Bill Knickerbocker
1933–1942 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics, PIR, St. Louis Browns
907G
.276AVG
.326OBP
.374SLG
More career statistics
943H
28HR
368RBI
25SB
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 | 907 | 909 |
| Batting · At bats | 3,418 | 3,423 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 46 | 50 |
| Batting · Hits | 943 | 944 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 238 | 239 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,753 | 3,763 |
| Batting · Runs | 423 | 424 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 25 | 27 |
| Batting · Triples | 27 | 28 |
| Batting · Walks | 244 | 249 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 907 | 3,753 | 3,418 | 423 | 943 | 198 | 27 | 28 | 368 | 244 | 238 | 25 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 1,279 | .276 | .326 | .374 | .700 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1937-05-16 to 1937-05-31
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1934-04-24 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1933-06-21 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1936-09-15 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 457 | 1863 | 457 | 9 | 200 | 138 | 106 | .272 | .319 | .368 |
| Away | 452 | 1900 | 487 | 19 | 168 | 111 | 133 | .279 | .315 | .381 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 76 | 322 | 76 | 2 | 23 | 28 | 19 | .270 | .323 | .363 |
| May | 171 | 749 | 190 | 8 | 79 | 50 | 34 | .280 | .320 | .417 |
| June | 193 | 803 | 212 | 5 | 78 | 47 | 62 | .288 | .323 | .386 |
| July | 193 | 817 | 203 | 7 | 90 | 51 | 56 | .271 | .311 | .372 |
| August | 149 | 588 | 141 | 5 | 52 | 40 | 40 | .263 | .308 | .351 |
| September | 123 | 470 | 120 | 1 | 46 | 31 | 27 | .278 | .321 | .334 |
| October | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 138 | 581 | 162 | 2 | 60 | 40 | 42 | .306 | .348 | .403 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 131 | 540 | 149 | 2 | 57 | 37 | 19 | .304 | .344 | .420 |
| new-york-yankees | 125 | 524 | 122 | 5 | 49 | 41 | 45 | .259 | .311 | .346 |
| detroit-tigers | 124 | 503 | 116 | 6 | 52 | 29 | 44 | .251 | .288 | .337 |
| chicago-white-sox | 122 | 500 | 124 | 4 | 40 | 29 | 29 | .273 | .306 | .345 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 113 | 474 | 112 | 6 | 55 | 27 | 27 | .257 | .293 | .386 |
| st-louis-browns | 103 | 432 | 108 | 3 | 37 | 26 | 24 | .272 | .310 | .395 |
| cleveland-guardians | 51 | 201 | 50 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 9 | .282 | .338 | .339 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | Cleveland Guardians, PIR | 82 | 285 | 64 | 2 | 32 | 2 | .225 | – | – |
| 1934 |  Cleveland Guardians | 146 | 593 | 188 | 4 | 66 | 7 | .317 | – | – |
| 1935 | Cleveland Guardians | 132 | 539 | 161 | – | 55 | 2 | .299 | – | – |
| 1936 | Cleveland Guardians | 155 | 618 | 182 | 8 | 74 | 6 | .294 | – | – |
| 1937 |  St. Louis Browns | 121 | 491 | 128 | 4 | 61 | 3 | .261 | – | – |
| 1938 |  New York Yankees | 46 | 128 | 32 | 1 | 21 | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1939 | New York Yankees | 6 | 13 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .154 | – | – |
| 1940 | New York Yankees | 45 | 124 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .242 | – | – |
| 1941 |  Chicago White Sox | 89 | 343 | 84 | 7 | 29 | 5 | .245 | – | – |
| 1942 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 87 | 289 | 73 | 1 | 19 | 1 | .253 | – | – |