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Willie Keeler

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Willie Keeler

Full name William Henry Keeler
Born March 3, 1872, Brooklyn, New York
Died January 1, 1923, Brooklyn, New York
Buried at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, New York (Sec. 1W- Range 15- Plot B- Grave 5)
Born as: William Henry O'Kelleher
First Game: September 30, 1892; Final Game: September 5, 1910
Umpired First Game: August 25, 1910; Umpired Final Game: August 25, 1910
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 5' 4.5" Weight: 140
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1939
Ejections as player: 1899 (1), 1902 (1). Total: 2
SABR Biography
Top Performances 
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1892 NY  N                   14    53    7   17   3   0   0    6    3    3   1            5  .321  .368  .377   0.0 1892 NY  N
1893 NY  N                    7    24    5    8   2   1   1    7    5    1   0            3  .333  .448  .625   0.0 1893 NY  N
1893 BRO N                   20    80   14   25   1   1   1    9    4    4   1            2  .313  .353  .388  -0.2 1893 BRO N
1893 TOT N                   27   104   19   33   3   2   2   16    9    5   1            5  .317  .377  .442  -0.2 1893 TOT N
1894 BAL N                  129   590  165  219  27  22   5   94   40    6  18  16       32  .371  .427  .517   1.1 1894 BAL N
1895 BAL N                  131   565  162  213  24  15   4   78   37   12  14  21       47  .377  .429  .494   2.5 1895 BAL N
1896 BAL N                  126   544  153  210  22  13   4   82   37    9   7  13       67  .386  .432  .496   2.5 1896 BAL N
1897 BAL N                  129   564  145  239  27  19   0   74   35    5   7  12       64  .424  .464  .539   3.7 1897 BAL N
1898 BAL N                  129   561  126  216   7   2   1   44   31    4   3   9       28  .385  .420  .410   1.7 1898 BAL N
1899 BRO N                  141   570  140  216  12  13   1   61   37    2   9  17       45  .379  .425  .451   2.0 1899 BRO N
1900 BRO N                  136   563  106  204  13  12   4   68   30    4   7  19       41  .362  .402  .449   1.6 1900 BRO N
1901 BRO N    Daily Splits  136   595  123  202  18  12   2   43   21    5   7  22   0   23  .339  .369  .420   0.9 1901 BRO N
1902 BRO N    Daily Splits  133   559   86  186  20   5   0   38   21   13   7  25   0   19  .333  .365  .386   1.4 1902 BRO N
1903 NY  A    Daily Splits  132   512   95  160  14   7   0   32   32   12  13  27   0   24  .313  .368  .367  -0.4 1903 NY  A
1904 NY  A    Daily Splits  143   543   78  186  14   8   2   40   35   12   7  27   0   21  .343  .390  .409   2.1 1904 NY  A
1905 NY  A    Daily Splits  149   560   81  169  14   4   4   38   43   13   5  42   0   19  .302  .357  .363   0.6 1905 NY  A
1906 NY  A    Daily Splits  152   592   96  180   8   3   2   33   40    5   5  35   0   23  .304  .353  .338  -0.4 1906 NY  A
1907 NY  A    Daily Splits  107   423   50   99   5   2   0   17   15    9   3  26   0    7  .234  .265  .255  -2.9 1907 NY  A
1908 NY  A    Daily Splits   91   323   38   85   3   1   1   14   31   10   5  21   0   14  .263  .337  .288  -0.3 1908 NY  A
1909 NY  A    Daily Splits   99   360   44   95   7   5   1   32   24    6  10  33   0   10  .264  .327  .319  -0.9 1909 NY  A
1910 NY  N    Daily Splits   19    10    5    3   0   0   0    0    3    1   0   1   0    1  .300  .462  .300   0.1 1910 NY  N
Total NL (12 Years)        1250  5278 1237 1958 176 115  23  604  304   69  81 155i  0i 377  .371  .414  .461  17.3 Total NL
Total AL ( 7 Years)         873  3313  482  974  65  30  10  206  220   67  48 211   0  118  .294  .347  .341  -2.2 Total AL
Total    (19 Years) Splits 2123  8591 1719 2932 241 145  33  810  524  136 129 366i  0i 495  .341  .388  .415  15.1 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
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                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1892 NY  N               3B   14                      15   21    5    1   0  .878
1893 NY  N               OF    3                       2    0    1    0      .667     0    3    0 
1893 NY  N               2B    2                       2    2    0    0   0 1.000
1893 NY  N               SS    2                       1    5    2    0   0  .750
1893 BRO N               3B   12                      20   30   10    2   0  .833
1893 BRO N               OF    8                       9    2    3    0      .786     8    0    0 
1893 TOT N               OF   11                      11    2    4    0      .765     8    3    0 
1894 BAL N               OF  128                     215   25   16    4   0  .938     0    0  128 
1894 BAL N               2B    1                       2    1    0    0   0 1.000
1895 BAL N               OF  131                     244   21   10    5   0  .964     0    0  131 
1896 BAL N               OF  126                     227   20    8    6      .969     2    0  124 
1897 BAL N               OF  129                     217   12    7    2   0  .970     0    0  129 
1898 BAL N               OF  128                     210   14    9    2   0  .961     0    0  128 
1898 BAL N               3B    1                       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1899 BRO N               OF  141                     208   21    5    4      .979     0    0  141 
1900 BRO N               OF  136                     227   22   16    4      .940     0    0  136 
1900 BRO N               2B    1                       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
1901 BRO N Daily Splits  OF  125  125  121  1073.2   181   17    3    4   0  .985     0    0  125 
1901 BRO N               RF  125  125  121  1073.2i  181   17    3    4   0  .985
1901 BRO N               3B   10    9    9    79.2i    8   11    6    2   0  .760
1901 BRO N               2B    3    2    2    17  i    5    8    0    0   0 1.000
1902 BRO N Daily Splits  OF  133  133  132  1178     208   14    5    5   0  .978     0    0  133 
1902 BRO N               RF  133  133  132  1178  i  208   14    5    4   0  .978
1903 NY  A Daily Splits  OF  128  128  125  1105.2   177   10   13    4   0  .935     0    0  128 
1903 NY  A               RF  128  128  125  1105.2i  177   10   13    4   0  .935
1903 NY  A               3B    4    4    4    36       6    5    2    0   0  .846
1904 NY  A Daily Splits  OF  142  142  139  1232     186   16   14    7   0  .935     0    0  142 
1904 NY  A               RF  142  142  139  1232  i  186   16   14    7   0  .935
1905 NY  A Daily Splits  OF  137  137  134  1199.1   194   17    7    1   0  .968     2    0  135 
1905 NY  A               RF  135  135  132  1181.1i  187   14    8    1   0  .962
1905 NY  A               2B   12   10   10    94       9   19    2    1   0  .933
1905 NY  A               3B    3    2    2    17  i    4    2    2    0   0  .750
1905 NY  A               LF    2    2    2    18       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1906 NY  A Daily Splits  OF  151  151  151  1322.1   213   16    3    3   0  .987     0    0  151 
1906 NY  A               RF  151  151  151  1322.1   213   16    3    3   0  .987
1907 NY  A Daily Splits  OF  107  107  106   923.2   144   13    5    5   0  .969     0    0  107 
1907 NY  A               RF  107  107  106   923.2i  146   13    5    5   0  .970
1908 NY  A Daily Splits  OF   88   87   86   756.1   123    9    9    2   0  .936     2    0   86 
1908 NY  A               RF   86   85   84   738.1i  122    9    8    2   0  .942
1908 NY  A               LF    2    2    2    18       1    0    1    0   0  .500
1909 NY  A Daily Splits  OF   95   95   93   827.1   111    9    4    2   0  .968     0    0   95 
1909 NY  A               RF   95   95   93   827.1i  111    8    4    2   0  .967
1910 NY  N Daily Splits  OF    2    0    0             1    0    0    0   0 1.000     1    1    0 
1910 NY  N               LF    1    0    0             1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1910 NY  N               CF    1    0    0             0    0    0    0   0     -
Total (18 Years) Splits  OF 2038 1105i1087i 9618.1i 3097  258  138   60   0i .960    15    4 2019 
Total ( 9 Years)         RF 1102i1101i1083i 9582.1i 1531i 117i  63i  32i  0i .963
Total ( 6 Years)         3B   44   15i  15i  132.2i   54   69   25    5   0  .831
Total ( 5 Years)         2B   19   12i  12i  111  i   18   31    2    1   0  .961
Total ( 3 Years)         LF    5i   4i   4i   36  i    4i   0i   1i   0i  0i .800
Total ( 1 Year )         SS    2                       1    5    2    0   0  .750
Total ( 1 Year )         CF    1i   0i   0i            0i   0i   0i   0i  0i    -
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
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                           Umpiring Record
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF
1910 NL Daily       1    0    1    0    0    0    0 
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF

Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 7- 1-1899          BRO N  Chippy McGarr       Call at 1B
 5-10-1902     BOX  BRO N  Hank O'Day          Call at HP

Transaction Information

Sold by Binghamton (Eastern) to New York Giants for $800 (September 27, 1892).

Sold by New York Giants to Brooklyn Bridegrooms for $800 (July 27, 1893).

Traded by Brooklyn Bridegrooms with Dan Brouthers to Baltimore Orioles in exchange
for Billy Shindle and George Treadway (January 1, 1894).

Assigned to Brooklyn Superbas by Baltimore Orioles with Bill Dahlen, Mike Heydon,
Jay Hughes, Hughie Jennings, Joe Kelley, Al Maul, Dan McGann and Doc McJames (March
11, 1899).

Released by New York Highlanders (February 22, 1910).

Signed by New York Giants (May 6, 1910).
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