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+

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

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
2	2	Apr 18	CLE		SLB	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
3	3	Apr 19	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	GS	29	7.0	2	3	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 20	CLE		DET	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
5	5	Apr 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,15-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
6	6	Apr 25	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
7	7	Apr 28	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	4	2	0	6	4
8	8	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
9	9	Apr 30	CLE	@	CHW	L,10-20	CG	51	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,12-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	2
11	11	May 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
12	12	May 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	2	7	1	10	2
13	13	May 6	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	5	1	10	2
14	14	May 7	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	2	8	0	10	0
15	15	May 8	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
16	16	May 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	45	9.1	1	5	1	7	0
17	17	May 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	18	May 11	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	2	1	2	5	1
19	19	May 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
20	20	May 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
21	21	May 17	CLE		WSH	W,14-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
22	22	May 18	CLE		WSH	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
23	23	May 19	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
24	24	May 20	CLE		NYY	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	25	May 21	CLE		NYY	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	3
26	26	May 22	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
27	27	May 23	CLE		BOS	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
28	28	May 25	CLE		BOS	W,18-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
29	29	May 26	CLE		PHA	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
30	30	May 27	CLE		PHA	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
31	31	May 28	CLE		PHA	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	32	May 29	CLE		CHW	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
33	33	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,7-8	CG	55	12.0	1	4	0	5	1
34	34	May 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
35	35	May 31	CLE		CHW	L,5-12	CG	49	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 2	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	33	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
37	37	Jun 3	CLE	@	SLB	L,8-12	CG	45	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
38	38	Jun 5 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-20	CG	49	8.0	4	3	1	8	0
39	39	Jun 5 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
40	40	Jun 6	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	41	Jun 7	CLE	@	DET	L,6-11	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	42	Jun 8	CLE		SLB	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
43	43	Jun 9	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
44	44	Jun 10	CLE		SLB	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	3
45	45	Jun 13	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
46	46	Jun 14	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-7	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
47	47	Jun 15	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
48	48	Jun 16 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
49	49	Jun 16 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
50	50	Jun 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
51	51	Jun 19 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
52	52	Jun 19 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
53	53	Jun 20 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	31	8.1	2	4	0	6	1
54	54	Jun 20 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	2	7	0	9	3
55	55	Jun 21	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	5	5	0	10	2
56	56	Jun 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
57	57	Jun 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
58	58	Jun 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
59	59	Jun 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
60	60	Jun 26	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
61	61	Jun 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
62	62	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	45	11.0	3	5	0	8	0
63	63	Jun 30	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	2	4	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	64	Jul 1 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-12	CG	41	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
65	65	Jul 1 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	2	4	0	6	1
66	66	Jul 2 (1)	CLE		DET	L,2-9	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
67	67	Jul 2 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-5	GS	16	3.1	1	0	1	2	1
68	75 (7)	Jul 11	CLE		NYY	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
69	76	Jul 13	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
70	77	Jul 14	CLE		WSH	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
71	78	Jul 15 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
72	79	Jul 15 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,10-8	CG	47	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
73	80	Jul 16	CLE		NYY	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
74	81	Jul 17	CLE		NYY	W,13-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
75	82	Jul 18	CLE		NYY	W,15-14	CG	52	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
76	83	Jul 19	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
77	84	Jul 20	CLE		BOS	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
78	85	Jul 21	CLE		BOS	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
79	86	Jul 22 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
80	87	Jul 22 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
81	88	Jul 23	CLE		PHA	L,9-11	CG	42	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
82	89	Jul 24	CLE		PHA	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
83	90	Jul 25	CLE		PHA	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
84	91	Jul 28 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-8	CG	48	9.0	1	8	1	10	1
85	92	Jul 28 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	2	9	0	11	1
86	93	Jul 29 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
87	94	Jul 29 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
88	95	Jul 31 (1)	CLE		DET	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
89	96	Jul 31 (2)	CLE		DET	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	97	Aug 1	CLE		DET	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
91	98	Aug 2	CLE		DET	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
92	99	Aug 3	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
93	100	Aug 4	CLE		SLB	L,7-8	CG	48	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
94	101	Aug 5	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
95	102	Aug 7	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	44	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
96	103	Aug 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
97	104	Aug 10	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	54	10.1	4	4	0	8	2
98	105	Aug 11	CLE	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
99	106	Aug 12	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	46	9.2	0	3	0	3	1
100	107	Aug 14	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
101	108	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	43	9.1	2	2	0	4	0
102	109	Aug 17 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	GS	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
103	110	Aug 18 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
104	111	Aug 18 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
105	112	Aug 19	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
106	113	Aug 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-11	CG	53	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
107	114	Aug 22 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
108	115	Aug 22 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
109	116	Aug 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
110	117	Aug 25 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
111	118	Aug 25 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	2
112	119	Aug 26 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
113	120	Aug 26 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
114	121	Aug 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
115	122	Aug 28	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	45	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
116	123	Aug 30	CLE		DET	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	124	Sep 1	CLE		DET	L,4-6	CG	55	11.0	2	3	1	6	1
118	125	Sep 2	CLE		DET	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
119	126	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
120	127	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
121	128	Sep 4	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
122	129	Sep 5	CLE		BOS	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
123	130	Sep 6	CLE		BOS	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	0	6	1	7	0
124	131	Sep 8 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
125	132	Sep 8 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
126	133	Sep 9 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
127	134	Sep 9 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	3	3	0	6	1
128	135	Sep 10	CLE		PHA	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
129	136	Sep 11	CLE		PHA	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
130	137	Sep 12	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
131	138	Sep 13	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
132	139	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
133	140	Sep 15	CLE		NYY	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
134	142 (1)	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	L,6-13	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
135	143	Sep 18 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	50	12.0	1	1	0	2	1
136	144	Sep 18 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
137	145	Sep 19	CLE		WSH	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
138	146	Sep 20	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
139	147	Sep 22	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
140	148	Sep 23 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
141	149	Sep 23 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
142	150	Sep 25	CLE		SLB	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
143	151	Sep 26	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
144	152	Sep 29	CLE		CHW	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
145	153	Sep 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
146	154	Sep 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	CG	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
							146gm		1283.0	262	451	28	741	106