Bill McKechnie

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Full Name: William Boyd McKechnie	Primary Position: 3B,2B
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/160	First Game: September 8, 1907
Birthdate: August 7, 1886	Final Game: September 28, 1920
Birthplace: Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: October 29, 1965
Deathplace: Bradenton, Florida
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
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[edit] Biography

Bill McKechnie (William Boyd McKechnie) was born on August 7, 1886 in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on September 8, 1907 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1910, his rookie year, he hit .217 with 0 home runs and 12 RBI. McKechnie played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, Boston Braves, Newark Peppers, New York Giants and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Bill McKechnie's best season was 1914, when he stole 47 bases and hit for a .304 average.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1907	PIT	N	3	8	0	1	0	0	.125	.125	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1910	PIT	N	71	212	23	46	0	12	.217	.256	.241	1	2	11	23	0	8	4	0	0
1911	PIT	N	104	321	40	73	2	37	.227	.293	.315	8	7	28	18	2	25	9	0	0
1912	PIT	N	24	73	8	18	0	4	.247	.286	.274	0	1	4	5	0	2	2	0	0
1913	NY	A	45	112	7	15	0	8	.134	.198	.134	0	0	8	17	1	3	2	0	0
1913	BOS	N	1	4	1	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1913	Total		46	116	8	15	0	8	.129	.198	.129	0	0	8	18	2	3	2	0	0
1914	IND	F	149	570	107	173	2	38	.304	.368	.377	24	6	53	36	5	36	47	0	0
1915	NEW	F	127	451	49	113	1	43	.251	.316	.328	22	5	41	31	2	21	28	0	0
1916	NY	N	71	260	22	64	0	17	.246	.269	.288	9	1	7	20	1	5	7	0	0
1916	CIN	N	37	130	4	36	0	10	.277	.293	.300	3	0	3	12	0	7	4	0	0
1916	TOT	N	108	390	26	100	0	27	.256	.277	.292	12	1	10	32	1	12	11	0	0
1917	CIN	N	48	134	11	34	0	15	.254	.296	.291	3	1	7	7	1	3	5	0	0
1918	PIT	N	126	435	34	111	2	43	.255	.297	.340	13	9	24	22	2	19	12	0	0
1920	PIT	N	40	133	13	29	1	13	.218	.241	.278	3	1	4	7	0	3	7	0	0
Total	NL		525	1710	156	412	5	151	.241	.281	.299	40	22	88	115	7	72	50	0	0
Total	FL		276	1021	156	286	3	81	.280	.345	.356	46	11	94	67	7	57	75	0	0
Total	AL		45	112	7	15	0	8	.134	.198	.134	0	0	8	17	1	3	2	0	0
Total			846	2843	319	713	8	240	.251	.301	.313	86	33	190	199	15	132	127	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1907	PIT	N	2B	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1907	PIT	N	3B	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1910	PIT	N	3B	8	0	0	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1910	PIT	N	2B	36	0	0	89	112	6	15	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1910	PIT	N	1B	4	0	0	28	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1910	PIT	N	SS	14	0	0	24	40	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	.928
1911	PIT	N	2B	18	16	152	49	48	3	16	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1911	PIT	N	SS	12	12	98.1	20	25	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.938
1911	PIT	N	1B	58	57	495.2	524	32	14	28	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1911	PIT	N	3B	6	3	37.1	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.900
1912	PIT	N	2B	3	0	0	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1912	PIT	N	3B	13	0	0	15	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1912	PIT	N	1B	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1912	PIT	N	SS	4	0	0	3	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1913	NY	A	2B	28	0	0	57	76	7	12	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1913	NY	A	SS	7	0	0	16	16	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1913	NY	A	3B	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
1913	BOS	N	OF	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1914	IND	F	3B	149	0	0	195	327	34	28	0	0	0	0	0	.939
1915	NEW	F	3B	117	0	0	184	226	19	17	0	0	0	0	0	.956
1915	NEW	F	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1916	NY	N	3B	71	0	0	70	134	13	8	0	0	0	0	0	.940
1916	CIN	N	3B	35	0	0	38	59	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1916	TOT	N	3B	106	0	0	108	193	17	14	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1917	CIN	N	SS	13	0	0	24	42	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	.880
1917	CIN	N	3B	4	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1917	CIN	N	2B	26	0	0	49	51	6	11	0	0	0	0	0	.943
1918	PIT	N	3B	126	0	0	162	261	15	26	0	0	0	0	0	.966
1920	PIT	N	3B	20	0	0	21	29	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.943
1920	PIT	N	1B	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1920	PIT	N	SS	10	0	0	19	37	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	.949
1920	PIT	N	2B	6	0	0	12	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.938
Total			3B	553	3	37.1	700	1086	91	87	0	0	0	0	0	.952
Total			1B	65	57	495.2	560	36	16	29	0	0	0	0	0	.974
Total			OF	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	118	16	152	257	310	24	58	0	0	0	0	0	.959
Total			SS	60	12	98.1	106	168	25	23	0	0	0	0	0	.916

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Washington (POM) to Pittsburgh Pirates (@August 15, 1907).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to St Paul (American Association) in exchange for Art Butler and a player to be named (August, 1912).
Selected by Boston Braves from St Paul (American Association) in the Rule 5 major league draft (September 16, 1912).
Claimed on waivers by New York Yankees from Boston Braves (April 15, 1913).
Sold by Newark Peppers to New York Giants with Bill Rariden (December 23, 1915).
Traded by New York Giants with Christy Mathewson and Edd Roush to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Buck Herzog and Red Killefer (July 20, 1916).
Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Pittsburgh Pirates for $20000 (March, 1918).

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