The Little Bunter

Another baseball great that is credited with changing the rules and the way the game is played. When Wee Willie Keeler played there was no bunt foul on third strike and you're out rule. He was a master at avoiding striking out by getting his bat on borderline pitches and bunting them foul to stay alive. To say the strategy worked would be an understatement. In 1899 he struck out in 570 at bats! The smallest player to enter Cooperstown at 5'4", he had a career average of .341 and was one of the first non-Cubs I ever painted.

William "Wee Willie" Keeler