Bill Keister Stats

Bill Keister was born on Thursday, August 17, 1871, in Baltimore, Maryland. Keister was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 20, 1896, with the Baltimore Orioles. 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 Keister baseball stats page.

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Bill Keister



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Birth Name:   William Hoffman Keister
Nickname:   Wagon Tongue
Born On:   08-17-1871  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Baltimore, Maryland
Year of Death Data Died On:   08-19-1924 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Baltimore, Maryland
Cemetery:   Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   Unknown   Player Weight Chart Weight:   168
First Game:   05-20-1896 (Age 24)
Last Game:   08-25-1903
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Bill Keister Pitching Stats

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Bill Keister Hitting Stats

1896 25 Orioles 15 58 8 14 3 0 0 0 5 3 - 5 0 0 2 - .241 .302 .293
1898 27 Beaneaters 10 30 5 5 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 - .167 .167 .233
1899 28 Orioles 136 523 96 172 22 16 3 1 73 16 - 16 8 0 16 - .329 .368 .449
1900 29 Cardinals 126 497 78 149 26 10 1 0 72 25 - 15 6 0 11 - .300 .347 .398
1901 30 Orioles 115 442 78 145 20 21 2 0 93 18 - 23 4 0 8 - .328 .365 .482
1902 31 Senators 119 483 82 145 33 9 9 0 90 14 - 22 11 0 7 - .300 .329 .462
1903 32 Phillies 100 400 53 128 27 7 3 0 63 14 - 32 9 0 6 - .320 .352 .445
7 Years 621 2,433 400 758 133 63 18 1 400 90 0 116 38 0 50 - .312 .349 .440

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Bill Keister Fielding Stats

1896 Orioles 2B 8 - - 26 3.3 24 10 14 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .923 0.00
1896 Orioles 3B 6 - - 25 4.2 19 6 13 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .760 0.00
1898 Beaneaters 2B 4 - - 13 3.3 13 4 9 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1898 Beaneaters RF 1 - - 4 4.0 4 3 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1898 Beaneaters SS 4 - - 9 2.3 9 3 6 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1899 Orioles 2B 46 - - 224 4.9 211 94 117 13 11 n/a n/a n/a .942 0.00
1899 Orioles LF 1 - - 3 3.0 3 2 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1899 Orioles SS 90 - - 505 5.6 452 169 283 53 25 n/a n/a n/a .895 0.00
1900 Cardinals 2B 116 - - 562 4.8 521 206 315 41 26 n/a n/a n/a .927 0.00
1900 Cardinals 3B 3 - - 14 4.7 13 4 9 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 0.00
1900 Cardinals SS 7 - - 43 6.1 35 14 21 8 1 n/a n/a n/a .814 0.00
1901 Orioles SS 112 - - 650 5.8 553 231 322 97 30 n/a n/a n/a .851 0.00
1902 Senators 2B 41 40 1,011 229 5.6 218 97 121 11 9 n/a n/a n/a .952 5.82
1902 Senators 3B 14 12 312 52 3.7 42 14 28 10 1 n/a n/a n/a .808 3.63
1902 Senators CF 12 12 312 26 2.2 22 20 2 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .846 1.90
1902 Senators RF 53 52 1,257 110 2.1 102 95 7 8 3 n/a n/a n/a .927 2.19
1902 Senators SS 2 1 24 12 6.0 11 3 8 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .917 12.38
1903 Phillies RF 100 97 2,572 168 1.7 158 136 22 10 1 n/a n/a n/a .940 1.66
2B Totals 215 40 1,011 1,054 4.9 987 411 576 67 48 n/a n/a n/a .936 26.36
SS Totals 215 1 24 1,219 5.7 1,060 420 640 159 58 n/a n/a n/a .870 1.00
RF Totals 154 149 3,829 282 1.8 264 234 30 18 4 n/a n/a n/a .936 1.86
3B Totals 23 12 312 91 4.0 74 24 50 17 2 n/a n/a n/a .813 6.40
CF Totals 12 12 312 26 2.2 22 20 2 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .846 1.90
LF Totals 1 0 0 3 3.0 3 2 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
7 Years 620 214 5,488 2,675 4.3 2,410 1,111 1,299 265 112 n/a n/a n/a .901 11.86

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Bill Keister Miscellaneous Stats

1896 Orioles 4 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 11.6 11.6 - - -
1898 Beaneaters 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 10.0 7.5 - - -
1899 Orioles 33 - - 0 0 n/a 174.3 32.7 7.2 - - -
1900 Cardinals 32 - - 0 0 n/a 497.0 33.1 6.9 - - -
1901 Orioles 24 - - 0 0 n/a 221.0 19.2 4.8 - - -
1902 Senators 27 - - 0 0 n/a 53.7 22.0 5.4 - - -
1903 Phillies 11 - - 0 0 n/a 133.3 12.5 6.3 - - -
7 Years 131 - - 0 0 n/a 135.2 21.0 6.1 - - -

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Bill Keister Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1896 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1898 Boston Beaneaters n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1899 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1900 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1901 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1902 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1903 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a -

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William Hoffman Keister was a Major League Baseball player with the Baltimore Orioles (1896), Boston Beaneaters (1898), Baltimore Orioles (1899), St. Louis Cardinals (1900), Baltimore Orioles (1901), Washington Senators (1902), and Philadelphia Phillies (1903). Bill, his nickname, hit a league leading twenty-one triples in 1901, the first year the American League existed, making Keister the first triples leader in junior circuit history!

Did you know that Bill Keister had eight RBI in a game on June 29, 1901, without hitting a single home run? Did you know "Wagon Tongue" (one of his other nicknames) was the only player in the entire 20th century with an 8 RBI game, that didn't also hit a home run?

In 1902, Bill Keister went deep in four consecutive games, from June 24th through June 27th, only the second player in American League history with one or more home runs in four straight games. Do you know who preceded him earlier that same season? [Answer]