Show classic player card
Kevin Brown League
3-28-2195
Bill Nicholson First Base
Retired (1976, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .270 Total Rating   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
Power vs. R 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 (41.8%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 3
3B --- RF D- (9.9%)   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
1962 1B PHI 4 4 39.1 45 44 1 0 1 0 10.30 1.000
1963 1B PHI 100 100 895.0 917 895 17 5 56 -13 9.17 .995
1964 1B PHI 124 124 1121.1 1170 1129 37 4 97 -6 9.36 .997
1965 1B PHI 106 106 926.1 956 920 32 4 52 -2 9.25 .996
1966 1B PHI 102 100 886.2 968 941 25 2 71 -1 9.81 .998
1967 1B PHI 122 117 1061.1 1091 1057 30 4 75 0 9.22 .996
LF PHI 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1968 2B LAN 39 39 327.0 161 71 79 11 11 -6 4.13 .932
CF LAN 23 23 174.2 58 52 2 4 0 -3 2.78 .931
1B LAN 21 19 169.1 160 154 6 0 11 +1 8.50 1.000
LF LAN 11 11 100.0 31 29 0 2 0 0 2.61 .935
RF LAN 2 2 15.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1969 CF LAN 40 40 349.0 85 79 4 2 0 0 2.14 .976
2B LAN 32 32 256.0 156 64 88 4 14 +2 5.34 .974
1B LAN 11 11 102.0 105 102 2 1 4 0 9.18 .990
LF LAN 7 7 62.0 15 15 0 0 0 0 2.18 1.000
1970 1B LAN 41 41 368.2 360 349 10 1 24 +1 8.76 .997
CF LAN 41 41 344.0 97 91 3 3 0 -3 2.46 .969
2B LAN 8 8 62.0 35 14 18 3 1 +1 4.65 .914
LF LAN 2 2 15.0 4 4 0 0 0 -2 2.40 1.000
1971 2B LAN 79 79 674.0 379 159 202 18 28 -14 4.82 .953
1B LAN 41 41 365.1 360 348 11 1 24 +2 8.84 .997
LF LAN 10 10 88.2 19 19 0 0 0 -1 1.93 1.000
1972 2B LAN 65 65 547.0 332 113 210 9 30 -3 5.31 .973
1B LAN 34 34 285.0 320 311 8 1 16 +2 10.07 .997
LF LAN 20 20 178.0 48 45 3 0 0 -1 2.43 1.000
1973 2B LAN 90 86 754.1 409 156 245 8 36 -4 4.78 .980
1B LAN 21 21 187.0 197 194 3 0 15 0 9.48 1.000
SS LAN 6 6 51.0 19 8 11 0 1 -3 3.35 1.000
CF LAN 4 4 36.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 1.75 1.000
RF LAN 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1974 2B LAN 47 32 284.2 143 62 81 0 16 +3 4.52 1.000
SS LAN 12 12 101.2 49 12 33 4 1 +2 3.98 .918
1B LAN 15 4 68.1 62 59 3 0 6 +1 8.17 1.000
CF LAN 3 3 27.0 9 9 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
RF LAN 2 2 18.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 3.50 1.000
3B LAN 2 2 17.0 3 0 2 1 0 0 1.06 .667
1975 2B LAN 32 28 236.1 143 57 84 2 14 0 5.37 .986
SS LAN 24 22 172.0 103 26 72 5 14 -4 5.13 .951
RF LAN 10 9 74.0 16 15 0 1 0 -1 1.82 .938
3B LAN 5 5 44.0 16 2 13 1 1 0 3.07 .938
1B LAN 12 0 31.0 33 33 0 0 1 0 9.58 1.000
LF LAN 6 0 14.0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1.93 1.000
CF LAN 2 1 12.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
1976 2B TOR 32 25 233.1 128 47 81 0 22 +5 4.94 1.000
SS TOR 5 5 46.0 20 4 16 0 3 -3 3.91 1.000
C TOR 2 2 18.0 16 16 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0 8.00 1.000
1B TOR 1 1 8.0 15 14 1 0 0 +1 16.88 1.000
Pos Total 1B 755 723 6514.2 6759 6550 186 23 453 -14 9.31 .997
2B 424 394 3374.2 1886 743 1088 55 172 -16 4.88 .971
CF 113 112 942.2 259 241 9 9 0 -6 2.39 .965
LF 57 51 465.2 120 114 4 2 0 -4 2.28 .983
SS 47 45 370.2 191 50 132 9 19 -8 4.42 .953
RF 15 14 116.0 23 22 0 1 0 -1 1.71 .957
3B 7 7 61.0 19 2 15 2 1 0 2.51 .895
C 2 2 18.0 16 16 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0 8.00 1.000
Total 1420 1348 11863.1 9273 7738 1434 101 645 0 2 0 0.0% -49 6.96 .989
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.