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Willie Keeler
William Henry Keeler (Wee Willie)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Weight: 140 lb.

Born: March 3, 1872 in Brooklyn, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: September 30, 1892
Final Game: September 5, 1910
Died: January 1, 1923 in Brooklyn, NY
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1939 (207/274 ballots).
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1892 20 NYG NL 14 57 53 7 17 3 0 0 6 5 3 3 .321 .368 .377 .746 126 20 1 5
1893 21 TOT NL 27 114 104 19 33 3 2 2 16 5 9 5 .317 .377 .442 .820 121 46 1 5O/46
1893 21 NYG NL 7 29 24 5 8 2 1 1 7 3 5 1 .333 .448 .625 1.073 183 15 0 /O46
1893 21 BRO NL 20 85 80 14 25 1 1 1 9 2 4 4 .313 .353 .388 .740 101 31 1 5/O
1894 22 BLN NL 129 648 590 165 219 27 22 5 94 32 40 6 .371 .427 .517 .944 123 305 18 *O/4
1895 23 BLN NL 131 637 565 162 213 24 15 4 78 47 37 12 .377 .429 .494 .922 134 279 14 21 *O
1896 24 BLN NL 126 601 544 153 210 22 13 4 82 67 37 9 .386 .432 .496 .928 142 270 7 13 *O
1897 25 BLN NL 129 618 564 145 239 27 19 0 74 64 35 .424 .464 .539 1.003 164 304 7 12 *O
1898 26 BLN NL 129 604 561 126 216 7 2 1 44 28 31 .385 .420 .410 .830 136 230 3 9 *O/5
1899 27 BRO NL 141 633 570 140 216 12 13 1 61 45 37 .379 .425 .451 .876 138 257 9 17 *O
1900 28 BRO NL 136 619 563 106 204 13 12 4 68 41 30 .362 .402 .449 .851 129 253 7 19 *O/4
1901 29 BRO NL 136 645 595 123 202 18 12 2 43 23 21 .339 .369 .420 .789 126 250 7 22 *O5/4
1902 30 BRO NL 133 612 559 86 186 20 5 0 38 19 21 .333 .365 .386 .751 130 216 7 25 *O
1903 31 NYY AL 132 584 512 95 160 14 7 0 32 24 32 .313 .368 .367 .735 116 188 13 27 *O/5
1904 32 NYY AL 143 612 543 78 186 14 8 2 40 21 35 .343 .390 .409 .799 147 222 7 27 *O
1905 33 NYY AL 149 650 560 81 169 14 4 4 38 19 43 .302 .357 .363 .719 118 203 5 42 *O4/5
1906 34 NYY AL 152 672 592 96 180 8 3 2 33 23 40 .304 .353 .338 .691 108 200 5 35 *O
1907 35 NYY AL 107 467 423 50 99 5 2 0 17 7 15 .234 .265 .255 .521 61 108 3 26 *O
1908 36 NYY AL 91 380 323 38 85 3 1 1 14 14 31 .263 .337 .288 .625 103 93 5 21 O
1909 37 NYY AL 99 427 360 44 95 7 5 1 32 10 24 .264 .327 .319 .647 103 115 10 33 O
1910 38 NYG NL 19 14 10 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 .300 .462 .300 .762 123 3 0 1 /O
19 Seasons 2123 9594 8591 1719 2932 241 145 33 810 495 524 36 .341 .388 .415 .802 126 3562 129 350
162 Game Avg. 162 732 656 131 224 18 11 3 62 38 40 .341 .388 .415 .802 126 272 10
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
NYY (7 yrs) 873 3792 3313 482 974 65 30 10 206 118 220 .294 .347 .341 .688 110 1129 48 211
BLN (5 yrs) 644 3108 2824 751 1097 107 71 14 372 238 180 27 .388 .434 .492 .926 139 1388 49 55
BRO (5 yrs) 566 2594 2367 469 833 64 43 8 219 130 113 4 .352 .389 .425 .815 130 1007 31 83
NYG (3 yrs) 40 100 87 17 28 5 1 1 13 9 11 5 .322 .404 .437 .841 144 38 1 1
NL (12 yrs) 1250 5802 5278 1237 1958 176 115 23 604 377 304 36 .371 .414 .461 .875 135 2433 81 139
AL (7 yrs) 873 3792 3313 482 974 65 30 10 206 118 220 .294 .347 .341 .688 110 1129 48 211

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1892 NYG NL 20 3B 14 41 15 21 5 1 .878 2.57 .878 3.53
1893 TOT NL 21 OF 11 17 11 2 4 0 .765 1.18 .929 2.14 8-3-0
1893 NYG NL 21 OF 3 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.67 .933 2.13 0-3-0
1893 NYG NL 21 2B 2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .925 5.90
1893 NYG NL 21 SS 2 8 1 5 2 0 .750 3.00 .912 5.45
1893 BRO NL 21 3B 12 60 20 30 10 2 .833 4.17 .900 3.75
1893 BRO NL 21 OF 8 14 9 2 3 0 .786 1.38 .929 2.14 8-0-0
1894 BLN NL 22 OF 128 256 215 25 16 4 .938 1.88 .913 2.24 0-0-128
1894 BLN NL 22 2B 1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 .933 5.70
1895 BLN NL 23 OF 131 275 244 21 10 5 .964 2.02 .913 2.14 0-0-131
1896 BLN NL 24 OF 126 255 227 20 8 6 .969 1.96 .931 2.12 2-0-124
1897 BLN NL 25 OF 129 236 217 12 7 2 .970 1.78 .933 2.06 0-0-129
1898 BLN NL 26 OF 128 233 210 14 9 2 .961 1.75 .935 2.03 0-0-128
1898 BLN NL 26 3B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 3.40
1899 BRO NL 27 OF 141 234 208 21 5 4 .979 1.62 .942 2.11 0-0-141
1900 BRO NL 28 OF 136 265 227 22 16 4 .940 1.83 .940 2.13 0-0-136
1900 BRO NL 28 2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 5.20
1901 BRO NL 29 OF 125 201 181 17 3 4 .985 1.58 .939 2.03 0-0-125
1901 BRO NL 29 3B 10 25 8 11 6 2 .760 1.90 .904 3.16
1901 BRO NL 29 2B 3 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 4.33 .938 5.07
1902 BRO NL 30 OF 133 227 208 14 5 5 .978 1.67 .943 1.93 0-0-133
1903 NYY AL 31 OF 128 200 177 10 13 4 .935 1.46 .953 1.92 0-5-123
1903 NYY AL 31 3B 4 13 6 5 2 0 .846 2.75 .931 3.10
1904 NYY AL 32 OF 142 216 186 16 14 7 .935 1.42 .955 1.84 0-0-142
1905 NYY AL 33 OF 137 218 194 17 7 1 .968 1.54 .952 1.83 3-0-134
1905 NYY AL 33 2B 12 30 9 19 2 1 .933 2.33 .953 4.91
1905 NYY AL 33 3B 3 8 4 2 2 0 .750 2.00 .938 3.10
1906 NYY AL 34 OF 152 232 213 16 3 3 .987 1.51 .962 1.87 1-0-151
1907 NYY AL 35 OF 107 162 144 13 5 5 .969 1.47 .959 1.83 0-0-107
1908 NYY AL 36 OF 88 141 123 9 9 2 .936 1.50 .955 1.80 2-0-86
1909 NYY AL 37 OF 95 124 111 9 4 2 .968 1.26 .950 1.80 0-0-95
1910 NYG NL 38 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 1.000 2.10 1-1-0
18 Seasons OF 2039 3493 3097 258 138 60 .960 1.65 .940 1.99 17-9-2013
6 Seasons 3B 44 148 54 69 25 5 .831 2.80 .899 3.43
5 Seasons 2B 19 51 18 31 2 1 .961 2.58 .945 5.09
1 Season SS 2 8 1 5 2 0 .750 3.00 .912 5.45
19 Seasons TOT 2104 3700 3170 363 167 66 .955 1.68 .894 2.05 17-9-2013
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1894 NL--.371--10th
1895 NL--.377--8th
1896 NL--.386--4th
1897 NL--.424--1st
1898 NL--.385--1st
1899 NL--.379--4th
1900 NL--.362--4th
1901 NL--.340--5th
1902 NL--.333--3rd
1903 AL--.313--6th
1904 AL--.343--2nd
1905 AL--.302--2nd
1906 AL--.304--10th
Career--.341--14th

On-Base% s c a p y
1897 NL--.464--3rd
1898 NL--.420--7th
1899 NL--.425--6th
1900 NL--.402--10th
1903 AL--.368--7th
1904 AL--.390--2nd
1905 AL--.357--3rd
1906 AL--.353--10th
Career--.388--115th

Slugging % s c a p y
1896 NL--.496--9th
1897 NL--.539--2nd
1900 NL--.449--10th
1902 NL--.386--9th
1904 AL--.409--8th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1897 NL--1.003--1st
1899 NL--.876--9th
1900 NL--.851--9th
1902 NL--.751--9th
1904 AL--.799--4th

Games Played s c a p y
1895 NL--131--10th
1906 AL--152--6th
Career--2123--161st

At Bats s c a p y
1894 NL--590--3rd
1895 NL--565--1st
1896 NL--544--6th
1897 NL--564--4th
1900 NL--563--5th
1901 NL--595--2nd
1902 NL--559--3rd
1906 AL--592--6th
Career--8591--90th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1894 NL--648--3rd
1895 NL--637--2nd
1897 NL--618--7th
1901 NL--645--2nd
1902 NL--612--4th
1905 AL--650--8th
1906 AL--672--2nd
Career--9594--101st

Runs Scored s c a p y
1894 NL--165--2nd
1895 NL--162--2nd
1896 NL--153--2nd
1897 NL--145--2nd
1898 NL--126--4th
1899 NL--140--1st
1900 NL--106--6th
1901 NL--123--2nd
1902 NL--86--8th
1903 AL--95--3rd
1905 AL--81--5th
1906 AL--96--2nd
Career--1719--24th

Hits s c a p y
1894 NL--219--3rd
1895 NL--213--2nd
1896 NL--210--2nd
1897 NL--239--1st
1898 NL--216--1st
1899 NL--216--4th
1900 NL--204--1st
1901 NL--202--2nd
1902 NL--186--2nd
1903 AL--160--10th
1904 AL--186--2nd
1905 AL--169--4th
1906 AL--180--5th
Career--2932--32nd

Total Bases s c a p y
1894 NL--305--3rd
1895 NL--279--6th
1896 NL--270--5th
1897 NL--304--2nd
1899 NL--257--10th
1900 NL--253--4th
1901 NL--250--8th
1902 NL--216--6th
1905 AL--203--10th
1906 AL--200--10th
Career--3562--136th

Doubles s c a p y
1902 NL--20--9th

Triples s c a p y
1894 NL--22--6th
1897 NL--19--4th
1900 NL--12--9th
Career--145--59th

Home Runs s c a p y
1905 AL--4--9th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1896 NL--67--7th
1897 NL--64--5th
1899 NL--45--7th
1900 NL--41--4th
Career--495--37th

Singles s c a p y
1894 NL--165--3rd
1895 NL--170--2nd
1896 NL--171--3rd
1897 NL--193--1st
1898 NL--206--1st
1899 NL--190--1st
1900 NL--175--1st
1901 NL--170--2nd
1902 NL--161--2nd
1903 AL--139--3rd
1904 AL--162--1st
1905 AL--147--1st
1906 AL--167--1st
Career--2513--5th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1897 NL--164--2nd
1899 NL--138--9th
1900 NL--129--10th
1902 NL--130--9th
1904 AL--147--4th
Career--126--212th

Runs Created s c a p y
1894 NL--125--8th
1895 NL--116--8th
1896 NL--115--5th
1897 NL--139--1st
1898 NL--96--7th
1899 NL--107--7th
1900 NL--100--4th
1901 NL--91--9th
1902 NL--77--6th
1904 AL--85--4th
1905 AL--71--7th
1906 AL--70--10th
Career--1378--112th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1897 NL--52--1st
1898 NL--26--10th
1899 NL--30--9th
1902 NL--19--9th
1904 AL--30--3rd
Career--296--121st

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1897 NL--4.8--1st
1898 NL--2.7--10th
1899 NL--3.0--9th
1900 NL--2.1--10th
1902 NL--2.1--9th
1904 AL--3.5--3rd
Career--29.6--119th

Times On Base s c a p y
1894 NL--277--6th
1895 NL--264--6th
1896 NL--254--10th
1897 NL--281--2nd
1898 NL--250--8th
1899 NL--262--10th
1900 NL--241--8th
1902 NL--214--7th
1903 AL--205--7th
1904 AL--228--6th
1905 AL--217--6th
1906 AL--225--5th
Career--3585--83rd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1896 NL--.742--10th
1897 NL--.813--1st
1898 NL--.744--5th
1899 NL--.732--6th
1900 NL--.707--8th
1902 NL--.676--9th
1904 AL--.756--4th
Career--.680--113th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1894 NL--18--3rd
1895 NL--14--4th
1903 AL--13--2nd
1909 AL--10--7th
Career--129--37th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1895 NL--21--3rd
1900 NL--19--5th
1901 NL--22--3rd
1902 NL--25--4th
1903 AL--27--2nd
1904 AL--27--5th
1905 AL--42--1st
1906 AL--35--4th
1907 AL--26--7th
1909 AL--33--5th
Career--350--4th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1905 AL--6.6--9th

AB per SO s c a p y
1894 NL--98.333--2nd
1895 NL--47.083--7th
1896 NL--60.444--3rd

Outs Made s c a p y
1901 NL--415--5th
1902 NL--398--5th
1906 AL--447--3rd
Career--6009--133rd

Oldest s c a p y
1908 AL--born 1872-03-03--10th
1909 AL--born 1872-03-03--6th
1910 NL--born 1872-03-03--5th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 21 (99), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 169 (63), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 184 (53), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 49 (81), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

September 27, 1892: Purchased by the New York Giants from Binghamton (Eastern) for $800.

July 27, 1893: Purchased by the Brooklyn Grooms from the New York Giants for $800.

January 1, 1894: Traded by the Brooklyn Grooms with Dan Brouthers to the Baltimore Orioles for Billy Shindle and George Treadway.

March 11, 1899: Assigned to the Brooklyn Superbas by the Baltimore Orioles.

Before 1903 Season: Jumped from the Brooklyn Superbas to the New York Highlanders.

February 22, 1910: Released by the New York Highlanders.

May 6, 1910: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.

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