William Hart Knickerbocker (December 29, 1911 — September 8, 1963) was an American shortstop

Shortstop

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 in Major League Baseball

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 for the Cleveland Indians

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 (1933–36), St. Louis Browns

Baltimore Orioles

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 (1937), New York Yankees

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 (1938–40), Chicago White Sox

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 (1941) and Philadelphia Athletics

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 (1942). Knickerbocker threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 in 11 in (1.8 m) tall and weighed 170 pounds (77.1 kg).

Born in Los Angeles, California

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, he helped the Yankees win the 1938

1938 World Series

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 and 1939 World Series

1939 World Series

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His best season was in 1934 when he finished 19th in voting for the American League

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 MVP Award

MLB Most Valuable Player Award

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 for playing in 146 games and having 593 at bats, 82 runs, 188 hits, 32 doubles, 5 triples, 4 home runs, 67 RBI, 6 stolen bases, 25 walks, a .317 batting average, .347 on base percentage, .408 slugging percentage, 242 total bases and 12 sacrifice hits.

In 10 seasons he played in 907 games and had 3,418 at bats, 423 runs, 943 hits, 198 doubles, 27 triples, 28 home runs, 368 RBI, 25 stolen bases, 244 walks, a .276 batting average, .326 on base percentage, .374 slugging percentage, 1,279 total bases and 82 sacrifice hits.

He died in Sebastopol, California

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at the age of 51.