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Bill McKechnie

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Bill McKechnie

Full name William Boyd McKechnie
Born August 7, 1886, Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania
Died October 29, 1965, Bradenton, Florida
Buried at Manasota Memorial Park, Bradenton, Florida (Section L Lot 185 Space 1; 27.26.820N 82.33.026W)
First Game: September 8, 1907; Final Game: September 28, 1920
Managed First Game: June 19, 1915; Managed Final Game: September 25, 1946
Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 160
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1962
Named Major League Manager of the Year by The Sporting News (1937 and 1940)
Ejections as player: 1911 (1), 1913 (1), 1915 (1), 1918 (2), 1920 (1). Total: 6
Ejections as manager: 1915 (3), 1922 (1), 1923 (3), 1924 (5), 1925 (2), 1926 (1), 1928 (2), 1929 (1), 1930 (3), 1931 (2), 1932 (1), 1933 (2), 1935 (3), 1936 (1), 1938 (1), 1939 (1), 1942 (1), 1945 (1), 1946 (2). Total: 36
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                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1907 PIT N    Daily Splits    3     8    0    1   0   0   0    0    0        5   0   0   0            0      .125  .125  .125  -0.1 1907 PIT N
1910 PIT N    Daily Splits   71   212   23   46   1   2   0   12   11       23   0   8   0            4      .217  .256  .241  -1.2 1910 PIT N
1911 PIT N    Daily Splits  104   321   40   73   8   7   2   37   28   0i  18   2  25                9      .227  .293  .315  -1.6 1911 PIT N
1912 PIT N    Daily Splits   24    73    8   18   0   1   0    4    4        5   0   2   0            2      .247  .286  .274  -0.4 1912 PIT N
1913 BOS N    Daily Splits    1     4    1    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   1   0   0   1   0    0   0  .000  .200  .000  -0.1 1913 BOS N
1913 NY  A    Daily Splits   45   112    7   15   0   0   0    8    8   0i  17   1   3   0   3i  3i   2   3i .134  .198  .134  -1.1 1913 NY  A
1913 Total                   46   116    8   15   0   0   0    8    8   0i  18   2   3   0   4i  3i   2   3i .129  .198  .129  -1.2 1913 Total
1914 IND F    Daily Splits  149   570  107  173  24   6   2   38   53   0i  36   5  36   0i 11i  1i  47  16i .304  .368  .377   1.6 1914 IND F
1915 NEW F    Daily Splits  127   451   49  113  22   5   1   43   41   1i  31   2  21   0   7i  6i  28  11i .251  .316  .328  -1.3 1915 NEW F
1916 NY  N    Daily Splits   71   260   22   64   9   1   0   17    7   0i  20   1   5   0i  7i  4i   7   0  .246  .269  .288  -1.2 1916 NY  N
1916 CIN N    Daily Splits   37   130    4   36   3   0   0   10    3   0i  12   0   7   0i  4i  0i   4   0  .277  .293  .300  -0.6 1916 CIN N
1916 TOT N                  108   390   26  100  12   1   0   27   10   0i  32   1  12   0i 11i  4i  11   0  .256  .277  .292  -1.8 1916 TOT N
1917 CIN N    Daily Splits   48   134   11   34   3   1   0   15    7   0i   7   1   3   0i  1i  2i   5   3i .254  .296  .291  -1.2 1917 CIN N
1918 PIT N    Daily Splits  126   435   34  111  13   9   2   43   24   3   22   2  19   0  16   4   12  15  .255  .297  .340  -0.4 1918 PIT N
1920 PIT N    Daily Splits   40   133   13   29   3   1   1   13    4   0    7   0   3   0   1   2    7   4  .218  .241  .278  -1.1 1920 PIT N
Total NL ( 9 Years)         525  1710  156  412  40  22   5  151   88   3i 120   7  72   0i 30i 12i  50  22i .241  .281  .299  -7.9 Total NL
Total AL ( 1 Year )          45   112    7   15   0   0   0    8    8   0i  17   1   3   0   3i  3i   2   3i .134  .198  .134  -1.1 Total AL
Total FL ( 2 Years)         276  1021  156  286  46  11   3   81   94   1i  67   7  57   0i 18i  7i  75  27i .280  .345  .356   0.3 Total FL
Total    (11 Years) Splits  846  2843  319  713  86  33   8  240  190   4i 204  15 132   0i 51i 22i 127  52i .251  .301  .313  -8.7 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   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
1907 PIT N Daily Splits  3B    2    2    2    15       1    3    0    0   0 1.000
1907 PIT N               2B    1    0    0             0    1    0    0   0 1.000
1910 PIT N Daily Splits  2B   36   35   34   310  i   89  112    6   15   0  .971
1910 PIT N               SS   14   12   11    95  i   24   40    5    4   0  .928
1910 PIT N               3B    8    7    6    49.1i    5   10    0    0   0 1.000
1910 PIT N               1B    4    3    2    17  i   28    4    1    1   0  .970
1911 PIT N Daily Splits  1B   58   57   53   464.2i  524   32   14   28   0  .975
1911 PIT N               2B   18   16   16   144  i   49   48    3   16   0  .970
1911 PIT N               SS   12   12   11    97  i   20   25    3    5   0  .938
1911 PIT N               3B    6    3    2    17  i    5    4    1    0   0  .900
1912 PIT N Daily Splits  3B   13   11   10   102  i   15   30    1    0   0  .978
1912 PIT N               SS    4    3    2    35       3    8    1    2   0  .917
1912 PIT N               2B    3    2    2    18  i    1    4    0    2   0 1.000
1912 PIT N               1B    2    0    0     1  i    4    0    1    0   0  .800
1913 BOS N Daily Splits  OF    1    1    1     9       3    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    1    0 
1913 BOS N               CF    1    1    1     9       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
1913 NY  A Daily Splits  2B   28   27   23   223.1    57   76    7   12   0  .950
1913 NY  A               SS    7    5    4    47      16   16    4    1   0  .889
1913 NY  A               3B    2    1    1     9  i    1    2    1    0   0  .750
1914 IND F Daily Splits  3B  149  149  145  1297.1i  195  327   34   28   0  .939
1915 NEW F Daily Splits  3B  117  117  114  1044.1i  184  226   19   17   1  .956
1915 NEW F               RF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -
1915 NEW F               OF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    1 
1916 NY  N Daily Splits  3B   71   69   66   618  i   70  134   13    8   0  .940
1916 CIN N Daily Splits  3B   35   34   33   296      38   59    4    6   0  .960
1916 TOT N               3B  106  103   99   914  i  108  193   17   14   0  .947
1917 CIN N Daily Splits  2B   26   19   19   184      49   51    6   11   0  .943
1917 CIN N               SS   13   12   12   112      24   42    9    4   0  .880
1917 CIN N               3B    4    3    2    26  i    3    1    0    0   0 1.000
1918 PIT N Daily Splits  3B  126  126  124  1134.2   162  261   15   27   0  .966
1920 PIT N Daily Splits  3B   20   15   14   155      21   29    3    2   1  .943
1920 PIT N               SS   11   10    8    84.2    19   37    3    7   0  .949
1920 PIT N               2B    6    5    5    58      12   18    2    2   0  .938
1920 PIT N               1B    1    0    0     3.2     4    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total (11 Years) Splits  3B  553  537  519  4763.2i  700 1086   91   88   2  .952
Total ( 7 Years)         2B  118  104   99   937.1i  257  310   24   58   0  .959
Total ( 4 Years)         1B   65   60   55   486.1i  560   36   16   29   0  .974
Total ( 6 Years)         SS   61   54   48   470.2i  106  168   25   23   0  .916
Total ( 2 Years)         OF    2    1    1    10       3    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    1    1 
Total ( 1 Year )         RF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -
Total ( 1 Year )         CF    1    1    1     9       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
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                           Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1915 NEW F        102   54   45  .545   361   329   6-19           6  5
1922 PIT N         90   53   36  .596   518   407   7- 1           5  3
1923 PIT N        154   87   67  .565   786   696                  3
1924 PIT N        153   90   63  .588   724   586                  3
1925 PIT N        153   95   58  .621   912   715                  1
1926 PIT N        157   84   69  .549   769   689                  3
1928 STL N        154   95   59  .617   807   636                  1
1929 STL N         63   34   29  .540   302   301   7-24           4  4
1930 BOS N        154   70   84  .455   693   835                  6
1931 BOS N        156   64   90  .416   533   680                  7
1932 BOS N        155   77   77  .500   649   655                  5
1933 BOS N        156   83   71  .539   552   531                  4
1934 BOS N        152   78   73  .517   683   714                  4
1935 BOS N        153   38  115  .248   575   852                  8
1936 BOS N        157   71   83  .461   631   715                  6
1937 BOS N        152   79   73  .520   579   556                  5
1938 CIN N        151   82   68  .547   722   634                  4
1939 CIN N        156   97   57  .630   767   595                  1
1940 CIN N        155  100   53  .654   707   528                  1
1941 CIN N        154   88   66  .571   616   564                  3
1942 CIN N        154   76   76  .500   527   545                  4
1943 CIN N        155   87   67  .565   608   543                  2
1944 CIN N        155   89   65  .578   573   537                  3
1945 CIN N        154   61   93  .396   536   694                  7
1946 CIN N        152   64   86  .427   508   558          9-25    6  6
Total (25 Years) 3647 1896 1723  .524 15638 15095
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
              World Series Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1925 PIT N          7    4    3  .571    25    26
1928 STL N          4    0    4  .000    10    27
1939 CIN N          4    0    4  .000     8    20
1940 CIN N          7    4    3  .571    22    28
Total ( 4 Years)   22    8   14  .364    65   101
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
             All-Star Game Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1940 NL             1    1    0 1.000     4     0
1941 NL             1    0    1  .000     5     7
Total ( 2 Years)    2    1    1  .500     9     7
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

                  Coaching Record
Year Team   Position                   START    END
1922 PIT N  Coach                       4-12   6-30
1927 STL N  Coach                       4-12  10- 2
1947 CLE A  Coach                       4-15   9-28
1948 CLE A  Third base                  4-20  10-11
1949 CLE A  Coach                       4-19  10- 2
1952 BOS A  Pitching                    4-15   9-28
1953 BOS A  Pitching                    4-16   9-27
Total ( 7 Years) 

Ejection Information

As player:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 7- 1-1911     BOX  PIT N  Mal Eason           Call at 2B (Threw ball)
 6-20-1913(1)  BOX  NY  A  Eugene McGreevy     Call at 2B
 4-25-1915     BOX  NEW F  Lu Fyfe             Call at 1B
 5-28-1918     BOX  PIT N  Hank O'Day          HBP non-call
 6-28-1918     BOX  PIT N  Charlie Moran       Arguing game should be called for darkness
 5-31-1920(2)  BOX  PIT N  Barry McCormick     Catcher's balk non-call

As manager:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 7-17-1915     BOX  NEW F  Bill Finneran       Balls and strikes
 9-23-1915(1)  BOX  NEW F  Jim Johnstone       Bench jockeying
 9-28-1915     BOX  NEW F  Bill Brennan        Called third strike
 7-24-1922(2)  BOX  PIT N  Cy Rigler           Fair/foul call
 5-17-1923     BOX  PIT N  Doll Derr           Call at 3B
 6- 3-1923     BOX  PIT N  Bob Hart            Call at HP (Appeal play)
 7-11-1923     BOX  PIT N  Bill Klem           Balls and strikes
 4-20-1924     BOX  PIT N  Bill Klem           Call at HP
 6- 5-1924     BOX  PIT N  Barry McCormick     Balls and strikes
 7-11-1924     BOX  PIT N  Bill Klem           Bench jockeying
 8- 2-1924     BOX  PIT N  Bob Hart            Defending player
 8-15-1924     BOX  PIT N  Hank O'Day          Balls and strikes
 7-11-1925     BOX  PIT N  Bill Klem           Balls and strikes
 9- 5-1925     BOX  PIT N  Peter McLaughlin    Balk non-call
 6- 9-1926     BOX  PIT N  Bill Klem           Call at 1B
 7-28-1928(1)  BOX  STL N  Lou Jorda           Balls and strikes
 9- 3-1928(2)  BOX  STL N  Bob Hart            Call at 2B
 8- 3-1929     BOX  STL N  George Magerkurth   Call at HP
 4-27-1930     BOX  BOS N  Charlie Moran       Interference non-call
 7-29-1930     BOX  BOS N  Lou Jorda           Call at HP
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 8-29-1930     BOX  BOS N  Michael Donohue     Call at 1B
 4-24-1931     BOX  BOS N  Bob Clarke          Balls and strikes
 6-23-1931(2)  BOX  BOS N  Cy Rigler           Field conditions
 8-30-1932(1)  BOX  BOS N  Bill Klem           Fair/foul call (Reversed)
 8-18-1933     BOX  BOS N  Jack Powell         Call at HP
 9-23-1933(1)  BOX  BOS N  Dolly Stark         Call at 2B
 5-12-1935     BOX  BOS N  Cy Pfirman          Call at 3B
 6-26-1935(1)  BOX  BOS N  George Magerkurth   Fair/foul call
 9-24-1935(2)  BOX  BOS N  Charlie Moran       Call at 1B
 8-30-1936(1)  BOX  BOS N  George Barr         Balls and strikes
 8-22-1938     BOX  CIN N  George Barr         Call at HP
 8-14-1939     BOX  CIN N  Larry Goetz         Fair/foul call
 5-15-1942     BOX  CIN N  Tom Dunn            Stalling
 7-29-1945(2)  BOX  CIN N  Lou Jorda           Call at HP
 8-19-1946     BOX  CIN N  Dusty Boggess       Check swing
 9-16-1946     BOX  CIN N  Tom Dunn            Call at 1B (Previous inning)

Transaction Information

Sold by Washington (POM) to Pittsburgh Pirates (@August 15, 1907).

Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to St. Paul (American Association) in exchange for Art
Butler and a player to be named (August, 1912).

Selected by Boston Braves from St. Paul (American Association) in the major league draft (September 16, 1912).

Claimed on waivers by New York Yankees from Boston Braves (April 15, 1913).

Sold by Newark Peppers to New York Giants with Bill Rariden (December 23, 1915).

Traded by New York Giants with Christy Mathewson and Edd Roush to Cincinnati Reds in
exchange for Buck Herzog and Red Killefer (July 20, 1916).

Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Pittsburgh Pirates for $20000 (March, 1918).
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