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Bill Keister

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Full Name: William Hoffman Keister Primary Position: SS,2B,OF
Height/Weight: 5' 5.5"/168 First Game: May 20, 1896
Birthdate: August 17, 1871 Final Game: August 25, 1903
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: August 19, 1924
Deathplace: Baltimore, Maryland
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Bill Keister (William Hoffman Keister) was born on August 17, 1871 in Baltimore, Maryland. He made his Major League debut on May 20, 1896 for the Baltimore Orioles. In 1899, his rookie year, he hit .329 with 3 home runs and 73 RBI. Keister played for the Baltimore Orioles, Boston Beaneaters, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 7 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Bill Keister's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1902, when he stole 27 bases, hit for a .300 average and knocked in 90 runs. However, others believe that it was 1899, when he stole 33 bases, hit for a .329 average and knocked in 73 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1896 BAL N 15 58 8 14 0 5 .241 .302 .293 3 0 3 5 2 0 4 0 0
1898 BOS N 10 30 5 5 0 4 .167 .167 .233 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1899 BAL N 136 523 96 172 3 73 .329 .368 .449 22 16 16 0 16 8 33 0 0
1900 STL N 126 497 78 149 1 72 .300 .347 .398 26 10 25 0 11 6 32 0 0
1901 BAL A 115 442 78 145 2 93 .328 .365 .482 20 21 18 0 8 4 24 0 0
1902 WAS A 119 483 82 145 9 90 .300 .329 .462 33 9 14 0 7 11 27 0 0
1903 PHI N 100 400 53 128 3 63 .320 .352 .445 27 7 14 0 6 9 11 0 0
Total NL 387 1508 240 468 7 217 .310 .350 .421 80 33 58 5 35 23 80 0 0
Total AL 234 925 160 290 11 183 .314 .347 .471 53 30 32 0 15 15 51 0 0
Total 621 2433 400 758 18 400 .312 .349 .440 133 63 90 5 50 38 131 0 0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1896 BAL N 2B 8 0 0 10 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1896 BAL N 3B 6 0 0 6 13 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .760
1898 BOS N SS 4 0 0 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1898 BOS N OF 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1898 BOS N 2B 4 0 0 4 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1899 BAL N 2B 46 0 0 94 117 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 .942
1899 BAL N OF 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1899 BAL N SS 90 0 0 169 283 53 25 0 0 0 0 0 .895
1900 STL N SS 7 0 0 14 21 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 .814
1900 STL N 3B 3 0 0 4 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1900 STL N 2B 116 0 0 206 315 41 26 0 0 0 0 0 .927
1901 BAL A SS 112 0 0 231 322 97 30 0 0 0 0 0 .851
1902 WAS A OF 65 0 0 115 9 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 .912
1902 WAS A SS 2 0 0 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .917
1902 WAS A 2B 40 0 0 97 121 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1902 WAS A 3B 14 0 0 14 28 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 .808
1903 PHI N OF 100 0 0 136 22 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 .940
Total 3B 23 0 0 24 50 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 .813
Total OF 167 0 0 256 33 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 .929
Total 2B 214 0 0 411 576 67 48 0 0 0 0 0 .936
Total SS 215 0 0 420 640 159 58 0 0 0 0 0 .870

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Boston Beaneaters from Paterson (Atlantic) in the Rule 5 major league draft (October, 1897).
  • Loaned to Rochester (Eastern) by Boston Beaneaters (June 3, 1898).
  • Returned to Boston Beaneaters (July 18, 1898).
  • Released by Boston Beaneaters (July 24, 1898).
  • Assigned to Brooklyn Superbas by Baltimore Orioles with John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson (March 9, 1900).
  • Sold by Brooklyn Superbas to St. Louis Cardinals with John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson for $19000 (March 10, 1900).
  • Signed by Washington Senators (December 23, 1901).
  • Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Jersey City (Eastern) (1904).

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