League Leaders Who Led?

Bill Nicholson

1936–1953  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws R  ·  6'0", 205 lb  ·  b. 1914 Chestertown, MD

Career 1,677 G · 1,484 H · 235 HR · 948 RBI · .268 AVG

Seasons leading his league
6
4 best in baseball 2 league only
29 Top-5 finishes
2 Title seasons
4 Categories led
1944 Best season

Spanning 1943–1944, peaking at 4 titles in 1944.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 326th League titles 6
  • 215th Best in baseball 4
  • 306th Top-5 finishes 29

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Runs Batted In 2 1st 2 yrs (1943–1944) 1943 128 1944 122
Home Runs 2 1st 2 yrs (1943–1944) 1944 33 1943 NL 29 1940 #2 1941 #3
Total Bases 1 1st — 1944 317 1942 #3 1943 #2
Runs 1 1st — 1944 NL 116 1943 #3
Walks — #2 — 1944 #2
Triples — #2 — 1942 #2
Slugging Percentage — #2 — 1940 #2 1943 #2 1944 #2
On-Base Plus Slug. — #2 — 1940 #3 1943 #2
Hits — #2 — 1942 #2

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1944 4 HR 33 RBI 122 R 116 TB 317
1943 2 HR 29 RBI 128

Batting

16 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1936 PHA AL 11 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1939 CHN NL 58 220 37 65 12 5 5 38 20 29 0 .296 .354 .464 .818
1940 CHN NL 135 491 78 146 27 7 25 98 50 67 2 .297 .366 .534 .899
1941 CHN NL 147 532 74 135 26 1 26 98 82 91 1 .254 .357 .453 .810
1942 CHN NL 152 588 83 173 22 11 21 78 76 80 8 .294 .382 .476 .859
1943 CHN NL 154 608 95 188 30 9 29 128 71 86 4 .309 .386 .531 .917
1944 CHN NL 156 582 116 167 35 8 33 122 93 71 3 .287 .391 .545 .935
1945 CHN NL 151 559 82 136 28 4 13 88 92 73 4 .243 .356 .378 .734
1946 CHN NL 105 296 36 65 13 2 8 41 44 44 1 .220 .325 .358 .683
1947 CHN NL 148 487 69 119 28 1 26 75 87 83 1 .244 .364 .466 .831
1948 CHN NL 143 494 68 129 24 5 19 67 81 60 2 .261 .371 .445 .816
1949 PHI NL 98 299 42 70 8 3 11 40 45 53 1 .234 .344 .391 .735
1950 PHI NL 41 58 3 13 2 1 3 10 8 16 0 .224 .318 .448 .767
1951 PHI NL 85 170 23 41 9 2 8 30 25 24 0 .241 .342 .459 .801
1952 PHI NL 55 88 17 24 3 0 6 19 14 26 0 .273 .391 .511 .902
1953 PHI NL 38 62 12 13 5 1 2 16 12 20 0 .210 .338 .419 .757
Career — — 1,677 5,546 837 1,484 272 60 235 948 800 828 27 .268 .365 .465 .831

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
OF 1,471 2,954 118 67 20 .979