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.

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 21	SLB		CHW	W,15-10	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 22	SLB		CHW	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	2	7	1
3	3	Apr 23	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
4	4	Apr 24	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
5	5	Apr 25	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	50	10.2	6	6	0	12	1
6	6	Apr 28	SLB	@	DET	L,5-11	CG	45	8.0	3	6	0	9	0
7	7	Apr 29	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-12	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	8	May 1	SLB		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
9	9	May 4	SLB		BOS	L,6-11	CG	48	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
10	10	May 6	SLB		BOS	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
11	11	May 7	SLB		PHA	W,9-6	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
12	12	May 8	SLB		PHA	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
13	13	May 9	SLB		WSH	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
14	14	May 10	SLB		WSH	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
15	15	May 11	SLB		WSH	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
16	16	May 13	SLB		NYY	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
17	17	May 14	SLB		DET	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
18	18	May 15	SLB		DET	W,11-5	GS	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
19	19	May 16	SLB		DET	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	20	May 18	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	44	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
21	21	May 19	SLB	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	42	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
22	22	May 20	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	52	11.0	0	6	0	6	2
23	23	May 21	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	50	10.2	3	3	0	6	1
24	24	May 22	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-14	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	25	May 23	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	3	6	1	10	1
26	26	May 24	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
27	27	May 25	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	1	5	2
28	28	May 26	SLB	@	BOS	L,9-11	CG	45	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
29	29	May 28 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	5	1	6	1
30	30	May 28 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
31	31	May 29	SLB	@	DET	W,13-9	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
32	32	May 30	SLB	@	DET	L,3-18	CG	50	8.0	4	8	1	13	1
33	33	May 31 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
34	34	May 31 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	47	8.2	2	4	1	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	35	Jun 1	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-8	CG	42	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
36	36	Jun 4 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,7-6	CG	47	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
37	37	Jun 4 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	4	5	0	9	2
38	38	Jun 5	SLB		BOS	L,4-11	CG	50	9.0	1	4	1	6	2
39	39	Jun 6 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
40	40	Jun 6 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
41	41	Jun 7	SLB		BOS	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
42	42	Jun 10	SLB		WSH	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
43	43	Jun 11	SLB		NYY	L,0-10	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
44	44	Jun 12	SLB		NYY	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 13 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,9-16	CG	54	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
46	46	Jun 13 (2)	SLB		NYY	T,8-8	CG	48	11.0	1	3	0	4	0
47	47	Jun 15	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
48	48	Jun 16	SLB	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
49	49	Jun 18	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-0	GS	15	3.2	1	0	1	2	0
50	50	Jun 19	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
51	51	Jun 20	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
52	52	Jun 22	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	53	Jun 23	SLB	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
54	54	Jun 24	SLB	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
55	55	Jun 25	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
56	56	Jun 26	SLB	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
57	57	Jun 27 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
58	58	Jun 27 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,7-11	CG	46	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	59	Jun 29	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
60	60	Jun 30	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	61	Jul 2	SLB		CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
62	62	Jul 3	SLB		CHW	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
63	63	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
64	64	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	0	8	1	9	0
65	65	Jul 5 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,4-14	CG	49	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
66	66	Jul 5 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,4-15	CG	55	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
67	67	Jul 9	SLB	@	CHW	L,7-11	CG	43	8.0	3	4	1	8	1
68	68	Jul 10	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	45	10.1	2	7	0	9	1
69	69	Jul 11 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
70	70	Jul 11 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
71	71	Jul 14	SLB		BOS	L,6-15	CG	51	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
72	72	Jul 15	SLB		BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	73	Jul 16	SLB		BOS	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	74	Jul 17	SLB		PHA	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
75	75	Jul 18 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	5	5	0	10	2
76	76	Jul 18 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
77	77	Jul 20 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,4-5	CG	41	10.0	3	4	2	9	1
78	78	Jul 20 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
79	79	Jul 21	SLB		NYY	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
80	80	Jul 22	SLB		NYY	W,13-4	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	2
81	81	Jul 23	SLB		WSH	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
82	82	Jul 24 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
83	83	Jul 24 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,5-6	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	84	Jul 25 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,10-16	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
85	85	Jul 25 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,5-15	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
86	86	Jul 27	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
87	87	Jul 28	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	42	8.2	3	3	0	6	0
88	88	Jul 29	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
89	89	Jul 30	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
90	90	Jul 31	SLB	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	46	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	91	Aug 1	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-14	GS	18	3.0	3	2	0	5	1
92	92	Aug 3	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	50	11.2	4	3	0	7	3
93	93	Aug 4	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
94	94	Aug 5	SLB	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
95	95	Aug 7	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	21	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
96	96	Aug 8 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	4	3	0	7	1
97	97	Aug 8 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
98	98	Aug 11 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
99	99	Aug 11 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
100	100	Aug 12	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
101	101	Aug 13	SLB	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
102	102	Aug 14 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,1-16	CG	50	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	103	Aug 14 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,7-20	CG	52	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
104	104	Aug 15	SLB	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	105	Aug 18 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
106	106	Aug 18 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
107	107	Aug 19	SLB		CLE	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	108	Aug 20	SLB		DET	W,11-6	CG	47	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
109	109	Aug 21	SLB		DET	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
110	110	Aug 22 (1)	SLB		DET	L,3-11	CG	50	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
111	111	Aug 22 (2)	SLB		DET	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
112	112	Aug 24	SLB		WSH	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
113	113	Aug 25	SLB		WSH	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
114	114	Aug 26	SLB		NYY	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
115	115	Aug 27	SLB		NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
116	116	Aug 28	SLB		NYY	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
117	117	Aug 29 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	118	Aug 29 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	127 (8)	Sep 5 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,1-2	GF	0		1	2	0	3	1
120	128	Sep 6 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	47	8.0	2	0	0	2	1
121	129	Sep 6 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-5	GS	32	6.0	0	1	1	2	1
							121gm		1041.0	220	379	26	625	64