Bill Killefer

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: October 10, 1887 in Bloomingdale, MI us

Died: July 3, 1960 in Elsmere, DE

Buried: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Paw Paw, MI

High School: Paw Paw HS (Paw Paw, MI)

Schools: Sacred Heart College (Watertown, WI), St. Edward's University (Austin, TX)

Debut: September 13, 1909 (Age 21-338d, 3,232nd in major league history)
vs. DET 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1921 (Age 33-356d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1910 season

Full Name: William Killefer

Nicknames: Reindeer Bill

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Relatives: Brother of Red Killefer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.8

3150

751

.238

237

RBI

240

OBP

.273

SLG

.283

OPS

.556

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1910 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1910 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	12 (11)	May 4	SLB		CLE	T,3-3	GF	0	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	13	May 5	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	9.1	9	0	1	10	1
3	14	May 6	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	0	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
4	15	May 7	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
5	16	May 8	SLB	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	3	5	0	8	0
6	18 (1)	May 11	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-10	CG	0	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
7	20 (1)	May 13	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
8	22 (1)	May 16	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	6	2	2	10	0
9	23	May 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,7-8	GS	0		0	1	0	1	0
10	30 (6)	May 25	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-3	GF	0		2	0	1	3	0
11	31	May 26	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	6	3	2	11	2
12	37 (5)	May 31	SLB		DET	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	39 (1)	Jun 4	SLB		BOS	L,0-6	GF	0		3	3	0	6	0
14	40	Jun 5	SLB		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	13	1	2	16	1
15	41	Jun 6	SLB		NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
16	42	Jun 7	SLB		NYY	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
17	43	Jun 8	SLB		NYY	T,4-4	CG	0	7.0	8	0	0	8	0
18	44	Jun 11	SLB		PHA	L,2-6	GS	0	7.0	2	2	1	5	0
19	46 (1)	Jun 13	SLB		PHA	L,1-6	GF	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	55 (8)	Jun 23	SLB	@	DET	L,4-10	GF	0	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	58 (2)	Jun 26	SLB		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
22	61 (2)	Jun 30	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-5	GF	0		4	1	1	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	62	Jul 1	SLB	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	6	4	1	11	0
24	64 (1)	Jul 3 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-4	GF	0	2.0	1	0	2	3	0
25	65	Jul 3 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
26	66	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-5	GS	0	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
27	67	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
28	68	Jul 5	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-5	GS	0	7.0	5	2	0	7	0
29	69	Jul 6	SLB	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
30	70	Jul 8	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-12	GS	0		0	2	0	2	0
31	71	Jul 9 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
32	72	Jul 9 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
33	73	Jul 11	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	1
34	82 (8)	Jul 21	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-19	GF	0		1	1	0	2	0
35	90 (7)	Jul 31 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,0-2	GS	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	93 (2)	Aug 4 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,1-9	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
37	99 (5)	Aug 9 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	9	6	0	15	1
38	100	Aug 9 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,0-8	CG	0	9.0	4	5	1	10	0
39	101	Aug 10 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
40	102	Aug 10 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	4	1	1	6	1
41	103	Aug 11	SLB		NYY	L,1-3	CG	0	10.0	5	2	1	8	0
42	104	Aug 12	SLB		NYY	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	4	3	2	9	0
43	105	Aug 13	SLB		BOS	W,2-0	GS	0		4	1	0	5	0
44	106	Aug 14 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	7	4	0	11	2
45	108 (1)	Aug 15	SLB		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
46	109	Aug 16	SLB		BOS	L,0-2	GS	0		4	2	0	6	0
47	110	Aug 19	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
48	111	Aug 20 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	6	1	1	8	0
49	113 (1)	Aug 22	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-8	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
50	115 (1)	Aug 24	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
51	118 (2)	Aug 27	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
52	119	Aug 29 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
53	121 (1)	Aug 30	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	122	Aug 31	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	123	Sep 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-6	GF	0		5	0	0	5	0
56	125 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
57	128 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
58	130 (1)	Sep 8 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
59	131	Sep 9 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
60	134 (2)	Sep 10 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,7-2	CG	0	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	135	Sep 11 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
62	137 (1)	Sep 13	SLB	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
63	138	Sep 14	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-10	CG	0	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
64	139	Sep 15	SLB		NYY	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
65	140	Sep 17	SLB		NYY	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
66	141	Sep 18	SLB		NYY	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	3
67	142	Sep 19	SLB		BOS	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	10	3	0	13	2
68	143	Sep 20	SLB		BOS	L,5-9	GS	0		5	5	1	11	0
69	144	Sep 21	SLB		BOS	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
70	145	Sep 24	SLB		WSH	L,3-6	GS	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
71	146	Sep 25 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
72	148 (1)	Sep 27 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
73	158 (9)	Oct 9 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,0-3	GF	0		6	2	0	8	0
							73gm		538.0	311	124	29	464	16