Bill Knickerbocker

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: December 29, 1911 in Los Angeles, CA us

Died: September 8, 1963 in Sebastopol, CA

Buried: Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA

High School: Theodore Roosevelt HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 12, 1933 (Age 21-104d, 7,572nd in major league history)
vs. DET 6 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 17, 1942 (Age 30-262d)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1933 season

Full Name: William Hart Knickerbocker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.6

3418

943

.276

423

RBI

368

OBP

.326

SLG

.374

OPS

.700

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	35-45 / in Starts: 35-40
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	64 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 303 PAs	32
Actual Runners on Base	186 (100-52-34)
Avg. MLBer w/ 303 PAs	33
Avg. Runners on Base	198 (102-61-35)

Most Driven In
W Kamm	8
F Pytlak	5
R Spencer	3
J Vosmik	3
Self	2
D Porter	2
O Hale	2
H Boss	2

Most Driven In By
D Porter	3
H Trosky	2
E Averill	2
O Hildebrand	2
Self	2
E Morgan	2
H Boss	1
J Oulliber	1

1933 Batting Game Log

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1933 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	1	Apr 12	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG(13)	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	1.83	-0.218	5.03	-0.36%	-0.99	SS
2	2	2	Apr 13	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.273	.273	.545	.818	2	1.11	0.178	3.37	0.32%	1.71	SS
3	3	3	Apr 16	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.188	.188	.375	.563	2	1.11	-0.009	3.50	-0.02%	-0.35	SS
4	4	4	Apr 17	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.222	.263	.389	.652	2	1.36	-0.030	4.61	-0.06%	-0.15	SS
5	5	5	Apr 18	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.217	.318	.536	2	1.62	-0.169	5.03	-0.32%	-1.12	SS
6	6	6	Apr 20	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.167	.231	.292	.522	2	.78	-0.014	2.33	-0.03%	-0.43	SS
7	7	7	Apr 21	CLE		DET	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.148	.207	.259	.466	2	.63	-0.079	1.94	-0.15%	-1.42	SS
8	8	8	Apr 22	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.133	.188	.233	.421	2	.69	0.014	2.49	0.03%	-0.01	SS
9	9	9	Apr 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.129	.182	.226	.408	2	1.79	-0.050	6.33	-0.11%	-0.53	SS
10	10	16 (6)	Apr 30	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.114	.162	.200	.362	7	1.13	-0.114	4.09	-0.25%	-0.83	SS
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	11	17	May 1	CLE		CHW	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.128	.171	.205	.376	7	.37	0.054	1.22	0.11%	0.27	SS
12	12	18	May 4	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.140	.178	.256	.434	7	1.30	0.123	4.43	0.25%	1.13	SS
13	13	19	May 6	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.149	.184	.255	.439	7	1.19	-0.040	4.61	-0.09%	-0.56	SS
14	14	20	May 7 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.163	.212	.327	.538	7	1.56	0.112	6.18	0.27%	1.54	SS
15	15	21	May 7 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,4-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.214	.308	.522	7	.89	-0.031	3.88	-0.08%	-0.37	SS
16	16	23 (1)	May 11	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.145	.217	.291	.508	6	.59	-0.055	2.14	-0.12%	-0.68	SS
17	17	24	May 12	CLE		PHA	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.153	.219	.305	.524	6	.97	0.000	3.85	0.00%	0.01	SS
18	18	28 (3)	May 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,10-11	10-GF(12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.153	.219	.305	.524	4						SS
19	19	29	May 17	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.224	.306	.530	7	1.40	0.025	5.81	0.06%	0.07	SS
20	20	30	May 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		1	0	.167	.225	.318	.544	7	2.05	0.082	8.12	0.19%	1.50	SS
21	21	31	May 19	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.157	.213	.300	.513	7	.88	-0.092	3.28	-0.21%	-1.44	SS
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	22	48 (16)	Jun 5	CLE		DET	L,7-8	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.155	.221	.296	.517	3	.74	0.006	2.22	0.01%	0.09	SS
23	23	49	Jun 6	CLE		DET	L,2-5	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.164	.228	.301	.529	7	1.37	-0.044	3.68	-0.07%	-0.25	SS
24	24	50	Jun 7	CLE		DET	L,1-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.232	.293	.525	8	1.45	0.020	3.22	0.03%	-0.05	SS
25	25	51	Jun 8	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.177	.244	.304	.548	8	1.41	0.068	2.69	0.08%	1.12	SS
26	26	52	Jun 10	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	1	.185	.250	.309	.559	8	.55	0.012	.87	0.01%	-0.04	SS
27	27	53	Jun 11	CLE		SLB	W,1-0	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	1	.176	.239	.294	.533	8	1.98	-0.176	3.60	-0.19%	-1.10	SS
28	28	54	Jun 13	CLE	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.169	.229	.281	.510	8	1.55	-0.169	3.58	-0.24%	-1.72	SS
29	29	55	Jun 14	CLE	@	DET	L,2-13	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.220	.269	.489	8	.38	-0.039	.95	-0.06%	-0.89	SS
30	30	56	Jun 17	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	1	.186	.240	.289	.529	8	1.15	-0.012	2.94	-0.02%	-0.04	SS
31	31	57	Jun 18 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.241	.297	.538	8	.21	0.039	.56	0.06%	0.20	SS
32	32	58	Jun 18 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.202	.252	.327	.579	8	.94	0.044	2.65	0.08%	1.23	SS
33	33	59	Jun 19	CLE		BOS	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.246	.318	.563	8	1.42	-0.110	4.30	-0.20%	-0.73	SS
34	34	60	Jun 20	CLE		BOS	L,5-9	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.198	.246	.315	.561	8	1.17	0.103	3.11	0.16%	0.53	SS
35	35	61	Jun 21	CLE		PHA	W,11-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.211	.256	.360	.616	8	.82	0.130	2.11	0.20%	2.47	SS
36	36	62	Jun 22	CLE		PHA	L,6-11	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.262	.370	.632	8	.70	0.030	1.78	0.05%	0.42	SS
37	37	63	Jun 23	CLE		PHA	L,4-8	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.269	.374	.643	8	1.54	-0.049	3.56	-0.07%	-0.09	SS
38	38	64	Jun 24	CLE		PHA	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.261	.362	.623	8	1.10	-0.178	2.10	-0.21%	-1.59	SS
39	39	65	Jun 25 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,0-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.221	.261	.359	.620	8	.20	-0.017	.38	-0.02%	-0.18	SS
40	40	66	Jun 25 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.254	.348	.602	8	.87	-0.085	1.36	-0.08%	-1.24	SS
41	41	67	Jun 26	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.216	.253	.353	.606	8	1.97	0.020	2.11	0.01%	0.86	SS
42	42	68	Jun 27	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.247	.343	.589	8	2.39	-0.263	2.08	-0.14%	-1.48	SS
43	43	69	Jun 28	CLE		WSH	L,2-15	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.247	.347	.594	8	.15	-0.012	.16	-0.01%	-0.44	SS
44	44	70	Jun 29	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.253	.347	.600	8	1.54	-0.138	1.09	-0.06%	-0.95	SS
45	45	71	Jun 30	CLE		NYY	W,13-12	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.261	.349	.610	8	.69	0.041	.38	0.01%	0.65	SS
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	46	72	Jul 1	CLE		NYY	L,2-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.214	.258	.344	.602	8	1.78	-0.116	1.06	-0.04%	-1.09	SS
47	47	73	Jul 2	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	3-9	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.261	.342	.603	8	.90	0.016	.35	0.00%	0.07	PR SS
48	48	74	Jul 3	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.254	.333	.588	8	.55	-0.056	.12	-0.01%	-1.33	SS
49	49	77 (2)	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	L,6-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.202	.249	.325	.574	8	.97	-0.100	.21	-0.01%	-1.42	SS
50	50	82 (4)	Jul 11	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.202	.249	.325	.574	8						SS
51	51	83	Jul 12	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.249	.329	.578	8	1.07	-0.082	.06	0.00%	-0.64	SS
52	52	84	Jul 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.251	.337	.589	8	1.23	0.026	.05	0.00%	0.25	SS
53	53	85	Jul 14	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.209	.253	.343	.596	8	1.59	-0.045	.06	0.00%	-0.51	SS
54	54	86	Jul 15	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.253	.347	.599	8	.51	0.003	.02	0.00%	-0.20	SS
55	55	87	Jul 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG(14)	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.255	.346	.601	8	1.87	-0.024	.03	0.00%	-0.73	SS
56	56	88	Jul 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.251	.341	.592	8	1.47	-0.128	.04	0.00%	-0.89	SS
57	57	89	Jul 19	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG(13)	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	1	.211	.250	.337	.587	8	1.53	0.309	.05	0.01%	0.74	SS
58	58	90	Jul 20	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.245	.330	.575	8	.99	-0.036	.07	0.00%	-0.56	SS
59	59	91	Jul 21	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.246	.330	.576	8	.84	0.057	.11	0.00%	0.21	SS
60	60	92	Jul 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.209	.246	.328	.575	8	2.02	0.260	.13	0.01%	0.14	SS
61	61	93	Jul 23 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.248	.328	.576	8	.84	-0.060	.06	0.00%	-0.16	SS
62	62	94	Jul 23 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.243	.322	.565	8	.28	-0.029	.01	0.00%	-0.75	SS
63	63	95	Jul 25	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.203	.239	.316	.555	8	1.45	0.056	.03	0.00%	0.12	SS
64	64	96	Jul 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.243	.319	.563	8	.44	-0.044	.01	0.00%	-0.15	SS
65	65	97	Jul 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	5	5	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.251	.335	.586	8	.20	0.049	.01	0.00%	0.90	SS
66	66	98	Jul 28	CLE		DET	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.214	.248	.330	.578	8	.23	-0.024	.01	0.00%	-0.95	SS
67	67	99	Jul 29	CLE		DET	W,1-0	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.245	.326	.571	8	1.01	-0.084	.05	0.00%	-0.67	SS
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
68	68	139 (39)	Sep 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-5	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.243	.323	.566	7	1.24	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.52	PH SS
69	69	140	Sep 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.243	.322	.565	2	1.09	-0.100	.00	0.00%	-1.33	SS
70	70	141	Sep 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	GS-8	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.251	.329	.580	2	.77	0.067	.00	0.00%	0.69	SS
71	71	142	Sep 12	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.247	.324	.571	2	.79	-0.123	.00	0.00%	-1.31	SS
72	72	143	Sep 17 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.246	.321	.567	2	2.55	-0.311	.00	0.00%	-1.27	SS
73	73	144	Sep 17 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.246	.324	.570	2	.68	-0.038	.00	0.00%	0.52	SS
74	74	145	Sep 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-0	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.220	.249	.325	.575	2	.34	0.011	.00	0.00%	1.03	SS
75	75	146	Sep 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-9	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.225	.254	.333	.587	2	1.27	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.21	SS
76	76	147	Sep 23	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.221	.253	.328	.581	2	1.11	-0.132	.00	0.00%	-0.84	SS
77	77	148	Sep 24 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,7-8	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.259	.333	.592	2	1.42	0.374	.00	0.00%	2.23	SS
78	78	149	Sep 24 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,12-6	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.229	.259	.332	.591	2	.41	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.19	SS
79	79	150	Sep 30	CLE	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.255	.327	.583	2	.90	-0.092	.00	0.00%	-0.95	SS
80	80	151	Oct 1	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.255	.326	.581	2	.80	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.37	SS
							35-45		303	279	20	63	16	3	2	32	11	2	30	0	13		10		2	4	.226	.255	.326	.581		1.10	-1.603	1.75	-1.25%	-15.60

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