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Bill Knickerbocker
William Hart Knickerbocker
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 29, 1911 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Roosevelt (Los Angeles, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1933
Final Game: September 17, 1942
Died: September 8, 1963 in Sebastopol, CA
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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
1933 21 CLE AL 80 303 279 20 63 16 3 2 32 1 4 11 30 .226 .255 .326 .581 50 91 0 13 6
1934 22 CLE AL 146 632 593 82 188 32 5 4 67 6 6 25 40 .317 .347 .408 .755 94 242 2 12 *6 MVP-19
1935 23 CLE AL 132 577 540 77 161 34 5 0 55 2 12 27 31 .298 .332 .380 .711 82 205 0 10 *6
1936 24 CLE AL 155 686 618 81 182 35 3 8 73 5 14 56 30 .294 .354 .400 .754 83 247 1 11 *6
1937 25 SLB AL 121 530 491 53 128 29 5 4 61 3 2 30 32 .261 .303 .365 .668 67 179 0 9 *6/4
1938 26 NYY AL 46 143 128 15 32 8 3 1 21 0 0 11 10 .250 .309 .383 .692 72 49 0 4 4/6
1939 27 NYY AL 6 13 13 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .231 .385 -3 3 1 0 0 /46
1940 28 NYY AL 45 145 124 17 30 8 1 1 10 1 1 14 8 .242 .333 .347 .680 80 43 3 3 4 65
1941 29 CHW AL 89 396 343 51 84 23 2 7 29 6 5 41 27 .245 .329 .385 .714 89 132 4 2 10 4
1942 30 PHA AL 87 328 289 25 73 12 0 1 19 1 2 29 30 .253 .323 .304 .627 78 88 11 1 9 4/6
10 Seasons 907 3753 3418 423 943 198 27 28 368 25 46 244 238 .276 .326 .374 .700 79 1279 19 9 82
162 Game Avg. 162 670 610 76 168 35 5 5 66 4 8 44 43 .276 .326 .374 .700 79 228 2 15
CLE (4 yrs) 513 2198 2030 260 594 117 16 14 227 14 36 119 131 .293 .333 .387 .719 82 785 3 46
NYY (3 yrs) 97 301 265 34 64 17 4 2 32 1 1 25 18 .242 .314 .358 .672 72 95 4 3 8
PHA (1 yr) 87 328 289 25 73 12 0 1 19 1 2 29 30 .253 .323 .304 .627 78 88 11 1 9
SLB (1 yr) 121 530 491 53 128 29 5 4 61 3 2 30 32 .261 .303 .365 .668 67 179 0 9
CHW (1 yr) 89 396 343 51 84 23 2 7 29 6 5 41 27 .245 .329 .385 .714 89 132 4 2 10

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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 Awards
1933 CLE AL 21 SS 80 409 151 233 25 37 .939 4.80 .942 5.03
1934 CLE AL 22 SS 146 741 262 451 28 106 .962 4.88 .950 5.07 MVP-19
1935 CLE AL 23 SS 128 732 247 453 32 82 .956 5.47 .957 5.18
1936 CLE AL 24 SS 155 839 313 486 40 97 .952 5.15 .950 5.22
1937 SLB AL 25 SS 115 598 205 368 25 59 .958 4.98 .955 5.06
1937 SLB AL 25 2B 6 27 15 11 1 5 .963 4.33 .974 5.28
1938 NYY AL 26 2B 34 167 78 86 3 23 .982 4.82 .966 5.32
1938 NYY AL 26 SS 3 7 4 3 0 2 1.000 2.33 .957 5.00
1939 NYY AL 27 2B 2 11 5 6 0 1 1.000 5.50 .964 5.15
1939 NYY AL 27 SS 2 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.50 .943 4.70
1940 NYY AL 28 SS 19 66 22 43 1 12 .985 3.42 .947 4.53
1940 NYY AL 28 3B 17 50 11 34 5 6 .900 2.65 .940 3.12
1941 CHW AL 29 2B 88 438 204 221 13 58 .970 4.83 .967 5.18
1942 PHA AL 30 2B 81 413 178 220 15 45 .964 4.91 .969 5.39
1942 PHA AL 30 SS 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 4.80
9 Seasons SS 649 3400 1205 2043 152 395 .955 5.00 .951 5.10
5 Seasons 2B 211 1056 480 544 32 132 .970 4.85 .968 5.29
1 Season 3B 17 50 11 34 5 6 .900 2.65 .940 3.12
10 Seasons TOT 877 4506 1696 2621 189 533 .958 4.92 .913 5.11

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1934-AL-19-2%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

Games Played s c a p y
1936 AL--155--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1934 AL--593--9th

Hits s c a p y
1934 AL--188--9th

Singles s c a p y
1934 AL--147--2nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1940 AL--3--8th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1933 AL--13--8th
1934 AL--12--8th
1936 AL--11--8th
1941 AL--10--9th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1935 AL--12--2nd
1936 AL--14--1st

Outs Made s c a p y
1936 AL--461--5th

Youngest s c a p y
1933 AL--born 1911-12-29--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 5 (1625), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1673), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2826), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Gary DiSarcina (937)
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Transactions

January 17, 1937: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Oral Hildebrand and Joe Vosmik to the St. Louis Browns for Ivy Andrews, Lyn Lary and Moose Solters.

February 15, 1938: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the New York Yankees for Don Heffner and $10,000.

December 31, 1940: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Chicago White Sox for Ken Silvestri.

April 3, 1942: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Chicago White Sox.

December 5, 1942: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.

Before 1943 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

May 9, 1943: Released by the New York Yankees.

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