Willie Keeler

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-4, 140lb (163cm, 63kg)

Born: March 3, 1872 in Brooklyn, NY us

Died: January 1, 1923 in Brooklyn, NY

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, NY

Debut: September 30, 1892 (Age 20-211d, 1,706th in major league history)

Last Game: September 5, 1910 (Age 38-186d)
vs. BRO 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1939. (Voted by BBWAA on 207/274 ballots)
View Willie Keeler's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1893 season

Full Name: William Henry Keeler

Nicknames: Wee Willie or Hit 'Em Where They Ain't

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

54.3

8591

2932

.341

1719

RBI

810

495

OBP

.388

SLG

.415

OPS

.802

OPS+

127

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1905 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1905 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 15	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 17	NYY	@	WSH	W,13-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 19	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	0	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 20	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 22	NYY		WSH	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 24	NYY		WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 25	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 26	NYY		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	10	Apr 27	NYY		PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
11	11	Apr 28	NYY		PHA	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	13	May 2	NYY		BOS	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	14	May 3	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 4	NYY		BOS	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	16	May 5	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	May 6	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 8	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 12	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	21	May 13	NYY	@	CHW	T,0-0	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	22	May 14	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	23	May 15	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-10	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
24	24	May 16	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	25	May 17	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-10	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	26	May 18	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	27	May 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	28	May 20	NYY	@	DET	L,0-6	GS	0		1	1	1	3	0
29	29	May 22	NYY	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	30	May 23	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
31	31	May 24	NYY	@	DET	L,6-12	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	32	May 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	33	May 26	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	0	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
34	34	May 27	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	35	May 29	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
36	36	May 30	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
37	37	May 31	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	NYY		BOS	W,15-5	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
39	39	Jun 3	NYY		BOS	L,3-10	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	40	Jun 5	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	41	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	42	Jun 9	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	43	Jun 10	NYY		SLB	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	44	Jun 14	NYY		SLB	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	45	Jun 15	NYY		CHW	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	46	Jun 16	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	47	Jun 17	NYY		CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
48	48	Jun 19	NYY		CHW	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
49	49	Jun 20	NYY		DET	L,3-5	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	50	Jun 23	NYY		DET	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	51	Jun 24	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	52	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	10.0	1	0	1	2	0
53	53	Jun 28 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 29	NYY		PHA	W,13-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	55	Jun 30	NYY		PHA	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	56	Jul 1 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	57	Jul 1 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	58	Jul 3	NYY		PHA	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	59	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	60	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	61	Jul 5	NYY		WSH	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	62	Jul 7 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	63	Jul 7 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	64	Jul 8 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	65	Jul 8 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	T,5-5	CG	0	14.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	66	Jul 10	NYY	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	67	Jul 11	NYY	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	68	Jul 12	NYY	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	69	Jul 13	NYY	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
70	70	Jul 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	71	Jul 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	72	Jul 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	2	2	0
73	73	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	74	Jul 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	75	Jul 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	76	Jul 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	11.2	4	1	0	5	0
77	77	Jul 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	78	Jul 23	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	79	Jul 24	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	80	Jul 25	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	81	Jul 29 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
82	82	Jul 29 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	83	Aug 1	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	84	Aug 2	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	85	Aug 3	NYY		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	86	Aug 4	NYY		SLB	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	87	Aug 5 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	88	Aug 5 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	89	Aug 7	NYY		SLB	W,14-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	90	Aug 10	NYY		CHW	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	91	Aug 11	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	92	Aug 12 (1)	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	93	Aug 12 (2)	NYY		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	94	Aug 14	NYY		DET	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	95	Aug 15	NYY		DET	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
96	96	Aug 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	97	Aug 18	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	0	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
98	98	Aug 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	0	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
99	99	Aug 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	100	Aug 21	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	101	Aug 23 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	102	Aug 23 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	103	Aug 24 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	104	Aug 24 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	105	Aug 25	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	106	Aug 26	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	107	Aug 28	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
108	108	Aug 29	NYY	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	109	Aug 30	NYY	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	110	Aug 31	NYY	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	111	Sep 2	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	112	Sep 4 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	113	Sep 4 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,8-5	CG	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	114	Sep 5	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
115	115	Sep 6	NYY	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	116	Sep 7 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,6-11	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	117	Sep 7 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-10	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
118	118	Sep 8	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	0	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
119	119	Sep 9 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	120	Sep 9 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	T,7-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
121	121	Sep 12 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	122	Sep 12 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
123	126 (3)	Sep 16 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
124	127	Sep 16 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,0-3	CG	0	10.0	0	3	1	4	0
125	128	Sep 19 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
126	129	Sep 19 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
127	130	Sep 20	NYY		PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
128	131	Sep 21 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
129	132	Sep 21 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
130	133	Sep 22	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
131	134	Sep 23 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
132	135	Sep 23 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,1-10	CG	0	7.0	3	4	0	7	0
133	136	Sep 25	NYY		SLB	W,13-10	GS	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
134	137	Sep 26 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,3-6	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
135	138	Sep 26 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
136	139	Sep 27	NYY		SLB	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
137	140	Sep 28 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
138	141	Sep 28 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,1-3	GS	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
139	142	Sep 29	NYY		CLE	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
140	143	Sep 30 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
141	144	Sep 30 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,0-1	CG	0	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
142	145	Oct 2 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
143	146	Oct 2 (2)	NYY		DET	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
144	147	Oct 3 (1)	NYY		DET	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
145	148	Oct 3 (2)	NYY		DET	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
146	149	Oct 5	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-10	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
147	150	Oct 6	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
148	151	Oct 7 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	0	9.1	1	1	1	3	0
149	152	Oct 7 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,9-12	CG	0	5.0	2	2	0	4	0
							152gm		117.0	202	35	12	249	2