Bill Knickerbocker

Bill Knickerbocker

William Hart Knickerbocker (December 29 1911 - September 8 1963) was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians (1933-36), St. Louis Browns (1937), New York Yankees (1938-40), Chicago White Sox (1941) and Philadelphia Athletics (1942).

Born in Los Angeles, California, he helped the Yankees win the 1938 and 1939 World Series.

His best season was in 1934 when he finished 19th in voting for the American League MVP Award for playing in 146 games and having 593 at bats, 82 runs, 188 hits, 32 doubles, 5 triples, 4 home runs, 67 RBI, 6 stolen bases, 25 walks, a .317 batting average, .347 on base percentage, .408 slugging percentage, 242 total bases and 12 sacrifice hits.

In 10 seasons he played in 907 games and had 3,418 at bats, 423 runs, 943 hits, 198 doubles, 27 triples, 28 home runs, 368 RBI, 25 stolen bases, 244 walks, a .276 batting average, .326 on base percentage, .374 slugging percentage, 1,279 total bases and 82 sacrifice hits.

He died in Sebastopol, California at the age of 51.

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