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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 Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1962 LHP 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .250 .000 .000 .000
1962 RHP 4 14 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .527 .312 .214 .000 .214
1963 LHP 38 83 22 2 2 1 6 3 27 .664 .291 .373 .108 .265
1963 RHP 90 295 83 9 2 18 53 26 88 .848 .340 .508 .227 .281
1964 LHP 47 108 26 3 1 6 19 4 26 .728 .274 .454 .213 .241
1964 RHP 114 394 87 8 2 15 50 22 92 .630 .265 .365 .145 .221
1965 LHP 55 120 34 3 0 2 16 5 28 .668 .310 .358 .075 .283
1965 RHP 92 288 66 8 3 12 37 16 76 .672 .269 .403 .174 .229
1966 LHP 41 48 7 1 0 2 8 1 16 .455 .163 .292 .146 .146
1966 RHP 105 324 87 17 5 17 51 27 86 .837 .328 .509 .241 .269
1967 LHP 42 56 16 1 0 2 5 4 16 .744 .333 .411 .125 .286
1967 RHP 120 432 130 19 4 20 81 31 119 .849 .346 .502 .201 .301
1968 LHP 42 76 15 3 1 1 10 5 23 .559 .256 .303 .105 .197
1968 RHP 107 286 83 8 1 18 52 13 52 .836 .322 .514 .224 .290
1969 LHP 22 54 13 3 0 2 2 7 11 .735 .328 .407 .167 .241
1969 RHP 83 288 83 15 3 17 48 24 68 .881 .343 .538 .250 .288
1970 LHP 29 57 11 3 0 2 7 4 15 .609 .258 .351 .158 .193
1970 RHP 90 300 82 9 8 11 49 18 52 .784 .318 .467 .193 .273
1971 LHP 47 86 23 4 1 7 21 9 19 .925 .344 .581 .314 .267
1971 RHP 120 405 129 18 2 22 68 29 89 .902 .366 .536 .217 .319
1972 LHP 43 95 23 3 2 5 8 4 21 .746 .273 .474 .232 .242
1972 RHP 110 348 101 18 5 13 54 30 89 .829 .347 .483 .193 .290
1973 LHP 35 56 13 4 0 2 10 8 16 .739 .328 .411 .179 .232
1973 RHP 116 408 127 24 4 25 71 34 93 .938 .364 .574 .262 .311
1974 LHP 21 38 10 3 0 3 10 6 9 .943 .364 .579 .316 .263
1974 RHP 92 207 55 7 2 11 28 24 45 .823 .345 .478 .213 .266
1975 LHP 34 50 11 3 0 0 3 4 15 .558 .278 .280 .060 .220
1975 RHP 101 241 59 14 3 7 39 13 62 .697 .282 .415 .170 .245
1976 LHP 13 17 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 .572 .278 .294 .059 .235
1976 RHP 68 151 33 8 1 7 21 12 31 .700 .276 .424 .205 .219
Total LHP 510 947 228 37 7 35 126 66 245 .698 .293 .405 .165 .241
Total RHP 1412 4381 1208 182 45 213 702 320 1045 .810 .326 .484 .208 .276
Total 1569 5328 1436 219 52 248 828 386 1290 .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.