Bill Knickerbocker

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: December 29, 1911 in Los Angeles, CA us

Died: September 8, 1963 in Sebastopol, CA

Buried: Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA

High School: Theodore Roosevelt HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 12, 1933 (Age 21-104d, 7,572nd in major league history)
vs. DET 6 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 17, 1942 (Age 30-262d)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1933 season

Full Name: William Hart Knickerbocker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.6

3418

943

.276

423

RBI

368

OBP

.326

SLG

.374

OPS

.700

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-23 / in Starts: 17-11
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 145 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	73 (36-24-13)
Avg. MLBer w/ 145 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	94 (48-30-15)

Most Driven In
F Crosetti	2
M Russo	2
Self	1
B Hadley	1
B Mills	1
T Henrich	1
J Powell	1
B Dickey	1

Most Driven In By
C Keller	6
B Dickey	3
J DiMaggio	2
T Henrich	1
M Chartak	1
G Selkirk	1
Self	1
S Chandler	0

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	687	6 (5)	Apr 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.05	-0.001	.13	0.00%	-0.27	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	688	13 (6)	May 4	NYY		CHW	L,3-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.02	0.000	.05	0.00%	-0.17	PH
3	689	19 (5)	May 10	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5						PR
4	690	20	May 11	NYY		BOS	L,8-9	CG(11)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	2.06	-0.327	1.96	-0.19%	-1.48	SS
5	691	21	May 12	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	1	.71	0.084	.56	0.04%	1.46	SS
6	692	22	May 17	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	.36	-0.038	.31	-0.02%	-0.89	SS
7	693	23	May 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.217	.190	.408	1	.96	-0.048	.84	-0.03%	-0.95	SS
8	694	24	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.259	.240	.499	1	.73	0.011	.89	0.01%	0.29	SS
9	695	25	May 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-10	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.258	.241	.499	1	.38	-0.040	.41	-0.03%	-0.16	SS
10	696	29 (3)	May 26	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.278	.242	.520	2	.61	-0.032	.68	-0.02%	0.13	3B
11	697	30	May 27	NYY		WSH	W,5-0	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.325	.306	.631	2	.79	0.078	.88	0.05%	1.34	3B
12	698	31	May 28 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,12-4	CG	5	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.375	.739	2	.60	0.052	.74	0.04%	1.12	3B
13	699	32	May 28 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.279	.354	.349	.703	2	.84	-0.082	1.10	-0.06%	-1.04	3B
14	700	33	May 29	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.267	.340	.333	.673	2	.67	-0.052	1.01	-0.05%	-0.93	3B
15	701	34	May 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.352	.354	.706	2	.42	0.070	.83	0.08%	0.86	3B
16	702	35	May 30 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,4-11	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.356	.377	.733	2	.38	0.010	.84	0.01%	0.89	3B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	703	36	Jun 1	NYY		SLB	W,8-5	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.375	.404	.779	2	.95	0.025	1.33	0.02%	0.30	3B
18	704	37	Jun 2 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,13-4	CG	5	5	3	3	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.323	.391	.484	.875	2	.71	0.183	1.08	0.17%	3.03	3B
19	705	38	Jun 2 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,11-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.392	.470	.862	2	.17	0.019	.28	0.02%	-0.12	3B
20	706	39	Jun 3	NYY		SLB	W,7-1	CG	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.418	.471	.888	2	.68	0.129	1.23	0.14%	1.54	3B
21	707	40	Jun 4	NYY		CHW	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.398	.444	.842	2	.49	-0.050	1.08	-0.07%	-0.65	3B
22	708	46 (5)	Jun 11	NYY		DET	L,1-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.398	.444	.842	1						SS
23	709	53 (6)	Jun 19	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.393	.438	.831	9	1.51	-0.040	2.20	-0.04%	-0.12	PH
24	710	54	Jun 20	NYY	@	CHW	T,0-1	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.393	.438	.831	1						SS
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	711	70 (15)	Jul 6	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG(10)	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.299	.393	.429	.822	2	1.42	0.101	2.23	0.10%	1.24	3B
26	712	71	Jul 7 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.305	.394	.463	.857	2	.77	0.190	1.06	0.16%	2.36	3B
27	713	72	Jul 7 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.291	.378	.442	.819	2	.60	-0.062	.85	-0.05%	-0.86	3B
28	714	77 (4)	Jul 15	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.299	.384	.448	.832	9	1.12	0.052	2.03	0.06%	0.39	PH
29	715	86 (8)	Jul 24	NYY	@	SLB	L,12-14	GS-8	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.365	.424	.789	1	.72	-0.096	.65	-0.05%	-1.17	SS
30	716	88 (1)	Jul 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-2	CG	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.373	.417	.789	1	.74	0.014	.62	0.01%	0.39	SS
31	717	89	Jul 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG(12)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.362	.396	.758	1	1.10	-0.105	1.11	-0.06%	-0.96	SS
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	718	96 (6)	Aug 3	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.368	.396	.764	9	.54	0.025	.69	0.02%	0.40	PH
33	719	97	Aug 4	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.368	.396	.764	1						SS
34	720	98	Aug 5	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.352	.377	.730	1	.92	-0.118	.47	-0.04%	-1.52	3B
35	721	99	Aug 6	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.339	.360	.699	1	.76	-0.100	.26	-0.02%	-1.04	3B
36	722	100	Aug 7 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.241	.336	.357	.693	9	2.30	-0.099	.60	-0.02%	-1.26	PH
37	723	103 (2)	Aug 9	NYY		PHA	W,2-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.336	.357	.693	8						SS
38	724	104	Aug 10	NYY		PHA	W,13-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.233	.326	.345	.671	8	.18	-0.018	.03	0.00%	-1.31	SS
39	725	105	Aug 11	NYY		PHA	W,7-6	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	1	0	.233	.328	.342	.670	8	1.25	-0.035	.24	-0.01%	0.62	SS
40	726	117 (11)	Aug 24	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.333	.347	.680	8	5.49	0.163	8.34	0.15%	1.00	SS
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	727	128 (10)	Sep 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.331	.344	.675	9	3.57	-0.183	10.45	-0.32%	-0.81	PH
42	728	140 (11)	Sep 15 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.329	.341	.670	8	4.60	-0.132	13.13	-0.23%	-0.40	SS
43	729	144 (3)	Sep 18 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-8	8-GF(8)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.236	.329	.341	.670	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR SS
44	730	146 (1)	Sep 21	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.236	.329	.341	.670	8						SS
45	731	152 (5)	Sep 27	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.333	.347	.680	9	.28	0.012	.64	0.02%	1.27	PH
							21-23		145	124	17	30	8	1	1	10	14	0	8	3	4		3	3	1	1	.242	.333	.347	.680		.86	-0.440	1.06	-0.21%	2.50

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