Bill Knickerbocker

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: December 29, 1911 in Los Angeles, CA us

Died: September 8, 1963 in Sebastopol, CA

Buried: Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA

High School: Theodore Roosevelt HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 12, 1933 (Age 21-104d, 7,572nd in major league history)
vs. DET 6 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 17, 1942 (Age 30-262d)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1933 season

Full Name: William Hart Knickerbocker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.6

3418

943

.276

423

RBI

368

OBP

.326

SLG

.374

OPS

.700

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-22 / in Starts: 17-13
Longest Hitting Streak	10 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 144 PAs	21
Actual Runners on Base	104 (45-41-18)
Avg. MLBer w/ 144 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	98 (50-31-16)

Most Driven In
L Gehrig	7
B Dickey	4
T Henrich	4
J Powell	2
M Hoag	2
F Crosetti	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
F Crosetti	6
R Rolfe	3
J Murphy	1
Self	1
B Dickey	1
T Henrich	1
L Gomez	1

1938 Batting Game Log

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1938 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	635	1	Apr 18	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.45	-0.013	1.14	-0.02%	-0.29	PH
2	636	2	Apr 19 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	9-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	8	4.40	0.005	10.28	0.01%	0.17	PH 2B
3	637	8 (5)	Apr 25	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	.20	-0.005	.43	-0.01%	-0.27	PH
4	638	13 (4)	Apr 30	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-4	7-GF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.400	.000	.400	8	.53	0.010	1.46	0.02%	0.55	PH 2B
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
5	639	14	May 1	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.333	.429	.762	8	1.27	0.077	3.76	0.14%	0.81	2B
6	640	15	May 2	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.429	.545	.974	2	.77	0.102	2.10	0.17%	0.76	2B
7	641	16	May 3	NYY		SLB	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.333	.400	.733	2	.52	-0.055	1.39	-0.09%	-1.18	2B
8	642	17	May 4	NYY		SLB	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.318	.421	.739	8	1.31	0.029	3.51	0.05%	-0.27	2B
9	643	18	May 5	NYY		SLB	W,12-10	CG	5	5	1	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.370	.583	.954	8	.52	-0.026	1.57	-0.05%	0.28	2B
10	644	19	May 7	NYY		DET	W,12-8	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.375	.552	.927	8	.37	-0.017	1.22	-0.03%	0.00	2B
11	645	20	May 8	NYY		CHW	W,7-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.343	.500	.843	8	.75	-0.038	2.50	-0.08%	-0.59	2B
12	646	21	May 11	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.316	.457	.773	8	.46	-0.045	1.87	-0.11%	-1.08	2B
13	647	22	May 12	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.310	.421	.731	8	1.55	-0.058	6.50	-0.15%	0.08	2B
14	648	23	May 13	NYY		PHA	L,6-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.304	.390	.695	8	1.58	-0.009	5.13	-0.02%	-0.56	2B
15	649	24	May 14	NYY		PHA	T,1-1	CG(5)	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.313	.442	.754	8	1.20	0.093	3.86	0.18%	0.64	2B
16	650	25	May 18	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-7	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.302	.404	.706	8	1.10	-0.064	3.30	-0.12%	-0.79	2B
17	651	26	May 21	NYY	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.286	.380	.666	8	1.50	-0.140	5.05	-0.28%	-1.25	2B
18	652	27	May 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.283	.370	.654	8	.65	-0.061	2.85	-0.16%	-0.58	2B
19	653	28	May 24	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-9	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.297	.357	.654	8	.88	-0.049	3.86	-0.13%	-0.16	2B
20	654	29	May 25	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.294	.350	.644	8	.65	-0.067	2.09	-0.13%	-0.98	2B
21	655	30	May 26	NYY	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.222	.310	.365	.675	8	1.13	0.112	3.32	0.20%	1.35	2B
22	656	31	May 28	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.307	.358	.665	8	.47	-0.007	1.43	-0.01%	-0.51	2B
23	657	32	May 29	NYY	@	PHA	L,9-11	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.232	.321	.362	.683	8	1.34	0.124	4.20	0.23%	1.02	2B
24	658	33	May 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,10-0	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.325	.370	.695	8	.40	-0.006	1.30	-0.01%	1.37	2B
25	659	34	May 30 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.234	.322	.364	.685	8	1.67	0.008	5.97	0.02%	0.18	2B
26	660	35	May 31	NYY		BOS	W,12-5	CG	5	5	1	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.268	.348	.427	.775	8	.65	0.162	2.42	0.36%	4.05	2B
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
27	661	36	Jun 1	NYY		DET	L,4-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.267	.344	.419	.762	8	.39	-0.017	1.47	-0.04%	0.36	2B
28	662	37	Jun 2 (1)	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.350	.416	.766	8	1.34	-0.091	4.55	-0.19%	-0.50	2B
29	663	38	Jun 2 (2)	NYY		DET	W,5-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.272	.350	.446	.795	8	.69	0.062	2.56	0.14%	0.60	2B
30	664	39	Jun 3	NYY		DET	W,5-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.266	.343	.436	.779	8	.53	-0.038	1.99	-0.09%	-0.72	2B
31	665	40	Jun 5	NYY		SLB	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.349	.449	.798	7	1.61	0.032	5.49	0.07%	0.40	2B
32	666	41	Jun 6	NYY		SLB	W,6-5	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.354	.461	.815	7	1.33	0.073	3.99	0.13%	0.55	2B
33	667	42	Jun 7	NYY		CHW	L,5-8	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.280	.347	.449	.796	7	.54	-0.007	1.83	-0.02%	0.43	2B
34	668	43	Jun 8 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,10-11	CG(13)	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.279	.350	.441	.791	7	1.03	0.080	3.19	0.15%	-0.48	2B
35	669	44	Jun 8 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,6-10	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.336	.422	.758	7	.56	-0.082	1.62	-0.14%	-1.80	2B
36	670	45	Jun 9	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.336	.422	.758	1						SS
37	671	52 (6)	Jun 19 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,9-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.333	.419	.752	9	.21	-0.005	.82	-0.01%	-0.28	PH
38	672	59 (6)	Jun 24	NYY	@	DET	L,8-12	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.331	.415	.746	9	.62	-0.018	2.38	-0.04%	-0.14	PH
39	673	60	Jun 25	NYY	@	DET	W,9-3	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.336	.420	.756	8	.01	0.000	.04	0.00%	0.15	PR 2B
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
40	674	82 (21)	Jul 24 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.333	.417	.750	9	.21	-0.006	1.20	-0.02%	-0.50	PH
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
41	675	121 (38)	Aug 27 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,8-7	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.333	.417	.750	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
42	676	126 (4)	Aug 31	NYY		DET	L,6-12	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.331	.413	.744	9	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.13	PH
Sep/Oct		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
43	677	137 (10)	Sep 11	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.328	.410	.738	9	.17	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.12	PH
44	678	139 (1)	Sep 15	NYY	@	DET	L,4-6	2-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.321	.400	.721	1	1.49	-0.132	.00	0.00%	-1.01	SS
45	679	153 (13)	Sep 28	NYY		WSH	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.319	.397	.716	9	1.12	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.28	PH
46	680	157 (3)	Oct 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-1	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.314	.391	.705	1	.51	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.78	SS
							23-22		144	128	15	32	7	4	1	21	12	2	10	0	4		4		0	0	.250	.314	.391	.705		.90	-0.171	2.79	-0.08%	-1.53

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