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Bill
Killefer		  
Nickname: Reindeer Bill
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: October 10, 1887 in Usa, MI, BLOOMINGDALE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1920    1921   
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
1909 21 BSN NL     5 5 6 1 1 1 6 5 5 2 2 2 9 8 8
1910 22 BSN NL     5 5 6 1 1 1 6 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1911 23 BSN NL     6 6 7 2 2 2 6 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1912 24 BSN NL     5 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1913 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1914 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1915 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 6 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1916 28 BSN NL $ 350,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 6 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1917 29 BSN NL $ 646,429   6 6 7 3 3 3 6 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1918 30 BSN NL $ 1,621,429   6 6 7 3 3 3 6 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1919 31 WAS AL $ 987,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1920 32 WAS AL $ 987,000   5 5 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1921 33 WAS AL $ 1,100,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1922 34 WAS AL $ 1,100,000   4 4 5 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 2 2 8 7 7
1923 35 WAS AL $ 1,100,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 5 4 4 2 2 2 7 7 7
1924 36 WAS AL     3 3 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,621,429   6 6 7 3 3 3 6 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
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
1909 21 AAA   131 506 37 107 21 0 3 32 6 2 35 99 .211 .262 .271 .533 35.0  
1910 22 AAA   131 502 28 124 13 3 1 36 5 1 40 76 .247 .303 .291 .593 45.3  
1911 23 AAA   130 510 49 140 27 2 6 57 2 3 32 84 .275 .317 .371 .688 57.4  
1912 24 AAA   130 534 56 176 19 3 5 55 7 5 50 48 .330 .387 .404 .791 80.8  
1913 25 BSN NL 62 219 18 62 6 1 0 20 2 0 13 24 .283 .323 .320 .643 21.9 3.8
1914 26 BSN NL 64 211 22 57 12 1 0 15 0 0 12 17 .270 .307 .336 .643 20.3 2.5
1915 27 BSN NL 51 169 15 45 6 0 0 15 0 1 9 11 .266 .302 .302 .603 12.8 1.3
1916 28 BSN NL 47 161 20 50 7 0 2 19 0 0 15 8 .311 .369 .391 .761 22.9 5.1
1917 29 BSN NL 130 506 52 142 14 4 2 50 0 0 27 44 .281 .316 .336 .652 53.3 11.5
1918 30 BSN NL 130 475 30 107 14 1 1 35 2 0 18 44 .225 .252 .265 .517 28.9 0.8
1919 31 WAS AL 54 205 25 75 10 0 1 25 0 0 7 14 .366 .383 .429 .812 30.9 8.2
1920 32 WAS AL 58 239 24 67 6 1 3 35 0 0 11 13 .280 .310 .351 .661 22.6 2.6
1921 33 WAS AL 56 204 26 65 8 3 1 36 0 0 10 5 .319 .349 .402 .751 24.1 3.2
1922 34 WAS AL 10 34 1 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 .235 .257 .235 .492 2.0 0.0
1923 35 WAS AL 13 29 3 8 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 3 .276 .276 .345 .621 2.3 0.3
    AA   11 42 2 11 1 2 1 10 1 1 3 2 .262 .311 .452 .763 5.6  
1924 36 A   111 379 54 113 15 4 13 88 6 6 38 27 .298 .362 .462 .824 60.7  
11 Years Sim 675 2452 236 686 83 12 10 260 4 1 123 185 .280 .313 .336 .648 242.1 39.3
4 Years AAA 522 2052 170 547 80 8 15 180 20 11 157 307 .267 .319 .335 .655 218.5  
1 Years AA 11 42 2 11 1 2 1 10 1 1 3 2 .262 .311 .452 .763 5.6  
1 Years A 111 379 54 113 15 4 13 88 6 6 38 27 .298 .362 .462 .823 60.7  
6 Years Minors 644 2473 226 671 96 14 29 278 27 18 198 336 .271 .326 .357 .682 284.9  
162 Game Average 588 56 164 19 2 2 62 0 0 29 44 .280 .313 .336 .648 58.1  
Career Highs 130 506 52 142 14 4 3 50 2 1 27 44 .366 .383 .429 .812 53.3  
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   1273 107 312 37 6 6 134 0 0 54 111 .245 .275 .298 .573 99.1
vs LH   1179 129 374 46 6 4 126 4 1 69 74 .317 .353 .377 .729 150.7
Home 336 1165 119 303 35 8 5 107 1 1 59 84 .260 .294 .317 .611 105.4
Away 339 1287 117 383 48 4 5 153 3 0 64 101 .298 .329 .353 .682 144.4
RISP   678 0 178 15 2 2 238 0 0 38 50 .263 .295 .299 .595 60.2
Pinch Hitting   31 3 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 .355 .394 .387 .781 4.5
Close/Late   320 23 91 12 2 2 36 0 0 17 25 .284 .320 .353 .673 34.9
Mar/Apr 82 312 34 101 12 3 1 31 1 0 20 20 .324 .364 .391 .755 42.4
May 127 470 48 133 11 2 2 40 1 1 27 40 .283 .319 .328 .647 48.6
June 118 433 34 114 17 0 1 46 1 0 18 34 .263 .289 .309 .599 37.4
July 120 421 33 116 16 3 0 40 1 0 23 27 .276 .312 .328 .640 41.9
August 109 384 38 103 12 1 3 41 0 0 17 36 .268 .299 .328 .627 36.3
Sep/Oct 119 432 49 119 15 3 3 62 0 0 18 28 .275 .304 .345 .649 43.3
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1913 25 BSN NL C 58 56 504.7 189 56 10 0 .961 4.37 106 46 .434 1 2.9
1914 26 BSN NL C 60 50 465.3 201 34 8 0 .967 4.55 98 29 .296 1 2.8
1915 27 BSN NL C 47 43 382.7 182 37 5 1 .978 5.15 82 29 .354 4 2.9
1916 28 BSN NL C 47 40 373.0 200 32 7 0 .971 5.60 68 27 .397 1 2.0
1917 29 BSN NL C 128 128 1145.0 483 102 21 1 .965 4.60 216 71 .329 3 4.9
1918 30 BSN NL C 128 126 1123.0 467 110 16 0 .973 4.62 206 77 .374 4 5.2
1919 31 WAS AL C 48 47 425.0 200 38 7 0 .971 5.04 79 23 .291 1 3.1
1920 32 WAS AL C 58 58 515.3 193 51 9 0 .964 4.26 77 29 .377 1 3.4
1921 33 WAS AL C 55 52 460.0 191 23 2 1 .991 4.19 46 16 .348 2 4.2
1922 34 WAS AL C 9 9 76.0 23 3 2 0 .929 3.08 5 0 .000 0 0.3
1923 35 WAS AL C 11 7 70.3 21 2 0 0 1.000 2.94 6 1 .167 0 0.5
Career Totals   649 616 5540.3 2350 488 87 3 .970 4.61 989 348 .352 18 32.2
Career Highs   128 128 1145.0 483 110 21 1 1.000 5.60 216 77 .434 4  
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
1919 31 WAS AL 3 10 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .400 .800
1921 33 WAS AL 3 13 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .308 .357 .462 .819
1923 35 WAS AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 7 24 5 9 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 3 .375 .400 .458 .858
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  1. Gus Fisher (974)
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  4. Les Nunamaker (957)
  5. Bob O'Farrell (954)
  6. Billy Sullivan (948)
  7. Butch Henline (944)
  8. Mickey Cochrane (939)
  9. Joe Wall (938)
  10. Buck Crouse (936)
History
Drafted in 5th round, 78th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1905
Had first career hit (double) on 8/8/1905, off Alex Hardy (NYA)
Injured on 8/28/1905 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks
Drafted in 4th round, 63rd overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1909
Injured on 6/16/1910 with a Knocked Out Teeth, out for 3 days
Injured on 7/28/1912 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/11/1913, off Eddie Plank (PHI)
2/13/1916: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 4/20/1916, off Gene Packard (BRO)
2/11/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $646,429 through salary arbitration
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,621,429 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 3/2/1919 to a 2-year deal worth $987,000 per year
7/16/1920: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $1,100,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Series with Washington in 1920
Won World Series with Washington in 1921
Injured on 5/8/1922 with a Broken Hip, out for full season
3/13/1923: Signed a minor league contract extension with Washington
 
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