Bill Keister
[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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 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
| 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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