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Willie Keeler

American baseball player (1872–1923)
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Willie Keeler
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Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
March 3, 1872
Date of death
1923
Place of birth
Brooklyn
Place of death
Brooklyn
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
baseball player
Cause of death
endocarditis[14]
Country for sport
United States[20]
Family name
Keeler[16]
Given name
Willie[17]
League or competition
Major League Baseball[12]
Manner of death
natural causes[18]
Member of sports team
Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees[9][10][11]
Nickname
Wee Willie[19]
Place of burial
Calvary Cemetery[6]
Position played on team / speciality
right fielder[13]
Sport
baseball[15]
Start of work period
September 30, 1892[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Wee Willie Keeler en William Henry Keeler en William Keeler en Willie Keeler ar فيلي كيلر de William Henry Keeler es William Henry Keeler fr William Keeler ja ウィリー・キーラー ja ウイリー・キーラー ko 윌리 킬러 ru Уилли Килер zh 威利·基勒
🔖 Identifiers · 24
VIAF cluster ID
70270536
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n82048221
American National Biography ID
1900602
Baseball Almanac ID
keelewi01
Baseball Reference major league player ID
k/keelewi01
Baseball Reference minor & foreign league player ID
keeler001wil
ESPN.com MLB player ID
23598
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Wee-Willie-Keeler
FAST ID
90202
FanGraphs player ID
1006747
Find a Grave memorial ID
2736
Freebase ID
/m/01kt7m
Show all 24 identifiers +12
HAND ID
3CB2-1B17-C234-577D-0961
MLB.com player ID
116891
NCAA Statistics coach ID
33375
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ID
keeler-willie
Retrosheet person ID
keelw101
SABR person ID
Willie-Keeler
The Baseball Cube player ID
13604
Trading Card Database name ID
3039
WikiBaseball ID
Willie_Keeler
WikiTree person ID
O'Kelleher-1
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvXdBqVtxByRhDqM734v3
Yale LUX ID
person/4947c2dc-ba1e-4337-abd3-6ed61b90c1a4

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🔗 Connections
Member of sports team 3
New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants
Cause of death 1
endocarditis
Country for sport 1
United States
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Instance of 1
human
League or competition 1
Major League Baseball
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Occupation 1
baseball player
Place of birth 1
Brooklyn
Place of burial 1
Calvary Cemetery
Place of death 1
Brooklyn
Position played on team / speciality 1
right fielder
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
baseball
← Cast member 1
The Cock-Eyed World
← FactGrid item ID 1
Hryhorivka
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Summary

Willie Keeler was born on March 3, 1872[1], in Brooklyn[2]. He died on January 1, 1923[3], in Brooklyn[4]. He worked as a baseball player[5].

FAQs

Where was Willie Keeler born?

Willie Keeler's place of birth was Brooklyn[2].

Where did Willie Keeler die?

Willie Keeler passed away in Brooklyn[4].

What did Willie Keeler do for work?

Willie Keeler worked as a baseball player[5].

Related Entities

United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . ESPN Major League Baseball. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . MLB.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [de] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57984: Import missing aliases from dewiki 1/3"
  2. 14w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → 3CB2-1B17-C234-577D-0961
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46230: HAND ID (0)"
  3. 16w ago · LccnBot bot · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Brooklyn
    League or competition → Major League Baseball
    Given name → Willie
    Position played on team / speciality → right fielder
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: Library of Congress Authorities ID: n82048221, Add authorized heading for P244 Library of Congress LCCN subject named as"
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