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.

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
2	2	Apr 14	PHI	@	BRO	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	2
3	3	Apr 16	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
4	4	Apr 19 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,3-7	GS	30	5.0	2	1	0	3	1
5	5	Apr 19 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
6	6	Apr 20	PHI		BRO	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
7	7	Apr 21	PHI		BRO	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 23	PHI		BRO	L,1-3	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 25	PHI		NYG	L,8-9	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
10	10	Apr 27	PHI		NYG	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 28	PHI		NYG	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
12	12	Apr 30	PHI		BSN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 2	PHI		BSN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
14	14	May 3	PHI		BSN	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
15	15	May 7	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
16	16	May 8	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
17	17	May 10	PHI		STL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	8	4	0	12	0
18	18	May 11	PHI		STL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	19	May 12	PHI		STL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
20	20	May 14	PHI		PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
21	21	May 15	PHI		PIT	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
22	22	May 16	PHI		PIT	L,4-12	GS	25	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	23	May 17	PHI		PIT	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
24	24	May 18	PHI		CHC	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
25	25	May 19	PHI		CHC	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	7	0	0	7	0
26	26	May 21	PHI		CHC	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
27	27	May 22	PHI		CHC	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
28	28	May 23	PHI		CIN	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
29	29	May 24	PHI		CIN	L,9-19	GS	24	3.0	2	1	0	3	0
30	30	May 25	PHI		CIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
31	31	May 26	PHI		CIN	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
32	32	May 30 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
33	33	May 30 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
34	34	May 31	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	35	Jun 1	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-1	GS	21	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
36	36	Jun 2	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
37	38 (1)	Jun 6	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
38	39	Jun 8	PHI	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
39	40	Jun 10	PHI	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
40	41	Jun 11	PHI	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	58	14.2	8	2	0	10	0
41	42	Jun 12	PHI	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
42	43	Jun 13	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
43	45 (1)	Jun 15	PHI	@	CIN	W,12-8	GS	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
44	46	Jun 16	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	43	10.2	5	2	0	7	1
45	47	Jun 17	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	50	11.0	6	1	0	7	0
46	48	Jun 19	PHI		BRO	L,5-12	GS	41	8.0	8	3	0	11	1
47	49	Jun 20 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
48	51 (1)	Jun 21	PHI		BRO	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
49	53 (1)	Jun 23	PHI		NYG	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	54	Jun 25	PHI		NYG	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	55	Jun 26 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
52	56	Jun 26 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,6-5	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	57	Jun 27	PHI		NYG	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	8	3	0	11	0
54	58	Jun 28 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-5	GS	24	5.0	2	0	1	3	0
55	60 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	62 (1)	Jul 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	4	0	0	4	0
57	63	Jul 2	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
58	64	Jul 4 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
59	65	Jul 4 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
60	66	Jul 5	PHI		BSN	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
61	67	Jul 6	PHI		PIT	L,5-8	GS	29	6.0	6	2	0	8	0
62	68	Jul 7	PHI		PIT	L,1-4	GS	33	7.0	4	4	1	9	0
63	69	Jul 13 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
64	70	Jul 13 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,0-1	CG	39	10.0	6	1	0	7	0
65	71	Jul 14 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
66	72	Jul 14 (2)	PHI		CHC	T,3-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
67	73	Jul 16	PHI		CIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
68	74	Jul 17	PHI		CIN	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
69	75	Jul 18	PHI		CIN	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
70	76	Jul 20	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
71	77	Jul 21 (1)	PHI		STL	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
72	79 (1)	Jul 23	PHI		STL	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
73	80	Jul 24	PHI		STL	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
74	85 (4)	Jul 30	PHI	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
75	86	Jul 31 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	87	Jul 31 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,2-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	88	Aug 1	PHI	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	7	1	0	8	1
78	90 (1)	Aug 3	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
79	91	Aug 4	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
80	92	Aug 5	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	94 (1)	Aug 9	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
82	95	Aug 10	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
83	96	Aug 11 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
84	98 (1)	Aug 13	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	99	Aug 14	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
86	100	Aug 15	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-3	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	103 (2)	Aug 17 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
88	105 (1)	Aug 18	PHI		PIT	W,3-2	CG	57	14.0	6	1	0	7	0
89	107 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
90	109 (1)	Aug 22	PHI		CHC	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
91	111 (1)	Aug 24 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,7-6	GS	31	7.0	4	2	0	6	0
92	112	Aug 25 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	5	2	0	7	0
93	113	Aug 25 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	114	Aug 27	PHI		STL	W,6-4	GS	28	7.0	4	2	0	6	0
95	115	Aug 28	PHI		STL	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	116	Aug 29	PHI		STL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
97	117	Aug 30 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
98	119 (1)	Aug 31	PHI		BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	120	Sep 3 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
100	121	Sep 3 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
101	123 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
102	124	Sep 5 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
103	125	Sep 6 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
104	127 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
105	130 (2)	Sep 8 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
106	131	Sep 10 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
107	133 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	4	0	8	0
108	135 (1)	Sep 12	PHI	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
109	136	Sep 13 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,1-0	CG	39	11.0	9	2	0	11	1
110	138 (1)	Sep 17	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
111	139	Sep 18	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
112	140	Sep 21	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
113	141	Sep 22 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
114	143 (1)	Sep 23 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
115	145 (1)	Sep 24	PHI	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
116	147 (1)	Sep 26	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
117	148	Sep 29	PHI	@	STL	L,2-7	GS	32	6.0	4	1	0	5	0
118	149	Sep 30 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,11-2	GS	29	7.0	4	2	0	6	2
119	152 (2)	Oct 2 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
120	153	Oct 3 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,1-11	CG	0	9.0	7	3	1	11	0
121	154	Oct 3 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,0-6	GF	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
							121gm		1017.0	617	138	12	767	14