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Keister holds the record for the lowest season fielding average for a shortstop in 100 or more games with a butterfingered .861 for Baltimore of the AL in 1901. In 114 games he made 97 errors. From 1898 through 1903 he hit .300 or better each season (and each with a different team), but even batting .320 in '03 could not keep him in the majors. (BC)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » March 23, 1900: John McGraw, Wilbert Robinson, and Bill "Wagon Tongue" Keister, an infielder, are sold by Brooklyn to St. Louis for $15,000. McGraw and Robby refuse to report. » August 21, 1901: In Baltimore, Orioles pitcher Joe McGinnity is tossed for spitting in the face of umpire Tom Connolly. When Detroit's Kid Elberfeld intervenes, he is decked by Baltimore's Mike Donlin. Bill Keister also gets involved, as do some fans, and the police, who arrest the players and a fan. Judge Harry Goldman, a part-owner of the O's, releases the players and fines the fan a $100.