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.

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 18	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
3	3	Apr 21	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
4	6 (2)	Apr 24	CHC		STL	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
5	7	Apr 25	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
6	8	Apr 26	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
7	9	Apr 27	CHC		STL	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	8	2	0	10	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	10	May 1	CHC		PIT	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
9	11	May 2	CHC		CIN	W,12-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	12	May 3	CHC		CIN	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	13	May 4	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
12	14	May 5	CHC		STL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
13	16 (1)	May 7	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS	27	6.0	4	1	2	7	1
14	17	May 8	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-1	GS	23	6.0	2	2	0	4	1
15	18	May 9	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
16	19	May 11	CHC		BSN	L,4-6	GS	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
17	20	May 13	CHC		BSN	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
18	21	May 14	CHC		BSN	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
19	22	May 15	CHC		PHI	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
20	23	May 16	CHC		PHI	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
21	24	May 17	CHC		PHI	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
22	25	May 18	CHC		PHI	W,7-1	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
23	26	May 19	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	27	May 20	CHC		BRO	L,2-5	GS	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
25	28	May 21	CHC		BRO	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
26	32 (3)	May 26	CHC		NYG	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
27	33	May 27	CHC		NYG	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
28	34	May 30 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
29	35	May 30 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	GS	22	6.0	9	2	1	12	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	36	Jun 1	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	37	Jun 3	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	38	Jun 4	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
33	39	Jun 5	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
34	40	Jun 6	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	41	Jun 8	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
36	42	Jun 10	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
37	43	Jun 11	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	44	Jun 12	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
39	45	Jun 13	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
40	46	Jun 14	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-7	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	47	Jun 15	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
42	48	Jun 17	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	4	4	0	8	0
43	49	Jun 18	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	3	0	11	0
44	50	Jun 19	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	51	Jun 20	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
46	52	Jun 21	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
47	53	Jun 22	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
48	54	Jun 23	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
49	55	Jun 24	CHC		STL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	6	2	1	9	0
50	56	Jun 25	CHC		STL	W,14-0	GS	13	4.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	57	Jun 26	CHC		STL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
52	58	Jun 27	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-1	GS	15	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
53	59	Jun 29	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
54	60	Jun 30 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-7	GS	23	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	61	Jun 30 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	T,7-7	CG	54	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	62	Jul 1	CHC	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
57	63	Jul 2 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,7-1	GS	15	4.0	4	0	0	4	0
58	64	Jul 2 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	65	Jul 3	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
60	66	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	37	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
61	67	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	68	Jul 5	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.1	10	2	0	12	0
63	69	Jul 6	CHC		NYG	W,1-0	CG	43	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	70	Jul 7	CHC		NYG	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	71	Jul 8 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
66	72	Jul 8 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
67	73	Jul 9	CHC		NYG	L,6-7	CG	43	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
68	74	Jul 10	CHC		BSN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
69	75	Jul 11 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	8	2	0	10	0
70	76	Jul 11 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
71	77	Jul 12	CHC		BSN	W,8-0	GS	26	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
72	78	Jul 13	CHC		BSN	W,5-3	GS	19	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	79	Jul 14	CHC		PHI	W,9-5	GS	31	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	80	Jul 16 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
75	81	Jul 16 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	82	Jul 17	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	77	21.0	8	0	0	8	0
77	83	Jul 18	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	CG	63	16.0	10	0	0	10	0
78	86 (2)	Jul 21	CHC		BRO	L,3-6	GF	18	4.0	0	0	1	1	0
79	90 (3)	Jul 26	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	32	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
80	91	Jul 27	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
81	92	Jul 29	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	7	0	0	7	1
82	93	Jul 31	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	94	Aug 1	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
84	95	Aug 2	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
85	96	Aug 3 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	97	Aug 3 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
87	98	Aug 5	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
88	99	Aug 6	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
89	101 (1)	Aug 8	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	102	Aug 9	CHC	@	BRO	W,8-2	GS	32	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
91	103	Aug 10	CHC	@	PIT	T,3-3	CG	39	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
92	104	Aug 11 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
93	105	Aug 11 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
94	106	Aug 12	CHC		PIT	L,1-12	GS	20	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
95	107	Aug 13 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
96	108	Aug 13 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,2-7	GS	15	2.2	2	0	0	2	0
97	109	Aug 14	CHC		PIT	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
98	112 (2)	Aug 18 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	120 (7)	Aug 24 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
100	121	Aug 25 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
101	123 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
102	125 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	128 (2)	Aug 31	CHC		CIN	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	129	Sep 1	CHC		PIT	W,4-0	GS	18	5.0	3	2	0	5	0
							104gm		885.0	487	110	11	608	12