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.

1921 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1921 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	15 (14)	May 5	CHC		CIN	L,7-11	GF	14	3.0	1	0	1	2	0
2	16	May 6	CHC		CIN	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
3	17	May 7	CHC		CIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
4	20 (2)	May 11	CHC	@	PHI	W,19-8	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
5	21	May 13	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
6	23 (1)	May 17	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
7	31 (7)	May 28 (1)	CHC		STL	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
8	32	May 28 (2)	CHC		STL	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
9	33	May 29	CHC		STL	L,1-6	GS	0	7.0	5	1	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	49 (15)	Jun 15	CHC		NYG	L,2-6	GS	45	11.0	3	0	1	4	0
11	50	Jun 16	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	GS	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
12	54 (3)	Jun 21 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-17	CG	47	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
13	56 (1)	Jun 22	CHC	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
14	57	Jun 23	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
15	62 (4)	Jun 28 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,8-6	GS	32	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	67 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
17	68	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	69	Jul 5	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
19	70	Jul 8	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	33	8.1	1	2	0	3	0
20	71	Jul 9	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-6	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	72	Jul 10	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	1	2	1
22	73	Jul 11	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-2	GS	22	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	74	Jul 12	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	39	9.2	4	1	0	5	0
24	83 (8)	Jul 20 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-0	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	97 (13)	Aug 3 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
26	100 (2)	Aug 5	CHC		BSN	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
27	102 (1)	Aug 7	CHC		NYG	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	103	Aug 8	CHC		NYG	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
29	106 (2)	Aug 11 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	GF	12	2.2	4	1	0	5	0
30	108 (1)	Aug 13	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	112 (3)	Aug 17 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	40	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
32	118 (5)	Aug 24	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
33	123 (4)	Aug 29	CHC	@	NYG	L,7-8	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	126 (2)	Sep 3	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-4	GS	23	6.0	3	2	0	5	0
35	132 (5)	Sep 6 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	28	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
36	133	Sep 7	CHC		CIN	L,2-5	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	138 (4)	Sep 13	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
38	140 (1)	Sep 15	CHC		PHI	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
39	143 (2)	Sep 18 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	144	Sep 20	CHC		NYG	W,7-6	GS	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
41	147 (2)	Sep 25 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	GS	0	11.0	6	3	0	9	0
42	151 (3)	Oct 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
							42gm		330.0	147	43	7	197	6