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Bill James Net Worth



George William James net worth is
$700,000

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George William "Bill" James (born 5 October 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. His Baseball Abstract books in the 1980s are the modern predecessor to websites using sabermetrics such as Baseball Prospectus and Baseball Primer (now Baseball Think Factory).In 2006, Time named him in the Time 100 as one of the most influential people in the world. He is a Senior Advisor on Baseball Operations for the Boston Red Sox. In 2010, Bill James was inducted into the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame. 
Full NameGeorge William James
Net Worth$700,000
Date Of BirthOctober 5, 1949
Place Of BirthMayetta, Kansas, USA
Height6' 4" (1.93 m)
OccupationHistorian, statistician
ProfessionBaseball writer and statistician
NicknamesBill James, James, Bill
Star SignLibra
#Quote
1Baseball is a wonderful form of education. The ways we have of learning about baseball are better than our ways of learning about anything else....The game is open to you if you're a poet or an accountant, if you're a left-brain or a right-brain person. Nothing else in this country does so good a job of teaching the public about itself.
#Fact
1Hired by the Boston Red Sox as a senior baseball advisor. [November 2002]
2Boston, MA: Currently serving as Senior Adviser on Baseball Operations to the Boston Red Sox. [January 2012]
3For his first Baseball Abstract in 1977, he was given a Kansas City Royals' press book by baseball fan David L. Lander ("Squiggy" of "Laverne & Shirley" (1976) fame).
4Some of his most famous books are The Bill James Abstract, The Bill James Historical Abstract and Win Shares.
5The most famous analyst (or sabermetrician) in baseball history.
6Baseball writer, historian and commentator.
7His children are Rachel (born 1986), Isaac (born 1988) and Reuben (born 1993).

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Moneyball2011special thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Colbert Report2011TV SeriesHimself - Author, 'Popular Crime'
Clubhouse Confidential2011TV SeriesHimself - Panelist
The Simpsons2010TV SeriesHimself
60 Minutes2008TV Series documentaryHimself - Statistician (segment "Stat Man")
ESPN 25: Who's #1?2004-2006TV Series documentaryHimself
Baseball's Secret Formula2006TV MovieHimself
Pete Rose on Trial2003TV Movie documentaryWitness for the defense
ESPN SportsCentury1999-2000TV Series documentaryHimself

Archive Footage

Known for movies

Witness for the defense

Pete Rose on Trial (2003)
as Witness for the defense

Himself

Baseball's Secret Formula (2006)
as Himself

Himself - Panelist

Clubhouse Confidential (2011)
as Himself - Panelist

Himself

ESPN SportsCentury (1999-2000)
as Himself