"I keep my eyes clear and I hit 'em where they ain't." Source: Baseball's Greatest Quotations (Paul Dickson, 1991)

"Learn what pitch you can hit good; then wait for that pitch." Source: National Baseball Hall of Fame (website)

"He (Willie Keeler) may have been small in size but he was huge with the bat." - Ted Williams

"Is he (Wille Keeler) the guy the named the cookie after? Wee Willie Keebler?" - George Brett (being told by a reporter he tied Keeler for 20^th place on the All-Time Hits chart) in The McFarland Baseball Quotations Dictionary (David Nathan, 2000)

"Keeler could bunt any time he chose. If the third baseman came in for a tap, he invariably pushed the ball past the fielder. If he stayed back, he bunted. Also, he had a trick of hitting a high hopper to an infielder. The ball would bounce so high that he was across the bag before he could be stopped." - Honus Wagner in the 50^th Anniversary Hall of Fame Yearbook (1989)

"Often regarded as the quiet man on the rowdy Baltimore clubs of the 1890s, Keeler also earned a reputation as the greatest slap hitter of all time..." - Historian Donald Dewey & Nicholas Acocella in The Biographical History of Baseball (1995)

"The most wonderful hitter that ever lived." - Radio Hall of Fame Broadcaster Bill Stern in Baseball's Greates Quotations (Paul Dickson, 1991)

"Wee Willie Keeler was one of the smallest men ever to play major league baseball, but he was often the most important man on the field." - The Biographical Encyclopedia of Baseball (2000)

Quotes From & About Willie Keeler