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.

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	17 (16)	May 10	PHI	@	STL	L,4-9	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
2	18	May 11	PHI	@	STL	L,3-4	GF	0		1	1	0	2	0
3	19	May 12	PHI	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	20	May 13	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
5	21	May 14	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	4	1	0	5	1
6	22	May 15	PHI	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
7	23	May 16	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
8	24	May 18	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
9	25	May 19	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
10	27 (1)	May 21	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	28	May 22	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
12	30 (1)	May 24	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
13	31	May 26	PHI		BRO	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
14	33 (1)	May 27 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
15	34	May 29	PHI		BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	10	3	0	13	1
16	35	May 30 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	36	May 30 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,2-10	GS	20	4.2	3	3	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	38 (1)	Jun 1	PHI		NYG	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
19	40 (1)	Jun 3	PHI		STL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
20	41	Jun 5	PHI		STL	W,6-5	CG	44	11.0	9	0	0	9	0
21	42	Jun 6	PHI		CHC	L,2-8	GS	24	5.0	2	2	0	4	0
22	43	Jun 12	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
23	45 (1)	Jun 14	PHI		PIT	W,3-2	CG	51	12.0	6	0	1	7	0
24	46	Jun 15	PHI		CIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	4	0	11	0
25	47	Jun 17	PHI		CIN	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	48	Jun 19	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
27	49	Jun 20 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
28	51 (1)	Jun 22 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
29	53 (1)	Jun 23	PHI		BSN	W,2-1	CG	36	11.0	4	3	0	7	0
30	54	Jun 24	PHI		BSN	L,2-4	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	55	Jun 26 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,1-5	GS	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	57 (1)	Jun 27	PHI		BSN	L,0-3	GS	0	7.0	5	1	0	6	0
33	59 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-0	CG	27	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
34	60	Jun 29 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	61	Jun 30	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	63 (1)	Jul 3	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	0	6.0	3	1	1	5	0
37	65 (1)	Jul 7	PHI	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
38	66	Jul 8	PHI	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
39	68 (1)	Jul 10	PHI	@	STL	W,5-2	GS	0		4	0	0	4	0
40	69	Jul 11	PHI	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	72 (2)	Jul 14	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-6	GS	25	6.0	3	2	0	5	0
42	73	Jul 15 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
43	75 (1)	Jul 20 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
44	77 (1)	Jul 21	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	41	10.0	6	1	0	7	1
45	78	Jul 22	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
46	79	Jul 23	PHI	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
47	81 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
48	85 (3)	Jul 29 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
49	87 (1)	Jul 31	PHI		CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	90 (2)	Aug 2	PHI		CHC	W,1-0	CG	45	12.0	7	1	0	8	0
51	92 (1)	Aug 4	PHI		STL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
52	93	Aug 5	PHI		STL	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
53	94	Aug 7	PHI		STL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
54	95	Aug 8	PHI		CIN	W,5-1	CG	0	7.1	5	1	0	6	0
55	96	Aug 9 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
56	98 (1)	Aug 10	PHI		CIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	99	Aug 11	PHI		CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	8	4	0	12	1
58	101 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
59	102	Aug 14 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
60	104 (1)	Aug 18	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	105	Aug 19	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	52	14.0	13	0	1	14	0
62	106	Aug 21 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
63	108 (1)	Aug 22 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
64	110 (1)	Aug 23	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS	53	14.0	8	1	0	9	1
65	116 (5)	Aug 30	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	117	Sep 1 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
67	118	Sep 1 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	120 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	121	Sep 4 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,10-3	GS	33	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
70	122	Sep 5 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
71	124 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
72	126 (1)	Sep 8	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
73	128 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-3	GS	27	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
74	131 (2)	Sep 13 (1)	PHI		STL	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
75	133 (1)	Sep 14	PHI		STL	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
76	134	Sep 16 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	136 (1)	Sep 18	PHI		CHC	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
78	137	Sep 19	PHI		CHC	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
79	140 (2)	Sep 21	PHI		PIT	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
80	141	Sep 22	PHI		PIT	W,7-4	CG	45	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
81	142	Sep 23 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
82	143	Sep 23 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
83	144	Sep 25	PHI		CIN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
84	145	Sep 26	PHI		CIN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
85	146	Sep 28	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
86	147	Sep 30 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
87	148	Sep 30 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	149	Oct 2 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	150	Oct 2 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
90	151	Oct 3 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
91	152	Oct 3 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
							91gm		760.0	443	89	8	540	15