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Bill James
	William Lawrence James
	(Seattle Bill)

	Born: March 12, 1892 in Iowa Hill, CA
	Died: March 10, 1971 - 78 years old
	Bats: R	Throws: R	Ht: 6'3"	Wt: 196

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Notes:
- Purchased by the Boston Braves from Seattle in 1912
- Served in the Army during World War I
- High School: Union (Oroville, CA)
- College/Univ: Saint Mary's College of California (1911-1912)

All-Teammate Team

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Left Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Joe Connolly	3	1913	1915	8.1
Jim Thorpe	1	1919	1919	0.6

Center Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Sherry Magee	1	1915	1915	4.7
Les Mann	3	1913	1919	2.0

Right Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
John Titus	1	1913	1913	1.3
Ray Powell	1	1919	1919	0.2

Shortstop	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Rabbit Maranville	4	1913	1919	14.7
Hod Ford	1	1919	1919	0.2

Second Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Johnny Evers	2	1914	1915	6.5
Ed Fitzpatrick	1	1915	1915	1.3

Third Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Red Smith	3	1914	1919	7.3
Tony Boeckel	1	1919	1919	1.7

First Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Butch Schmidt	3	1913	1915	2.8
Hap Myers	1	1913	1913	1.6

Manager	Yrs	First	Last	mPts
George Stallings	4	1913	1919	13.2

Catcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Hank Gowdy	4	1913	1919	6.5
Bill Rariden	1	1913	1913	1.3

Starting Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Dick Rudolph	4	1913	1919	20.1
Bill James	4	1913	1919	9.0
Lefty Tyler	3	1913	1915	7.1
Pat Ragan	2	1915	1919	3.1
Art Nehf	2	1915	1919	3.0

Swingman	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Tom Hughes	2	1914	1915	4.3
Jesse Barnes	1	1915	1915	0.8

Relief Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Buster Brown	1	1913	1913	-0.2

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The statistics used were obtained free of charge from The Baseball Databank.

Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James