Bill Keister
1898–1903 · bats L / throws R · Baltimore Orioles (1901-02), Baltimore Orioles (1897-99), Boston Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators (1901-60)
621G
.312AVG
.349OBP
.440SLG
More career statistics
758H
18HR
400RBI
131SB
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 621 | 606 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,433 | 2,374 |
| Batting · Doubles | 133 | 130 |
| Batting · Hits | 758 | 744 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 50 | 49 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 5 | 93 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,611 | 2,548 |
| Batting · Runs | 400 | 392 |
| Batting · RBI | 400 | 396 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 131 | 127 |
| Batting · Walks | 90 | 84 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 621 | 2,611 | 2,433 | 400 | 758 | 133 | 63 | 18 | 400 | 90 | 5 | 131 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 1,071 | .312 | .349 | .440 | .789 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1899-09-20 to 1899-10-09
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | Eight-RBI Game | 1901-06-29 | 1 in 1,372 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1900-06-18 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1899-10-02 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 295 | 1218 | 369 | 11 | 208 | 49 | 49 | .329 | .343 | .484 |
| Away | 311 | 1330 | 375 | 7 | 188 | 35 | 44 | .300 | .308 | .408 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 37 | 163 | 51 | 5 | 33 | 6 | 6 | .336 | .350 | .559 |
| May | 113 | 478 | 153 | 0 | 72 | 12 | 19 | .340 | .345 | .444 |
| June | 97 | 428 | 131 | 9 | 81 | 16 | 9 | .330 | .343 | .519 |
| July | 114 | 478 | 128 | 1 | 63 | 21 | 19 | .294 | .312 | .401 |
| August | 121 | 497 | 131 | 1 | 67 | 12 | 26 | .280 | .288 | .406 |
| September | 109 | 454 | 133 | 1 | 68 | 16 | 14 | .314 | .328 | .409 |
| October | 15 | 50 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .354 | .360 | .521 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 49 | 203 | 58 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 11 | .297 | .300 | .410 |
| chicago-cubs | 49 | 206 | 52 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 5 | .275 | .272 | .376 |
| new-york-giants | 43 | 190 | 55 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 9 | .316 | .337 | .391 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 43 | 177 | 55 | 1 | 39 | 6 | 6 | .337 | .345 | .485 |
| cincinnati-reds | 41 | 176 | 50 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | .303 | .330 | .418 |
| cleveland-guardians | 37 | 156 | 41 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 7 | .287 | .308 | .448 |
| boston-braves | 36 | 153 | 44 | 3 | 32 | 8 | 6 | .310 | .340 | .451 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 34 | 146 | 46 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2 | .341 | .342 | .444 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 |  Boston Braves | 10 | 30 | 5 | – | 4 | – | .167 | – | – |
| 1899 | BOBaltimore Orioles (1897-99) | 136 | 522 | 172 | 3 | 73 | 34 | .330 | – | – |
| 1900 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 126 | 499 | 149 | 1 | 72 | 31 | .299 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Baltimore Orioles (1901-02) | 115 | 441 | 145 | 2 | 94 | 24 | .329 | – | – |
| 1902 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 119 | 482 | 145 | 9 | 90 | 27 | .301 | – | – |
| 1903 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 100 | 400 | 128 | 3 | 63 | 11 | .320 | – | – |