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Bill Killefer
William Killefer (Reindeer Bill)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 200 lb.
School St. Edward's University

Debut September 13, 1909
Final Game October 1, 1921
Born October 10, 1887 in Bloomingdale, MI
Died July 3, 1960 in Elsmere, DE

Brother of Red Killefer

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1909 21 SLB AL  11   29    0    4   0  0   0    1   2      0      .138  .138  .138  -10    4   0           0    
 1910 22 SLB AL  74  193   14   24   2  2   0    7   0     12      .124  .184  .155    9   30   8           2    
 1911 23 PHI NL   6   16    3    3   0  0   0    2   0      0   2  .188  .188  .188    5    3   2           0    
 1912 24 PHI NL  85  268   18   60   6  3   1   21   6      4  14  .224  .241  .280   39   75  15           2    
 1913 25 PHI NL 120  360   25   88  14  3   0   24   2      4  17  .244  .255  .300   55  108  10           1    
 1914 26 PHI NL  98  299   27   70  10  1   0   27   3      8  17  .234  .261  .274   55   82  10           3    
 1915 27 PHI NL 105  320   26   76   9  2   0   24   5  3  18  14  .238  .287  .278   70   89   3           4    
 1916 28 PHI NL  97  286   22   62   5  4   3   27   2      8  14  .217  .246  .294   62   84  10           3    
 1917 29 PHI NL 125  409   28  112  12  0   0   31   4     15  21  .274  .306  .303   84  124   9           4    
 1918 30 CHC NL 104  331   30   77  10  3   0   22   5     17  10  .233  .276  .281   69   93  13           3    
 1919 31 CHC NL 103  315   17   90  10  2   0   22   5     15   8  .286  .322  .330   95  104  13           2    
 1920 32 CHC NL  62  191   16   42   7  1   0   16   2  2   8   5  .220  .280  .267   56   51   5           8    
 1921 33 CHC NL  45  133   11   43   1  0   0   16   3  3   4   4  .323  .357  .331   83   44   4           3    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1035 3150  237  751  86 21   4  240  39  8 113 126  .238  .273  .283   63  891 102   0   0  35   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        493   37  118  13  3   1   38   6  1  18  20  .238  .273  .283   63  139  16   0   0   5   0
 Career High    125  409   30  112  14  4   3   31   6  3  18  21  .286  .322  .330   95  124  15   0   0   8   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1909 21 SLB AL   29   25    1   1.1    68| .138  .245| .138  .304| .138  .310| .276  .614| -10  .128  -3.6  -0.4     
 1910 22 SLB AL  215  177    5   0.8    71| .124  .243| .184  .308| .155  .314| .339  .622|   9  .067 -20.0  -2.4     
 1911 23 PHI NL   18   15    1   1.8    96| .188  .269| .188  .347| .188  .371| .376  .718|   5  .187  -2.1  -0.2     
 1912 24 PHI NL  289  223   18   2.2   105| .224  .288| .241  .358| .280  .391| .521  .749|  39  .223 -24.8  -2.6     
 1913 25 PHI NL  375  282   27   2.6    95| .244  .274| .255  .340| .300  .373| .555  .713|  55  .322 -22.5  -2.5     
 1914 26 PHI NL  320  239   21   2.4    89| .234  .265| .261  .334| .274  .355| .535  .690|  55  .324 -17.7  -2.0     
 1915 27 PHI NL  345  250   25   2.7    81| .238  .257| .287  .320| .278  .344| .565  .664|  70  .409 -11.6  -1.4  62%
 1916 28 PHI NL  307  234   20   2.3    81| .217  .259| .246  .318| .294  .345| .540  .663|  62  .341 -14.1  -1.7     
 1917 29 PHI NL  437  306   37   3.3    81| .274  .261| .306  .319| .303  .344| .609  .663|  84  .489  -8.0  -0.9     
 1918 30 CHC NL  364  267   25   2.5    81| .233  .263| .276  .321| .281  .340| .557  .662|  69  .365 -12.8  -1.5     
 1919 31 CHC NL  345  238   33   3.8    83| .286  .265| .322  .320| .330  .349| .652  .668|  95  .524  -1.9  -0.2     
 1920 32 CHC NL  212  156   13   2.3    92| .220  .279| .280  .333| .267  .371| .547  .703|  56  .274 -10.6  -1.2  50%
 1921 33 CHC NL  144   97   15   4.2   107| .323  .298| .357  .348| .331  .410| .688  .759|  83  .451  -3.0  -0.3  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     3400 2509  241   2.6    87| .238  .267| .273  .328| .283  .355| .556  .683|  63  .354 -152.9 -17.3     

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1909 21 SLB AL C 11 36 21 6 2 .905 .969 5.18 5.79 0 1910 22 SLB AL C 73 311 124 29 16 .938 .968 5.96 6.14 4 1911 23 PHI NL C 6 29 10 1 1 .975 .965 6.50 5.57 1 1912 24 PHI NL C 85 407 134 15 17 .973 .969 6.36 5.38 5 1913 25 PHI NL C 118 570 166 9 16 .988 .970 6.24 5.09 5 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.20 1914 26 PHI NL C 90 464 154 14 11 .978 .970 6.87 5.13 2 1915 27 PHI NL C 104 539 126 19 6 .972 .975 6.39 5.25 8 1916 28 PHI NL C 91 443 89 8 15 .985 .974 5.85 5.42 11 1917 29 PHI NL C 120 615 138 12 14 .984 .975 6.28 5.16 8 OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.10 1 0 0 1918 30 CHC NL C 104 487 110 11 12 .982 .974 5.74 4.60 7 1919 31 CHC NL C 100 478 124 8 7 .987 .972 6.02 4.78 3 1920 32 CHC NL C 61 304 80 9 6 .977 .968 6.30 4.59 2 1921 33 CHC NL C 42 147 43 7 6 .964 .971 4.52 4.11 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1913 25 PHI NL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.20 1909 21 SLB AL C 11 36 21 6 2 .905 .969 5.18 5.79 0 1910 22 SLB AL C 73 311 124 29 16 .938 .968 5.96 6.14 4 1911 23 PHI NL C 6 29 10 1 1 .975 .965 6.50 5.57 1 1912 24 PHI NL C 85 407 134 15 17 .973 .969 6.36 5.38 5 1913 25 PHI NL C 118 570 166 9 16 .988 .970 6.24 5.09 5 1914 26 PHI NL C 90 464 154 14 11 .978 .970 6.87 5.13 2 1915 27 PHI NL C 104 539 126 19 6 .972 .975 6.39 5.25 8 1916 28 PHI NL C 91 443 89 8 15 .985 .974 5.85 5.42 11 1917 29 PHI NL C 120 615 138 12 14 .984 .975 6.28 5.16 8 1918 30 CHC NL C 104 487 110 11 12 .982 .974 5.74 4.60 7 1919 31 CHC NL C 100 478 124 8 7 .987 .972 6.02 4.78 3 1920 32 CHC NL C 61 304 80 9 6 .977 .968 6.30 4.59 2 1921 33 CHC NL C 42 147 43 7 6 .964 .971 4.52 4.11 2 1917 29 PHI NL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.10 1 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 1005 4830 1319 148 129 .976 .972 6.12 5.11 58 OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.10 1 0 0 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.20 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1007 4833 1319 148 129 .977 .972 6.11 5.11
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1915   WS    PHI BOS     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1918   WS    CHC BOS     L   6  17   2   2  1  0  0   2   2   0  .118  .211  .176   0  1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   7  18   2   2  1  0  0   2   2   0  .111  .200  .167   0  1   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Hit By Pitch
1920 NL-8-3

At Bats per Strikeout
1913 NL-21.2-5
1914 NL-17.6-7
1915 NL-22.9-3
1916 NL-20.4-2
1917 NL-19.5-9
1918 NL-33.1-2
1919 NL-39.4-3
Car-23.2-66

HOF Standards: Batting - 9.9 (1701) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 10.0 (1116) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  8. Doug Flynn (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Charley O'Leary (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 11, 1917: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Pete Alexander to the Chicago Cubs for Mike Prendergast, Pickles Dillhoefer, and $55,000.


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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