Willie Keeler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Willie Keeler

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 03-Mar-1872

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1923

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Willie Keeler

  • William Henry Keeler (March 3, 1872 – January 1, 1923), nicknamed "Wee Willie", was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1892 to 1910, primarily for the Baltimore Orioles and Brooklyn Superbas in the National League, and the New York Highlanders in the American League.
  • Keeler, one of the best hitters of his time, was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • One of the greatest contact hitters of all time and notoriously hard to strike out, Keeler has the highest career at bats-per-strikeout ratio in MLB history: throughout his career, on average he went more than 60 at bats between individual strikeouts.

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