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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	29-33 / in Starts: 29-32
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	62 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 212 PAs	17
Actual Runners on Base	159 (78-52-29)
Avg. MLBer w/ 212 PAs	21
Avg. Runners on Base	136 (65-44-25)

Most Driven In
C Deal	4
D Paskert	4
D Robertson	3
T Barber	3
B Herzog	2
Z Terry	1
B Twombly	0
B Friberg	0

Most Driven In By
M Flack	7
P Alexander	3
D Paskert	1
B Twombly	1
T Daly	1
C Hollocher	0
H Vaughn	0

1920 Batting Game Log

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1920 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	930	1	Apr 14	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	4	4	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.750	.750	1.250	2.000	8	.93	0.215	2.39	0.33%	1.53	C
2	931	2	Apr 15	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.375	.625	1.000	8	1.11	-0.109	2.56	-0.15%	-0.56	C
3	932	3	Apr 17	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-11	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.308	.417	.724	8	1.14	-0.097	2.52	-0.13%	-1.42	C
4	933	4	Apr 18	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.313	.400	.713	8	1.50	-0.065	2.98	-0.08%	-0.36	C
5	934	5	Apr 19	CHC	@	STL	W,9-6	CG(12)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.250	.318	.350	.668	8	1.73	-0.104	2.91	-0.11%	0.18	C
6	935	6	Apr 20	CHC	@	STL	L,3-10	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.320	.348	.668	8	.69	-0.032	1.34	-0.04%	-0.37	C
7	936	7	Apr 22	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG(11)	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0		0	0	.231	.310	.308	.618	8	2.16	-0.129	3.97	-0.14%	-0.94	C
8	937	8	Apr 23	CHC		CIN	L,3-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.300	.296	.596	8	1.84	-0.041	3.64	-0.05%	-0.34	C
9	938	9	Apr 24	CHC		CIN	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.273	.267	.539	8	1.25	-0.064	2.14	-0.07%	-0.41	C
10	939	10	Apr 25	CHC		PIT	L,1-4	CG(15)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.231	.222	.453	8	1.29	-0.189	2.07	-0.18%	-1.30	C
11	940	11	Apr 28	CHC		PIT	W,11-1	GS-8	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.256	.250	.506	8	.62	-0.008	.89	-0.01%	0.20	C
12	941	12	Apr 29	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.209	.261	.256	.517	8	.36	0.000	.53	0.00%	0.10	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	942	13	May 1	CHC		STL	L,4-12	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.255	.250	.505	8	1.28	-0.032	2.10	-0.03%	-0.40	C
14	943	14	May 2	CHC		STL	W,5-4	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.269	.271	.540	8	2.19	0.153	3.10	0.13%	0.89	C
15	944	15	May 3 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.250	.250	.500	8	1.42	-0.088	2.76	-0.10%	-0.75	C
16	945	16	May 3 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.283	.286	.569	8	.78	0.029	1.53	0.03%	1.15	C
17	946	19 (2)	May 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-3	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.279	.281	.559	3	.96	-0.023	1.59	-0.02%	-0.14	PH
18	947	20	May 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.292	.283	.576	8	.45	-0.033	.71	-0.03%	-0.65	C
19	948	21	May 8	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-1	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.284	.274	.558	8	1.01	-0.106	1.82	-0.12%	-1.05	C
20	949	23 (1)	May 13	CHC		BRO	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.300	.292	.592	8	1.77	0.143	3.58	0.17%	0.61	C
21	950	25 (1)	May 15	CHC		BSN	W,5-1	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.301	.284	.585	8	.51	-0.011	1.34	-0.02%	-0.14	C
22	951	26	May 16	CHC		BSN	W,5-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.303	.286	.588	8	.70	0.064	1.97	0.11%	1.02	C
23	952	27	May 18	CHC		NYG	L,6-8	GS-10	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0		1	0	.247	.321	.301	.622	8	.83	0.233	2.30	0.39%	1.14	C
24	953	28	May 19	CHC		NYG	L,2-17	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.325	.307	.632	8	1.75	-0.169	4.66	-0.27%	-1.53	C
25	954	29	May 20	CHC		NYG	W,4-2	CG	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.337	.321	.658	8	1.09	0.202	2.59	0.29%	1.87	C
26	955	30	May 21	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.326	.309	.634	8	1.82	-0.138	4.70	-0.21%	-0.81	C
27	956	33 (2)	May 24	CHC		PHI	W,6-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.253	.319	.301	.620	8	.52	-0.007	1.41	-0.01%	-0.49	C
28	957	34	May 25	CHC		PHI	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.326	.322	.648	8	.99	-0.023	2.75	-0.04%	-0.06	C
29	958	35	May 28 (1)	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.323	.311	.634	8	.38	0.018	1.33	0.04%	-0.38	C
30	959	36	May 28 (2)	CHC		STL	W,7-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.247	.320	.301	.621	8	.68	0.028	2.50	0.06%	-0.20	C
31	960	39 (2)	May 31 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.240	.311	.292	.603	8	1.23	-0.041	6.13	-0.12%	-0.22	C
32	961	40	May 31 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.230	.300	.280	.580	8	1.89	-0.118	9.76	-0.37%	-0.91	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	962	41	Jun 1	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.304	.284	.588	8	1.58	0.116	7.24	0.32%	1.07	C
34	963	42	Jun 2	CHC		CIN	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.238	.310	.286	.596	8	1.60	-0.006	7.30	-0.02%	-0.11	C
35	964	43	Jun 4	CHC	@	STL	L,1-5	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.236	.308	.283	.591	8	.86	-0.024	2.99	-0.05%	-0.20	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	965	68 (24)	Jul 3	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.303	.278	.580	8	1.45	-0.076	5.95	-0.19%	-0.66	C
37	966	71 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.234	.303	.279	.583	8	1.73	-0.096	4.18	-0.14%	-0.43	C
38	967	73 (1)	Jul 7	CHC	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.237	.310	.281	.590	8	2.27	0.161	5.44	0.23%	0.80	C
39	968	74	Jul 8	CHC		NYG	W,8-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.308	.280	.587	8	.83	0.105	1.98	0.15%	0.43	C
40	969	75	Jul 9	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG(13)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.236	.304	.276	.580	8	1.76	-0.222	4.57	-0.35%	-1.54	C
41	970	77 (1)	Jul 11	CHC		NYG	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.295	.268	.563	8	1.51	-0.156	4.04	-0.25%	-0.71	C
42	971	79 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,2-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.294	.267	.561	8	.45	-0.028	1.10	-0.04%	-0.14	C
43	972	80	Jul 13	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.288	.261	.549	8	.87	-0.062	1.58	-0.07%	-0.57	C
44	973	81	Jul 14 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.221	.284	.257	.541	8	.71	-0.037	1.44	-0.05%	-0.30	C
45	974	83 (1)	Jul 15	CHC		BRO	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.289	.271	.561	8	2.08	0.182	2.36	0.12%	0.84	C
46	975	84	Jul 16	CHC		BSN	L,2-3	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.284	.266	.550	8	1.25	-0.153	.76	-0.06%	-1.16	C
47	976	85	Jul 17	CHC		BSN	L,0-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.221	.280	.262	.542	8	1.37	-0.111	.63	-0.03%	-0.69	C
48	977	88 (2)	Jul 20	CHC		BSN	W,9-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.221	.280	.262	.541	8	1.05	0.166	.58	0.06%	0.79	C
49	978	89	Jul 21	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.274	.257	.531	8	1.58	-0.129	1.05	-0.05%	-0.97	C
50	979	92 (2)	Jul 24	CHC		PHI	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.274	.256	.530	8	.87	0.075	.44	0.02%	0.30	C
51	980	93	Jul 25	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.273	.263	.536	8	.47	0.025	.30	0.01%	0.06	C
52	981	95 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-8	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.280	.265	.545	8	.96	0.060	1.14	0.04%	1.64	C
53	982	97 (1)	Jul 29	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.291	.285	.575	8	1.35	0.371	1.56	0.26%	2.20	C
54	983	98	Jul 30	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.286	.280	.565	8	1.14	-0.082	1.11	-0.05%	-0.71	C
55	984	99	Jul 31	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		1	0	.227	.285	.279	.564	8	.90	0.116	.72	0.06%	1.04	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
56	985	100	Aug 2	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.223	.284	.274	.558	8	1.04	-0.104	.91	-0.05%	-1.20	C
57	986	101	Aug 3	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.225	.285	.275	.560	8	2.03	-0.077	2.28	-0.05%	-0.36	C
58	987	102	Aug 4	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.222	.286	.272	.558	8	1.47	0.037	1.92	0.03%	0.35	C
59	988	104 (1)	Aug 6 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.223	.285	.277	.562	8	.66	-0.051	.64	-0.03%	0.19	C
60	989	106 (1)	Aug 7	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG(8)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.223	.284	.277	.561	8	.27	-0.020	.14	-0.01%	-0.35	C
61	990	107	Aug 8	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.221	.282	.274	.555	8	.43	0.015	.30	0.01%	0.12	C
62	991	108	Aug 9	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.280	.272	.552	8	.99	-0.025	.57	-0.01%	-0.21	C
							29-33		212	191	16	42	8	1	0	17	8	0	5	8	5		5		2	2	.220	.280	.272	.552		1.18	-0.572	2.47	-0.91%	-5.19

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