Bill Killefer Stats

Bill Killefer was born on Monday, October 10, 1887, in Bloomingdale, Michigan. Killefer was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 13, 1909, with the St. Louis Browns. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bill Killefer baseball stats page.

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"The time has gone by when the ideal catcher was considered a mountain of beef and bone, something that could stand any kind of knocks and, as long as he was successful as a battering ram, mattering not what his other qualities might be. The catcher now is more than a mere backstop, inserted to break the impact of pitched balls against the grand stand planks. Bill Killifer of the Phillies is an illustration. The St. Louis Browns disposed of him because he was considered too light for catching, but now he is doing the bulk of the work for the Phillies and showing that it does not take beef to make a catcher. The old iron man has given way to the more delicate structure of steel and Killifer is one of that sort, built on graceful lines, but able to give and take with the best of them." - The Sporting News (August 14, 1913)

Bill Killefer



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Birth Name:   William Killefer
Nickname:   Reindeer Bill
Born On:   10-10-1887  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Bloomingdale, Michigan
Year of Death Data Died On:   07-03-1960 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Elsmere, Delaware
Cemetery:   Prospect Hill Cemetery, Paw Paw, Michigan
High School:   Paw Paw High School (Paw Paw, MI)
College:   St. Edward's College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   09-13-1909 (Age 21)
Last Game:   10-01-1921
Draft:   Not Applicable

Bill Killefer

Bill Killefer Pitching Stats

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Bill Killefer

Bill Killefer Hitting Stats

1909 22 Browns 11 29 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 - 0 - .138 .138 .138
1910 23 Browns 74 193 14 24 2 2 0 0 7 12 - - 8 - 2 - .124 .184 .155
1911 24 Phillies 6 16 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 - 0 - .188 .188 .188
1912 25 Phillies 85 268 18 60 6 3 1 0 21 4 - 14 15 - 2 - .224 .241 .280
1913 26 Phillies 120 360 25 88 14 3 0 0 24 4 - 17 10 - 1 - .244 .255 .300
1914 27 Phillies 98 299 27 70 10 1 0 0 27 8 - 17 10 - 3 - .234 .261 .274
1915 28 Phillies 105 320 26 76 9 2 0 0 24 18 - 14 3 - 4 - .238 .287 .278
1916 29 Phillies 97 286 22 62 5 4 3 0 27 8 - 14 10 - 3 - .217 .246 .294
1917 30 Phillies 125 409 28 112 12 0 0 0 31 15 - 21 9 - 4 - .274 .306 .303
1918 31 Cubs 104 331 30 77 10 3 0 0 22 17 - 10 13 - 3 - .233 .276 .281
1919 32 Cubs 103 315 17 90 10 2 0 0 22 15 - 8 13 - 2 - .286 .322 .330
1920 33 Cubs 62 191 16 42 7 1 0 0 16 8 - 5 5 - 8 - .220 .280 .267
1921 34 Cubs 45 133 11 43 1 0 0 0 16 4 - 4 4 - 3 - .323 .357 .331
13 Years 1,035 3,150 237 751 86 21 4 0 240 113 0 126 102 - 35 - .238 .273 .283

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Bill Killefer Fielding Stats

1909 Browns C 11 - - 63 5.7 57 36 21 6 2 0 - - .905 0.00
1910 Browns C 73 - - 464 6.4 435 311 124 29 16 4 - - .938 0.00
1911 Phillies C 6 5 120 40 6.7 39 29 10 1 1 1 6 3 .975 8.78
1912 Phillies C 85 - - 556 6.5 541 407 134 15 17 5 - - .973 0.00
1913 Phillies 1B 1 - - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1913 Phillies C 118 - - 745 6.3 736 570 166 9 16 5 5 - .988 0.00
1914 Phillies C 90 - - 632 7.0 618 464 154 14 11 2 - - .978 0.00
1915 Phillies C 104 101 2,159 684 6.6 665 539 126 19 6 8 54 0 .972 8.32
1916 Phillies C 91 85 2,071 540 5.9 532 443 89 8 15 11 71 0 .985 6.94
1917 Phillies C 120 11 87 765 6.4 753 615 138 12 14 8 0 86 .984 233.69
1917 Phillies LF 1 0 - 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1918 Cubs C 104 10 2,541 608 5.8 597 487 110 11 12 7 7 63 .982 6.34
1919 Cubs C 100 10 255 610 6.1 602 478 124 8 7 3 70 3 .987 63.74
1920 Cubs C 61 61 1,243 393 6.4 384 304 80 9 6 2 22 36 .977 8.34
1921 Cubs C 42 38 953 197 4.7 190 147 43 7 6 2 28 22 .964 5.38
C Totals 1,005 321 9,429 6,297 6.3 6,149 4,830 1,319 148 129 58 263 213 .976 17.61
1B Totals 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
LF Totals 1 0 0 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
13 Years 1,007 321 9,429 6,300 6.3 6,152 4,833 1,319 148 129 58 263 213 .977 17.62

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Bill Killefer Miscellaneous Stats

1909 Browns 2 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 29.0 - - -
1910 Browns 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 27.6 - - -
1911 Phillies 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 8.0 8.0 - - -
1912 Phillies 6 - - 0 0 n/a 268.0 19.1 12.8 - - -
1913 Phillies 2 4 .333 0 0 n/a 0.0 21.2 15.0 - - -
1914 Phillies 3 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 17.6 11.1 - - -
1915 Phillies 5 3 .625 0 0 n/a 0.0 22.9 13.3 - - -
1916 Phillies 2 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 95.3 20.4 10.6 - - -
1917 Phillies 4 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 19.5 13.2 - - -
1918 Cubs 5 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 33.1 15.0 - - -
1919 Cubs 5 - - 2 0 n/a 0.0 39.4 14.3 - - -
1920 Cubs 2 2 .500 1 0 n/a 0.0 38.2 11.9 - - -
1921 Cubs 3 3 .500 3 0 n/a 0.0 33.3 8.3 - - -
13 Years 39 12 .765 6 0 n/a 787.5 25.0 13.1 - - -

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Bill Killefer Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1909 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a -
1910 St. Louis Browns n/a $1,500.00 n/a -
1911 Philadelphia Phillies n/a $2,500.00 n/a -
1912 Philadelphia Phillies n/a $3,200.00 n/a -
1913 Philadelphia Phillies n/a $3,200.00 n/a -
1914 Philadelphia Phillies n/a $6,500.00 n/a -
1915 Philadelphia Phillies n/a $6,500.00 n/a Stats
1916 Philadelphia Phillies n/a $6,500.00 n/a -
1917 Philadelphia Phillies n/a $4,500.00 n/a -
1918 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1919 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1920 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1921 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -

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