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Bill
Nicholson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: December 11, 1914 in Usa, MD, CHESTERTOWN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1937    1938    1940   
All-Star Selections 1938   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1936 21 CIN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1937 22 CIN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1938 23 CIN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1939 24 CIN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1940 25 CIN NL $ 2,564,286 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 26 CIN NL $ 3,178,571 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 27 CIN NL $ 2,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 28 CIN NL $ 2,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 29 CIN NL $ 2,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 30 CIN NL $ 2,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 31 CIN NL $ 2,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 32 CIN NL $ 3,700,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 33 CIN NL $ 3,700,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,700,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1936 21 CIN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 9 8 6 7 7
1937 22 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 9 8 5 6 6
1938 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 7 7 9 8 5 6 6
1939 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 9 8 5 6 6
1940 25 CIN NL $ 2,564,286   6 6 5 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 9 8 5 6 6
1941 26 CIN NL $ 3,178,571   5 5 5 7 8 8 6 7 7 7 8 8 4 5 5
1942 27 CIN NL $ 2,000,000   6 6 5 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 9 8 6 7 6
1943 28 CIN NL $ 2,000,000   6 6 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 8 5 6 6
1944 29 CIN NL $ 2,000,000   6 6 5 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 6
1945 30 CIN NL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 8 5 6 6
1946 31 CIN NL $ 2,000,000   6 6 5 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 8 8 5 6 6
1947 32 CIN NL $ 3,700,000   6 6 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 7 8 8 5 6 6
1948 33 CIN NL $ 3,700,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 4 4 4 6 8 7 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 4 4 4 6 8 7 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,700,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 7 8 7 7 9 8 6 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1947 32 CIN NL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 4 0 3 1 36.00 .571 .700 .714 1.414 0.0
1 Years Sim 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 4 0 3 1 36.00 .571 .700 .714 1.414 0.0
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2 0 0 0 0   .667 .667 .667 1.333
vs LH   2 4 0 3 1   .500 .714 .750 1.464
Home 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 4 0 3 1 36.00 .571 .700 .714 1.414
Sep/Oct 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 4 0 3 1 36.00 .571 .700 .714 1.414
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1936 21 CIN NL 52 176 36 54 15 0 5 38 0 0 27 25 .307 .397 .477 .874 28.8 6.0
    AAA   97 348 90 125 32 7 26 94 4 8 84 35 .359 .484 .716 1.199 103.1  
1937 22 CIN NL 149 525 76 148 25 9 17 77 0 0 68 85 .282 .364 .461 .825 84.6 17.5
1938 23 CIN NL 157 553 98 161 21 5 25 95 1 0 86 74 .291 .385 .483 .868 103.1 21.8
1939 24 CIN NL 152 479 77 124 24 5 15 71 2 1 74 87 .259 .358 .424 .782 72.7 10.8
1940 25 CIN NL 148 499 75 140 21 7 21 83 4 0 70 83 .281 .370 .477 .847 83.5 13.4
1941 26 CIN NL 67 231 38 45 7 0 17 48 1 1 42 58 .195 .318 .446 .764 35.7 4.4
1942 27 CIN NL 129 371 63 94 19 5 18 79 0 0 66 66 .253 .368 .477 .845 66.1 13.0
1943 28 CIN NL 134 396 65 106 15 2 21 71 0 0 81 63 .268 .393 .475 .868 78.1 15.2
1944 29 CIN NL 104 295 53 87 10 3 17 65 0 0 46 45 .295 .388 .522 .910 58.2 13.1
1945 30 CIN NL 127 388 76 102 14 2 20 76 0 0 72 58 .263 .387 .464 .851 71.2 14.6
1946 31 CIN NL 104 351 52 80 12 4 13 52 0 0 53 66 .228 .328 .396 .724 46.8 5.5
1947 32 CIN NL 101 309 53 92 13 1 17 63 0 0 67 54 .298 .421 .511 .932 64.2 12.5
1948 33 CIN NL 33 78 13 20 0 0 4 11 0 0 14 13 .256 .370 .410 .780 12.1 1.7
    AAA   30 66 12 22 2 0 7 23 1 0 14 16 .333 .450 .682 1.132 18.7  
13 Years Sim 1457 4651 775 1253 196 43 210 829 8 2 766 777 .269 .373 .465 .839 805.2 149.6
2 Years AAA 127 414 102 147 34 7 33 117 5 8 98 51 .355 .475 .710 1.185 121.8  
162 Game Average 517 86 139 21 4 23 92 0 0 85 86 .269 .373 .465 .839 89.5  
Career Highs 157 553 98 161 25 9 25 95 4 1 86 87 .307 .421 .522 .932 103.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3975 674 1098 169 35 183 728 8 1 672 626 .276 .382 .474 .856 730.5
vs LH   676 101 155 27 8 27 101 0 1 94 151 .229 .322 .413 .735 94.8
Home 739 2314 367 613 78 17 108 404 3 1 378 406 .265 .369 .453 .823 399.8
Away 718 2337 408 640 118 26 102 425 5 1 388 371 .274 .377 .478 .854 425.5
RISP   1224 0 328 62 12 63 570 0 0 258 217 .268 .388 .493 .880 245.0
Pinch Hitting   157 25 32 3 3 4 27 0 0 32 23 .204 .342 .338 .680 20.9
Close/Late   600 93 163 19 6 22 83 0 0 112 105 .272 .390 .433 .824 105.7
Mar/Apr 255 821 147 211 29 5 31 131 1 1 136 128 .257 .363 .418 .781 131.3
May 257 799 132 233 32 8 44 172 2 0 134 139 .292 .394 .517 .911 160.8
June 215 681 109 183 25 11 23 99 0 0 111 112 .269 .371 .439 .810 114.5
July 200 638 101 160 25 6 28 106 0 1 104 113 .251 .357 .440 .798 104.2
August 265 870 147 233 51 7 42 165 1 0 164 140 .268 .385 .487 .873 165.8
Sep/Oct 265 842 139 233 34 6 42 156 4 0 117 145 .277 .364 .481 .845 148.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1936 21 CIN NL RF 50 44 408.0 94 3 2 2 .980 2.14   1.1
1937 22 CIN NL RF 147 136 1226.7 266 7 9 0 .968 2.00   2.3
1938 23 CIN NL RF 151 143 1295.7 334 17 9 1 .975 2.44   4.5
1939 24 CIN NL RF 142 121 1113.7 279 10 10 5 .967 2.34   3.4
1940 25 CIN NL RF 145 128 1172.3 284 9 9 4 .970 2.25   3.5
1941 26 CIN NL RF 65 62 565.7 163 3 3 1 .982 2.64   1.8
1942 27 CIN NL RF 118 99 915.3 230 6 2 1 .992 2.32   2.2
1943 28 CIN NL RF 127 108 949.7 249 8 4 2 .985 2.44   2.7
1944 29 CIN NL RF 91 76 686.3 162 2 3 1 .982 2.15   1.5
1945 30 CIN NL RF 114 103 914.0 229 5 1 2 .996 2.30   3.1
1946 31 CIN NL RF 101 95 832.0 205 6 4 3 .981 2.28   3.7
1947 32 CIN NL RF 96 89 793.0 199 7 3 3 .986 2.34   2.9
    P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1948 33 CIN NL RF 27 20 188.7 40 2 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.5
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  RF 1374 1224 11061.0 2734 85 59 25 .979 2.29   33.2
  LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1376 1224 11064.0 2735 85 59 25 .980 2.29   33.2
Career Highs   151 143 1295.7 334 17 10 5 1.000 2.64    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1938 23 CIN NL 11 43 4 11 1 0 1 6 0 0 2 10 .256 .304 .349 .653
1942 27 CIN NL 13 33 7 9 0 1 2 10 0 0 5 7 .273 .359 .515 .874
1943 28 CIN NL 8 24 4 4 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 .167 .200 .333 .533
1944 29 CIN NL 6 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393
1945 30 CIN NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1946 31 CIN NL 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 .750 1.500
1947 32 CIN NL 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .333 .400 .333 .733
Career Post-Season Batting 45 122 16 30 3 2 3 21 0 0 9 28 .246 .309 .377 .686
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1938-8-.385
 Slugging Pct
1937-9-.461
1938-8-.483
1940-5-.477
 OPS
1938-6-.868
1940-6-.847
1943-10-.837*
 XR
1938-3-103.1
1940-9-83.5
 Games
1938-5-157
 Runs
1938-5-98
Total Bases
1938-9-267
 Triples
1937-3-9
1940-5-7
 Homeruns
1937-7-17
1938-6-25
1939-8-15
1940-5-21
1941-9-17
1943-9-21
 RBIs
1938-9-95
1940-7-83
 Walks
1937-8-68
1938-6-86
1939-8-74
1940-7-70
1943-8-81
 Strikeouts
1937-4-85
1939-4-87
1940-8-83
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 57    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Wally Westlake (946)
  2. Bob Johnson (945)
  3. Dusty Rhodes (933)
  4. Frank Thomas (931)
  5. Hack Wilson (930)
  6. Willard Marshall (922)
  7. George Selkirk (908)
  8. Dale Long (903)
  9. Hank Leiber (896)
  10. Rick Reichardt (895)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1936
Injured on 4/4/1936 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 7/31/1936, off Claude Passeau (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 8/15/1936, off Ed Baecht (MON)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against St. Louis (C) on 9/17/1936
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1937
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1938
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1939, hitting .450 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1940
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/24/1941 with a Broken Wrist, out for 11 weeks
7/31/1941: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $2,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1943
Injured on 7/7/1944 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 4/16/1945
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1945, hitting .444 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
6/1/1946: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $3,700,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1946
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1947
Released by Cincinnati on 2/7/1949
 
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