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Willie
Keeler		  
Nickname: Wee willie
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 180
 
Born: March 3, 1872 in Brooklyn, NY.
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1908   
Gold Glove Award 1906   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1901 29 WS1 AL $ 9,180,000   10 10 9 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1902 30 WS1 AL $ 9,180,000   10 10 9 1 1 1 5 6 5 2 2 2 10 10 10
1903 31 PHI NL $ 9,180,000   10 10 9 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 10 10 10
1904 32 PHI NL $ 10,980,000   10 10 9 1 1 1 4 5 5 2 2 2 10 10 10
1905 33 PHI NL $ 10,980,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 4 5 5 2 3 2 10 10 10
1906 34 PHI NL $ 10,980,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 4 5 5 2 3 3 10 10 10
1907 35 PHI NL $ 10,980,000   4 4 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 4
1908 36 PHI NL $ 10,980,000   4 4 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 9,180,000   4 4 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,980,000   10 10 9 1 1 1 5 6 5 2 3 3 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1893 21 NY1   27 104 19 33 3 2 2 16 5 0 9 5 .317 .372 .442 .814 17.3  
1894 22 BLN   129 590 165 219 27 22 5 94 32 0 40 6 .371 .411 .517 .928 115.8  
1895 23 BLN   131 565 162 213 24 15 4 78 47 0 37 12 .377 .415 .494 .909 110.9  
1896 24 BLN   126 544 153 210 22 13 4 82 67 0 37 9 .386 .425 .496 .921 113.2  
1897 25 BLN   129 564 145 239 27 19 0 74 64 0 35 0 .424 .457 .539 .996 127.9  
1898 26 BLN   129 561 126 216 7 2 1 44 28 0 31 0 .385 .417 .410 .827 94.0  
1899 27 BRO   141 570 140 216 12 13 1 61 45 0 37 0 .379 .417 .451 .868 105.3  
1900 28 BRO   136 563 106 204 13 12 4 68 41 0 30 0 .362 .395 .449 .844 98.2  
1901 29 WS1 AL 134 535 88 175 19 9 2 64 81 18 30 33 .327 .366 .407 .773 82.4 21.2
1902 30 WS1 AL 132 547 93 188 19 11 5 75 92 18 16 21 .344 .364 .446 .810 91.8 20.4
1903 31 WS1 AL 69 295 49 91 16 6 2 50 47 14 20 15 .308 .363 .424 .787 47.8 7.8
  PHI NL 61 251 36 93 7 4 2 36 40 11 11 15 .371 .407 .454 .862 46.3 9.2
  TOT   130 546 85 184 23 10 4 86 87 25 31 30 .337 .383 .438 .821 94.1 16.9
1904 32 PHI NL 151 590 101 220 32 10 2 83 98 18 42 28 .373 .418 .471 .890 116.8 24.5
1905 33 PHI NL 147 570 86 184 28 16 0 94 73 25 53 25 .323 .385 .428 .813 92.2 19.6
1906 34 PHI NL 143 549 81 181 16 4 0 77 73 17 39 31 .330 .375 .373 .748 82.0 26.0
1907 35 PHI NL 128 514 76 135 9 9 1 58 60 19 27 93 .263 .305 .321 .626 55.6 11.2
1908 36 PHI NL 37 97 16 16 2 3 0 7 6 0 9 39 .165 .236 .247 .483 6.3 0.1
8 Years Sim 1002 3948 626 1283 148 72 14 544 570 140 247 300 .325 .369 .410 .779 621.3 140.0
16 Years Pro 1950 8009 1642 2833 283 170 35 1061 899 140 503 332 .354 .392 .445 .837 1403.9  
162 Game Average 638 101 207 23 11 2 87 92 22 39 48 .325 .369 .410 .779 100.4  
Career Highs 151 590 101 220 32 16 5 94 98 25 53 93 .373 .418 .471 .890 116.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2758 472 926 111 55 8 406 412 94 187 207 .336 .382 .425 .806 456.4
vs LH   1190 154 357 37 17 6 138 158 46 60 93 .300 .339 .375 .713 155.6
Home 501 1949 311 639 71 30 10 276 278 71 110 139 .328 .369 .410 .779 299.7
Away 501 1999 315 644 77 42 4 268 292 69 137 161 .322 .369 .409 .778 312.4
RISP   1128 0 391 46 23 6 504 0 0 124 83 .347 .412 .444 .857 195.1
Pinch Hitting   29 5 13 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 4 .448 .500 .552 1.052 6.7
Close/Late   464 70 124 11 5 2 40 0 2 67 38 .267 .365 .325 .690 58.5
Mar/Apr 87 343 54 119 13 8 1 47 49 9 24 22 .347 .392 .440 .833 60.2
May 193 771 142 262 37 15 3 112 121 28 39 59 .340 .378 .438 .816 127.3
June 173 692 117 219 30 12 3 97 113 18 41 53 .316 .363 .408 .771 108.5
July 180 711 115 229 24 12 1 89 117 25 51 56 .322 .371 .394 .765 111.3
August 182 727 101 218 21 16 3 97 75 31 44 56 .300 .340 .385 .725 94.8
Sep/Oct 187 704 97 236 23 9 3 102 95 29 48 54 .335 .382 .406 .788 110.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1901 29 WS1 AL RF 129 128 1153.7 258 10 7 2 .975 2.09   2.9
    2B 1 0 2.3 0 3 0 0 1.000 11.59   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1902 30 WS1 AL RF 128 127 1162.3 244 14 5 3 .981 2.00   3.2
1903 31 WS1 AL CF 32 32 294.0 97 5 1 1 .990 3.12   2.2
    RF 31 31 287.3 56 3 2 0 .967 1.85   0.0
    2B 5 5 50.1 10 22 1 4 .970 5.75   0.2
    3B 1 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  PHI NL CF 29 29 244.3 81 4 1 1 .988 3.13   1.3
    RF 27 27 238.7 47 2 2 0 .961 1.85   0.0
    2B 5 5 41.6 9 18 1 4 .964 5.84   0.2
    3B 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 61 61 538.3 178 9 2 2 .989 3.13   3.5
      RF 58 58 526.0 103 5 4 0 .964 1.85   0.0
      2B 10 10 91.7 19 40 2 8 .967 5.79   0.3
      3B 1 0 .7 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1904 32 PHI NL CF 147 147 1293.7 327 15 0 2 1.000 2.38   2.5
    2B 2 0 5.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.0
1905 33 PHI NL CF 87 87 790.0 220 8 1 4 .996 2.60   5.1
    RF 56 55 494.0 122 3 2 1 .984 2.28    
    3B 2 1 13.0 0 6 0 1 1.000 4.15   0.1
    2B 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
1906 34 PHI NL RF 140 140 1248.0 346 11 8 1 .978 2.57   2.8
    CF 2 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
1907 35 PHI NL RF 67 67 598.0 151 6 4 2 .975 2.36   1.6
    3B 59 59 534.0 39 113 7 5 .956 2.56   1.3
    2B 1 1 9.0 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
1908 36 PHI NL RF 11 11 96.0 25 2 1 0 .964 2.53   0.6
    CF 8 8 71.3 14 1 0 1 1.000 1.89    
    3B 4 4 36.0 1 11 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.3
  RF 589 586 5278.0 1249 51 31 9 .977 2.22   11.1
  CF 305 304 2703.3 740 33 3 9 .996 2.57   11.2
  3B 67 64 584.7 40 130 7 6 .960 2.62   1.8
  2B 15 11 112.0 24 50 2 10 .974 5.94   0.4
Career Totals   976 965 8678.0 2053 264 43 34 .982 2.40   24.4
Career Highs   149 147 1301.0 347 123 11 10 1.000 2.75    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1908 36 PHI NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1901-6-.327
1902-5-.344
1904-1-.373
1905-9-.323
1906-3-.330
CAR-6-.325
 On-Base Pct
1904-4-.418
1906-5-.375
 OPS
1904-8-.890
1906-10-.748
 XR
1901-10-82.4
1902-8-91.8
1904-1-116.8
1906-4-82.0
 Games
1904-4-151
 At-Bats
1901-8-535
1902-6-547
1904-10-590
Runs
1901-7-88
1902-9-93
 Hits
1901-2-175
1902-2-188
1904-1-220
1906-6-181
 Total Bases
1902-8-244
1904-9-278
 Singles
1901-2-145
1902-1-153
1904-1-176
1905-8-140
1906-4-161
 Triples
1902-8-11
1905-7-16
 RBIs
1906-5-77
Stolen Bases
1901-2-81
1902-1-92
1904-1-98
1905-2-73
1906-2-73
1907-8-60
CAR-24-570
 Caught Stealing
1902-9-18
1905-5-25
1906-9-17
 Strikeouts
1907-3-93
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 60    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 42    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  3. Jud Wilson (900)
  4. Clyde Barnhart (895)
  5. Kiki Cuyler (882)
  6. Frank Brazill (876)
  7. Jack Burnett (874)
  8. Jimmy Johnston (870)
  9. Roy Grimes (870)
  10. Oliver Marcelle (866)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by Washington in 1901
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/24/1902
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1902, hitting .531 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Chicago (A) on 5/21/1903
Had 2000th career hit on 6/19/1903, off Case Patten (PHA)
Traded from Washington to Philadelphia (N) on 7/14/1903 (Going to PHI: RF Willie Keeler. Going to WS1: P Ham Iburg, P Jake Livingstone, 3B Andy Oyler)
7/31/1903: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (N), $10,980,000 per year, for 7 years
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 9/11/1903
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (N) on 4/21/1904
Had 26-game hitting streak snapped on 7/14/1904
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 9/19/1904
Sets a new season NL-Record for Hits with 210 on 10/3/1904
Won Player of the Week award on 10/4/1904, hitting .625 with 0 HR, 9 RBI
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 4/28/1905
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Brooklyn on 5/27/1905
Won Player of the Week award on 10/8/1906, hitting .636 with 0 HR, 3 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1906
Won World Series with Philadelphia (N) in 1908
 
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