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Bill Killefer

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: October 10, 1887 in Bloomingdale, MI us

Died: July 3, 1960 in Elsmere, DE

Buried: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Paw Paw, MI

High School: Paw Paw HS (Paw Paw, MI)

Schools: Sacred Heart College (Watertown, WI), St. Edward's University (Austin, TX)

Debut: September 13, 1909 (Age 21-338d, 3,232nd in major league history)
vs. DET 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1921 (Age 33-356d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1910 season

Full Name: William Killefer

Nicknames: Reindeer Bill

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Relatives: Brother of Red Killefer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.8

3150

751

.238

237

RBI

240

OBP

.273

SLG

.283

OPS

.556

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1919 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1919 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 24	CHC		PIT	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 25	CHC		PIT	L,5-6	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 26	CHC		PIT	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 27	CHC		STL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 29	CHC		STL	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
6	6	Apr 30	CHC		STL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	7	May 2	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	8	May 3	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	39	11.0	5	2	0	7	1
9	9	May 4	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-8	GS	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	May 5	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-6	GS	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
11	11	May 6	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
12	12	May 9	CHC		CIN	L,0-1	GS	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	13	May 10	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	14	May 11	CHC		PIT	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
15	16 (1)	May 13	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
16	17	May 14	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
17	18	May 15	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-6	GS	19	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	19	May 16	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-3	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	20	May 18	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	42	8.2	5	0	0	5	0
20	21	May 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
21	22	May 20	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
22	23	May 23	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-7	GS	25	5.0	3	2	1	6	0
23	24	May 24	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS	27	6.0	4	2	0	6	0
24	25	May 26	CHC	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
25	27 (1)	May 28	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
26	28	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,4-5	GS	26	5.0	3	1	0	4	0
27	29	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	2	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	31 (1)	Jun 1	CHC	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
29	32	Jun 2 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	34 (1)	Jun 3	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
31	35	Jun 4	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	CG	37	10.0	8	2	0	10	0
32	36	Jun 6	CHC		BSN	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
33	37	Jun 7	CHC		BSN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	38	Jun 8	CHC		BSN	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
35	39	Jun 9	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	40	Jun 10	CHC		PHI	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
37	41	Jun 11	CHC		PHI	W,7-2	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
38	42	Jun 12	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
39	43	Jun 14	CHC		NYG	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
40	44	Jun 15	CHC		NYG	L,4-5	GS	32	7.0	3	1	0	4	1
41	60 (15)	Jun 30 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	62 (1)	Jul 1	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	51	12.0	5	2	0	7	0
43	63	Jul 2	CHC		CIN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
44	64	Jul 3	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	5	4	0	9	0
45	66 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
46	68 (1)	Jul 6	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
47	69	Jul 8	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
48	70	Jul 9 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
49	72 (1)	Jul 11	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	73	Jul 12	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
51	74	Jul 14	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
52	75	Jul 15	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-2	GS	24	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	76	Jul 17	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-2	GS	30	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
54	77	Jul 19	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	78	Jul 23 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	38	11.0	8	3	0	11	0
56	80 (1)	Jul 25	CHC	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
57	81	Jul 26	CHC	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
58	82	Jul 27	CHC	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
59	83	Jul 30	CHC		BRO	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	84	Aug 1	CHC		BRO	W,9-2	GS	24	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
61	85	Aug 2 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,1-2	CG	54	14.0	16	2	0	18	0
62	87 (1)	Aug 3	CHC		PHI	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
63	88	Aug 4	CHC		PHI	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
64	89	Aug 5	CHC		BSN	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
65	90	Aug 6	CHC		BSN	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
66	92 (1)	Aug 8	CHC		NYG	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
67	93	Aug 9	CHC		NYG	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
68	94	Aug 10	CHC		NYG	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
69	95	Aug 13 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	97 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
71	98	Aug 14 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	26	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
72	99	Aug 15	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
73	100	Aug 16	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
74	101	Aug 19 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
75	103 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-10	GS	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	104	Aug 20 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	50	11.0	7	0	0	7	0
77	106 (1)	Aug 22	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
78	107	Aug 23 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
79	109 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	111 (1)	Aug 30	CHC		STL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
81	112	Aug 31	CHC		STL	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	114 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
83	115	Sep 2	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
84	116	Sep 3	CHC		CIN	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
85	118 (1)	Sep 5	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
86	119	Sep 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-11	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
87	120	Sep 7	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
88	121	Sep 9 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
89	123 (1)	Sep 10	CHC		NYG	L,2-7	GS	35	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	124	Sep 11	CHC		NYG	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
91	125	Sep 12 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
92	127 (1)	Sep 13	CHC		BRO	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
93	128	Sep 14	CHC		PHI	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	129	Sep 15	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	14	2	0	16	0
95	130	Sep 16	CHC		PHI	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
96	131	Sep 20 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
97	133 (1)	Sep 21	CHC		BSN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
98	135 (1)	Sep 23 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	8	3	0	11	0
99	138 (2)	Sep 26 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
100	140 (1)	Sep 28	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
							100gm		859.0	478	124	8	610	7