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Name	Team	Age
Bill Nicholson	Retired (1976, Age 37)	Died (2010, Age 71)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 3 (1957)	1B	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Kevin Brown League	0	13 years (111 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B+	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C+	C+	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A	A-	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D	A-	A-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
F	0	10/21/1939
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	2	3
Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (LF)
A+ (94.4 %)	B- (54.2 %)	C  (41.8 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1957

Minors

66.00

7 / 8

10 / 11

14 / 15

6 / 6

8 / 9

8 / 8

9 / 9

62 / 66

1958

Minors

60.00

4 / 7

3 / 7

6 / 7

4 / 5

5 / 9

4 / 11

11 / 14

37 / 60

1959

Minors

78.00

5 / 9

7 / 15

11 / 11

10 / 12

12 / 16

8 / 8

7 / 7

60 / 78

1960

Minors

6.00

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 6

1961

Minors

50.00

3 / 10

3 / 7

2 / 3

8 / 10

4 / 7

3 / 5

8 / 8

31 / 50

1962

Minors

70.00

3 / 12

6 / 9

8 / 15

3 / 7

3 / 8

5 / 6

11 / 13

39 / 70

1962

Majors

2.58

4

4

0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 2

1963

Minors

15.00

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 4

1 / 4

1 / 15

1963

Majors

63.07

125

100

0

3 / 8

0 / 8

1 / 10

5 / 11

2 / 8

3 / 10

3 / 8

17 / 63

1964

Majors

78.14

162

124

0

5 / 12

0 / 11

5 / 13

2 / 6

3 / 12

4 / 10

6 / 14

25 / 78

1965

Majors

62.27

131

106

30

1 / 7

0 / 9

1 / 5

2 / 9

0 / 7

1 / 15

3 / 10

8 / 62

1966

Majors

61.75

139

100

23

2 / 5

0 / 12

5 / 10

3 / 9

2 / 10

5 / 7

0 / 8

17 / 61

1967

Majors

70.80

162

118

0

2 / 8

0 / 9

1 / 5

2 / 17

1 / 14

3 / 7

0 / 10

9 / 70

1968

Majors

52.00

162

94

0

1 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 12

1 / 12

0 / 6

2 / 6

1 / 6

5 / 52

1969

Majors

41.86

111

90

51

0 / 5

0 / 6

1 / 3

0 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 4

1 / 41

1970

Majors

46.77

126

92

36

1 / 6

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 3

3 / 12

4 / 4

8 / 46

1971

Majors

62.37

162

130

0

1 / 9

0 / 10

0 / 11

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 3

3 / 11

4 / 62

1972

Majors

57.62

147

119

15

1 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 12

1 / 57

1973

Majors

63.54

162

118

0

0 / 5

-1 / 12

-1 / 8

-7 / 10

-7 / 5

-1 / 17

-4 / 6

-21 / 63

1974

Majors

38.58

122

55

40

-1 / 7

-3 / 6

-3 / 6

-1 / 8

-7 / 1

-4 / 2

-2 / 8

-21 / 38

1975

Majors

48.54

162

65

0

-3 / 3

-1 / 6

-2 / 9

-4 / 7

-2 / 7

-3 / 10

-1 / 6

-16 / 48

1976

Majors

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

Date	Transaction
1976-11-01	Bill Nicholson has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1976-10-13	The 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.
1976-04-01	The Toronto Bluejays have promoted Bill Nicholson to the major league team.
1976-03-31	Bill Nicholson has signed with the Toronto Bluejays for $2.9M per year for 1 year.
1974-06-25	Bill Nicholson of the Los Angeles Lebowskis is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1974-04-18	Bill Nicholson of the Los Angeles Lebowskis is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1972-09-21	Bill Nicholson of the Los Angeles Lebowskis is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1972-08-18	Bill Nicholson of the Los Angeles Lebowskis is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1970-06-17	Bill Nicholson of the Los Angeles Lebowskis is injured and is expected to be out 42 days.
1969-05-30	Bill Nicholson of the Los Angeles Lebowskis is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1969-04-03	Bill Nicholson of the Los Angeles Lebowskis is injured and is expected to be out 36 days.
1968-03-29	The 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.
1968-03-29	Bill Nicholson has signed with the Los Angeles Lebowskis for $9.5M per year for 8 years.
1966-06-23	Bill Nicholson of the Philadelphia Thunder is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1966-04-29	Bill Nicholson of the Philadelphia Thunder is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1965-08-14	Bill Nicholson of the Philadelphia Thunder is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1963-05-13	The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Bill Nicholson to the major league team.
1962-10-03	The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Bill Nicholson to the minors.
1962-09-28	The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Bill Nicholson to the major league team.
1962-03-29	The 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.
1962-03-28	The 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.
1960-03-29	The 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.
1960-03-28	The 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.
1957-03-30	The Philadelphia Thunder have renamed John Thomas to Bill Nicholson.