Bill Keister

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 5 in · 168 lb

BornAugust 17, 1871 · Baltimore, MD, USA

MLB debutMay 20, 1896

Final gameAugust 25, 1903

Seasons7 (1896–1903)

Baltimore Orioles 1896; Boston Beaneaters 1898; Baltimore Orioles 1899; St. Louis Cardinals 1900; Baltimore Orioles 1901; Washington Senators 1902; Philadelphia Phillies 1903

Percentile snapshot

1902 season — qualified batters

119

25.2

515

31.1

483

42.7

72.8

145

60.2

93.2

73.8

95.1

RBI

92.2

11.7

71.8

75.7

.300

62.1

OBP

.329

36.9

SLG

.462

92.2

OPS

.791

79.6

wRC+

110.6

55.3

OPS+

115.5

58.3

wOBA

.362

63.1

sWAR

2.3

52.4

of 104 qualified 1902 batters (min 427 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

13.7

90.2

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1896	15	63	58	8	14	3	0	0	5	3	5	4	.241	.302	.293	.595	64.1	57.0	.291	-0.1
1898	10	30	30	5	5	2	0	0	4	0	3	0	.167	.167	.233	.400	13.6	14.1	.188	-0.2
1899	136	563	523	96	172	22	16	3	73	16	16	33	.329	.368	.449	.817	117.8	123.3	.386	3.7
1900	126	539	497	78	149	26	10	1	72	25	15	32	.300	.347	.398	.745	103.3	105.4	.354	2.2
1901	115	472	442	78	145	20	21	2	93	18	23	24	.328	.365	.482	.847	125.5	132.4	.390	3.7
1902	119	515	483	82	145	33	9	9	90	14	22	27	.300	.329	.462	.791	110.6	115.5	.362	2.3
1903	100	429	400	53	128	27	7	3	63	14	32	11	.320	.352	.445	.797	121.8	127.9	.376	2.1

Career totals

621

2,611

2,433

400

758

133

493rd-most career 3B

RBI

400

116

131

.3115

OBP

.3490

SLG

.4402

OPS

.7892

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1902-04-26	BOS @ MIN Gameday	5	3	3	0	0	2	5	9
1901-06-29	ATH @ BAL Gameday	6	2	3	1	2	0	8	8
1901-09-08	BAL @ DET Gameday	5	0	3	1	2	0	4	8
1902-06-24	BOS @ MIN Gameday	4	2	3	2	0	1	3	8
1902-06-04	DET @ MIN Gameday	5	3	3	0	2	0	5	7

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1901-04-26	BOS @ BAL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-27	BOS @ BAL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-29	BAL @ MIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-30	BAL @ MIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-05-01	BAL @ MIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.