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 (Aug 7)

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CLE		DET	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 15	CLE		DET	W,14-7	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
3	3	Apr 17	CLE	@	SLB	W,13-10	CG	53	10.0	3	3	1	7	2
4	4	Apr 18	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
5	5	Apr 19	CLE	@	SLB	W,13-6	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
6	6	Apr 20	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
7	7	Apr 23	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 25	CLE		SLB	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
10	10	Apr 26	CLE		SLB	W,8-7	CG	70	16.0	5	4	1	10	0
11	11	Apr 27	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
12	12	Apr 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	5	0	6	2
13	13	Apr 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	3	4	1	8	0
14	14	Apr 30	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	4	2	1	7	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
16	16	May 2	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
17	17	May 3	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	18	5.0	1	1	0	2	1
18	18	May 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
19	19	May 5	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
20	20	May 6	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
21	21	May 7	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	8	0	8	2
22	22	May 9	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	34	8.1	5	4	0	9	1
23	23	May 10	CLE	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	63	15.0	3	7	0	10	4
24	24	May 11	CLE	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
25	25	May 14	CLE		PHA	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
26	26	May 15	CLE		BOS	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
27	27	May 16	CLE		BOS	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
28	28	May 17	CLE		NYY	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
29	29	May 19	CLE		NYY	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
30	30	May 20	CLE		WSH	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
31	31	May 21	CLE		WSH	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
32	32	May 22	CLE		DET	L,10-13	CG	52	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
33	33	May 23 (1)	CLE		DET	L,5-13	CG	50	9.0	4	5	1	10	1
34	34	May 23 (2)	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
35	35	May 24	CLE		DET	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
36	36	May 26	CLE		SLB	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
37	37	May 27	CLE		SLB	W,12-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	38	May 28	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
39	39	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
40	40	May 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
41	41	May 31	CLE		CHW	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	42	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-14	CG	44	8.0	2	5	1	8	0
43	43	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
44	44	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
45	45	Jun 5	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
46	46	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
47	47	Jun 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	59	15.2	5	8	0	13	2
48	48	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
49	49	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
50	50	Jun 11	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
51	51	Jun 13 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
52	52	Jun 13 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,19-1	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
53	53	Jun 14	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	3	3	1	7	2
54	54	Jun 16	CLE		NYY	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
55	55	Jun 17 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,4-15	CG	50	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	56	Jun 17 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-12	CG	47	9.0	2	6	1	9	3
57	57	Jun 18	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
58	58	Jun 19	CLE		WSH	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
59	59	Jun 20	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
60	60	Jun 21	CLE		WSH	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
61	61	Jun 22	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
62	62	Jun 23	CLE		PHA	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	4	5	1	10	2
63	63	Jun 24 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
64	64	Jun 24 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,14-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
65	65	Jun 25	CLE		BOS	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
66	66	Jun 26	CLE		BOS	W,8-7	CG	45	10.0	2	4	1	7	0
67	67	Jun 27	CLE		BOS	W,14-5	CG	44	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
68	68	Jun 28	CLE		BOS	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	69	Jul 1 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,12-16	CG	47	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	70	Jul 1 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	T,5-5	CG	43	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
71	71	Jul 2 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,14-6	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
72	72	Jul 2 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
73	73	Jul 3	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
74	74	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
75	75	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	35	8.0	1	7	0	8	0
76	76	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
77	77	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
78	78	Jul 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,11-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
79	79	Jul 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-18	CG	49	8.0	4	4	1	9	2
80	80	Jul 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	81	Jul 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
82	82	Jul 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
83	83	Jul 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
84	84	Jul 15	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
85	85	Jul 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
86	86	Jul 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
87	87	Jul 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
88	88	Jul 19 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
89	89	Jul 19 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
90	90	Jul 21	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
91	91	Jul 22	CLE		BOS	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
92	92	Jul 23	CLE		BOS	L,8-9	CG	46	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
93	93	Jul 24	CLE		PHA	W,16-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
94	94	Jul 25	CLE		PHA	L,12-15	CG	54	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
95	95	Jul 26 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,0-13	CG	48	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
96	96	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	8	0	10	1
97	97	Jul 28	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
98	98	Jul 29 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,11-6	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
99	99	Jul 29 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	5	1	6	1
100	100	Jul 30	CLE		WSH	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
101	101	Jul 31	CLE		NYY	L,7-11	CG	49	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	102	Aug 1	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	CG	41	10.0	1	3	0	4	1
103	103	Aug 2	CLE		NYY	T,4-4	CG	66	16.0	6	6	1	13	0
104	104	Aug 3	CLE	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
105	105	Aug 4	CLE	@	DET	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
106	106	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	42	10.0	3	3	0	6	0
107	107	Aug 6	CLE	@	DET	L,0-9	CG	44	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
108	108	Aug 7	CLE		CHW	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
109	109	Aug 8	CLE		CHW	L,7-9	CG	46	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
110	110	Aug 9 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,9-1	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
111	111	Aug 9 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	4	7	0	11	2
112	112	Aug 11	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
113	113	Aug 12	CLE		DET	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	3	7	0	10	3
114	114	Aug 13	CLE		DET	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
115	115	Aug 14	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-10	CG	49	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
116	116	Aug 15	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
117	117	Aug 16	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
118	118	Aug 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
119	119	Aug 18	CLE	@	CHW	L,10-11	CG	50	9.1	0	3	1	4	0
120	120	Aug 21	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
121	121	Aug 22	CLE		SLB	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
122	122	Aug 23	CLE		SLB	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
123	123	Aug 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
124	124	Aug 26	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-14	CG	48	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
125	125	Aug 27	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-9	CG	50	10.0	1	3	0	4	1
126	126	Aug 29 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,13-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
127	127	Aug 29 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	22	4.0	1	2	0	3	1
128	128	Aug 30 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
129	129	Aug 30 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	130	Sep 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
131	131	Sep 2	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	0	3	3	6	0
132	132	Sep 3	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
133	133	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-9	CG	43	8.0	6	2	2	10	1
134	136 (2)	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
135	137	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
136	138	Sep 9 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
137	139	Sep 9 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,9-12	CG	45	9.0	2	4	1	7	3
138	140	Sep 10	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
139	141	Sep 11	CLE		WSH	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	2	6	1	9	0
140	142	Sep 12	CLE		WSH	L,2-12	CG	47	9.0	5	3	1	9	1
141	143	Sep 13 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
142	144	Sep 13 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
143	145	Sep 15	CLE		BOS	W,13-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
144	146	Sep 16	CLE		BOS	W,13-3	CG	29	6.0	2	5	0	7	1
145	147	Sep 17	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
146	148	Sep 18	CLE	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
147	149	Sep 19	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
148	150	Sep 20	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
149	151	Sep 22	CLE		CHW	T,8-8	CG	59	12.0	2	3	0	5	2
150	152	Sep 23 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,17-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
151	153	Sep 23 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	CG	33	6.0	3	3	0	6	0
152	154	Sep 25 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
153	155	Sep 25 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,7-6	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
154	156	Sep 26	CLE		DET	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
155	157	Sep 27	CLE		DET	W,9-1	CG	28	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
							155gm		1373.0	313	486	40	839	97