Bill Killefer

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: October 10, 1887 in Bloomingdale, MI us

Died: July 3, 1960 in Elsmere, DE

Buried: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Paw Paw, MI

High School: Paw Paw HS (Paw Paw, MI)

Schools: Sacred Heart College (Watertown, WI), St. Edward's University (Austin, TX)

Debut: September 13, 1909 (Age 21-338d, 3,232nd in major league history)
vs. DET 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1921 (Age 33-356d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1910 season

Full Name: William Killefer

Nicknames: Reindeer Bill

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Relatives: Brother of Red Killefer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.8

3150

751

.238

237

RBI

240

OBP

.273

SLG

.283

OPS

.556

OPS+

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

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 12	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-4	GS	10	3.0	2	1	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	16 (13)	May 8	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS	13	3.0	1	0	1	2	0
3	17	May 9	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	1
4	20 (2)	May 14	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
5	26 (5)	May 22	PHI	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	44 (17)	Jun 14	PHI		CHC	L,5-7	GS	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
7	45	Jun 18	PHI		CHC	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	46	Jun 19	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	4	2	2	8	0
9	47	Jun 20	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	42	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
10	48	Jun 21	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-7	GS	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	49	Jun 22	PHI	@	BRO	L,8-9	GS	20	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	51 (1)	Jun 25	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
13	52	Jun 26	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	7	1	10	0
14	53	Jun 27	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	5	0	0	5	0
15	55 (1)	Jun 28 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,4-8	GS	20	3.0	2	1	0	3	0
16	57 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,11-7	GF	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	59 (1)	Jul 1 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,1-14	CG	53	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
18	63 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
19	64	Jul 5	PHI	@	BSN	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	7	3	0	10	0
20	65	Jul 6	PHI	@	BSN	W,13-11	CG	59	13.0	8	1	0	9	0
21	66	Jul 8 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	68 (1)	Jul 9	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
23	69	Jul 12	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	10	1	1	12	0
24	71 (1)	Jul 14	PHI	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
25	72	Jul 15	PHI	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
26	74 (1)	Jul 17	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	75	Jul 18 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-8	CG	54	11.0	7	1	0	8	0
28	77 (1)	Jul 19	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
29	78	Jul 20	PHI	@	CHC	W,14-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
30	80 (1)	Jul 22	PHI	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
31	81	Jul 23	PHI	@	STL	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
32	82	Jul 24	PHI	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	43	8.2	8	1	0	9	0
33	83	Jul 26	PHI		PIT	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
34	84	Jul 27	PHI		PIT	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
35	85	Jul 29	PHI		PIT	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
36	86	Jul 30	PHI		PIT	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	6	1	0	7	0
37	87	Jul 31 (1)	PHI		STL	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	9	4	0	13	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	89 (1)	Aug 1	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	3	1	11	0
39	90	Aug 2	PHI		STL	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
40	92 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
41	94 (1)	Aug 6	PHI		CHC	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
42	95	Aug 7	PHI		CHC	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
43	96	Aug 8	PHI		CHC	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
44	97	Aug 10 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
45	98	Aug 10 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
46	99	Aug 12	PHI		CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
47	100	Aug 13	PHI		CIN	L,6-7	GS	19	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
48	101	Aug 14 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	39	9.2	9	3	0	12	1
49	102	Aug 14 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	GF	19	4.2	4	1	0	5	0
50	103	Aug 15 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
51	107 (3)	Aug 18 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,10-6	GF	30	6.1	4	0	0	4	0
52	108	Aug 18 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
53	109	Aug 20 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
54	112 (2)	Aug 24	PHI	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
55	113	Aug 25	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	GF	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
56	114	Aug 26	PHI	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	115	Aug 27	PHI	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	116	Aug 29	PHI		BSN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
59	117	Aug 30	PHI		BSN	L,1-3	CG	43	10.0	8	2	0	10	0
60	118	Aug 31 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	6	5	0	11	0
61	119	Aug 31 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	120	Sep 2 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,2-4	CG	45	11.0	7	1	1	9	0
63	121	Sep 2 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,2-1	CG	47	13.0	5	4	0	9	0
64	122	Sep 3	PHI		BRO	W,5-4	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	123	Sep 4 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
66	125 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	7	3	0	10	2
67	126	Sep 5 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
68	127	Sep 6 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	8	3	2	13	1
69	128	Sep 6 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,8-9	GF	25	4.0	4	1	0	5	1
70	129	Sep 7	PHI		NYG	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
71	132 (2)	Sep 12	PHI		PIT	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
72	133	Sep 13	PHI		PIT	L,5-6	CG	48	10.0	7	3	0	10	0
73	134	Sep 16 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
74	138 (3)	Sep 20 (1)	PHI		STL	L,4-9	GF	16	4.0	2	2	0	4	0
75	139	Sep 20 (2)	PHI		STL	W,5-0	GS	19	5.1	2	1	0	3	0
76	140	Sep 21 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
77	141	Sep 21 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
78	142	Sep 26 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	7	3	0	10	1
79	143	Sep 26 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
80	144	Sep 27	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	145	Sep 28 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	7	3	0	10	0
82	146	Sep 28 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	1	6	1
83	147	Sep 30	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
84	148	Oct 1	PHI	@	NYG	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
85	149	Oct 2	PHI	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	9	5	0	14	0
							85gm		691.0	407	134	15	556	17