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