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Bill McKechnie
William Boyd McKechnie (Deacon)

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 160 lb.

Debut September 8, 1907
Final Game September 28, 1920
Born August 7, 1886 in Wilkinsburg, PA
Died October 29, 1965 in Bradenton, FL

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1962.

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1907 20 PIT NL   3    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0      .125  .125  .125  -22    1   0           0    
 1910 23 PIT NL  71  212   23   46   1  2   0   12   4     11  23  .217  .256  .241   41   51   8           0    
 1911 24 PIT NL 104  321   40   73   8  7   2   37   9     28  18  .227  .293  .315   67  101  25           2    
 1912 25 PIT NL  24   73    8   18   0  1   0    4   2      4   5  .247  .286  .274   54   20   2           0    
 1913 26 TOT     46  116    8   15   0  0   0    8   2      8  18  .129  .198  .129   -4   15   3           2    
         BSN NL   1    4    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .200  .000  -40    0   0           1    
         NYY AL  45  112    7   15   0  0   0    8   2      8  17  .134  .198  .134   -2   15   3           1    
 1914 27 IND FL 149  570  107  173  24  6   2   38  47     53  36  .304  .368  .377  103  215  36           5    
 1915 28 NEW FL 127  451   49  113  22  5   1   43  28     41  31  .251  .316  .328   94  148  21           2    
 1916 29 TOT NL 108  390   26  100  12  1   0   27  11     10  32  .256  .277  .292   78  114  12           1    
         NYG NL  71  260   22   64   9  1   0   17   7      7  20  .246  .269  .288   75   75   5           1    
         CIN NL  37  130    4   36   3  0   0   10   4      3  12  .277  .293  .300   84   39   7           0    
 1917 30 CIN NL  48  134   11   34   3  1   0   15   5      7   7  .254  .296  .291   83   39   3           1    
 1918 31 PIT NL 126  435   34  111  13  9   2   43  12     24  22  .255  .297  .340   92  148  19           2    
 1920 33 PIT NL  40  133   13   29   3  1   1   13   7  4   4   7  .218  .241  .278   47   37   3           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     846 2843  319  713  86 33   8  240 127  4 190 199  .251  .301  .313   78  889 132   0   0  15   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        544   61  137  16  6   2   46  24  1  36  38  .251  .301  .313   78  170  25   0   0   3   0
 Career High    149  570  107  173  24  9   2   43  47  4  53  36  .304  .368  .377  103  215  36   0   0   5   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1907 20 PIT NL    8    7    0   0.0    77| .125  .254| .125  .321| .125  .323| .250  .644| -22  .000  -1.2  -0.1     
 1910 23 PIT NL  231  174   13   2.0    93| .217  .271| .256  .346| .241  .359| .497  .705|  41  .249 -17.3  -1.9     
 1911 24 PIT NL  376  273   29   2.8    99| .227  .273| .293  .351| .315  .376| .608  .727|  67  .350 -15.8  -1.7     
 1912 25 PIT NL   79   57    6   2.8    99| .247  .279| .286  .349| .274  .380| .560  .729|  54  .319  -4.9  -0.5     
 1913 26 TOT     129  104    3   0.8    87| .129  .265| .198  .336| .129  .348| .327  .684|  -4  .055 -15.4  -1.8     
         BSN NL    5    4    0   0.0    92| .000  .270| .200  .334| .000  .367| .200  .701| -40  .000  -0.7  -0.1     
         NYY AL  124  100    3   0.8    87| .134  .265| .198  .336| .134  .347| .332  .683|  -2  .059 -14.7  -1.7     
 1914 27 IND FL  664  433   78   4.8   101| .304  .284| .368  .351| .377  .384| .745  .735| 103  .595   6.9   0.7     
 1915 28 NEW FL  515  359   46   3.4    81| .251  .255| .316  .321| .328  .342| .644  .663|  94  .475   0.6   0.1     
 1916 29 TOT NL  413  302   31   2.8    75| .256  .250| .277  .307| .292  .333| .569  .641|  78  .421 -10.9  -1.3     
         NYG NL  273  201   20   2.7    74| .246  .248| .269  .306| .288  .332| .557  .638|  75  .406  -8.1  -1.0     
         CIN NL  140  101   11   3.0    77| .277  .252| .293  .310| .300  .336| .593  .646|  84  .448  -2.8  -0.3     
 1917 30 CIN NL  145  103   11   2.9    75| .254  .252| .296  .309| .291  .333| .587  .641|  83  .433  -2.7  -0.3     
 1918 31 PIT NL  480  343   44   3.5    82| .255  .265| .297  .323| .340  .342| .637  .664|  92  .504  -5.9  -0.7     
 1920 33 PIT NL  140  111    9   2.2    93| .218  .280| .241  .334| .278  .372| .519  .706|  47  .264  -9.6  -1.1  63%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     3180 2266  270   3.2    88| .251  .267| .301  .332| .313  .356| .614  .689|  78  .438 -76.2  -8.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 ------+
1907 20 PIT NL 3B 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 .930 2.00 3.35 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 5.10 1910 23 PIT NL 2B 36 89 112 6 15 .971 .952 5.58 5.05 SS 14 24 40 5 4 .928 .924 4.57 5.02 3B 8 5 10 0 0 1.000 .932 1.88 3.08 1B 4 28 4 1 1 .970 .985 8.00 10.07 1911 24 PIT NL 1B 57 524 32 14 28 .975 .985 9.75 9.90 2B 17 49 48 3 16 .970 .952 5.71 5.03 SS 12 20 25 3 5 .938 .926 3.75 4.88 3B 6 5 4 1 0 .900 .938 1.50 3.03 1912 25 PIT NL 3B 13 15 30 1 0 .978 .936 3.46 3.02 SS 4 3 8 1 2 .917 .932 2.75 4.92 2B 3 1 4 0 2 1.000 .962 1.67 5.10 1B 2 4 0 1 0 .800 1.000 2.00 10.00 1913 26 BSN NL OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.10 0 1 0 NYY AL 2B 28 57 76 7 12 .950 .954 4.75 4.82 SS 7 16 16 4 1 .889 .936 4.57 5.09 3B 2 1 2 1 0 .750 .938 1.50 3.10 1914 27 IND FL 3B 149 195 327 34 28 .939 .932 3.50 2.98 1915 28 NEW FL 3B 117 184 226 19 17 .956 .943 3.50 3.15 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 0 1 1916 29 TOT NL 3B 106 108 193 17 14 .947 .938 2.84 3.00 NYG NL 3B 71 70 134 13 8 .940 .938 2.87 3.00 CIN NL 3B 35 38 59 4 6 .960 .938 2.77 3.00 1917 30 CIN NL 2B 26 49 51 6 11 .943 .956 3.85 4.96 SS 13 24 42 9 4 .880 .931 5.08 5.15 3B 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 3.05 1918 31 PIT NL 3B 126 162 261 15 26 .966 .949 3.36 3.33 1920 33 PIT NL 3B 20 21 29 3 2 .943 .947 2.50 3.04 SS 10 19 37 3 7 .949 .941 5.60 5.47 2B 6 12 18 2 2 .938 .962 5.00 5.45 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.00 10.80
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1910 23 PIT NL 1B 4 28 4 1 1 .970 .985 8.00 10.07 1911 24 PIT NL 1B 57 524 32 14 28 .975 .985 9.75 9.90 1912 25 PIT NL 1B 2 4 0 1 0 .800 1.000 2.00 10.00 1920 33 PIT NL 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.00 10.80 1907 20 PIT NL 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 5.10 1910 23 PIT NL 2B 36 89 112 6 15 .971 .952 5.58 5.05 1911 24 PIT NL 2B 17 49 48 3 16 .970 .952 5.71 5.03 1912 25 PIT NL 2B 3 1 4 0 2 1.000 .962 1.67 5.10 1913 26 NYY AL 2B 28 57 76 7 12 .950 .954 4.75 4.82 1917 30 CIN NL 2B 26 49 51 6 11 .943 .956 3.85 4.96 1920 33 PIT NL 2B 6 12 18 2 2 .938 .962 5.00 5.45 1907 20 PIT NL 3B 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 .930 2.00 3.35 1910 23 PIT NL 3B 8 5 10 0 0 1.000 .932 1.88 3.08 1911 24 PIT NL 3B 6 5 4 1 0 .900 .938 1.50 3.03 1912 25 PIT NL 3B 13 15 30 1 0 .978 .936 3.46 3.02 1913 26 NYY AL 3B 2 1 2 1 0 .750 .938 1.50 3.10 1914 27 IND FL 3B 149 195 327 34 28 .939 .932 3.50 2.98 1915 28 NEW FL 3B 117 184 226 19 17 .956 .943 3.50 3.15 1916 29 TOT NL 3B 106 108 193 17 14 .947 .938 2.84 3.00 NYG NL 3B 71 70 134 13 8 .940 .938 2.87 3.00 CIN NL 3B 35 38 59 4 6 .960 .938 2.77 3.00 1917 30 CIN NL 3B 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 3.05 1918 31 PIT NL 3B 126 162 261 15 26 .966 .949 3.36 3.33 1920 33 PIT NL 3B 20 21 29 3 2 .943 .947 2.50 3.04 1913 26 BSN NL OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.10 0 1 0 1915 28 NEW FL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 0 1 1910 23 PIT NL SS 14 24 40 5 4 .928 .924 4.57 5.02 1911 24 PIT NL SS 12 20 25 3 5 .938 .926 3.75 4.88 1912 25 PIT NL SS 4 3 8 1 2 .917 .932 2.75 4.92 1913 26 NYY AL SS 7 16 16 4 1 .889 .936 4.57 5.09 1917 30 CIN NL SS 13 24 42 9 4 .880 .931 5.08 5.15 1920 33 PIT NL SS 10 19 37 3 7 .949 .941 5.60 5.47
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 553 700 1086 91 87 .952 .940 3.23 3.11 2B 117 257 310 24 58 .959 .954 4.85 4.99 1B 64 560 36 16 29 .974 .985 9.31 9.93 SS 60 106 168 25 23 .916 .931 4.57 5.10 OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.05 0 1 1 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 796 1626 1600 156 197 .954 .950 4.05 4.08
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.

Games
1918 NL-126-5

At Bats
1914 FL-570-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1914 FL-664-2

Runs
1914 FL-107-2

Hits
1914 FL-173-6

Stolen Bases
1914 FL-47-2

Singles
1914 FL-141-3

Times on Base
1914 FL-231-7

Sac. Hits
1911 NL-25-9
1914 FL-36-1

At Bats per Strikeout
1911 NL-17.8-6
1914 FL-15.8-9

Outs
1914 FL-433-4

Youngest Player
1907 NL-20-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 10 (1361) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.5 (1421) (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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Transactions 

August 15, 1907: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Washington (POM). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

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

September 16, 1912: Drafted by the Boston Braves from the St Paul (American Association) in the 1912 rule 5 draft.

April 15, 1913: Selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the Boston Braves.

Before 1914 Season: Jumped from the New York Yankees to the Indianapolis Hoosiers.

December 23, 1915: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Newark Pepper.

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

March, 1918: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Cincinnati Reds for $20,000.


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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