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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 Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1957 Minors 18 66.00 7 / 8 10 / 11 14 / 15 6 / 6 8 / 9 8 / 8 9 / 9 62 / 66
1958 Minors 19 60.00 4 / 7 3 / 7 6 / 7 4 / 5 5 / 9 4 / 11 11 / 14 37 / 60
1959 Minors 20 78.00 5 / 9 7 / 15 11 / 11 10 / 12 12 / 16 8 / 8 7 / 7 60 / 78
1960 Minors 21 6.00 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 6
1961 Minors 22 50.00 3 / 10 3 / 7 2 / 3 8 / 10 4 / 7 3 / 5 8 / 8 31 / 50
1962 Minors 23 70.00 3 / 12 6 / 9 8 / 15 3 / 7 3 / 8 5 / 6 11 / 13 39 / 70
1962 Majors 23 2.58 4 4 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 2
1963 Minors 24 15.00 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 15
1963 Majors 24 63.07 125 100 0 3 / 8 0 / 8 1 / 10 5 / 11 2 / 8 3 / 10 3 / 8 17 / 63
1964 Majors 25 78.14 162 124 0 5 / 12 0 / 11 5 / 13 2 / 6 3 / 12 4 / 10 6 / 14 25 / 78
1965 Majors 26 62.27 131 106 30 1 / 7 0 / 9 1 / 5 2 / 9 0 / 7 1 / 15 3 / 10 8 / 62
1966 Majors 27 61.75 139 100 23 2 / 5 0 / 12 5 / 10 3 / 9 2 / 10 5 / 7 0 / 8 17 / 61
1967 Majors 28 70.80 162 118 0 2 / 8 0 / 9 1 / 5 2 / 17 1 / 14 3 / 7 0 / 10 9 / 70
1968 Majors 29 52.00 162 94 0 1 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 12 1 / 12 0 / 6 2 / 6 1 / 6 5 / 52
1969 Majors 30 41.86 111 90 51 0 / 5 0 / 6 1 / 3 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 4 1 / 41
1970 Majors 31 46.77 126 92 36 1 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 3 3 / 12 4 / 4 8 / 46
1971 Majors 32 62.37 162 130 0 1 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 3 3 / 11 4 / 62
1972 Majors 33 57.62 147 119 15 1 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 12 1 / 57
1973 Majors 34 63.54 162 118 0 0 / 5 -1 / 12 -1 / 8 -7 / 10 -7 / 5 -1 / 17 -4 / 6 -21 / 63
1974 Majors 35 38.58 122 55 40 -1 / 7 -3 / 6 -3 / 6 -1 / 8 -7 / 1 -4 / 2 -2 / 8 -21 / 38
1975 Majors 36 48.54 162 65 0 -3 / 3 -1 / 6 -2 / 9 -4 / 7 -2 / 7 -3 / 10 -1 / 6 -16 / 48
1976 Majors 37 35.13 162 33 0 -3 / 2 -6 / 6 -4 / 4 -6 / 3 -1 / 3 0 / 8 -1 / 9 -21 / 35
Total 2039 1348 195 32 / 137 18 / 167 45 / 164 28 / 164 24 / 155 42 / 164 59 / 172 248 / 1123
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.