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Bill
Keister		  
Nickname: Wagon Tongue
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 190
 
Born: August 17, 1874 in Baltimore, MD.
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1901 26 BRO NL $ 4,578,571   9 9 8 1 1 1 6 8 7 2 2 2 9 9 9
1902 27 BRO NL $ 4,614,286   9 9 8 2 2 2 8 9 9 1 2 2 9 10 10
1903 28 BRO NL $ 9,000,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 8 9 9 1 1 1 9 10 10
1904 29 BRO NL $ 9,000,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 8 9 9 1 1 1 10 10 10
1905 30 BRO NL $ 9,000,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 8 9 9 1 1 1 10 10 10
1906 31 BRO NL $ 9,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 8 9 9 1 1 1 9 10 9
1907 32 BRO NL $ 9,000,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 8 9 9 1 1 1 9 10 10
1908 33 SLN NL $ 9,000,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 8 9 9 1 1 1 9 10 10
1909 34 PHI NL $ 6,000,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 7 9 8 1 1 1 8 9 8
1910 35 PHI NL $ 6,000,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 4,578,571   3 3 2 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,000,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 8 9 9 2 2 2 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
1898 23 BSN   10 30 5 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .233 .400 0.5  
1899 24 BLN   136 523 96 172 22 16 3 73 33 0 16 0 .329 .349 .449 .798 80.0  
1900 25 SLN   126 497 78 149 26 10 1 72 32 0 25 0 .300 .333 .398 .732 67.4  
1901 26 BRO NL 133 555 98 179 32 15 4 80 62 19 31 28 .323 .363 .456 .819 90.3 21.0
1902 27 BRO NL 134 534 93 173 18 9 5 88 73 27 32 20 .324 .367 .419 .786 80.3 19.4
1903 28 BRO NL 135 548 104 193 39 13 8 71 59 27 23 38 .352 .395 .515 .910 98.8 19.9
1904 29 BRO NL 149 596 118 196 44 18 2 99 75 20 34 30 .329 .371 .473 .844 101.3 21.5
1905 30 BRO NL 123 523 91 166 31 17 1 51 61 11 16 15 .317 .341 .447 .789 80.5 14.7
1906 31 BRO NL 142 605 102 173 20 11 5 37 71 22 19 44 .286 .311 .380 .691 71.8 17.4
1907 32 BRO NL 146 605 78 170 26 15 0 34 55 20 11 71 .281 .298 .374 .671 64.5 11.3
1908 33 BRO NL 13 53 6 14 2 0 0 8 6 2 1 8 .264 .291 .302 .593 4.2 0.5
  SLN NL 83 282 43 87 7 5 0 36 35 9 9 23 .309 .337 .369 .705 34.2 9.5
  TOT   96 335 49 101 9 5 0 44 41 11 10 31 .301 .330 .358 .688 38.5 10.0
1909 34 PHI NL 117 404 41 93 18 8 2 63 40 9 8 59 .230 .278 .329 .607 43.4 6.6
1910 35 PHI NL 44 140 19 26 1 2 0 14 16 2 7 41 .186 .259 .221 .481 11.1 0.7
10 Years Sim 1219 4845 793 1470 238 113 27 581 553 168 191 377 .303 .339 .416 .755 680.4 142.5
13 Years Pro 1491 5895 972 1796 288 139 31 730 618 168 232 377 .305 .331 .416 .747 828.4  
162 Game Average 643 105 195 31 15 3 77 73 22 25 50 .303 .339 .416 .755 90.4  
Career Highs 149 605 118 196 44 18 8 99 75 27 34 71 .352 .395 .515 .910 101.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3521 610 1101 162 83 23 429 417 117 142 250 .313 .348 .425 .774 506.2
vs LH   1324 183 369 76 30 4 152 136 51 49 127 .279 .313 .390 .704 154.3
Home 599 2354 376 715 122 50 11 295 267 78 94 194 .304 .341 .412 .753 319.4
Away 620 2491 417 755 116 63 16 286 286 90 97 183 .303 .337 .420 .756 341.1
RISP   1235 0 390 68 24 6 516 0 0 77 90 .316 .361 .424 .786 173.6
Pinch Hitting   44 6 15 1 1 0 4 2 0 1 6 .341 .370 .409 .779 6.2
Close/Late   576 85 182 31 15 2 60 0 1 40 48 .316 .370 .432 .802 83.3
Mar/Apr 131 536 87 166 22 15 3 67 65 17 22 38 .310 .346 .424 .769 77.0
May 213 845 151 273 46 29 3 110 98 27 27 56 .323 .360 .457 .817 128.4
June 205 790 122 220 38 9 8 84 90 18 39 69 .278 .321 .380 .701 99.7
July 222 890 138 261 45 16 2 98 113 33 39 72 .293 .330 .387 .717 113.6
August 224 888 159 290 43 21 6 128 102 35 35 74 .327 .356 .443 .798 133.1
Sep/Oct 224 896 136 260 44 23 5 94 85 38 29 68 .290 .322 .407 .730 108.7
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 26 BRO NL SS 132 131 1173.7 245 460 39 72 .948 5.41   3.1
1902 27 BRO NL SS 132 130 1178.7 234 514 39 77 .950 5.71   5.7
1903 28 BRO NL SS 132 130 1148.0 202 442 34 70 .950 5.05   3.2
    1B 1 1 8.0 13 1 0 1 1.000 15.75   0.0
1904 29 BRO NL SS 148 144 1298.7 228 546 44 97 .946 5.36   4.7
1905 30 BRO NL SS 123 117 1058.3 190 446 35 69 .948 5.41   3.6
1906 31 BRO NL SS 140 140 1239.3 194 541 30 81 .961 5.34   7.8
1907 32 BRO NL SS 141 138 1220.7 218 534 39 89 .951 5.54   8.1
1908 33 BRO NL SS 12 11 113.9 21 48 5 8 .932 5.45   0.6
  SLN NL SS 77 69 615.1 113 258 26 45 .935 5.43   2.2
  TOT   SS 89 80 729.0 134 306 31 53 .934 5.43   2.8
1909 34 PHI NL SS 110 109 971.3 147 445 38 76 .940 5.49   5.4
1910 35 PHI NL 1B 10 10 90.0 139 10 1 6 .993 14.90   0.2
    3B 10 10 87.0 4 18 3 2 .880 2.28   0.2
    2B 9 9 78.0 16 34 2 6 .962 5.77   0.3
    SS 9 9 70.0 13 42 1 4 .982 7.07   0.6
  SS 1156 1128 10087.6 1805 4276 330 688 .949 5.43   45.0
  1B 11 11 98.0 152 11 1 7 .994 14.97   0.2
  3B 10 10 87.0 4 18 3 2 .880 2.28   0.2
  2B 9 9 78.0 16 34 2 6 .962 5.77   0.3
Career Totals   1186 1158 10350.6 1977 4339 336 703 .949 5.49   45.7
Career Highs   148 144 1298.7 245 546 44 97 .975 7.64    
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
1909 34 PHI NL 3 9 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 .111 .273 .222 .495
Career Post-Season Batting 3 9 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 .111 .273 .222 .495
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
1901-10-.323
1902-7-.324
1903-5-.352
1904-8-.329
CAR-48-.303
 Slugging Pct
1901-7-.456
1903-6-.515
1904-10-.473
 OPS
1901-10-.819
1903-5-.910
1904-10-.844
 XR
1901-9-90.3
1903-8-98.8
1904-9-101.3
 Games
1903-9-135
1904-6-149
 At-Bats
1901-3-555
1903-5-548
1904-8-596
1906-1-605
1907-3-605
Runs
1901-8-98
1902-9-93
1903-8-104
1904-4-118
1906-1-102
 Hits
1901-5-179
1902-3-173
1903-1-193
1904-4-196
1906-9-173
1907-8-170
 Total Bases
1901-5-253
1903-4-282
1904-7-282
1906-4-230
1907-6-226
 Singles
1901-7-128
1902-3-141
1903-4-133
1904-9-132
 Doubles
1901-8-32
1903-6-39
1904-8-44
1907-5-26
 Triples
1901-1-15
1903-8-13
1904-5-18
1905-4-17
1906-7-11
1907-1-15
Homeruns
1903-7-8
1906-2-5
 RBIs
1902-4-88
1904-6-99
 Stolen Bases
1901-9-62
1902-2-73
1903-6-59
1904-4-75
1905-7-61
1906-4-71
1907-10-55
CAR-26-553
 Caught Stealing
1901-9-19
1902-4-27
1903-2-27
1904-8-20
1906-5-22
1907-8-20
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 109    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 40    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  1. Claude Ritchey (904)
  2. Freddy Parent (888)
  3. Bobby Wallace (868)
  4. Riggs Stephenson (863)
  5. Danny Murphy (863)
  6. Rube Oldring (862)
  7. Bucky Harris (861)
  8. Gene Demontreville (859)
  9. Charlie Hollocher (855)
  10. Mickey Doolan (855)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1901
Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/1901, hitting .538 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Had 28-game hitting streak snapped on 8/14/1901
Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (N) on 9/8/1902
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 1/17/1903 to a 3-year deal worth $9,000,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Boston (N) on 4/30/1903
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1903, hitting .600 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Philadelphia (N) on 4/15/1904
Won Player of the Week award on 5/3/1904, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
 
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