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Red Killefer
Wade Killefer

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 175 lb.
Schools University of Michigan, Purdue University

Debut September 16, 1907
Final Game August 19, 1916
Born April 13, 1885 in Bloomingdale, MI
Died September 4, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA

Brother of Bill Killefer

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1907 22 DET AL   1    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1908 23 DET AL  28   75    9   16   1  0   0   11   4      3      .213  .253  .227   53   17   6           1    
 1909 24 TOT AL  63  182   17   38   3  2   1    9   6     16      .209  .291  .264   77   48   7           5    
         DET AL  23   61    6   17   2  2   1    4   2      3      .279  .343  .426  139   26   1           3    
         WSH AL  40  121   11   21   1  0   0    5   4     13      .174  .265  .182   44   22   6           2    
 1910 25 WSH AL 106  345   35   79  17  1   0   24  17     29      .229  .318  .284   93   98  29          16    
 1914 29 CIN NL  42  141   16   39   6  1   0   12  11     20  18  .277  .386  .333  112   47   6           5    
 1915 30 CIN NL 155  555   75  151  25 11   1   41  12 18  38  33  .272  .340  .362  111  201  22          19    
 1916 31 TOT NL  72  235   29   58   9  1   1   19   7     22   8  .247  .332  .306   98   72   5           8    
         CIN NL  70  234   29   57   9  1   1   18   7     21   8  .244  .327  .303   96   71   5           8    
         NYG NL   2    1    0    1   0  0   0    1   0      1   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  528    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      467 1537  181  381  61 16   3  116  57 18 128  59  .248  .328  .314   98  483  75   0   0  54   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        533   63  132  21  6   1   40  20  6  44  20  .248  .328  .314   98  168  26   0   0  19   0
 Career High    155  555   75  151  25 11   1   41  17 18  38  33  .272  .340  .362  111  201  29   0   0  19   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1907 22 DET AL    4    4    0   0.0    74| .000  .258| .000  .313| .000  .322| .000  .635|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1     
 1908 23 DET AL   85   65    4   1.6    71| .213  .250| .253  .308| .227  .318| .480  .626|  53  .258  -3.9  -0.5     
 1909 24 TOT AL  210  151   14   2.5    72| .209  .250| .291  .310| .264  .317| .555  .628|  77  .403  -4.4  -0.5     
         DET AL   68   45    8   4.7    76| .279  .257| .343  .318| .426  .326| .769  .644| 139  .690   2.5   0.3     
         WSH AL  142  106    6   1.5    70| .174  .247| .265  .307| .182  .313| .447  .620|  44  .215  -6.9  -0.8     
 1910 25 WSH AL  419  295   28   2.6    71| .229  .244| .318  .310| .284  .316| .602  .625|  93  .399  -0.5  -0.1     
 1914 29 CIN NL  172  108   17   4.2    86| .277  .262| .386  .331| .333  .351| .719  .681| 112  .583   3.6   0.4     
 1915 30 CIN NL  634  444   60   3.6    82| .272  .258| .340  .321| .362  .345| .702  .667| 111  .546   7.8   0.9  40%
 1916 31 TOT NL  270  182   23   3.4    77| .247  .252| .332  .310| .306  .336| .638  .646|  98  .515   1.0   0.1     
         CIN NL  268  182   22   3.3    77| .244  .252| .327  .310| .303  .336| .630  .646|  96  .494   0.1   0.0     
         NYG NL    2    0    1          74|1.000  .248|1.000  .306|1.000  .332|2.000  .638| 528         0.8   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1794 1249  146   3.1    78| .248  .253| .328  .316| .314  .333| .642  .649|  98  .484   2.7   0.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1907 22 DET AL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.80 0 0 1 1908 23 DET AL 2B 16 30 35 3 7 .956 .952 4.06 5.11 SS 7 17 13 5 1 .857 .926 4.29 5.41 3B 4 1 6 4 1 .636 .933 1.75 3.20 1909 24 TOT AL OF 25 44 1 2 0 .957 .951 1.80 1.80 6 17 2 TOT AL 2B 20 29 67 13 3 .881 .953 4.80 4.83 DET AL 2B 17 28 55 8 3 .912 .953 4.88 4.83 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 0 1 WSH AL OF 24 44 1 2 0 .957 .951 1.88 1.80 6 17 1 3B 6 12 13 6 2 .806 .929 4.17 3.33 C 3 10 1 2 1 .846 .965 3.67 5.80 1 2B 3 1 12 5 0 .722 .956 4.33 4.83 SS 1 4 2 0 0 1.000 .923 6.00 5.20 1910 25 WSH AL 2B 88 173 231 26 27 .940 .945 4.59 4.91 OF 12 17 3 3 0 .870 .952 1.67 1.77 6 0 6 1914 29 CIN NL OF 37 55 5 2 0 .968 .957 1.62 1.97 1 18 18 2B 5 5 7 1 0 .923 .952 2.40 4.88 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 3.00 1915 30 CIN NL OF 150 339 17 11 5 .970 .959 2.37 2.01 79 73 0 1B 2 5 0 2 1 .714 .980 2.50 10.25 1916 31 CIN NL OF 68 138 6 5 2 .966 .967 2.12 2.00 43 27 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1915 30 CIN NL 1B 2 5 0 2 1 .714 .980 2.50 10.25 1908 23 DET AL 2B 16 30 35 3 7 .956 .952 4.06 5.11 1909 24 TOT AL 2B 20 29 67 13 3 .881 .953 4.80 4.83 DET AL 2B 17 28 55 8 3 .912 .953 4.88 4.83 WSH AL 2B 3 1 12 5 0 .722 .956 4.33 4.83 1910 25 WSH AL 2B 88 173 231 26 27 .940 .945 4.59 4.91 1914 29 CIN NL 2B 5 5 7 1 0 .923 .952 2.40 4.88 1908 23 DET AL 3B 4 1 6 4 1 .636 .933 1.75 3.20 1909 24 WSH AL 3B 6 12 13 6 2 .806 .929 4.17 3.33 1914 29 CIN NL 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 3.00 1909 24 WSH AL C 3 10 1 2 1 .846 .965 3.67 5.80 1 1907 22 DET AL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.80 0 0 1 1909 24 TOT AL OF 25 44 1 2 0 .957 .951 1.80 1.80 6 17 2 DET AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 0 1 WSH AL OF 24 44 1 2 0 .957 .951 1.88 1.80 6 17 1 1910 25 WSH AL OF 12 17 3 3 0 .870 .952 1.67 1.77 6 0 6 1914 29 CIN NL OF 37 55 5 2 0 .968 .957 1.62 1.97 1 18 18 1915 30 CIN NL OF 150 339 17 11 5 .970 .959 2.37 2.01 79 73 0 1916 31 CIN NL OF 68 138 6 5 2 .966 .967 2.12 2.00 43 27 0 1908 23 DET AL SS 7 17 13 5 1 .857 .926 4.29 5.41 1909 24 WSH AL SS 1 4 2 0 0 1.000 .923 6.00 5.20
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 293 595 32 23 7 .965 .960 2.14 1.97 135 135 27 2B 129 237 340 43 37 .931 .947 4.47 4.92 3B 11 13 19 11 3 .744 .930 2.91 3.25 SS 8 21 15 5 1 .878 .925 4.50 5.39 C 3 10 1 2 1 .846 .965 3.67 5.80 1 1B 2 5 0 2 1 .714 .980 2.50 10.25 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 446 881 407 86 50 .937 .953 2.89 2.98
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1915 NL-155-7

Runs
1915 NL-75-7

Hit By Pitch
1910 AL-16-1
1915 NL-19-1
1916 NL-8-5

Sac. Hits
1910 AL-29-5

Caught Stealing
1915 NL-18-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1915 NL-16.8-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  1. Skeeter Newsome (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Germany Schaefer (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions 

August 13, 1909: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Germany Schaefer to the Washington Senators for Jim Delahanty.

July 20, 1916: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Buck Herzog to the New York Giants for Christy Mathewson, Edd Roush, and Bill McKechnie.


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