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Bob Keegan
Robert Charles Keegan (Smiley)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 207 lb.
School Bucknell University

Debut May 24, 1953
Final Game July 24, 1958
Born August 4, 1920 in Rochester, NY
Died June 20, 2001 in Rochester, NY

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1953 32 CHW AL   7   5  22  11   4   2   6  1   98.7   80   34   30   4   33   32   2   0   398       0  2.74  4.04  147 1.145
 1954 33 CHW AL  16   9  31  27  14   2   2  2  209.7  211   84   72  16   82   61   1   1   894       1  3.09  3.72  120 1.397 AS
 1955 34 CHW AL   2   5  18  11   1   0   1  0   58.7   83   39   38   4   28   29   1   0   283   1   0  5.83  3.96   68 1.892
 1956 35 CHW AL   5   7  20  16   4   0   1  0  105.3  119   56   46  15   35   32   2   1   463   2   0  3.93  4.12  105 1.462
 1957 36 CHW AL  10   8  30  20   6   2   4  2  142.7  131   62   56  22   37   36   2   0   585   2   0  3.53  3.75  106 1.178
 1958 37 CHW AL   0   2  14   2   0   0   4  0   29.7   44   25   20   9   18    8   0   1   145   4   0  6.07  3.66   60 2.090
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .526  40  36 135  87  29   6  18  5  644.7  668  300  262  70  233  198   8   3  2768   9   1  3.66  3.86  106 1.398
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  11  41  26   8   1   5  1  197.3  204   91   80  21   71   60   2   0   847   2   0  3.66  3.86  106 1.398
 Career High     16   9  31  27  14   2   6  2  209.7  211   84   72  22   82   61   2   1   894   4   1  2.74  4.12  147 1.145

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1953 32 CHW AL  22   28    4    9   0  0   0    5   0  0   1   5  .321  .345  .321   79    9   2           0   2
 1954 33 CHW AL  32   75    5    9   2  1   0    7   0  0   4  11  .120  .157  .173  -10   13   1   4       0   3 AS
 1955 34 CHW AL  18   18    0    6   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   3  .333  .368  .333   88    6   2   0   0   0   1
 1956 35 CHW AL  20   32    2    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   4   7  .125  .222  .125   -6    4   4   0   0   0   1
 1957 36 CHW AL  30   39    3    4   0  0   0    3   0  0   4   5  .103  .205  .103  -13    4  10   0   0   1   1
 1958 37 CHW AL  14    4    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   1   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      136  196   14   32   2  1   0   19   0  0  14  31  .163  .218  .184    9   36  20   5   0   1   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        233   17   38   2  1   0   23   0  0  17  37  .163  .218  .184    9   43  24   6   0   1  10
 Career High     32   75    5    9   2  1   0    7   0  0   4  11                          13  10   4   0   1   3
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1953 32 CHW AL   31   23    3   3.5   105| .321  .273| .345  .350| .321  .402| .666  .752|  79  .391  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1954 33 CHW AL   84   74    2   0.7   101| .120  .269| .157  .345| .173  .393| .330  .738| -10  .037 -11.8  -1.2   0%
 1955 34 CHW AL   21   15    2   3.6   105| .333  .270| .368  .350| .333  .402| .701  .752|  88  .388  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1956 35 CHW AL   40   33    1   0.8   108| .125  .270| .222  .352| .125  .412| .347  .764|  -6  .037  -5.1  -0.5   0%
 1957 36 CHW AL   54   46    2   1.2   100| .103  .264| .205  .336| .103  .399| .308  .735| -13  .083  -6.2  -0.6   0%
 1958 37 CHW AL    6    6    0   0.0    97| .000  .260| .000  .329| .000  .396| .000  .725|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       236  197   10   1.4   103| .163  .269| .218  .345| .184  .399| .402  .744|   9  .103 -25.5  -2.5   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1953 32 CHW AL P 22 7 20 0 2 1.000 .957 1.23 0.88 2.46 1.95 11 98.7 1954 33 CHW AL P 31 5 36 1 3 .976 .958 1.32 0.93 1.76 2.01 27 209.7 AS 1955 34 CHW AL P 18 2 11 1 0 .929 .956 0.72 0.83 1.99 1.99 11 58.7 1956 35 CHW AL P 20 6 18 1 0 .960 .949 1.20 0.82 2.05 1.92 16 105.3 1957 36 CHW AL P 30 5 23 0 1 1.000 .962 0.93 0.86 1.77 1.99 20 142.7 1958 37 CHW AL P 14 0 9 0 0 1.000 .968 0.64 0.82 2.73 1.94 2 29.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1953 32 CHW AL P 22 7 20 0 2 1.000 .957 1.23 0.88 2.46 1.95 11 98.7 1954 33 CHW AL P 31 5 36 1 3 .976 .958 1.32 0.93 1.76 2.01 27 209.7 1955 34 CHW AL P 18 2 11 1 0 .929 .956 0.72 0.83 1.99 1.99 11 58.7 1956 35 CHW AL P 20 6 18 1 0 .960 .949 1.20 0.82 2.05 1.92 16 105.3 1957 36 CHW AL P 30 5 23 0 1 1.000 .962 0.93 0.86 1.77 1.99 20 142.7 1958 37 CHW AL P 14 0 9 0 0 1.000 .968 0.64 0.82 2.73 1.94 2 29.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 135 25 117 3 6 .979 .958 1.05 0.87 1.98 1.98 87 644.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 135 25 117 3 6 .979 .958 1.05 0.87 1.98 1.98 87 645
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1954   CHW AL      0  0  0   0.2   3   2   2   0   1  1   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1954   CHW AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1954 *

Sac. Hits
1957 AL-10-7

Wins
1954 AL-16-7

Comp. Games
1954 AL-14-9

Shutouts
1957 AL-2-7

Home Runs Allow.
1954 AL-16-10
1957 AL-22-8

Hits Allowed
1954 AL-211-10

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 7 (1638) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1066) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 5.0 (1211) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

April 3, 1952: Purchased by the Syracuse (International) from the New York Yankees. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

October 13, 1952: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Syracuse (International).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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