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.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 16	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 17	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 18	CHW		SLB	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
5	5	Apr 22	CHW	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
6	6	Apr 23	CHW	@	DET	L,5-13	CG	47	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 24	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 25	CHW		CLE	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 26	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
10	10	Apr 27	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
11	11	Apr 28	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
12	12	Apr 29	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
13	13	Apr 30	CHW		WSH	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	CHW		WSH	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
15	15	May 2	CHW		NYY	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
16	16	May 3	CHW		NYY	L,5-6	CG	54	13.0	1	2	0	3	0
17	17	May 4	CHW		PHA	L,11-17	CG	52	9.0	0	0	2	2	0
18	18	May 5	CHW		PHA	L,4-5	CG	46	11.0	3	3	0	6	1
19	19	May 7	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	41	11.0	2	1	0	3	1
20	20	May 10	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	21	May 11	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
22	22	May 13	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	23	May 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-10	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
24	24	May 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,13-1	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
25	25	May 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
26	26	May 17	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
27	27	May 18	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
28	28	May 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	5	8	0	13	2
29	29	May 20	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
30	30	May 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	38	8.2	1	3	0	4	0
31	31	May 22	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	8	0	14	4
32	32	May 23 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
33	33	May 23 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,0-9	GS	0		0	2	0	2	0
34	34	May 24	CHW	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	35	8.2	1	4	0	5	0
35	35	May 25	CHW	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
36	36	May 27	CHW		SLB	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
37	37	May 28	CHW		SLB	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
38	38	May 29	CHW		SLB	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
39	39	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
40	40	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
41	41	May 31	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	42	Jun 1 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,2-3	GS	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1
43	48 (5)	Jun 7	CHW		BOS	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
44	49	Jun 8 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-5	GS	0		3	4	1	8	0
45	53 (3)	Jun 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	54	Jun 15 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
47	55	Jun 15 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
48	56	Jun 17	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
49	57	Jun 18	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	5	3	1	9	2
50	58	Jun 19	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
51	59	Jun 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-11	GS	34	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
52	60	Jun 22 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,14-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
53	61	Jun 22 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
54	62	Jun 24	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
55	63	Jun 25	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-0	GS	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	71 (7)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
57	72	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
58	73	Jul 5	CHW		CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
59	74	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
60	75	Jul 10	CHW		WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
61	76	Jul 11	CHW		WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
62	77	Jul 12	CHW		WSH	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
63	78	Jul 13 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
64	79	Jul 13 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,0-1	CG	41	11.0	2	4	0	6	0
65	80	Jul 14	CHW		NYY	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	1	9	3
66	81	Jul 15	CHW		NYY	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
67	82	Jul 16	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
68	83	Jul 17	CHW		BOS	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
69	84	Jul 18	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	85	Jul 19 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
71	86	Jul 19 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
72	89 (2)	Jul 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
73	90	Jul 23	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
74	91	Jul 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-11	GS	27	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	122 (30)	Aug 21	CHW		BOS	L,5-8	GF	13	4.0	1	1	0	2	1
76	123	Aug 22	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
77	124	Aug 23	CHW		BOS	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
78	125	Aug 24 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
79	126	Aug 24 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
80	127	Aug 25	CHW		NYY	W,9-1	CG	40	9.0	6	2	1	9	1
81	128	Aug 27	CHW		WSH	L,3-11	GS	34	6.0	0	3	0	3	1
82	131 (2)	Aug 30	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-10	CG	48	8.0	5	3	1	9	0
83	132	Aug 31 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,8-12	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	152 (19)	Sep 22	CHW		DET	L,0-11	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
85	153	Sep 24	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
86	154	Sep 26	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
87	155	Sep 27	CHW	@	DET	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
88	156	Sep 28	CHW	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
							88gm		753.0	204	221	13	438	58