Wee Willie Keeler: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1939

Born: March 3, 1872

Debut: September 30, 1892 (New York Giants)

1893: Sold to the Brooklyn Grooms

1894: Traded to the Baltimore Orioles

1894-98: May have invented the hit-and-run (speculation)

1894-1896: Baltimore were NL Champs

1897: 44-Game hitting streak (broken by Joe Dimaggio and tied by Pete Rose)

1897: Hit .424 and won batting title

1898: Hit a record 206 singles (broken by Ichiro)

1898: Won batting title (.385)

1899: Shipped to the Brooklyn Superbas

1899-1900: Brooklyn was NL Champions

1903: Left NL for the New York Yankees (Highlanders at the time)

1905: Set Yankee record for sacrifices in a season with 42

1910: Signed with the NY Giants as a free agent

1910: Played final game on September 5

Died: January 1, 1923

1939: Elected to Hall of Fame on 4^th ballot

1999: Finalist for the All Century Team

Accomplishments:
Played on five NL Championship teams

.341 career hitter

2x Batting Champion (1897, 1898)

44-Game hitting streak (1897)

2932 hits

206 singles (1898)- ML Record since broken

Led league in singles: 7x

1719 runs

Led league in runs in 1899 (140)

100+ runs: 8x

Led league in hits: 3x

200+ hits: 8x

10+ triples: 7x

22 triples (1894)

30+ steals: 6x

40+ steals: 5x

60+ steals: 2x

495 career steals

Hit .300+: 13x

Hit .350+: 7x

Hit .424 in 1897

.400+ OBP: 7x

.500+ slugging: 2x

.900+ OPS: 4x

Led league in OPS in 1897 (1.003)

3562 total bases

300+ total bases: 2x