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Vic Keen
Howard Victor Keen

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 165 lb.
School University of Maryland

Debut August 13, 1918
Final Game September 13, 1927
Born March 16, 1899 in Bel Air, MD
Died December 10, 1976 in Salisbury, MD

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Pitching  Glossary / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1918 19 PHA AL   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    8.0    9    3    3   1    1    1   0   0    31       0  3.38  2.91   86 1.250
 1921 22 CHC NL   0   3   5   4   1   0   1  0   25.0   29   17   13   0    9    9   1   1   105       0  4.68  3.82   82 1.520
 1922 23 CHC NL   1   2   7   3   2   0   2  1   34.7   36   20   15   4   10   11   1   0   147       0  3.89  4.22  108 1.327
 1923 24 CHC NL  12   8  35  17  10   0  15  1  177.0  169   70   59   8   57   46   5   2   738       0  3.00  3.99  133 1.277
 1924 25 CHC NL  15  14  40  28  15   0   8  3  234.7  242  112   99  17   80   75   4   4   995       1  3.80  3.90  103 1.372
 1925 26 CHC NL   2   6  30   8   1   0  15  1   83.3  125   61   58   8   41   19   0   0   395       0  6.26  4.31   69 1.992
 1926 27 STL NL  10   9  26  21  12   1   3  0  152.0  179   89   77  15   42   29   1   1   658       0  4.56  3.90   86 1.454
 1927 28 STL NL   2   1  21   0   0   0   7  0   33.7   39   21   18   3    8   12   2   2   152       0  4.81  3.95   82 1.396
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .488  42  44 165  82  41   1  51  6  748.3  828  393  342  56  248  202  14  10  3221       1  4.11  3.97   97 1.438
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  12  45  22  11   0  14  1  206.0  227  108   94  15   68   55   3   2   886   0   0  4.11  3.97   97 1.438
 Career High     15  14  40  28  15   1  15  3  234.7  242  112   99  17   80   75   5   4   995   0   1  3.00  4.31  133 1.277

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1918 19 PHA AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0    
 1921 22 CHC NL   5    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .000  .167  .000  -52    0   1           0    
 1922 23 CHC NL   7   12    1    4   0  0   0    0   1  0   0   2  .333  .333  .333   71    4   1           0    
 1923 24 CHC NL  35   53    9    8   2  0   0    2   0  0   1  16  .151  .167  .189   -6   10   8           0    
 1924 25 CHC NL  40   77    2   12   1  0   0    8   0  1   4  23  .156  .198  .169   -1   13   4           0    
 1925 26 CHC NL  30   25    2    6   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   8  .240  .240  .280   31    7   1           0    
 1926 27 STL NL  26   53    4    3   0  0   0    1   0      2  15  .057  .091  .057  -60    3   2           0    
 1927 28 STL NL  21    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .250  .250  .250   33    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      165  230   18   34   4  0   0   12   1  1   8  70  .148  .176  .165   -9   38  18   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        226   18   33   4  0   0   12   1  1   8  69  .148  .176  .165   -9   37  18   0   0   0   0
 Career High     40   77    9   12   2  0   0    8   1  1   4  23                          13   8   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1918 19 PHA AL    2    2    0   0.0    83| .000  .262| .000  .333| .000  .334| .000  .667|-100  .000  -0.2   0.0     
 1921 22 CHC NL    7    6    0   0.0   107| .000  .298| .167  .348| .000  .410| .167  .759| -52  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1922 23 CHC NL   13    9    2   5.9   114| .333  .304| .333  .362| .333  .423| .666  .784|  71  .585  -0.6  -0.1 100%
 1923 24 CHC NL   62   53    2   1.0   107| .151  .293| .167  .352| .189  .408| .356  .760|  -6  .057  -8.2  -0.8   0%
 1924 25 CHC NL   85   70    2   0.8   105| .156  .291| .198  .347| .169  .406| .367  .752|  -1  .037 -11.2  -1.1   0%
 1925 26 CHC NL   26   20    2   2.7   116| .240  .303| .240  .361| .280  .432| .520  .793|  31  .234  -2.7  -0.2   0%
 1926 27 STL NL   57   52    0   0.0   106| .057  .292| .091  .353| .057  .404| .148  .757| -60  .000 -12.4  -1.3     
 1927 28 STL NL    4    3    0   0.0   107| .250  .294| .250  .353| .250  .405| .500  .758|  33  .000  -0.4   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       256  215    8   1.0   107| .148  .294| .176  .352| .165  .410| .341  .761|  -9  .056 -36.8  -3.6     

* 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 ------+
1918 19 PHA AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.81 1 8.0 1921 22 CHC NL P 5 0 7 1 1 .875 .959 1.40 1.52 2.52 2.66 4 25.0 1922 23 CHC NL P 7 0 8 1 0 .889 .952 1.14 1.29 2.07 2.39 3 34.7 1923 24 CHC NL P 35 5 35 3 2 .930 .957 1.14 1.34 2.03 2.41 17 177.0 1924 25 CHC NL P 40 6 42 1 1 .980 .966 1.20 1.42 1.84 2.52 28 234.7 1925 26 CHC NL P 30 1 26 1 2 .964 .957 0.90 1.35 2.92 2.44 8 83.3 1926 27 STL NL P 26 7 29 0 0 1.000 .957 1.38 1.39 2.13 2.57 21 152.0 1927 28 STL NL P 21 1 8 0 0 1.000 .957 0.43 1.29 2.40 2.32 0 33.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1918 19 PHA AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.81 1 8.0 1921 22 CHC NL P 5 0 7 1 1 .875 .959 1.40 1.52 2.52 2.66 4 25.0 1922 23 CHC NL P 7 0 8 1 0 .889 .952 1.14 1.29 2.07 2.39 3 34.7 1923 24 CHC NL P 35 5 35 3 2 .930 .957 1.14 1.34 2.03 2.41 17 177.0 1924 25 CHC NL P 40 6 42 1 1 .980 .966 1.20 1.42 1.84 2.52 28 234.7 1925 26 CHC NL P 30 1 26 1 2 .964 .957 0.90 1.35 2.92 2.44 8 83.3 1926 27 STL NL P 26 7 29 0 0 1.000 .957 1.38 1.39 2.13 2.57 21 152.0 1927 28 STL NL P 21 1 8 0 0 1.000 .957 0.43 1.29 2.40 2.32 0 33.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 165 20 155 7 6 .962 .959 1.06 1.37 2.10 2.49 82 748.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 165 20 155 7 6 .962 .959 1.06 1.37 2.11 2.49 82 748
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1926   WS    STL NYY     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1     0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1926   WS    STL NYY     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

ERA
1923 NL-3.00-3

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1923 NL-1.277-6

Hits Allowed/9IP
1923 NL-8.59-4

Games
1924 NL-40-3

Saves
1924 NL-3-4

Innings
1924 NL-234.7-9

Strikeouts
1924 NL-75-6

Home Runs Allow.
1924 NL-17-2
1926 NL-15-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1924 NL-80-4

Hits Allowed
1924 NL-242-10

Losses
1924 NL-14-9

Earned Runs Allow.
1924 NL-99-8

Wild Pitches
1924 NL-4-7

Batters Faced
1924 NL-995-7

Games Finished
1925 NL-15-5

Adjusted ERA+
1923 NL-133-3

Youngest Player
1918 AL-19-2

 

Gray Ink: Pitching - 17 (1143) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1326) (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 

December 11, 1925: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jimmy Cooney.


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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