Bill Keister
William Hoffman Keister (Wagon Tongue)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Weight: 168 lb.

Born: August 17, 1871 in Baltimore, MD (All Transactions)
Debut: May 20, 1896
Final Game: August 25, 1903
Died: August 19, 1924 in Baltimore, MD
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Standard Batting

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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
1896 24 BLN NL 15 63 58 8 14 3 0 0 5 4 3 5 .241 .302 .293 .595 56 17 2 0 /45
1898 26 BSN NL 10 30 30 5 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 .167 .167 .233 .400 12 7 0 0 /46O
1899 27 BLN NL 136 563 523 96 172 22 16 3 73 33 16 .329 .368 .449 .817 119 235 16 8 64/O
1900 28 STL NL 126 539 497 78 149 26 10 1 72 32 25 .300 .347 .398 .745 106 198 11 6 *4/65
1901 29 BLA AL 115 472 442 78 145 20 21 2 93 24 18 .328 .365 .482 .847 130 213 8 4 *6
1902 30 WSH AL 119 515 483 82 145 33 9 9 90 27 14 .300 .329 .462 .791 116 223 7 11 O45/6
1903 31 PHI NL 100 429 400 53 128 27 7 3 63 11 14 .320 .352 .445 .797 135 178 6 9 *O
7 Seasons 621 2611 2433 400 758 133 63 18 400 131 90 5 .312 .349 .440 .789 117 1071 50 38
162 Game Avg. 162 681 635 104 198 35 16 5 104 34 23 .312 .349 .440 .789 117 279 13 10
BLN (2 yrs) 151 626 581 104 186 25 16 3 78 37 19 5 .320 .361 .434 .795 112 252 18 8
WSH (1 yr) 119 515 483 82 145 33 9 9 90 27 14 .300 .329 .462 .791 116 223 7 11
PHI (1 yr) 100 429 400 53 128 27 7 3 63 11 14 .320 .352 .445 .797 135 178 6 9
BSN (1 yr) 10 30 30 5 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 .167 .167 .233 .400 12 7 0 0
STL (1 yr) 126 539 497 78 149 26 10 1 72 32 25 .300 .347 .398 .745 106 198 11 6
BLA (1 yr) 115 472 442 78 145 20 21 2 93 24 18 .328 .365 .482 .847 130 213 8 4
NL (5 yrs) 387 1624 1508 240 468 80 33 7 217 80 58 5 .310 .350 .421 .771 114 635 35 23
AL (2 yrs) 234 987 925 160 290 53 30 11 183 51 32 .314 .347 .471 .818 123 436 15 15

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1896 24 BLN NL 63 44 5 3.0 109 .264 .241 .300 .302 .365 .293 .400 .595 .765 56 .289 -3.7 -0.4 .591 .172 .052 .0
1898 26 BSN NL 30 25 1 1.0 95 .167 .167 .284 .167 .349 .233 .364 .400 .713 12 .080 -3.6 -0.4 .280 .067 .067
1899 27 BLN NL 563 359 82 5.9 104 .325 .329 .296 .368 .359 .449 .385 .817 .745 119 .640 11.0 1.1 .855 .214 .120 5.5
1900 28 STL NL 539 354 66 4.9 98 .298 .300 .286 .347 .347 .398 .377 .745 .723 106 .560 3.4 0.3 .764 .213 .099 1.9
1901 29 BLA AL 472 301 75 6.5 100 .325 .328 .289 .365 .346 .482 .388 .847 .734 130 .679 15.3 1.5 .886 .249 .154 3.7
1902 30 WSH AL 515 349 71 5.4 98 .287 .300 .285 .329 .342 .462 .384 .791 .727 116 .605 8.4 0.8 .802 .246 .161 13.5
1903 31 PHI NL 429 281 61 5.7 86 .315 .320 .268 .352 .330 .445 .349 .797 .678 135 .663 16.2 1.7 .768 .188 .125 4.7
7 Seasons 2611 1713 361 5.5 98 .307 .312 .286 .349 .346 .440 .378 .789 .724 117 .618 47.0 4.8 .801 .219 .129 31.7
162 Game Avg. 681 447 94 5.5 98 .307 .312 .286 .349 .346 .440 .378 .789 .724 117 .618 12 1 .801 .219 .129 8
BLN (2 yrs) 626 403 87 5.6 104 .319 .320 .296 .361 .360 .434 .387 .795 .747 112 .611 7.4 0.8 .825 .210 .114 5.6
WSH (1 yr) 515 349 71 5.4 98 .287 .300 .285 .329 .342 .462 .384 .791 .727 116 .605 8.4 0.8 .802 .246 .161 13.5
PHI (1 yr) 429 281 61 5.7 86 .315 .320 .268 .352 .330 .445 .349 .797 .678 135 .663 16.2 1.7 .768 .188 .125 4.7
BSN (1 yr) 30 25 1 1.0 95 .167 .167 .284 .167 .349 .233 .364 .400 .713 12 .080 -3.6 -0.4 .280 .067 .067
STL (1 yr) 539 354 66 4.9 98 .298 .300 .286 .347 .347 .398 .377 .745 .723 106 .560 3.4 0.3 .764 .213 .099 1.9
BLA (1 yr) 472 301 75 6.5 100 .325 .328 .289 .365 .346 .482 .388 .847 .734 130 .679 15.3 1.5 .886 .249 .154 3.7
NL (5 yrs) 1624 1063 215 5.3 97 .308 .310 .285 .350 .347 .421 .373 .771 .720 114 .601 23.3 2.4 .777 .202 .111 12.9
AL (2 yrs) 987 650 146 5.9 99 .305 .314 .287 .347 .344 .471 .386 .818 .730 123 .642 23.7 2.4 .841 .248 .158 18.1

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1896 24 15 63 58 8 14 3 0 0 5 4 3 5 .241 .302 .293 .595 56 17 2 0
1897 25 15 63 58 8 14 3 0 0 5 4 3 5 .241 .302 .293 .595 56 17 2 0
1898 26 25 93 88 13 19 5 0 0 9 4 3 5 .216 .258 .273 .531 42 24 2 0
1899 27 161 656 611 109 191 27 16 3 82 37 19 5 .313 .352 .424 .776 108 259 18 8
1900 28 287 1195 1108 187 340 53 26 4 154 69 44 5 .307 .350 .412 .762 107 457 29 14
1901 29 402 1667 1550 265 485 73 47 6 247 93 62 5 .313 .354 .432 .786 113 670 37 18
1902 30 521 2182 2033 347 630 106 56 15 337 120 76 5 .310 .348 .439 .788 114 893 44 29
1903 31 621 2611 2433 400 758 133 63 18 400 131 90 5 .312 .349 .440 .789 117 1071 50 38

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1896 24 18 72 67 6 13 3 0 0 4 4 3 6 .194 .250 .239 .489 4 15
1898 26 11 32 32 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 10
1899 27 143 558 528 81 159 20 15 3 62 31 15 0 .301 .339 .413 .752 69 136
1900 28 144 591 553 77 156 27 10 1 71 34 26 0 .282 .328 .373 .701 65 126
1901 29 136 526 500 73 149 21 22 2 87 25 18 0 .298 .333 .440 .773 71 115
1902 30 140 580 557 86 160 36 10 10 95 30 15 0 .287 .316 .442 .757 75 119
1903 31 116 486 463 61 148 31 8 3 73 13 16 0 .320 .352 .441 .792 71 100
7 Seasons 708 2845 2700 389 785 138 65 19 396 137 93 6 .291 .327 .411 .738 356 621
162 Game Avg. 162 651 618 89 180 32 15 4 91 31 21 .291 .327 .411 .738 81 621

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1901 AL  .328 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1901 AL  .482 (6th)
1902 AL  .462 (8th)
1903 NL  .445 (9th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1901 AL  .847 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1902 AL  223 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1900 NL  26 (8th)
1902 AL  33 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1899 NL  16 (6th)
1901 AL  21 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1902 AL  9 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1901 AL  93 (7th)
1902 AL  90 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1901 AL  130 (8th)
1903 NL  135 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1901 AL  43 (9th)
1902 AL  51 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1901 AL  .679 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1899 NL  16 (8th)
1900 NL  11 (10th)
1901 AL  8 (9th)
1902 AL  7 (8th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1902 AL  13.5 (1st)

AB per HR s c a p y
1902 AL  53.7 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 31 (754), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 22 (741), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (688), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Cotton Tierney (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Sammy Hale (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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