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+

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

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	48	13.0	2	4	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 13	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
3	3	Apr 16	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 17	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 18	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	2	2	5	0
6	6	Apr 20	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
7	7	Apr 21	CLE		DET	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
8	8	Apr 22	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	3	2	6	0
9	9	Apr 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS	21	5.0	2	2	0	4	1
10	16 (6)	Apr 30	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	4	10	0	14	3
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	17	May 1	CLE		CHW	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
12	18	May 4	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	5	7	2	14	0
13	19	May 6	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
14	20	May 7 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	4	6	1	11	0
15	21	May 7 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
16	23 (1)	May 11	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
17	24	May 12	CLE		PHA	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
18	28 (3)	May 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,10-11	GF	14	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
19	29	May 17	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	30	May 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
21	31	May 19	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	48 (16)	Jun 5	CLE		DET	L,7-8	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	49	Jun 6	CLE		DET	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
24	50	Jun 7	CLE		DET	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
25	51	Jun 8	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
26	52	Jun 10	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
27	53	Jun 11	CLE		SLB	W,1-0	CG	36	10.0	5	6	0	11	2
28	54	Jun 13	CLE	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
29	55	Jun 14	CLE	@	DET	L,2-13	CG	45	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
30	56	Jun 17	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	3	3	0	6	0
31	57	Jun 18 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
32	58	Jun 18 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
33	59	Jun 19	CLE		BOS	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	3	9	0	12	1
34	60	Jun 20	CLE		BOS	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	61	Jun 21	CLE		PHA	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	1	9	2
36	62	Jun 22	CLE		PHA	L,6-11	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	63	Jun 23	CLE		PHA	L,4-8	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
38	64	Jun 24	CLE		PHA	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	1	5	2	8	0
39	65	Jun 25 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
40	66	Jun 25 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
41	67	Jun 26	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
42	68	Jun 27	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
43	69	Jun 28	CLE		WSH	L,2-15	CG	52	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
44	70	Jun 29	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
45	71	Jun 30	CLE		NYY	W,13-12	GS	41	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	72	Jul 1	CLE		NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
47	73	Jul 2	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	GF	27	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
48	74	Jul 3	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
49	77 (2)	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	L,6-10	CG	43	9.0	2	2	2	6	1
50	82 (4)	Jul 11	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-6	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	1
51	83	Jul 12	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
52	84	Jul 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	GS	29	6.0	2	3	0	5	1
53	85	Jul 14	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
54	86	Jul 15	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	0	5	1	6	0
55	87	Jul 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	52	14.0	5	4	1	10	0
56	88	Jul 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
57	89	Jul 19	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	57	13.0	2	7	0	9	1
58	90	Jul 20	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
59	91	Jul 21	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
60	92	Jul 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
61	93	Jul 23 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	3
62	94	Jul 23 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
63	95	Jul 25	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	3	5	0	8	2
64	96	Jul 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
65	97	Jul 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
66	98	Jul 28	CLE		DET	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
67	99	Jul 29	CLE		DET	W,1-0	GS	29	7.2	3	2	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	139 (39)	Sep 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-5	GF	9	3.0	2	3	0	5	1
69	140	Sep 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
70	141	Sep 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	GS	28	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
71	142	Sep 12	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
72	143	Sep 17 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	2	4	0
73	144	Sep 17 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
74	145	Sep 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
75	146	Sep 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
76	147	Sep 23	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	CG	54	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
77	148	Sep 24 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
78	149	Sep 24 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,12-6	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
79	150	Sep 30	CLE	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
80	151	Oct 1	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
							80gm		678.0	151	233	25	409	37