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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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[edit] Batting Stats

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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