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Bill
Knickerbocker		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: December 29, 1911 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1933 21 SEM AL     5 5 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 4 3 3 9 9 9
1934 22 SEM AL     5 5 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 5 4 4 9 9 9
1935 23 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 5 4 5 9 9 9
1936 24 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1937 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 8 7 8 5 4 5 9 9 9
1938 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 8 7 8 5 4 5 9 9 9
1939 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 5 4 5 9 9 9
1940 28 PIT NL $ 350,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 8 7 7 5 4 5 9 9 9
1941 29 PIT NL $ 1,695,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 7 5 4 5 7 7 7
1942 30 PIT NL $ 1,695,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 7 5 4 5 7 6 6
1943 31 CLE AL $ 450,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 4 5 7 6 6
1944 32 CLE AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 9 8 8 5 5 5 7 6 7
1945 33 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 4 5 7 6 7
1946 34 PIT NL     5 5 6 2 2 2 8 7 8 5 4 5 7 6 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7 4 3 3 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,695,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 9 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1933 21 AAA   5 19 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 .211 .250 .211 .461 1.3  
    AA   95 405 54 121 20 3 4 41 6 5 43 22 .299 .366 .393 .759 57.1  
    A   37 150 19 45 13 0 3 16 0 4 17 4 .300 .371 .447 .818 22.6  
1934 22 AAA   135 494 65 136 30 3 5 65 6 3 44 15 .275 .335 .379 .713 61.6  
1935 23 SEM AL 25 44 5 13 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 .295 .347 .318 .665 5.3 0.5
    AAA   104 395 63 113 16 3 6 48 4 5 45 21 .286 .359 .387 .746 54.6  
1936 24 SEM AL 68 89 15 27 5 2 1 13 0 0 7 2 .303 .351 .438 .789 12.7 2.4
1937 25 SEM AL 31 74 11 21 5 0 1 11 0 0 7 5 .284 .346 .392 .738 8.7 1.5
    AAA   66 280 40 87 18 1 4 33 3 3 27 17 .311 .371 .425 .796 42.0  
1938 26 SEM AL 66 96 16 25 6 2 1 10 0 0 6 3 .260 .304 .396 .700 10.5 1.7
    AAA   17 68 12 18 6 1 2 9 4 1 6 0 .265 .324 .471 .795 10.4  
1939 27 PIT NL 109 270 26 71 15 4 4 24 0 0 18 16 .263 .308 .393 .701 29.5 3.4
1940 28 PIT NL 97 237 38 81 13 1 3 29 0 0 22 11 .342 .393 .443 .836 38.7 8.0
1941 29 PIT NL 119 256 39 67 16 3 3 28 0 0 27 32 .262 .330 .383 .713 32.6 5.9
1942 30 PIT NL 67 102 9 26 9 0 1 12 0 1 11 14 .255 .327 .373 .700 11.4 1.3
1943 31 CLE AL 21 40 5 15 5 0 1 4 0 0 3 2 .375 .419 .575 .994 7.9 1.9
    AAA   56 212 22 51 10 2 2 21 1 0 20 28 .241 .306 .335 .641 22.2  
1944 32 AAA   137 542 75 150 43 4 7 67 1 3 67 85 .277 .356 .410 .766 77.6  
1945 33 CLE AL 11 14 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .214 .214 .214 .429 0.5 0.0
    AAA   80 163 22 51 14 0 4 23 1 0 20 14 .313 .388 .472 .860 28.6  
1946 34 AAA   83 239 25 63 18 1 4 26 0 1 31 23 .264 .348 .397 .746 33.1  
10 Years Sim 614 1222 164 349 75 12 15 136 0 1 105 90 .286 .340 .403 .744 157.9 26.6
9 Years AAA 683 2412 325 673 155 15 34 294 22 16 261 203 .279 .349 .398 .747 331.3  
1 Years AA 95 405 54 121 20 3 4 41 6 5 43 22 .299 .366 .393 .759 57.1  
1 Years A 37 150 19 45 13 0 3 16 0 4 17 4 .300 .371 .447 .817 22.6  
11 Years Minors 815 2967 398 839 188 18 41 351 28 25 321 229 .283 .353 .400 .752 411.0  
162 Game Average 322 43 92 19 3 3 35 0 0 27 23 .286 .340 .403 .744 41.7  
Career Highs 119 270 39 81 16 4 4 29 0 1 27 32 .375 .419 .575 .994 38.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   593 82 169 42 7 5 58 0 1 51 41 .285 .340 .405 .744 78.5
vs LH   629 82 180 33 5 10 78 0 0 54 49 .286 .341 .402 .743 84.6
Home 297 563 73 160 35 5 9 70 0 1 55 40 .284 .346 .412 .758 78.6
Away 317 659 91 189 40 7 6 66 0 0 50 50 .287 .335 .396 .731 84.6
RISP   276 0 83 16 2 3 114 0 0 24 22 .301 .347 .406 .753 38.6
Pinch Hitting   175 20 47 8 1 3 21 0 0 19 21 .269 .338 .377 .716 22.8
Close/Late   201 21 60 14 2 4 22 0 0 22 19 .299 .366 .448 .814 31.9
Mar/Apr 102 208 22 54 4 3 4 25 0 0 17 11 .260 .314 .365 .680 24.3
May 104 164 24 51 16 2 3 17 0 0 12 13 .311 .358 .488 .846 26.2
June 95 207 28 60 13 1 3 28 0 0 13 12 .290 .330 .406 .736 26.5
July 83 156 21 38 10 1 2 13 0 1 20 18 .244 .326 .359 .685 18.8
August 124 265 31 77 16 3 2 32 0 0 24 21 .291 .347 .396 .743 35.6
Sep/Oct 106 222 38 69 16 2 1 21 0 0 19 15 .311 .362 .414 .777 31.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1935 23 SEM AL SS 16 5 60.7 11 32 4 10 .915 6.38   0.3
    3B 4 4 35.0 2 8 0 1 1.000 2.57   0.1
    2B 3 2 16.0 1 15 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.2
1936 24 SEM AL 3B 12 12 94.0 8 32 1 6 .976 3.83   0.5
    2B 26 2 61.7 14 23 3 6 .925 5.40   0.2
    SS 18 0 31.0 4 12 1 2 .941 4.65   0.1
1937 25 SEM AL 3B 19 18 156.0 9 41 1 5 .980 2.88   0.2
    SS 4 0 7.0 3 4 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
    2B 3 0 3.0 2 1 1 1 .750 9.00   0.0
1938 26 SEM AL SS 19 9 109.0 25 47 5 11 .935 5.94   0.7
    2B 33 3 83.3 23 45 2 10 .971 7.34   0.5
    3B 10 4 48.0 4 11 0 2 1.000 2.81   0.2
1939 27 PIT NL SS 40 37 299.7 41 151 7 40 .965 5.77   2.2
    2B 20 12 128.7 40 60 1 21 .990 7.00   0.5
    3B 30 7 101.0 10 29 1 5 .975 3.48   0.5
    1B 11 6 58.0 70 6 3 6 .962 11.79   0.1
1940 28 PIT NL 3B 28 25 205.0 12 61 5 9 .936 3.20   1.0
    SS 25 18 163.7 28 82 4 9 .965 6.05   0.8
    2B 26 16 151.3 42 81 0 25 1.000 7.32   1.0
1941 29 PIT NL SS 37 22 219.7 50 102 5 27 .968 6.23   1.2
    3B 32 12 149.7 18 38 2 3 .966 3.37   0.5
    2B 23 15 135.0 25 74 1 17 .990 6.60   0.6
1942 30 PIT NL 3B 21 6 82.3 7 16 2 3 .920 2.51   0.2
    2B 19 7 71.7 18 32 0 9 1.000 6.28   0.2
    SS 9 4 33.0 5 15 1 6 .952 5.45   0.1
1943 31 CLE AL SS 13 3 47.0 8 24 0 5 1.000 6.13   0.3
    2B 6 4 34.0 8 11 0 4 1.000 5.03   0.1
1945 33 CLE AL 3B 4 1 14.0 0 3 1 0 .750 1.93   0.0
    SS 1 0 8.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.25   0.0
  SS 182 98 978.6 175 471 27 111 .960 5.94   5.9
  3B 160 89 885.0 70 239 13 34 .960 3.14   3.5
  2B 159 61 684.6 173 342 8 95 .985 6.77   3.4
  1B 11 6 58.0 70 6 3 6 .962 11.79   0.1
Career Totals   512 254 2606.3 488 1058 51 246 .968 5.34   12.8
Career Highs   101 62 587.3 161 246 12 72 1.000 6.24    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1935 23 SEM AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
1936 24 SEM AL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1938 26 SEM AL 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .100 .000 .100
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  5. Moon Mullen (937)
  6. Dave Chalk (933)
  7. Bob Meacham (929)
  8. Ernest Riles (927)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 33rd overall pick, by Seattle (M) in 1933
Injured on 5/3/1934 with a Bruised Finger, out for 2 days
Had first career hit on 8/8/1935, off Mel Harder (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/2/1936, off John Cooney (SDP)
Won World Series with Seattle (M) in 1938
Traded from Seattle (M) to Pittsburgh on 2/1/1939 (Going to SEM: SS Dick Culler. Going to PIT: 2B Bill Knickerbocker)
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,695,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,695,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/2/1943 to a 1-year deal worth $450,000 per year
4/2/1943: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland
Injured on 7/26/1943 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 4/2/1946 to a minor league deal
 
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