Bill Knickerbocker

Shortstop

1933—1942

Player LeveL
Utility Player
Top 100 Rank
NR
Shortstop RANK
NR

Player Detail

William Hart
GIVEN NAME
Knickerbocker
SURNAME
December 29, 1911, in Los Angeles, CA
BORN
September 8, 1963, in Sebastopol, CA, USA
DIED
1933—1942
Playing Career
Played from 21-30
PLAYING AGE
Cleveland Indians
St. Louis Browns
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Philadelphia A's
Teams Played For
Shortstop
PRIMARY POSITION
Cleveland Indians
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
NA
UNIFORM NUMBER
UNKNOWN
BATTING ORDER
5-11 / 170
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 12, 1933
Major League Debut
September 17, 1942
FINAL GAME

Related Content

40

HITTING

40

POWER

45

RUNNING

55

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
907
943
28
368
.276

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
NR
55.4

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.700
.719
97.4

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.276
.326
.374

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Bill Knickerbocker Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Knickerbocker
546
151
68
32
4
4
59
39
38
4
204
191
.276
.326
.374
700
AVG SS
531
144
75
27
6
5
57
45
8
198
204
.272
.345
.373
.719

Bill Knickerbocker Rankings

AT Shortstop BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Shortstop BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Bill Knickerbocker PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
5.4
NA
NA
NA
0.96
67.7
43.1
30.3
21.6
4.89
BLUE = Bill Knickerbocker
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
UNK
UNK
UNK
UNK
UNK
327.4
189.4
134.4
92.3
24.2
BLUE = Bill Knickerbocker
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS