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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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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

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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
1896 BLN NL 24 2B 8 26 10 14 2 1 .923 3.00 .938 5.41
1896 BLN NL 24 3B 6 25 6 13 6 1 .760 3.17 .908 3.42
1898 BSN NL 26 2B 4 13 4 9 0 1 1.000 3.25 .938 5.52
1898 BSN NL 26 SS 4 9 3 6 0 1 1.000 2.25 .900 5.55
1898 BSN NL 26 OF 1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 .925 2.00 0-0-1
1899 BLN NL 27 SS 90 505 169 283 53 25 .895 5.02 .911 5.53
1899 BLN NL 27 2B 46 224 94 117 13 11 .942 4.59 .941 5.46
1899 BLN NL 27 OF 1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 .933 2.10 1-0-0
1900 STL NL 28 2B 116 562 206 315 41 26 .927 4.49 .939 5.21
1900 STL NL 28 SS 7 43 14 21 8 1 .814 5.00 .930 5.76
1900 STL NL 28 3B 3 14 4 9 1 0 .929 4.33 .893 3.73
1901 BLA AL 29 SS 112 650 231 322 97 30 .851 4.94 .903 5.27
1902 WSH AL 30 OF 65 136 115 9 12 3 .912 1.91 .946 2.04 0-12-53
1902 WSH AL 30 2B 40 229 97 121 11 9 .952 5.45 .948 5.27
1902 WSH AL 30 3B 14 52 14 28 10 1 .808 3.00 .921 3.52
1902 WSH AL 30 SS 2 12 3 8 1 1 .917 5.50 .925 5.70
1903 PHI NL 31 OF 100 168 136 22 10 1 .940 1.58 .942 1.91 0-0-100
5 Seasons SS 215 1219 420 640 159 58 .870 4.93 .908 5.40
5 Seasons 2B 214 1054 411 576 67 48 .936 4.61 .941 5.29
4 Seasons OF 167 311 256 33 22 4 .929 1.73 .943 1.96 1-12-154
3 Seasons 3B 23 91 24 50 17 2 .813 3.22 .913 3.52
7 Seasons TOT 619 2675 1111 1299 265 112 .901 3.89 .826 4.37 1-12-154
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
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--53.667--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 18 (931), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 22 (736), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (586), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

October, 1897: Drafted by the Boston Beaneaters from Paterson (Atlantic) in the 1897 rule 5 draft.

June 3, 1898: Loaned to Rochester (Eastern) by the Boston Beaneaters.

July 18, 1898: Returned to the Boston Beaneaters by Rochester (Eastern) as part of earlier loan.

July 24, 1898: Released by the Boston Beaneaters.

March 9, 1900: Assigned to the Brooklyn Superbas by the Baltimore Orioles.

March 10, 1900: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Brooklyn Superbas for $19,000.

March 14, 1901: Jumped from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Baltimore Orioles.

December 23, 1901: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Senators.

Before 1903 Season: Jumped from the Washington Senators to the Philadelphia Phillies.

Before 1904 Season: Purchased by Jersey City (Eastern) from the Philadelphia Phillies.

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