Round 1, Pick 3
(1957)		 Majors Svc Time 13 years
(111 games)
RBI 828
SB 81 Salary $2.90M Final Contract Year 1976
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D 
Power vs. R A  Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A-
Speed B+ Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS B- (54.2%) Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B A+ (100%) LF C  (41.8%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF ---   Health F  LCS Appearances 3
3B --- RF D- (9.9%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1962 PHI
4
17
2
3
0
0
0
0
2
 4 1 0
1
 0 0
.476
.300
.176
.000
.176
1963 PHI
100
378
47
105
11
4
19
59
29
 115 1 2
7
 3 5
.808
.329
.479
.201
.278
1964 PHI
125
502
58
113
11
3
21
69
26
 118 3 1
7
 4 4
.651
.267
.384
.159
.225
1965 PHI
106
408
37
100
11
3
14
53
21
 104 0 2
6
 6 4
.670
.281
.390
.145
.245
1966 PHI
108
372
53
94
18
5
19
59
28
 102 3 3
5
 5 2
.789
.308
.481
.228
.253
1967 PHI
127
488
83
146
20
4
22
86
35
 135 0 2
17
 3 4
.837
.345
.492
.193
.299
1968 LAN
122
362
51
98
11
2
19
62
18
 75 2 1
7
 1 17
.778
.308
.470
.199
.271
1969 LAN
90
342
46
96
18
3
19
50
31
 79 0 0
4
 1 7
.858
.340
.518
.237
.281
1970 LAN
101
357
47
93
12
8
13
56
22
 67 3 1
1
 2 7
.756
.308
.448
.188
.261
1971 LAN
130
491
80
152
22
3
29
89
38
 108 3 1
9
 2 19
.906
.362
.544
.234
.310
1972 LAN
119
443
54
124
21
7
18
62
34
 110 0 0
3
 2 10
.812
.331
.481
.201
.280
1973 LAN
130
464
83
140
28
4
27
81
42
 109 1 2
8
 3 8
.913
.360
.554
.252
.302
1974 LAN
101
245
41
65
10
2
14
38
30
 54 1 0
3
 4 5
.842
.348
.494
.229
.265
1975 LAN
134
291
33
70
17
3
7
42
17
 77 0 1
2
 4 9
.673
.282
.392
.151
.241
1976 TOR
72
168
20
37
9
1
7
22
13
 33 0 0
1
 0 0
.687
.276
.411
.190
.220
Total
1569
5328
735
1436
219
52
248
828
386
 1290 18 16
81
 40 101
.790
.320
.470
.200
.270
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1976-11-01Bill Nicholson has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1976-10-13The Toronto Bluejays have promoted Bill Schomberg to the major league team. The Toronto Bluejays have promoted Pat Mitchell to the major league team. The Toronto Bluejays have designated Bill Nicholson for assignment. The Toronto Bluejays have designated Cliff Nichols for assignment.
1976-04-01The Toronto Bluejays have promoted Bill Nicholson to the major league team.
1976-03-31Bill Nicholson has signed with the Toronto Bluejays for $2.9M per year for 1 year.
1974-06-25Bill Nicholson of the Los Angeles Lebowskis is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1974-04-18Bill Nicholson of the Los Angeles Lebowskis is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1972-09-21Bill Nicholson of the Los Angeles Lebowskis is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1972-08-18Bill Nicholson of the Los Angeles Lebowskis is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1970-06-17Bill Nicholson of the Los Angeles Lebowskis is injured and is expected to be out 42 days.
1969-05-30Bill Nicholson of the Los Angeles Lebowskis is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1969-04-03Bill Nicholson of the Los Angeles Lebowskis is injured and is expected to be out 36 days.
1968-03-29The Los Angeles Lebowskis have promoted Bill Nicholson to the major league team. The Los Angeles Lebowskis have promoted Howard Williams to the major league team.
1968-03-29Bill Nicholson has signed with the Los Angeles Lebowskis for $9.5M per year for 8 years.
1966-06-23Bill Nicholson of the Philadelphia Thunder is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1966-04-29Bill Nicholson of the Philadelphia Thunder is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1965-08-14Bill Nicholson of the Philadelphia Thunder is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1963-05-13The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Bill Nicholson to the major league team.
1962-10-03The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Bill Nicholson to the minors.
1962-09-28The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Bill Nicholson to the major league team.
1962-03-29The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Donn Mincher to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Herb Sisler to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Carlos Delgado to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Jackie Teehorne to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Muddy Herrnstein to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Cookie Cox to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Bill McGlothin to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Clyde Masaoka to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Terry Sizemore to the minors. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Doc Kruk to the minors. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Ray Bergamo to the minors. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Dan Byerly to the minors. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Tyler Greene to the minors. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Bill Nicholson to the minors. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Otto Elliott to the minors. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Curt Simmons to the minors.
1962-03-28The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Barney Kelsey to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Doc Kruk to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Otto Elliott to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Tyler Greene to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Roger Walker to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Bill Nicholson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Dan Byerly to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Terry Sizemore to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Ray Bergamo to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Curt Simmons to the major league team.
1960-03-29The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Scott Erb to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Earl Theiss to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Tyler Greene to the minors. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Bill Nicholson to the minors.
1960-03-28The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Bill Nicholson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Tyler Greene to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Rick Shaw to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Larry Christenson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Elijah Gibson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted John Castle to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted John Vuckovich to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted John McLarney to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Walt Peete to the major league team.
1957-03-30The Philadelphia Thunder have renamed John Thomas to Bill Nicholson.