Bill McKechnie
1907–1920 · bats B / throws R · Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, IND, NEW, New York Giants, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates
847G
.251AVG
.301OBP
.313SLG
More career statistics
713H
8HR
240RBI
127SB
9Rare 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 | 847 | 848 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,843 | 2,842 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 4 | 108 |
| Batting · Hits | 713 | 714 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 15 | 16 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 199 | 192 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,180 | 3,179 |
| Batting · Runs | 319 | 316 |
| Batting · RBI | 240 | 248 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 127 | 130 |
| Batting · Walks | 190 | 195 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 847 | 3,180 | 2,843 | 319 | 713 | 86 | 33 | 8 | 240 | 190 | 199 | 127 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 889 | .251 | .301 | .313 | .614 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1914-06-03 to 1914-06-16
29longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Caught Three Times | 1916-05-30 | 1 in 4,659 games | box score ↗ |
| 78 | Stealing the Cycle | 1914-08-16 | 1 in 3,787 games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | Four-Steal Game | 1914-06-27 | 1 in 894 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 426 | 1579 | 363 | 5 | 133 | 108 | 82 | .259 | .298 | .326 |
| Away | 422 | 1600 | 351 | 3 | 115 | 87 | 110 | .243 | .274 | .300 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 62 | 244 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 24 | .160 | .230 | .192 |
| May | 136 | 492 | 115 | 1 | 43 | 31 | 24 | .266 | .297 | .333 |
| June | 157 | 587 | 138 | 1 | 43 | 38 | 41 | .260 | .300 | .325 |
| July | 189 | 729 | 160 | 3 | 58 | 47 | 43 | .243 | .284 | .320 |
| August | 147 | 566 | 136 | 1 | 45 | 30 | 21 | .273 | .293 | .327 |
| September | 139 | 499 | 119 | 2 | 41 | 23 | 34 | .263 | .285 | .316 |
| October | 18 | 62 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | .207 | .258 | .276 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 96 | 351 | 79 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 20 | .243 | .271 | .295 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 94 | 335 | 72 | 0 | 29 | 22 | 26 | .242 | .281 | .279 |
| boston-braves | 82 | 289 | 64 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 25 | .241 | .256 | .305 |
| new-york-giants | 62 | 220 | 47 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 11 | .226 | .241 | .279 |
| chicago-cubs | 59 | 207 | 49 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 17 | .262 | .290 | .316 |
| cincinnati-reds | 58 | 215 | 45 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | .230 | .247 | .255 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 57 | 190 | 43 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | .253 | .289 | .388 |
| st-louis-terriers | 42 | 173 | 41 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 3 | .263 | .301 | .353 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 | 8 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .125 | – | – |
| 1910 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 71 | 212 | 46 | – | 13 | 4 | .217 | – | – |
| 1911 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 105 | 320 | 72 | 2 | 38 | 9 | .225 | – | – |
| 1912 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 24 | 73 | 18 | – | 4 | 2 | .247 | – | – |
| 1913 | Boston Braves, New York Yankees | 46 | 116 | 15 | – | 6 | 2 | .129 | – | – |
| 1914 | IND | 149 | 572 | 174 | 2 | 41 | 48 | .304 | – | – |
| 1915 | NEW | 128 | 449 | 113 | 1 | 44 | 29 | .252 | – | – |
| 1916 | Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants | 108 | 390 | 101 | – | 29 | 11 | .259 | – | – |
| 1917 |  Cincinnati Reds | 48 | 134 | 34 | – | 13 | 5 | .254 | – | – |
| 1918 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 126 | 435 | 111 | 2 | 46 | 13 | .255 | – | – |
| 1920 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 40 | 133 | 29 | 1 | 13 | 7 | .218 | – | – |