How Bill James's Wins Compares to Similar Players

Bill James totaled 37 career Wins, below the starting pitcher average of 44.2 — a level that fell short of typical league production. Across 4 seasons, the Wins arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the Wins arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Wins profile — ranging from 0 to 26 — though the career average fell below league norms.

Bill James Lifetime Wins

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Bill James Wins Per Season

Bill James's Wins for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bill James Wins per season line chart

Bill James Wins by Team

Bill James's career Wins totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bill James career Wins by team bar chart

Bill James Cumulative Wins — Career Progression

A running total of Bill James's career Wins, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Bill James Wins year-over-year waterfall chart

Bill James Wins Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bill James's seasonal Wins alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Bill James Wins distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bill James Wins — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bill James's MLB career with Wins alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Bill James Wins season-by-season breakdown table