Bill James, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetBill James
American baseball writer and statistician
Date of Birth: 05-Oct-1949
Place of Birth: Holton, Kansas, United States
Profession: statistician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Bill James
- George William James (born October 5, 1949) is an American 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 analyzes and studies baseball, often through the use of statistical data, in an attempt to determine why teams win and lose. In 2006, Time named him in the Time 100 as one of the most influential people in the world.
- He was most recently a senior advisor on Baseball Operations for the Boston Red Sox.
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