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Ken Griffey Jr League
3-7-2079
Bill James Relief Pitcher
Retired (1970, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 5.67 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/L
W-L 56-106 Status Deceased (2008) Option Years 0  
SV 0 Age at Death 75 Date of Birth 09-10-1933
K 935 Drafted Round 5, Pick 77
(1951)		 Majors Svc Time 10 years
(14 games)
IP 1605.2
WHIP 1.53
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R D- Contact vs. L D- Endurance C    Ldrship A+
Power vs. R D+ Power vs. L D- Velocity C    Mentor Val A+
Speed F  Bunt B  Control B 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C  LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1952 MIL
0
 4
7
3
1
0
0
 0
24.1
 31 28 27 1 7
14
1.56
9.99
1953 MIL-PHI
0
 1
7
0
0
0
0
 0
6.1
 17 19 18 0 9
4
4.11
25.58
1954 PHI-CHA
2
 16
26
26
1
0
0
 0
141.0
 197 122 114 1 61
73
1.83
7.28
1955 NYA
0
 4
7
7
0
0
0
 0
32.0
 47 27 27 1 18
17
2.03
7.59
1956 NYA
2
 2
4
4
0
0
0
 0
21.0
 28 15 14 0 7
15
1.67
6.00
1957 NYA-CIN-PHI
1
 5
28
5
0
0
0
 0
59.2
 88 56 52 1 21
35
1.83
7.84
1958 PHI-BAL
3
 7
57
7
0
0
0
 0
97.1
 115 77 70 4 51
70
1.71
6.47
1959 BAL
3
 9
56
14
0
0
0
 0
123.1
 137 85 80 3 50
76
1.52
5.84
1960 BAL
2
 6
104
0
0
0
0
 0
131.2
 148 97 91 4 60
68
1.58
6.22
1961 BAL
5
 7
90
10
0
0
0
 0
158.2
 178 100 90 2 57
96
1.48
5.11
1962 BAL
4
 15
23
23
0
0
0
 0
129.0
 133 75 63 3 46
64
1.39
4.40
1963 BAL-CHA-CHA
3
 7
65
6
0
0
0
 0
150.0
 144 81 76 3 56
92
1.33
4.56
1964 CHA-PHI
1
 1
9
0
0
0
0
 0
6.2
 12 9 9 0 3
6
2.25
12.15
1966 PHI
7
 5
15
13
0
0
0
 0
77.2
 97 49 46 3 29
54
1.62
5.33
1967 PHI
9
 4
25
25
2
0
0
 0
156.0
 152 79 76 3 57
91
1.34
4.38
1968 PHI-CHA
5
 4
70
1
0
0
0
 0
90.2
 80 41 35 1 36
49
1.28
3.47
1969 CHA-BRO-KC
9
 6
32
22
0
0
0
 0
155.2
 174 85 84 7 41
85
1.38
4.86
1970 KC-CLE
0
 3
23
2
0
0
0
 2
44.2
 57 42 40 2 14
26
1.59
8.06
2079
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
56
 106
648
168
4
0
0
 2
1605.2
 1835 1087 1012 39 623
935
1.53
5.67
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1970-11-01Bill James has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1970-07-08The Cleveland Buzz Saws have waived Bill James.
1970-07-01The Cleveland Buzz Saws have promoted Don Thornton to the major league team. The Cleveland Buzz Saws have designated Bill James for assignment.
1970-05-25The Cleveland Buzz Saws have promoted Bill James to the major league team. The Cleveland Buzz Saws have designated Johnny Sarmiento for assignment.
1970-05-25The Cleveland Buzz Saws have acquired Bill James from the waiver wire.
1970-05-21The Kansas City Athletics have acquired Pat Nance from the waiver wire. The Kansas City Athletics have waived Bill James.
1970-05-15The Kansas City Athletics have promoted "Feather River" James to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have designated Bill James for assignment.
1969-05-11A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Athletics and the Brooklyn Lawnmowers. The Brooklyn Lawnmowers receive Alex Schwenck, Draft Pick - 1970 Round 5 (KC), Draft Pick - 1970 Round 4 (KC) from the Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Bill James, Nomar Walker.
1969-05-08A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Lawnmowers and the Chicago SOX. The Chicago SOX receive Otto Birmingham, Johnny Varney, Taylor Brown, Draft Pick - 1970 Round 2 (BRO) from the Brooklyn Lawnmowers in exchange for Jack Kell, Al Cardwell, Clyde Buckner, Bill James.
1968-07-03The Chicago SOX have promoted Bill James to the major league team.
1968-06-24The Chicago SOX have designated Bill James for assignment.
1968-04-05The Chicago SOX have acquired Bill James from the waiver wire.
1968-03-01The Philadelphia Dong have designated Bill James for assignment.
1966-09-01The Philadelphia Dong have promoted Bill James to the major league team. The Philadelphia Dong have designated John Downey for assignment.
1966-07-10The Philadelphia Dong have designated Bill James for assignment.
1966-05-30The Philadelphia Dong have promoted Bill James to the major league team.
1966-05-14The Philadelphia Dong have promoted John Barlow to the major league team. The Philadelphia Dong have designated Bill James for assignment.
1966-04-11The Philadelphia Dong have promoted Bill James to the major league team.
1964-05-09The Philadelphia Dong have promoted Troy DiPino to the major league team. The Philadelphia Dong have designated Bill James for assignment.
1964-04-05The Philadelphia Dong have acquired Bill James from the waiver wire.
1964-04-01The Chicago SOX have designated Bill James for assignment.
1963-05-20The Chicago Avengers have acquired Bill James from the waiver wire.
1963-05-16The Baltimore Senators have promoted Andy Broil to the major league team. The Baltimore Senators have promoted Jeff Hyers to the major league team. The Baltimore Senators have designated Bill James for assignment. The Baltimore Senators have designated Pop Sweeney for assignment.
1963-05-09The Baltimore Senators have promoted Bill James to the major league team. The Baltimore Senators have sent Earl Walewander to the minors.
1963-04-24The Chicago Avengers have acquired Bill James from the waiver wire.
1963-04-19The Baltimore Senators have promoted Earl Walewander to the major league team. The Baltimore Senators have promoted Alex Kretlow to the major league team. The Baltimore Senators have promoted Johnny Nixon to the major league team. The Baltimore Senators have designated Sammy Miranda for assignment. The Baltimore Senators have designated Dave Stewart for assignment. The Baltimore Senators have designated Bill James for assignment.
1958-05-08A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Dong and the Baltimore Senators. The Baltimore Senators receive Bill James, Dick Davis from the Philadelphia Dong in exchange for Dave McLarney.
1957-07-01The Philadelphia Dong have promoted Joe Nuxhall to the major league team. The Philadelphia Dong have promoted Bill James to the major league team. The Philadelphia Dong have promoted Joe Assenmacher to the major league team. The Philadelphia Dong have sent Ed Durham to the minors. The Philadelphia Dong have sent Slim Cermak to the minors. The Philadelphia Dong have sent King Castle to the minors.
1957-06-17A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Dong and the Cincinnati GhostRiders. The Cincinnati GhostRiders receive Babe Hammer, Ken Ferriss, Jim Finney, Dutch Lew, Dick Webb from the Philadelphia Dong in exchange for Bill James, Bill Lara, Butch Knoll, Pid Purdy.
1957-05-18A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati GhostRiders and the New York Cannons. The New York Cannons receive King Kelly from the Cincinnati GhostRiders in exchange for Bill James, Doc Clarke, Bart Rothenberger, Paul R Simon.
1956-10-23The New York Cannons have promoted Paul R Simon to the major league team. The New York Cannons have promoted Stu Pickles to the major league team. The New York Cannons have promoted Doc Holliday to the major league team. The New York Cannons have promoted Bob Burleson to the major league team. The New York Cannons have sent Daniel Boone to the minors. The New York Cannons have sent Broadway Pina to the minors. The New York Cannons have sent Bill James to the minors. The New York Cannons have sent Crazy Horse to the minors.
1956-09-13The New York Cannons have promoted Bill James to the major league team. The New York Cannons have sent Doc Holliday to the minors.
1955-10-03The New York Cannons have promoted Stephen Davis to the major league team. The New York Cannons have promoted Daniel Boone to the major league team. The New York Cannons have promoted Paul Bunyan to the major league team. The New York Cannons have promoted Barry Gibb to the major league team. The New York Cannons have promoted Pete Rose to the major league team. The New York Cannons have promoted Andy Gibb to the major league team. The New York Cannons have promoted Phil Ivey to the major league team. The New York Cannons have promoted Boba Fett to the major league team. The New York Cannons have promoted Cat Stevens to the major league team. The New York Cannons have promoted Davy Concepcion to the major league team. The New York Cannons have sent Shano Collins to the minors. The New York Cannons have sent Tony Dickson to the minors. The New York Cannons have sent Jimmy V to the minors. The New York Cannons have sent Frodo Baggins to the minors. The New York Cannons have sent Bill James to the minors. The New York Cannons have sent Dickie Clark to the minors. The New York Cannons have sent Johnny Fever to the minors. The New York Cannons have sent Crazy Horse to the minors. The New York Cannons have sent Bob Shoemaker to the minors. The New York Cannons have sent Ralph Machio to the minors.
1955-09-01The New York Cannons have promoted Bill James to the major league team. The New York Cannons have sent Stu Pickles to the minors.
1955-06-28The New York Cannons have promoted Crazy Horse to the major league team. The New York Cannons have sent Bill James to the minors.
1955-06-27The New York Cannons have promoted Bill James to the major league team. The New York Cannons have sent Daniel Boone to the minors.
1954-04-05The Chicago Cannons have renamed Dave Johns to Bill James.
1954-04-01The Chicago Cannons have promoted Dave Johns to the major league team. The Chicago Cannons have promoted Joe Clemons to the major league team. The Chicago Cannons have sent Bill Neale to the minors. The Chicago Cannons have sent William Harris to the minors.
1954-03-07A trade has been completed between the Chicago Cannons and the Philadelphia Dong. The Philadelphia Dong receive Billy Anderson from the Chicago Cannons in exchange for Glenn Hernandez, Dave Johns.
1953-07-03A trade has been completed between the Milwaukee crew and the Philadelphia Dong. The Philadelphia Dong receive Dave Johns from the Milwaukee crew in exchange for Bart Burton, Ray Herbel, Kim Shaughnessy.
1953-06-14The Milwaukee crew have promoted Fred Clarke to the major league team. The Milwaukee crew have sent Dave Johns to the minors.
1953-06-03The Milwaukee crew have promoted Dave Johns to the major league team. The Milwaukee crew have sent Bill Davis to the minors.
1953-04-08The Milwaukee crew have promoted Phillip Rivers to the major league team. The Milwaukee crew have sent Dave Johns to the minors.
1952-09-17The Milwaukee crew have promoted Dave Johns to the major league team. The Milwaukee crew have sent Dale Schalk to the minors.
1952-07-03The Milwaukee crew have promoted Bill Davis to the major league team. The Milwaukee crew have sent Dave Johns to the minors.
1952-06-24The Milwaukee crew have promoted Dave Johns to the major league team. The Milwaukee crew have sent Tom Vail to the minors.