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Bill Keister
William Hoffman Keister (Wagon Tongue)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 168 lb.

Debut May 20, 1896
Final Game August 25, 1903
Born August 17, 1871 in Baltimore, MD
Died August 19, 1924 in Baltimore, MD

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1896 24 BLN NL  15   58    8   14   3  0   0    5   4      3   5  .241  .302  .293   56   17   0           2    
 1898 26 BSN NL  10   30    5    5   2  0   0    4   0      0      .167  .167  .233   12    7   0           0    
 1899 27 BLN NL 136  523   96  172  22 16   3   73  33     16      .329  .368  .449  119  235   8          16    
 1900 28 STL NL 126  497   78  149  26 10   1   72  32     25      .300  .347  .398  106  198   6          11    
 1901 29 BLA AL 115  442   78  145  20 21   2   93  24     18      .328  .365  .482  130  213   4           8    
 1902 30 WSH AL 119  483   82  145  33  9   9   90  27     14      .300  .329  .462  116  223  11           7    
 1903 31 PHI NL 100  400   53  128  27  7   3   63  11     14      .320  .352  .445  135  178   9           6    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      621 2433  400  758 133 63  18  400 131  0  90   5  .312  .349  .440  117 1071  38   0   0  50   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        635  104  198  35 16   5  104  34  0  23   1  .312  .349  .440  117  279  10   0   0  13   0
 Career High    136  523   96  172  33 21   9   93  33  0  25   5  .329  .368  .482  135  235  11   0   0  16   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1896 24 BLN NL   63   44    5   3.0   109| .241  .300| .302  .365| .293  .400| .595  .765|  56  .289  -3.7  -0.4     
 1898 26 BSN NL   30   25    1   1.0    95| .167  .284| .167  .349| .233  .364| .400  .713|  12  .080  -3.6  -0.4     
 1899 27 BLN NL  563  359   82   5.9   104| .329  .296| .368  .359| .449  .385| .817  .745| 119  .640  11.0   1.1     
 1900 28 STL NL  539  354   66   4.9    98| .300  .286| .347  .347| .398  .377| .745  .723| 106  .560   3.4   0.3     
 1901 29 BLA AL  472  301   75   6.5   100| .328  .289| .365  .346| .482  .388| .847  .734| 130  .679  15.3   1.5     
 1902 30 WSH AL  515  349   71   5.4    98| .300  .285| .329  .342| .462  .384| .791  .727| 116  .605   8.4   0.8     
 1903 31 PHI NL  429  281   61   5.7    86| .320  .268| .352  .330| .445  .349| .797  .678| 135  .663  16.2   1.7     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      2611 1713  361   5.5    98| .312  .286| .349  .346| .440  .378| .789  .724| 117  .618  47.0   4.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1896 24 BLN NL 2B 8 10 14 2 1 .923 .938 3.00 5.41 3B 6 6 13 6 1 .760 .892 3.17 3.42 1898 26 BSN NL 2B 4 4 9 0 1 1.000 .942 3.25 5.53 SS 4 3 6 0 1 1.000 .909 2.25 5.55 OF 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 2.00 0 0 1 1899 27 BLN NL SS 90 169 283 53 25 .895 .910 5.02 5.53 2B 46 94 117 13 11 .942 .941 4.59 5.46 OF 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 2.10 1 0 0 1900 28 STL NL 2B 116 206 315 41 26 .927 .938 4.49 5.21 SS 7 14 21 8 1 .814 .921 5.00 5.76 3B 3 4 9 1 0 .929 .897 4.33 3.73 1901 29 BLA AL SS 112 231 322 97 30 .851 .898 4.94 5.27 1902 30 WSH AL OF 65 115 9 12 3 .912 .944 1.91 2.04 0 12 53 2B 40 97 121 11 9 .952 .948 5.45 5.27 3B 14 14 28 10 1 .808 .911 3.00 3.52 SS 2 3 8 1 1 .917 .924 5.50 5.70 1903 31 PHI NL OF 100 136 22 10 1 .940 .942 1.58 1.91 0 0 100
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1896 24 BLN NL 2B 8 10 14 2 1 .923 .938 3.00 5.41 1898 26 BSN NL 2B 4 4 9 0 1 1.000 .942 3.25 5.53 1899 27 BLN NL 2B 46 94 117 13 11 .942 .941 4.59 5.46 1900 28 STL NL 2B 116 206 315 41 26 .927 .938 4.49 5.21 1902 30 WSH AL 2B 40 97 121 11 9 .952 .948 5.45 5.27 1896 24 BLN NL 3B 6 6 13 6 1 .760 .892 3.17 3.42 1900 28 STL NL 3B 3 4 9 1 0 .929 .897 4.33 3.73 1902 30 WSH AL 3B 14 14 28 10 1 .808 .911 3.00 3.52 1898 26 BSN NL OF 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 2.00 0 0 1 1899 27 BLN NL OF 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 2.10 1 0 0 1902 30 WSH AL OF 65 115 9 12 3 .912 .944 1.91 2.04 0 12 53 1903 31 PHI NL OF 100 136 22 10 1 .940 .942 1.58 1.91 0 0 100 1898 26 BSN NL SS 4 3 6 0 1 1.000 .909 2.25 5.55 1899 27 BLN NL SS 90 169 283 53 25 .895 .910 5.02 5.53 1900 28 STL NL SS 7 14 21 8 1 .814 .921 5.00 5.76 1901 29 BLA AL SS 112 231 322 97 30 .851 .898 4.94 5.27 1902 30 WSH AL SS 2 3 8 1 1 .917 .924 5.50 5.70
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 215 420 640 159 58 .870 .904 4.93 5.40 2B 214 411 576 67 48 .936 .941 4.61 5.29 OF 167 256 33 22 4 .929 .943 1.73 1.96 1 12 154 3B 23 24 50 17 2 .813 .904 3.22 3.52 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 619 1111 1299 265 112 .901 .923 3.89 4.37
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1901 AL-.328-7

Slugging %
1901 AL-.482-6
1902 AL-.462-8
1903 NL-.445-9

OPS
1901 AL-.847-7

Total Bases
1902 AL-223-10

Doubles
1900 NL-26-8
1902 AL-33-9

Triples
1899 NL-16-6
1901 AL-21-1

Home Runs
1902 AL-9-6

RBI
1901 AL-93-7
1902 AL-90-8

Adjusted OPS+
1901 AL-130-8
1903 NL-135-10

Extra-Base Hits
1901 AL-43-9
1902 AL-51-8

Offensive Win%
1901 AL-.679-8

Hit By Pitch
1899 NL-16-8
1900 NL-11-10
1901 AL-8-9
1902 AL-7-8

Power/Speed Number
1902 AL-13.5-1

At Bats per Home Run
1902 AL-53.7-8

       

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 31 (748) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 21.0 (574) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 21.5 (732) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

October, 1897: Drafted by the Boston Beaneaters from the Paterson (Atlantic) in the 1897 rule 5 draft.

June 3, 1898: Loaned to the Rochester (Eastern) by the Boston Beaneaters.

July 18, 1898: Bill Keister returned to the Boston Beaneaters by the Rochester (Eastern) as part of earlier loan.

July 24, 1898: Released by the Boston Beaneaters.

March 9, 1900: Assigned to the Brooklyn Superbas by the Baltimore Orioles.

March 10, 1900: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Brooklyn Superbas for $19,000.

March 14, 1901: Jumped from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Baltimore Orioles.

December 23, 1901: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Senators.

Before 1903 Season: Jumped from the Washington Senators to the Philadelphia Phillies.

Before 1904 Season: Purchased by the Jersey City (Eastern) from the Philadelphia Phillies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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