Willie Keeler (William Henry Keeler) was born on March 3, 1872 in Brooklyn, New York. He made his Major League debut on September 30, 1892 for the New York Giants. In 1894, his rookie year, he hit .371 with 5 home runs and 94 RBI. Keeler played for the New York Giants, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Baltimore Orioles, Brooklyn Superbas and New York Highlanders over the course of his 19 year career.
There is some disagreement on what was Willie Keeler's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1894, when he stole 32 bases, hit for a .371 average and knocked in 94 runs. However, others believe that it was 1896, when he stole 67 bases, hit for a .386 average and knocked in 82 runs.
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1892
NY
N
14
53
7
17
0
6
.321
.368
.377
3
0
3
3
1
0
5
0
0
1893
NY
N
7
24
5
8
1
7
.333
.448
.625
2
1
5
1
0
0
3
0
0
1893
BRO
N
20
80
14
25
1
9
.313
.353
.387
1
1
4
4
1
0
2
0
0
1893
TOT
N
27
104
19
33
2
16
.317
.377
.442
3
2
9
5
1
0
5
0
0
1894
BAL
N
129
590
165
219
5
94
.371
.427
.517
27
22
40
6
18
16
32
0
0
1895
BAL
N
131
565
162
213
4
78
.377
.429
.494
24
15
37
12
14
21
47
0
0
1896
BAL
N
126
544
153
210
4
82
.386
.432
.496
22
13
37
9
7
13
67
0
0
1897
BAL
N
129
564
145
239
0
74
.424
.464
.539
27
19
35
0
7
12
64
0
0
1898
BAL
N
129
561
126
216
1
44
.385
.420
.410
7
2
31
0
3
9
28
0
0
1899
BRO
N
141
570
140
216
1
61
.379
.425
.451
12
13
37
0
9
17
45
0
0
1900
BRO
N
136
563
106
204
4
68
.362
.402
.449
13
12
30
0
7
19
41
0
0
1901
BRO
N
136
595
123
202
2
43
.339
.369
.420
18
12
21
0
7
22
23
0
0
1902
BRO
N
133
559
86
186
0
38
.333
.365
.386
20
5
21
0
7
25
19
0
0
1903
NY
A
132
512
95
160
0
32
.313
.368
.367
14
7
32
0
13
27
24
0
0
1904
NY
A
143
543
78
186
2
40
.343
.390
.409
14
8
35
0
7
27
21
0
0
1905
NY
A
149
560
81
169
4
38
.302
.357
.363
14
4
43
0
5
42
19
0
0
1906
NY
A
152
592
96
180
2
33
.304
.353
.338
8
3
40
0
5
35
23
0
0
1907
NY
A
107
423
50
99
0
17
.234
.265
.255
5
2
15
0
3
26
7
0
0
1908
NY
A
91
323
38
85
1
14
.263
.337
.288
3
1
31
0
5
21
14
0
0
1909
NY
A
99
360
44
95
1
32
.264
.327
.319
7
5
24
0
10
33
10
0
0
1910
NY
N
19
10
5
3
0
0
.300
.462
.300
0
0
3
1
0
1
1
0
0
Total
NL
1250
5278
1237
1958
23
604
.371
.414
.461
176
115
304
36
81
155
377
0
0
Total
AL
873
3313
482
974
10
206
.294
.347
.341
65
30
220
0
48
211
118
0
0
Total
2123
8591
1719
2932
33
810
.341
.388
.415
241
145
524
36
129
366
495
0
0
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1892
NY
N
3B
14
0
0
15
21
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
.878
1893
NY
N
SS
2
0
0
1
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.750
1893
NY
N
OF
3
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.667
1893
NY
N
2B
2
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1893
BRO
N
3B
12
0
0
20
30
10
2
0
0
0
0
0
.833
1893
BRO
N
OF
8
0
0
9
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.786
1893
TOT
N
OF
11
0
0
11
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
.765
1894
BAL
N
OF
128
0
0
215
25
16
4
0
0
0
0
0
.938
1894
BAL
N
2B
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1895
BAL
N
OF
131
0
0
244
21
10
5
0
0
0
0
0
.964
1896
BAL
N
OF
126
0
0
227
20
8
6
0
0
0
0
0
.969
1897
BAL
N
OF
129
0
0
217
12
7
2
0
0
0
0
0
.970
1898
BAL
N
3B
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1898
BAL
N
OF
128
0
0
210
14
9
2
0
0
0
0
0
.961
1899
BRO
N
OF
141
0
0
208
21
5
4
0
0
0
0
0
.979
1900
BRO
N
OF
136
0
0
227
22
16
4
0
0
0
0
0
.940
1900
BRO
N
2B
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1901
BRO
N
3B
10
0
0
8
11
6
2
0
0
0
0
0
.760
1901
BRO
N
2B
3
0
0
5
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1901
BRO
N
OF
125
0
0
181
17
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
.985
1902
BRO
N
OF
133
0
0
208
14
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
.978
1903
NY
A
OF
128
0
0
177
10
13
4
0
0
0
0
0
.935
1903
NY
A
3B
4
0
0
6
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.846
1904
NY
A
OF
142
0
0
186
16
14
7
0
0
0
0
0
.935
1905
NY
A
OF
137
0
0
194
17
7
1
0
0
0
0
0
.968
1905
NY
A
2B
12
0
0
9
19
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
.933
1905
NY
A
3B
3
0
0
4
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.750
1906
NY
A
OF
152
0
0
213
16
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
.987
1907
NY
A
OF
107
0
0
144
13
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
.969
1908
NY
A
OF
88
0
0
123
9
9
2
0
0
0
0
0
.936
1909
NY
A
OF
95
0
0
111
9
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
.968
1910
NY
N
OF
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
3B
44
0
0
54
69
25
5
0
0
0
0
0
.831
Total
OF
2039
0
0
3097
258
138
60
0
0
0
0
0
.960
Total
2B
19
0
0
18
31
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
.961
Total
SS
2
0
0
1
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.750
Transactions[]
Sold by Binghamton (Eastern) to New York Giants for $800 (September 27, 1892).
Sold by New York Giants to Brooklyn Bridegrooms for $800 (July 27, 1893).
Traded by Brooklyn Bridegrooms with Dan Brouthers to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Billy Shindle and George Treadway (January 1, 1894).
Assigned to Brooklyn Superbas by Baltimore Orioles with Bill Dahlen, Mike Heydon, Jim Hughes, Hughie Jennings, Joe Kelley, Al Maul, Dan McGann and Doc McJames (March 11, 1899).
Released by New York Highlanders (February 22, 1910).