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.

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 13	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Apr 15	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 16	NYY	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 17	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 19	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 22	NYY		WSH	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 24	NYY		WSH	W,17-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	9	Apr 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 27	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	Apr 28	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-12	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	12	Apr 29	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 3	NYY		PHA	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	14	May 4	NYY		PHA	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	15	May 5	NYY		BOS	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	16	May 6	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	17	May 7	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 8	NYY		BOS	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	19	May 11	NYY	@	DET	L,5-16	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	20	May 12	NYY	@	DET	L,4-11	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
21	21	May 13	NYY	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	22	May 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	23	May 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	0	12.0	1	1	0	2	0
24	24	May 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	25	May 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	26	May 20	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	27	May 21	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	38 (10)	Jun 7	NYY		DET	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	39	Jun 8	NYY		DET	L,4-5	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	40	Jun 10	NYY		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	41	Jun 11	NYY		CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	42	Jun 12	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	45 (2)	Jun 16	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	46	Jun 17	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	81 (34)	Jul 18	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	12.2	2	1	0	3	0
36	82	Jul 19	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	83	Jul 20	NYY	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	84	Jul 21	NYY	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	85	Jul 22	NYY	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	0	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	86	Jul 24 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	87	Jul 24 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	88	Jul 26	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	89	Jul 27	NYY		BOS	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	90	Jul 28	NYY		BOS	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	91	Jul 29	NYY		DET	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	92	Jul 30	NYY		DET	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
47	93	Jul 31 (1)	NYY		DET	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	94	Jul 31 (2)	NYY		DET	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	95	Aug 3 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	96	Aug 3 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	97	Aug 5 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	98	Aug 5 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	99	Aug 6	NYY		CLE	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	100	Aug 7	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	101	Aug 9	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	102	Aug 10	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	107 (4)	Aug 18 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	108	Aug 18 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
59	109	Aug 19 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
60	110	Aug 19 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	111	Aug 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	0	12.1	2	0	0	2	0
62	112	Aug 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	113	Aug 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	114	Aug 24	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	115	Aug 25	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	9.2	4	0	0	4	0
66	116	Aug 26	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	117	Aug 27	NYY	@	DET	L,6-17	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	118	Aug 28	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	119	Aug 29	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	120	Aug 31 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	121	Aug 31 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	122	Sep 2 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	123	Sep 2 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
74	124	Sep 4	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	125	Sep 6 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,9-10	CG	0	9.1	3	0	0	3	0
76	126	Sep 6 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	127	Sep 7	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
78	128	Sep 8	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	129	Sep 9	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-11	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
80	130	Sep 11 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	131	Sep 11 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	132	Sep 13	NYY		PHA	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
83	133	Sep 14 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
84	134	Sep 14 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	135	Sep 15	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
86	136	Sep 16	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	137	Sep 17	NYY		CLE	W,10-0	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
88	138	Sep 18	NYY		CLE	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	139	Sep 20	NYY		CLE	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	140	Sep 21	NYY		CHW	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	141	Sep 23 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	142	Sep 23 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	143	Sep 25 (1)	NYY		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	144	Sep 25 (2)	NYY		DET	L,4-10	CG	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	145	Sep 27	NYY		DET	W,4-1	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
							95gm			111	8	4	123	2