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Bill Killefer
William Killefer (Reindeer Bill)

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 10, 1887 in Bloomingdale, MI
High School: Paw Paw (Paw Paw, MI)
School: St. Edward's University (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1909
Final Game: October 1, 1921
Died: July 3, 1960 in Elsmere, DE
Relatives: Brother of Red Killefer
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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	HBP	SH	Pos
1909	21	SLB	AL	11	29	29	0	4	0	0	0	1	2		0		.138	.138	.138	.276	-10	4	0	0	2
1910	22	SLB	AL	74	215	193	14	24	2	2	0	7	0		12		.124	.184	.155	.339	9	30	2	8	2
1911	23	PHI	NL	6	18	16	3	3	0	0	0	2	0		0	2	.188	.188	.188	.375	5	3	0	2	/2
1912	24	PHI	NL	85	289	268	18	60	6	3	1	21	6		4	14	.224	.241	.280	.521	39	75	2	15	2
1913	25	PHI	NL	120	375	360	25	88	14	3	0	24	2		4	17	.244	.255	.300	.555	55	108	1	10	*2/3
1914	26	PHI	NL	98	320	299	27	70	10	1	0	27	3		8	17	.234	.261	.274	.536	55	82	3	10	2
1915	27	PHI	NL	105	345	320	26	76	9	2	0	24	5	3	18	14	.238	.287	.278	.565	70	89	4	3	*2
1916	28	PHI	NL	97	307	286	22	62	5	4	3	27	2		8	14	.217	.246	.294	.539	62	84	3	10	2
1917	29	PHI	NL	125	437	409	28	112	12	0	0	31	4		15	21	.274	.306	.303	.609	84	124	4	9	*2/O
1918	30	CHC	NL	104	364	331	30	77	10	3	0	22	5		17	10	.233	.276	.281	.557	69	93	3	13	*2
1919	31	CHC	NL	103	345	315	17	90	10	2	0	22	5		15	8	.286	.322	.330	.652	95	104	2	13	*2
1920	32	CHC	NL	62	212	191	16	42	7	1	0	16	2	2	8	5	.220	.280	.267	.547	56	51	8	5	2
1921	33	CHC	NL	45	144	133	11	43	1	0	0	16	3	3	4	4	.323	.357	.331	.688	83	44	3	4	2
13 Seasons				1035	3400	3150	237	751	86	21	4	240	39	8	113	126	.238	.273	.283	.555	63	891	35	102
162 Game Avg.				162	532	493	37	118	13	3	1	38	6		18		.238	.273	.283	.555	63	139	5	16

PHI (7 yrs)				636	2091	1958	149	471	56	13	4	156	22	3	57	99	.241	.268	.289	.557	62	565	17	59
CHC (4 yrs)				314	1065	970	74	252	28	6	0	76	15	5	44	27	.260	.303	.301	.604	77	292	16	35
SLB (2 yrs)				85	244	222	14	28	2	2	0	8	2		12		.126	.178	.153	.331	7	34	2	8

NL (11 yrs)				950	3156	2928	223	723	84	19	4	232	37	8	101	126	.247	.280	.293	.573	67	857	33	94
AL (2 yrs)				85	244	222	14	28	2	2	0	8	2		12		.126	.178	.153	.331	7	34	2	8

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
1909	21	SLB	AL	29	25	1	1.1	68	.138	.138	.245	.138	.304	.138	.310	.276	.614	-10	.128	-3.6	-0.4	.240	.069	.000	.0
1910	22	SLB	AL	215	177	5	0.8	71	.124	.124	.243	.184	.308	.155	.314	.339	.622	9	.067	-20.0	-2.4	.260	.093	.031
1911	23	PHI	NL	18	15	1	1.8	96	.214	.188	.269	.188	.347	.188	.371	.375	.718	5	.187	-2.1	-0.2	.231	.000	.000
1912	24	PHI	NL	289	223	18	2.2	105	.233	.224	.288	.241	.358	.280	.391	.521	.749	39	.223	-24.8	-2.6	.418	.093	.056	1.7
1913	25	PHI	NL	375	282	27	2.6	95	.257	.244	.274	.255	.340	.300	.373	.555	.713	55	.322	-22.5	-2.5	.423	.072	.056	.0
1914	26	PHI	NL	320	239	21	2.4	89	.248	.234	.265	.261	.334	.274	.355	.536	.690	55	.324	-17.7	-2.0	.419	.077	.040	.0
1915	27	PHI	NL	345	250	25	2.7	81	.248	.238	.257	.287	.320	.278	.344	.565	.664	70	.409	-11.6	-1.4	.457	.103	.041	.0
1916	28	PHI	NL	307	234	20	2.3	81	.219	.217	.259	.246	.318	.294	.345	.539	.663	62	.341	-14.1	-1.7	.433	.112	.077	2.4
1917	29	PHI	NL	437	306	37	3.3	81	.289	.274	.261	.306	.319	.303	.344	.609	.663	84	.489	-8.0	-0.9	.495	.076	.029	.0
1918	30	CHC	NL	364	267	25	2.5	81	.240	.233	.263	.276	.321	.281	.340	.557	.662	69	.365	-12.8	-1.5	.465	.115	.048	.0
1919	31	CHC	NL	345	238	33	3.8	83	.293	.286	.265	.322	.320	.330	.349	.652	.668	95	.524	-1.9	-0.2	.560	.108	.044	.0
1920	32	CHC	NL	212	156	13	2.3	92	.226	.220	.279	.280	.333	.267	.371	.547	.703	56	.274	-10.6	-1.2	.444	.089	.047	.0
1921	33	CHC	NL	144	97	15	4.2	107	.333	.323	.298	.357	.348	.331	.410	.688	.759	83	.451	-3.0	-0.3	.548	.038	.008	.0
13 Seasons				3400	2509	241	2.6	87	.247	.238	.267	.273	.328	.283	.355	.555	.683	63	.354	-152.9	-17.3	.445	.090	.044	7.3
162 Game Avg.				532	393	38	2.6	87	.247	.238	.267	.273	.328	.283	.355	.555	.683	63	.354	-152.9	-17.3	.445	.090	.044	1

PHI (7 yrs)				2091	1549	149	2.6	88	.252	.241	.267	.268	.330	.289	.358	.557	.688	62	.355	-100.9	-11.3	.442	.087	.048	6.8
CHC (4 yrs)				1065	758	86	3.1	87	.267	.260	.272	.303	.327	.301	.359	.604	.685	77	.413	-28.3	-3.2	.501	.097	.041	.0
SLB (2 yrs)				244	202	6	0.8	70	.126	.126	.243	.178	.308	.153	.314	.331	.621	7	.074	-23.7	-2.8	.258	.090	.027	.0

NL (11 yrs)				3156	2307	235	2.7	88	.257	.247	.268	.280	.329	.293	.358	.573	.687	67	.375	-129.2	-14.5	.461	.090	.046	7.2
AL (2 yrs)				244	202	6	0.8	70	.126	.126	.243	.178	.308	.153	.314	.331	.621	7	.074	-23.7	-2.8	.258	.090	.027	.0

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1915	27	PHI	NL	WS	BOS	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

1918	30	CHC	NL	WS	BOS	L	6	19	17	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	.118	.211	.176	.387	3	1	0	0	0	0
2 Seasons (2 Series)							7	20	18	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	.111	.200	.167	.367	3	1	0	0	0	0
2 WS							7	20	18	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	.111	.200	.167	.367	3	1	0	0	0	0

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	HBP	SH
1909	21	11	29	29	0	4	0	0	0	1	2		0		.138	.138	.138	.276	-10	4	0	0
1910	22	85	244	222	14	28	2	2	0	8	2		12		.126	.178	.153	.331	7	34	2	8
1911	23	91	262	238	17	31	2	2	0	10	2		12	2	.130	.179	.155	.334	7	37	2	10
1912	24	176	551	506	35	91	8	5	1	31	8		16	16	.180	.211	.221	.432	25	112	4	25
1913	25	296	926	866	60	179	22	8	1	55	10		20	33	.207	.229	.254	.483	38	220	5	35
1914	26	394	1246	1165	87	249	32	9	1	82	13		28	50	.214	.237	.259	.497	42	302	8	45
1915	27	499	1591	1485	113	325	41	11	1	106	18	3	46	64	.219	.248	.263	.512	48	391	12	48
1916	28	596	1898	1771	135	387	46	15	4	133	20	3	54	78	.219	.248	.268	.516	50	475	15	58
1917	29	721	2335	2180	163	499	58	15	4	164	24	3	69	99	.229	.259	.275	.534	57	599	19	67
1918	30	825	2699	2511	193	576	68	18	4	186	29	3	86	109	.229	.261	.276	.537	58	692	22	80
1919	31	928	3044	2826	210	666	78	20	4	208	34	3	101	117	.236	.268	.282	.550	62	796	24	93
1920	32	990	3256	3017	226	708	85	21	4	224	36	5	109	122	.235	.269	.281	.550	62	847	32	98
1921	33	1035	3400	3150	237	751	86	21	4	240	39	8	113	126	.238	.273	.283	.555	63	891	35	102

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1909	21	11	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	11
1910	22	76	219	203	19	29	2	2	0	10	0	14	0	.143	.205	.172	.378	7	74
1911	23	6	17	17	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	6
1912	24	90	286	280	17	60	6	3	1	20	6	4	15	.214	.231	.268	.499	17	85
1913	25	125	382	377	27	93	15	3	0	26	2	4	18	.247	.257	.302	.559	29	120
1914	26	102	327	315	31	77	11	1	0	31	3	9	18	.244	.272	.286	.558	24	98
1915	27	109	367	341	33	88	10	2	0	30	6	21	15	.258	.311	.299	.610	31	105
1916	28	101	319	306	29	73	6	5	4	35	2	9	15	.239	.270	.330	.600	26	97
1917	29	130	460	438	35	130	14	0	0	39	5	17	22	.297	.330	.329	.659	47	125
1918	30	133	461	433	46	109	14	4	0	34	7	24	13	.252	.297	.303	.600	38	104
1919	31	119	400	377	24	117	13	3	0	31	6	20	9	.310	.350	.361	.711	46	103
1920	32	65	221	203	19	46	8	1	0	19	2	9	5	.227	.290	.276	.565	15	62
1921	33	48	146	139	11	44	1	0	0	16	3	4	4	.317	.349	.324	.673	15	45
13 Seasons		1115	3635	3459	297	866	100	24	5	297	44	135	136	.250	.287	.297	.584	297	1035
162 Game Avg.		162	528	503	43	126	15	3	1	43	6	20		.250	.287	.297	.584	43	1035

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1920 NL--8--3rd

AB per SO s c a p y
1913 NL--21.176--5th
1914 NL--17.588--7th
1915 NL--22.857--3rd
1916 NL--20.429--2nd
1917 NL--19.476--9th
1918 NL--33.100--2nd
1919 NL--39.375--3rd
Career--23.240--66th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 10 (1135), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 10 (1770), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Bill Bergen (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charles Moran (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Eddie Ainsmith (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Luis Alvarado (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George McBride (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George McBride (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Doug Flynn (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Doug Flynn (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charley O'Leary (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Otto Miller (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 10 (1135), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 10 (1770), Average HOFer ≈ 50