Willie Keeler
American baseball player (1872–1923) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Henry Keeler (March 3, 1872 – January 1, 1923), nicknamed "Wee Willie" because of his small stature, was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1892 to 1910, primarily for the Baltimore Orioles and Brooklyn Superbas in the National League, and the New York Highlanders in the American League. Keeler, one of the best hitters of his time, was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. One of the greatest contact hitters of all time and notoriously hard to strike out, Keeler has the highest career at bats-per-strikeout ratio in MLB history: throughout his career, on average he went more than 60 at bats between individual strikeouts.[1]
Willie Keeler | |
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Right fielder | |
Born: (1872-03-03)March 3, 1872 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | |
Died: January 1, 1923(1923-01-01) (aged 50) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
September 30, 1892, for the New York Giants | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 5, 1910, for the New York Giants | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .341 |
Hits | 2,932 |
Home runs | 33 |
Runs batted in | 810 |
Stolen bases | 495 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Member of the National | |
Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Induction | 1939 |
Vote | 75.5% (fourth ballot) |