George William James (born 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 about baseball history and statistics. His approach, which he named sabermetrics after 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. More about Bill James
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In 2006, Time named him in the Time 100 as one of the most influential people in the world. In 2003, James was hired as senior advisor on Baseball Operations for the Boston Red Sox and worked for the team for 17 years during which they won four World Series championships.In total, we tracked 76 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Bill James (MONEYBALL Bill James, Billy Beane Oakland A’s GM COMBO SIGNED BASEBALL AUTOGRAPH) was sold in July 2017 for $350.00 while the cheapest item (Seattle Bill James Boston Braves 1913-1919 Autographed Index Card PSA COA J62375) found a new owner for $0.99 in September 2015. The month with the most items sold (4) was September 2020 with an average selling price of $33.74 for an autographed item of Bill James. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2017 with $350.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was October 2008. In average, an autographed item from Bill James is worth $26.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Bill James were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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2018 Topps Allen & Ginter X Silver Mini Framed Autograph Bill James Auto 15/25 | $39.99 | ||
2018 Topps Archives Bill James Baseball Statistician Auto Autograph Signature | $40.00 | ||
2018 Topps Archives Bill James FFA-BJ Fan Favorites Autograph Statistician | $40.00 | ||
BILL JAMES 2016 TOPPS ARCHIVES FAN FAVORITES AUTOGRAPH AUTO! SP! STATISTICIAN! | $84.00 | ||
Bill James 2018 Topps Archives Autograph Card # FFA-BJ - Baseball Statistician | $56.00 | ||
Bill James 2018 Topps Archives Fan Favorites Autograph Auto FFA-BJ BZ28 | $40.99 | ||
BILL JAMES 2019 Topps REVOLUTION OF THE GAME AUTOGRAPH /199 | $49.99 | ||
Bill James auto autograph card /99 2018 Topps Archives silver Boston Red Sox | $74.99 | ||
BILL JAMES Autographed 2018 Allen & Ginter AUTO SIGNED | $19.99 | ||
Bill James Topps Archives Fan Favorites Signed | $20.50 |
Commentary: Bill James on MLB: Too much is foul, and more thoughts on making the (03/07/22): Bill James, the father of modern analytics, says there are a lot of rule changes that could make baseball a better game.
Christian Yelich's run game and other lessons from Bill James Handbook (11/08/19): The Brewers star's overlooked talent and the value of the shift are part of the next-level fun in the annual analytics manual.
Bill James announces retirement from Red Sox after 17 years with front office (10/24/19): James is the one who coined the phrase "sabermetrics," among other wonky things
Boston Red Sox senior advisor Bill James leaving team after 17 years (10/24/19): Bill James, whose work with sabermetrics has been widely influential on the sport of baseball, is leaving the Red Sox after spending the last 17 years as a consultant.
Bill James and the Red Sox are parting ways (10/24/19): The Red Sox hired James in 2003. It was a radical move at the time.