Bill Knickerbocker

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: December 29, 1911 in Los Angeles, CA us

Died: September 8, 1963 in Sebastopol, CA

Buried: Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA

High School: Theodore Roosevelt HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 12, 1933 (Age 21-104d, 7,572nd in major league history)
vs. DET 6 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 17, 1942 (Age 30-262d)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1933 season

Full Name: William Hart Knickerbocker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.6

3418

943

.276

423

RBI

368

OBP

.326

SLG

.374

OPS

.700

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Sep 7)

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	26 (25)	May 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-12	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
2	27	May 24	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-2	GS	24	6.0	2	2	0	4	1
3	28	May 25 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-6	CG	49	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
4	29	May 25 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	8	0	10	0
5	30	May 26	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
6	31	May 27	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	32	May 28	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
8	33	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
9	34	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
10	35	May 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	36	Jun 1 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
12	37	Jun 1 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
13	38	Jun 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
14	39	Jun 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,11-4	CG	60	14.0	8	5	0	13	2
15	40	Jun 5 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	1	1	0	2	1
16	41	Jun 5 (2)	CLE	@	DET	T,4-4	CG	24	6.0	3	4	0	7	2
17	42	Jun 6	CLE	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	50	9.1	1	3	1	5	0
18	43	Jun 8	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
19	44	Jun 9	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
20	45	Jun 11 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,2-4	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
21	46	Jun 11 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
22	47	Jun 12	CLE		PHA	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
23	48	Jun 13	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
24	49	Jun 14	CLE		PHA	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
25	50	Jun 15	CLE		BOS	W,9-7	CG	46	9.0	4	4	1	9	2
26	51	Jun 16 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
27	52	Jun 16 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
28	53	Jun 17	CLE		BOS	W,11-2	GS	30	7.0	2	3	0	5	1
29	54	Jun 19 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,8-11	CG	49	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
30	55	Jun 19 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
31	56	Jun 20	CLE		WSH	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
32	57	Jun 22	CLE		NYY	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
33	58	Jun 23	CLE		NYY	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
34	59	Jun 24	CLE		NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	4	7	0	11	2
35	60	Jun 25	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
36	61	Jun 28	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
37	62	Jun 29	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
38	63	Jun 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
39	64	Jun 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	65	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
41	66	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
42	67	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	L,7-11	CG	44	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
43	68	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	L,5-6	CG	50	11.0	3	3	0	6	0
44	69	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
45	70	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
46	71	Jul 7 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
47	72	Jul 7 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
48	73	Jul 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
49	74	Jul 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
50	75	Jul 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
51	76	Jul 14 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-14	CG	47	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
52	77	Jul 14 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	T,2-2	CG	38	10.0	3	4	1	8	2
53	78	Jul 17 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-13	CG	47	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
54	79	Jul 17 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
55	80	Jul 18	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
56	81	Jul 20 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,15-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
57	82	Jul 20 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
58	83	Jul 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
59	84	Jul 22	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
60	85	Jul 24 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
61	86	Jul 24 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,13-8	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	3
62	87	Jul 26	CLE		DET	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
63	88	Jul 27	CLE		DET	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
64	89	Jul 28	CLE		DET	L,6-14	CG	52	9.0	5	4	1	10	1
65	90	Jul 29	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
66	91	Jul 30	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-8	CG	43	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
67	92	Jul 31	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	6	0	8	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	93	Aug 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
69	94	Aug 3 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
70	96 (1)	Aug 4	CLE	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
71	97	Aug 5	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
72	98	Aug 7 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
73	99	Aug 7 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	10.0	2	4	0	6	0
74	100	Aug 8 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,14-8	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
75	101	Aug 8 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
76	102	Aug 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	3
77	104 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
78	105	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	T,7-7	CG	48	11.0	0	2	0	2	2
79	106	Aug 13	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
80	107	Aug 14	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
81	108	Aug 15	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
82	109	Aug 16	CLE		NYY	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
83	110	Aug 17 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
84	111	Aug 17 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
85	112	Aug 18 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	10.0	2	3	1	6	1
86	113	Aug 18 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,13-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	2	5	1
87	114	Aug 19	CLE		WSH	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
88	115	Aug 20	CLE		WSH	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
89	116	Aug 21 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
90	117	Aug 21 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
91	118	Aug 22	CLE		PHA	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
92	119	Aug 23	CLE		PHA	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
93	120	Aug 24	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	54	15.0	1	6	1	8	0
94	121	Aug 25 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
95	122	Aug 25 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-8	CG	48	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
96	123	Aug 26	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	6	1	7	0
97	124	Aug 28 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
98	125	Aug 28 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
99	126	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	127	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
101	128	Sep 2 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
102	129	Sep 2 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
103	130	Sep 5 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
104	131	Sep 5 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
105	132	Sep 7 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	5	6	3	14	0
106	133	Sep 7 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
107	134	Sep 8 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.2	1	2	0	3	0
108	135	Sep 8 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	42	8.2	1	1	0	2	1
109	136	Sep 9	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
110	137	Sep 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
111	138	Sep 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
112	139	Sep 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	39	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
113	140	Sep 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
114	141	Sep 14	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
115	142	Sep 15 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,16-4	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
116	143	Sep 15 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
117	144	Sep 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
118	145	Sep 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
119	146	Sep 18 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
120	147	Sep 18 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-0	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
121	148	Sep 21	CLE		CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
122	149	Sep 22 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	4	4	2	10	0
123	150	Sep 22 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
124	151	Sep 24	CLE		DET	W,14-7	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
125	152	Sep 25	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
126	153	Sep 28 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
127	154	Sep 28 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
128	155	Sep 29 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,7-9	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
							128gm		1127.0	247	453	32	732	82