Bill Killefer

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: October 10, 1887 in Bloomingdale, MI us

Died: July 3, 1960 in Elsmere, DE

Buried: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Paw Paw, MI

High School: Paw Paw HS (Paw Paw, MI)

Schools: Sacred Heart College (Watertown, WI), St. Edward's University (Austin, TX)

Debut: September 13, 1909 (Age 21-338d, 3,232nd in major league history)
vs. DET 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1921 (Age 33-356d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1910 season

Full Name: William Killefer

Nicknames: Reindeer Bill

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Relatives: Brother of Red Killefer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.8

3150

751

.238

237

RBI

240

OBP

.273

SLG

.283

OPS

.556

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1913 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1913 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 10	PHI		BRO	L,3-11	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	8 (5)	Apr 24	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	5	5	0	10	1
3	9	Apr 25	PHI	@	NYG	T,0-0	GS	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
4	10	Apr 26	PHI	@	BSN	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
5	11	Apr 30	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	10.1	8	1	0	9	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	12	May 1	PHI		NYG	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
7	13	May 2	PHI		NYG	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
8	14	May 3	PHI		NYG	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
9	15	May 5	PHI		NYG	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
10	16	May 6	PHI		STL	L,1-3	GS	28	7.0	6	4	0	10	2
11	18 (1)	May 8	PHI		STL	L,4-5	GF	34	7.2	4	1	0	5	0
12	20 (1)	May 10	PHI		PIT	W,6-0	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
13	24 (3)	May 15	PHI		CHC	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	9	3	0	12	1
14	25	May 16	PHI		CHC	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
15	26	May 19	PHI		CHC	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
16	27	May 20	PHI		CIN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
17	28	May 21	PHI		CIN	W,12-0	GS	23	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	29	May 23	PHI		CIN	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	30	May 24	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
20	31	May 26	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	43	11.0	7	4	0	11	0
21	32	May 29	PHI	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	0	13.1	9	1	1	11	0
22	35 (2)	May 31	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	36	Jun 2	PHI		BRO	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
24	37	Jun 4	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
25	38	Jun 5	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	41 (2)	Jun 8	PHI	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
27	42	Jun 9	PHI	@	CIN	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
28	43	Jun 10	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
29	44	Jun 11	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
30	45	Jun 12	PHI	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
31	49 (3)	Jun 16	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-13	GS	24	5.0	3	1	0	4	0
32	50	Jun 17	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-4	GS	31	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	52 (1)	Jun 19	PHI	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
34	53	Jun 21 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-4	GS	0		2	2	0	4	0
35	54	Jun 21 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
36	55	Jun 23	PHI	@	BSN	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
37	56	Jun 24	PHI	@	BSN	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
38	57	Jun 25	PHI		BRO	W,11-8	GF	22	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
39	58	Jun 26 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,2-5	CG	54	14.0	6	1	1	8	0
40	59	Jun 26 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,2-4	GF	0		2	1	0	3	0
41	60	Jun 27	PHI		BRO	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
42	61	Jun 28	PHI		BRO	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
43	62	Jun 30	PHI		NYG	L,10-11	CG	48	10.0	5	3	0	8	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	63	Jul 1	PHI		NYG	L,0-10	GS	36	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	64	Jul 2	PHI		NYG	L,4-8	CG	48	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
46	65	Jul 3	PHI		NYG	L,2-4	CG	45	11.0	4	4	0	8	0
47	66	Jul 4 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
48	67	Jul 4 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
49	68	Jul 7 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,11-15	GS	38	7.0	3	3	0	6	0
50	69	Jul 7 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,3-2	GS	25	7.0	9	1	0	10	0
51	70	Jul 8	PHI		PIT	L,4-6	CG	43	10.0	5	2	0	7	1
52	71	Jul 9	PHI		PIT	L,0-3	GF	6	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	72	Jul 10	PHI		PIT	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	74 (1)	Jul 12	PHI		STL	W,12-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
55	75	Jul 14	PHI		STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
56	76	Jul 15	PHI		STL	W,3-2	GS	0		2	1	0	3	0
57	77	Jul 16	PHI		STL	W,4-3	GS	25	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
58	78	Jul 17 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	8	4	0	12	1
59	79	Jul 17 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,2-9	GS	23	5.0	2	3	0	5	0
60	80	Jul 18	PHI		CIN	L,3-5	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	81	Jul 19	PHI		CIN	W,3-2	CG	55	16.0	4	1	0	5	0
62	82	Jul 21	PHI		CIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
63	83	Jul 22 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,6-5	GS	30	7.0	8	0	0	8	0
64	84	Jul 22 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
65	86 (1)	Jul 25	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-12	GS	21	4.0	3	1	0	4	0
66	87	Jul 26	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
67	88	Jul 28	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
68	89	Jul 29	PHI	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
69	90	Jul 30	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS	0		4	2	0	6	0
70	91	Jul 31	PHI	@	CIN	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	92	Aug 1	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
72	93	Aug 2	PHI	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	94	Aug 3	PHI	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
74	95	Aug 4	PHI	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	7	5	1	13	0
75	96	Aug 5	PHI	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
76	97	Aug 6	PHI	@	STL	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
77	98	Aug 7	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-5	GS	28	6.1	6	3	0	9	0
78	99	Aug 8	PHI	@	CHC	W,16-3	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
79	100	Aug 9	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	6	1	0	7	1
80	101	Aug 14 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
81	102	Aug 14 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,7-2	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
82	103	Aug 15	PHI		CIN	W,3-2	CG	47	11.0	8	4	0	12	1
83	104	Aug 16 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	105	Aug 16 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,3-8	GS	27	6.0	5	1	0	6	0
85	106	Aug 18	PHI		CHC	L,4-10	GF	15	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
86	107	Aug 19	PHI		CHC	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
87	108	Aug 20	PHI		CHC	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
88	109	Aug 21	PHI		PIT	L,6-9	GS	27	5.0	7	2	0	9	0
89	110	Aug 22	PHI		PIT	T,3-3	CG	49	12.0	2	1	0	3	0
90	111	Aug 23 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,5-10	GS	30	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
91	112	Aug 23 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,8-13	GS	33	6.0	5	2	0	7	1
92	113	Aug 25	PHI		STL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
93	114	Aug 26	PHI		STL	W,6-5	GF	0		3	0	0	3	0
94	115	Aug 27	PHI		STL	L,4-15	CG	51	9.0	10	2	1	13	1
95	116	Aug 28	PHI		NYG	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
96	117	Aug 29	PHI		NYG	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	3	2	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	119 (1)	Sep 1 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
98	121 (1)	Sep 2	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	1	8	1
99	122	Sep 3 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
100	123	Sep 3 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-5	GF	0		1	1	0	2	0
101	124	Sep 5 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
102	126 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-4	GS	0		8	3	0	11	1
103	128 (1)	Sep 8 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,13-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
104	130 (1)	Sep 10	PHI	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	0	9.1	6	1	0	7	0
105	131	Sep 11	PHI	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
106	134 (2)	Sep 15	PHI	@	CIN	T,2-2	CG	0	10.0	10	0	0	10	0
107	135	Sep 16 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	0	8.2	6	1	0	7	0
108	137 (1)	Sep 19 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	3	4	1	8	0
109	139 (1)	Sep 21 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,7-8	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
110	140	Sep 21 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	142 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
112	143	Sep 24 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,0-4	GS	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
113	146 (2)	Sep 25 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,7-6	GS	27	6.0	4	1	1	6	0
114	149 (2)	Sep 27	PHI		BSN	L,3-9		16	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
115	150	Sep 29 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,1-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	151	Sep 29 (2)	PHI		BRO	T,4-4	CG	57	14.0	10	1	0	11	0
117	153 (1)	Sep 30 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,1-3	GS	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
118	156 (2)	Oct 3 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-13	CG	44	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
119	158 (1)	Oct 4 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,7-12	CG	44	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
							119gm		934.0	571	166	9	746	16