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.

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
2	2	Apr 15	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
3	3	Apr 17	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	3	2	2	7	0
4	4	Apr 18	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 19	CHC	@	STL	W,9-6	CG	54	12.0	6	0	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 20	CHC	@	STL	L,3-10	GS	32	5.0	3	2	0	5	2
7	7	Apr 22	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	9	2	0	11	0
8	8	Apr 23	CHC		CIN	L,3-5	GS	22	4.0	3	5	0	8	1
9	9	Apr 24	CHC		CIN	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
10	10	Apr 25	CHC		PIT	L,1-4	CG	57	15.0	9	1	0	10	0
11	11	Apr 28	CHC		PIT	W,11-1	GS	26	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
12	12	Apr 29	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	CHC		STL	L,4-12	GS	19	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
14	14	May 2	CHC		STL	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	8	2	1	11	1
15	15	May 3 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
16	16	May 3 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
17	20 (3)	May 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
18	21	May 8	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-1	GS	24	5.2	5	0	0	5	0
19	23 (1)	May 13	CHC		BRO	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	8	3	1	12	0
20	25 (1)	May 15	CHC		BSN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
21	26	May 16	CHC		BSN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	27	May 18	CHC		NYG	L,6-8	GS	42	10.0	4	2	0	6	0
23	28	May 19	CHC		NYG	L,2-17	GS	35	6.0	4	2	2	8	0
24	29	May 20	CHC		NYG	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
25	30	May 21	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	5	4	1	10	0
26	33 (2)	May 24	CHC		PHI	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
27	34	May 25	CHC		PHI	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
28	35	May 28 (1)	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
29	36	May 28 (2)	CHC		STL	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	39 (2)	May 31 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
31	40	May 31 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	41	Jun 1	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	GS	18	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	42	Jun 2	CHC		CIN	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
34	43	Jun 4	CHC	@	STL	L,1-5	GS	9	2.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	68 (24)	Jul 3	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS	20	5.0	2	2	0	4	0
36	71 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
37	73 (1)	Jul 7	CHC	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
38	74	Jul 8	CHC		NYG	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
39	75	Jul 9	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG	49	13.0	8	4	0	12	0
40	77 (1)	Jul 11	CHC		NYG	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
41	79 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
42	80	Jul 13	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
43	81	Jul 14 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	GS	33	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
44	83 (1)	Jul 15	CHC		BRO	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
45	84	Jul 16	CHC		BSN	L,2-3	GS	38	10.0	9	2	0	11	0
46	85	Jul 17	CHC		BSN	L,0-1	GS	28	7.0	7	1	0	8	0
47	88 (2)	Jul 20	CHC		BSN	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
48	89	Jul 21	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
49	92 (2)	Jul 24	CHC		PHI	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	93	Jul 25	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	95 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-8	GS	36	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	97 (1)	Jul 29	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
53	98	Jul 30	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
54	99	Jul 31	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	100	Aug 2	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
56	101	Aug 3	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	41	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
57	102	Aug 4	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
58	104 (1)	Aug 6 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
59	106 (1)	Aug 7	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	29	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
60	107	Aug 8	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-7	GS	25	7.0	3	2	0	5	0
61	108	Aug 9	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	GS	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
							61gm		498.0	304	80	9	393	6