Bill Knickerbocker

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Full Name: William Hart Knickerbocker	Primary Position: SS,2B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/170	First Game: April 12, 1933
Birthdate: December 29, 1911	Final Game: September 17, 1942
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: September 8, 1963
Deathplace: Sebastopol, California
Bat/Throw: Right/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 Knickerbocker (William Hart Knickerbocker) was born on December 29, 1911 in Los Angeles, California. He made his Major League debut on April 12, 1933 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1933, his rookie year, he hit .226 with 2 home runs and 32 RBI. Knickerbocker played for the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Bill Knickerbocker's best season was 1936, when he hit for a .294 average and knocked in 73 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1933	CLE	A	80	279	20	63	2	32	.226	.255	.326	16	3	11	30	0	13	1	0	0
1934	CLE	A	146	593	82	188	4	67	.317	.347	.408	32	5	25	40	2	12	6	0	0
1935	CLE	A	132	540	77	161	0	55	.298	.332	.380	34	5	27	31	0	10	2	0	0
1936	CLE	A	155	618	81	182	8	73	.294	.354	.400	35	3	56	30	1	11	5	0	0
1937	STL	A	121	491	53	128	4	61	.261	.303	.365	29	5	30	32	0	9	3	0	0
1938	NY	A	46	128	15	32	1	21	.250	.309	.383	8	3	11	10	0	4	0	0	0
1939	NY	A	6	13	2	2	0	1	.154	.154	.231	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1940	NY	A	45	124	17	30	1	10	.242	.333	.347	8	1	14	8	3	4	1	0	3
1941	CHI	A	89	343	51	84	7	29	.245	.329	.385	23	2	41	27	2	10	6	0	4
1942	PHI	A	87	289	25	73	1	19	.253	.323	.304	12	0	29	30	1	9	1	0	11
Total			907	3418	423	943	28	368	.276	.326	.374	198	27	244	238	9	82	25	0	19

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1933	CLE	A	SS	80	0	0	151	233	25	37	0	0	0	0	0	.939
1934	CLE	A	SS	146	0	0	262	451	28	106	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1935	CLE	A	SS	128	0	0	247	453	32	82	0	0	0	0	0	.956
1936	CLE	A	SS	155	0	0	313	486	40	97	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1937	STL	A	2B	6	0	0	15	11	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1937	STL	A	SS	115	0	0	205	368	25	59	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1938	NY	A	2B	34	0	0	78	86	3	23	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1938	NY	A	SS	3	0	0	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1939	NY	A	2B	2	0	0	5	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1939	NY	A	SS	2	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1940	NY	A	3B	17	0	0	11	34	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	.900
1940	NY	A	SS	19	0	0	22	43	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1941	CHI	A	2B	88	0	0	204	221	13	58	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1942	PHI	A	SS	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1942	PHI	A	2B	81	0	0	178	220	15	45	0	0	0	0	0	.964
Total			3B	17	0	0	11	34	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	.900
Total			SS	649	0	0	1205	2043	152	395	0	0	0	0	0	.955
Total			2B	211	0	0	480	544	32	132	0	0	0	0	0	.970

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Cleveland Indians with Joe Vosmik and Oral Hildebrand to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Ivy Andrews, Lyn Lary and Moose Solters (January 17, 1937).
Traded by St. Louis Browns to New York Yankees in exchange for Don Heffner and $10000 (February 15, 1938).
Traded by New York Yankees to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Ken Silvestri (December 31, 1940).
Claimed on waivers by Philadelphia Athletics from Chicago White Sox (April 3, 1942).
Released by Philadelphia Athletics (December 5, 1942).
Signed by New York Yankees (1943).
Released by New York Yankees (May 9, 1943).

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