Bill
James
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 225
 
Born: December 2, 1987 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2006 18 KS GE   1 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
2007 19 KS GE   2 1 1 4 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
2008 20 KS GE   2 1 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   1 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings   2 1 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 21 KS GE     3 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6
2010 22 KS GE     4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
2011 23 KS GE     4 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
2012 24 KS GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
2013 25 KS GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 7 7 7
2014 26 KS GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 7 7 7
2015 27 KS GE $ 300,000   4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 7 7 7
2016 28 KS GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
2017 29 KS GE $ 300,000   4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
2018 30 KS GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
2019 31 KS GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
2020 32 KS GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
2021 33 KS GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 3 3 5 4 4 5 4 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2006 18 A   126 466 38 119 18 0 6 55 7 1 28 104 .255 .298 .333 .630 46.2  
2007 19 A   138 609 88 161 18 0 9 50 9 7 26 94 .264 .294 .338 .633 58.1  
2008 20 A   139 573 51 173 21 0 7 73 8 5 30 82 .302 .337 .375 .712 69.3  
2009 21 A   129 455 48 122 18 0 14 58 7 2 53 49 .268 .344 .400 .744 64.8  
2010 22 A   134 435 51 102 16 2 15 48 2 6 40 37 .234 .299 .384 .683 49.8  
2011 23 AAA   115 440 60 125 17 1 27 82 4 4 32 26 .284 .333 .511 .844 72.2  
    A   23 76 12 25 3 0 7 16 1 2 14 4 .329 .433 .645 1.078 19.1  
2012 24 KS GE 53 181 18 43 6 0 2 18 1 0 11 19 .238 .282 .304 .586 16.7 2.5
    AAA   102 340 51 85 15 2 16 61 6 6 30 30 .250 .311 .447 .758 46.8  
2013 25 KS GE 116 342 33 80 14 0 5 27 1 0 16 31 .234 .290 .319 .609 29.7 3.4
2014 26 KS GE 81 158 9 30 2 0 3 18 0 0 12 18 .190 .244 .259 .504 9.6 0.0
2015 27 KS GE 73 164 19 43 4 0 5 21 0 0 12 14 .262 .315 .378 .693 20.9 4.3
2016 28 KS GE 86 251 27 58 11 0 10 39 0 0 14 28 .231 .276 .394 .671 26.9 4.0
2017 29 KS GE 107 342 18 71 10 2 4 42 0 0 29 40 .208 .279 .284 .562 27.9 1.1
2018 30 KS GE 115 228 27 51 6 0 2 25 0 0 18 24 .224 .290 .276 .566 17.5 0.1
2019 31 KS GE 106 294 30 70 6 0 7 40 1 0 18 33 .238 .291 .330 .621 26.9 2.2
2020 32 KS GE 87 235 26 51 5 0 5 26 0 1 13 35 .217 .276 .302 .578 18.1 1.0
9 Years Sim 824 2195 207 497 64 2 43 256 3 1 143 242 .226 .283 .316 .599 194.2 18.6
2 Years AAA 217 780 111 210 32 3 43 143 10 10 62 56 .269 .324 .483 .807 119.0  
6 Years A 689 2614 288 702 94 2 58 300 34 23 191 370 .269 .324 .373 .696 307.4  
8 Years Minors 906 3394 399 912 126 5 101 443 44 33 253 426 .269 .324 .398 .722 426.5  
162 Game Average 431 40 97 12 0 8 50 0 0 28 47 .226 .283 .316 .599 38.2  
Career Highs 116 342 33 80 14 2 10 42 1 1 29 40 .262 .315 .394 .693 29.7  
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   1553 147 338 41 1 31 166 2 1 104 173 .218 .276 .305 .581 126.5
vs LH   642 60 159 23 1 12 90 1 0 39 69 .248 .300 .343 .643 63.5
Home 391 1064 104 245 32 1 26 130 2 1 58 114 .230 .278 .336 .613 95.7
Away 433 1131 103 252 32 1 17 126 1 0 85 128 .223 .288 .298 .586 94.3
RISP   540 0 135 19 2 16 216 0 0 51 54 .250 .318 .381 .700 66.3
Pinch Hitting   218 16 48 8 0 4 31 1 0 14 24 .220 .272 .312 .584 18.1
Close/Late   352 38 92 13 1 11 57 0 0 21 37 .261 .313 .398 .711 41.9
Mar/Apr 112 289 25 76 11 0 7 33 1 0 17 36 .263 .310 .374 .684 32.5
May 113 290 29 69 5 0 7 26 1 0 13 23 .238 .281 .328 .608 25.6
June 119 319 32 68 9 0 3 26 0 0 26 40 .213 .285 .270 .554 23.5
July 116 281 25 64 7 1 5 30 0 1 23 28 .228 .305 .313 .618 25.4
August 170 466 44 99 12 0 10 66 0 0 27 47 .212 .259 .303 .562 35.5
Sep/Oct 194 550 52 121 20 1 11 75 1 0 37 68 .220 .278 .320 .598 47.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2012 24 KS GE C 51 49 434.7 233 20 0 1 1.000 5.24 42 13 .310 1 3.2
2013 25 KS GE C 83 80 712.3 357 41 8 0 .980 5.03 87 26 .299 4 2.2
    1B 8 8 71.0 86 5 1 7 .989 11.54 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 4.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.16 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2014 26 KS GE C 37 33 312.0 179 11 2 0 .990 5.48 26 7 .269 1 1.4
2015 27 KS GE C 43 37 329.0 204 8 2 0 .991 5.80 25 7 .280 1 0.8
    1B 1 1 6.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2016 28 KS GE C 77 67 622.7 416 24 6 2 .987 6.36 54 17 .315 2 3.5
2017 29 KS GE C 100 98 872.0 486 44 6 0 .989 5.47 76 25 .329 0 3.7
2018 30 KS GE C 45 43 365.0 199 21 1 1 .995 5.42 35 14 .400 1 3.1
    CF 5 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 3 0 5.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2019 31 KS GE C 81 70 634.7 293 33 7 0 .979 4.62 67 22 .328 0 3.3
    1B 4 4 33.0 44 1 1 5 .978 12.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 4.0 2 2 1 1 .800 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2020 32 KS GE C 77 59 563.3 285 25 5 0 .984 4.95 50 17 .340 4 3.0
  C 594 536 4845.6 2652 227 37 4 .987 5.35 462 148 .320 14 24.2
  1B 13 13 110.0 134 6 2 12 .986 11.45 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 5 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 4 0 9.0 4 4 1 2 .889 8.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  LF 1 0 4.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.16 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   619 549 4981.0 2793 237 40 18 .987 5.47 462 148 .320 14 24.4
Career Highs   100 98 872.0 486 46 9 7 1.000 6.36 87 26 .400 4  
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
2014 26 KS GE 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
2015 27 KS GE 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2016 28 KS GE 4 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .154 .167 .321
Career Post-Season Batting 8 15 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .133 .176 .133 .310
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 74th overall pick, by Kansas in 2006
Injured on 7/24/2007 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Injured on 5/19/2009 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/13/2009 with a Sprained Wrist, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/21/2010 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Had first career hit on 7/31/2012, off Derek Host (Uta)
Hit first career homerun on 8/1/2012, off Simon Enriques (Uta)
Drove in 6 runs against New Mexico on 9/21/2019