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| rdfs:comment | - Bill James is a baseball writer, historian and statistician. On The Simpsons, he guest starred as himself in the Season 22 episode "MoneyBART".
- George William “Bill” James (born October 5, 1949 in Holton, Kansas) is a baseball writer, historian and statistician whose work has been widely influential. Since 1977, James has written more than two dozen books devoted to baseball history and statistics. His approach, which he termed sabermetrics in reference to the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), scientifically evaluates statistical data in attempting to determine why teams win and lose. In 2006, Time magazine named him in the Time 100 as one of the most influential people in the world.
- Bill James is a former NASCAR driver from Lectonia, OH. He competed in one Sprint Cup event in his career. That came in 1952, when James raced at Langhorne. Starting 31st in the field of thirty-seven car field, James completed 117 of the 150 laps in route to a 15th place finish. Stats
- Bill James (fl. 1960s) is an expert pattern maker, model-maker and cabinet-maker who worked on The Adventures of Twizzle, Supercar and Thunderbirds. For the former, he supplied miniature furniture; for Supercar, James carved a small model of the eponymous craft from gelaton and was commissioned by Reg Hill to construct Supercar's canopy frame, the medium-sized four-foot model of the craft, and the laboratory set; for Fireball XL5, James supplied the nine foot model of the eponymous craft, and for Thunderbirds, he received a commission from Hill to create the front of FAB 1. Additionally, James supplied a large number of vehicle interior/cockpit sets for numerous shows produced by A.P. Films/Century 21.
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| abstract | - Bill James is a baseball writer, historian and statistician. On The Simpsons, he guest starred as himself in the Season 22 episode "MoneyBART".
- George William “Bill” James (born October 5, 1949 in Holton, Kansas) is a baseball writer, historian and statistician whose work has been widely influential. Since 1977, James has written more than two dozen books devoted to baseball history and statistics. His approach, which he termed sabermetrics in reference to the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), scientifically evaluates statistical data in attempting to determine why teams win and lose. In 2006, Time magazine named him in the Time 100 as one of the most influential people in the world.
- Bill James is a former NASCAR driver from Lectonia, OH. He competed in one Sprint Cup event in his career. That came in 1952, when James raced at Langhorne. Starting 31st in the field of thirty-seven car field, James completed 117 of the 150 laps in route to a 15th place finish. Stats
- Bill James (fl. 1960s) is an expert pattern maker, model-maker and cabinet-maker who worked on The Adventures of Twizzle, Supercar and Thunderbirds. For the former, he supplied miniature furniture; for Supercar, James carved a small model of the eponymous craft from gelaton and was commissioned by Reg Hill to construct Supercar's canopy frame, the medium-sized four-foot model of the craft, and the laboratory set; for Fireball XL5, James supplied the nine foot model of the eponymous craft, and for Thunderbirds, he received a commission from Hill to create the front of FAB 1. Additionally, James supplied a large number of vehicle interior/cockpit sets for numerous shows produced by A.P. Films/Century 21. James effected repairs to an area of cracked cement within an alcove in the bathroom of a flat in Farnham Commons that was bought by Gerry Anderson in 1975 following his separation from Sylvia Anderson. While doing so, he discovered empty condom packets behind an old vanity unit.
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