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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 R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1962 Away 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .167 .167 .000 .000 .000
1962 Home 3 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 .607 .357 .250 .000 .250
1963 Away 50 193 24 51 4 1 10 30 18 57 4 1 4 .781 .330 .451 .187 .264
1963 Home 50 185 23 54 7 3 9 29 11 58 3 2 1 .836 .328 .508 .216 .292
1964 Away 63 258 30 51 5 0 11 38 12 65 2 2 1 .578 .233 .345 .147 .198
1964 Home 62 244 28 62 6 3 10 31 14 53 5 2 3 .728 .302 .426 .172 .254
1965 Away 54 211 20 52 3 3 8 28 8 52 2 3 1 .677 .274 .403 .156 .246
1965 Home 52 197 17 48 8 0 6 25 13 52 4 3 3 .663 .288 .376 .132 .244
1966 Away 57 197 28 52 10 3 12 32 16 55 2 2 1 .847 .319 .528 .264 .264
1966 Home 51 175 25 42 8 2 7 27 12 47 3 3 1 .723 .295 .429 .189 .240
1967 Away 67 256 42 77 10 3 9 40 19 80 8 3 2 .817 .348 .469 .168 .301
1967 Home 60 232 41 69 10 1 13 46 16 55 9 0 2 .859 .341 .517 .220 .297
1968 Away 56 164 24 46 4 0 11 33 6 39 2 0 6 .820 .314 .506 .226 .280
1968 Home 66 198 27 52 7 2 8 29 12 36 5 1 11 .743 .303 .439 .177 .263
1969 Away 45 174 23 47 11 1 9 22 13 43 2 1 3 .821 .321 .500 .230 .270
1969 Home 45 168 23 49 7 2 10 28 18 36 2 0 4 .896 .360 .536 .244 .292
1970 Away 50 178 21 41 3 3 4 18 12 34 1 2 0 .630 .281 .348 .118 .230
1970 Home 51 179 26 52 9 5 9 38 10 33 0 0 7 .883 .335 .547 .257 .291
1971 Away 64 248 44 80 10 2 20 55 18 54 1 2 13 .993 .372 .621 .298 .323
1971 Home 66 243 36 72 12 1 9 34 20 54 8 0 6 .817 .352 .465 .169 .296
1972 Away 61 231 31 63 11 3 13 32 15 54 1 1 5 .832 .317 .515 .242 .273
1972 Home 58 212 23 61 10 4 5 30 19 56 2 1 5 .790 .346 .443 .156 .288
1973 Away 65 234 46 76 17 2 14 50 19 61 5 2 4 .967 .373 .594 .269 .325
1973 Home 65 230 37 64 11 2 13 31 23 48 3 1 4 .860 .346 .513 .235 .278
1974 Away 53 127 18 35 7 1 6 18 17 26 2 3 4 .854 .366 .488 .213 .276
1974 Home 48 118 23 30 3 1 8 20 13 28 1 1 1 .828 .328 .500 .246 .254
1975 Away 60 118 14 35 7 0 3 23 9 30 1 3 5 .779 .346 .432 .136 .297
1975 Home 74 173 19 35 10 3 4 19 8 47 1 1 4 .600 .236 .364 .162 .202
1976 Away 36 82 9 17 6 0 3 16 5 17 1 0 0 .643 .253 .390 .183 .207
1976 Home 36 86 11 20 3 1 4 6 8 16 0 0 0 .728 .298 .430 .198 .233
Total Away 782 2676 375 723 108 22 133 435 188 669 34 25 49 .795 .319 .476 .206 .270
Total Home 787 2652 360 713 111 30 115 393 198 621 47 15 52 .784 .321 .463 .195 .269
Total 1569 5328 735 1436 219 52 248 828 386 1290 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.