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Steve Kealey

Steven William Kealey

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 13, 1947 in Torrance, CA
High School: Torrance HS (Torrance, CA)
Signed by the California Angels as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1968
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Angels 1968-1973

Final Game: July 8, 1973
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1968 21 CAL AL 0 1 .000 2.70 6 0 3 0 0 0 10.0 10 3 3 0 5 2 4 0 0 0 44 113 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 3.6 0.80
1969 22 CAL AL 2 0 1.000 3.93 15 3 5 1 1 0 36.2 48 18 16 4 13 1 17 1 0 2 165 89 1.664 11.8 1.0 3.2 4.2 1.31
1970 23 CAL AL 1 0 1.000 4.15 17 0 1 0 0 1 21.2 19 11 10 2 6 2 14 0 0 0 83 89 1.154 7.9 0.8 2.5 5.8 2.33
1971 24 CHW AL 2 2 .500 3.84 54 1 26 0 0 6 77.1 69 40 33 10 26 6 50 0 0 2 328 94 1.228 8.0 1.2 3.0 5.8 1.92
1972 25 CHW AL 3 2 .600 3.30 40 0 22 0 0 4 57.1 50 21 21 4 12 1 37 0 0 0 232 97 1.081 7.8 0.6 1.9 5.8 3.08
1973 26 CHW AL 0 0 15.09 7 0 4 0 0 0 11.1 23 22 19 2 7 1 4 0 0 1 65 27 2.647 18.3 1.6 5.6 3.2 0.57
6 Yrs 8 5 .615 4.28 139 4 61 1 1 11 214.1 219 115 102 22 69 13 126 1 0 5 917 82 1.344 9.2 0.9 2.9 5.3 1.83
162 Game Avg. 4 2 .615 4.28 66 2 29 0 0 5 102 104 55 49 10 33 6 60 0 0 2 436 82 1.344 9.2 0.9 2.9 5.3 1.83
CAL (3 yrs) 3 1 .750 3.82 38 3 9 1 1 1 68.1 77 32 29 6 24 5 35 1 0 2 292 91 1.478 10.1 0.8 3.2 4.6 1.46
CHW (3 yrs) 5 4 .556 4.50 101 1 52 0 0 10 146.0 142 83 73 16 45 8 91 0 0 3 625 78 1.281 8.8 1.0 2.8 5.6 2.02

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1968 21 CAL AL 10.0 6 0 3 2.70 3.57 0.19 -0.15 95.4 3.07 1 0.1 1.6 0.0 0.1 1 .511 .500 $
1969 22 CAL AL 36.2 15 3 18 4.42 4.40 0.18 -0.07 97.3 4.04 -1 -0.1 .6 -0.0 0.1 2 .491 .499 $
1970 23 CAL AL 21.2 17 0 11 4.57 4.08 0.33 -0.17 100.3 3.60 -2 -0.2 1.3 -0.1 -0.1 -0 .486 .499 $
1971 24 CHW AL 77.1 54 1 40 4.66 3.91 -0.30 -0.15 104.1 4.23 -4 -0.4 1.1 -0.2 0.1 4 .492 .497 $12,750
1972 25 CHW AL 57.1 40 0 21 3.30 3.52 -0.42 -0.15 99.5 3.78 4 0.4 1.1 -0.1 0.9 8 .511 .503 $12,750
1973 26 CHW AL 11.1 7 0 22 17.47 4.50 -0.59 -0.37 108.3 5.12 -16 -1.4 .3 0.5 -0.8 -14 .304 .492 $
6 Seasons 214.1 139 4 115 4.83 3.92 -0.18 -0.15 101.2 4.00 -19 -1.6 1.1 0.1 0.3 -0 .488 .498 $25,500
CAL (3 yrs) 68.1 38 3 32 4.21 4.18 0.23 -0.11 98.0 3.76 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.1 0.1 3 .492 .499 $
CHW (3 yrs) 146.0 101 1 83 5.12 3.81 -0.37 -0.17 102.6 4.12 -16 -1.3 1.0 0.2 0.2 -3 .487 .497 $25,500

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1968 21 CAL AL 6 44 39 3 10 3 0 0 1 0 5 4 .256 .341 .333 .674 .286 13 0 0 0 0 2 1
1969 22 CAL AL 15 165 149 18 48 8 2 4 4 1 13 17 .322 .380 .483 .864 .344 72 1 1 2 0 1 1
1970 23 CAL AL 17 85 75 11 19 1 1 2 0 1 6 14 .253 .298 .373 .671 .274 28 3 0 1 3 2 1
1971 24 CHW AL 54 328 289 40 69 11 1 10 5 1 26 50 .239 .299 .388 .686 .254 112 1 0 10 3 6 5
1972 25 CHW AL 40 232 214 21 50 7 0 4 2 2 12 37 .234 .273 .322 .596 .264 69 3 0 5 1 1 4
1973 26 CHW AL 7 65 55 22 23 6 0 2 1 0 7 4 .418 .469 .636 1.105 .412 35 1 0 1 2 1 2
6 Yrs 139 919 821 115 219 36 4 22 13 5 69 126 .267 .321 .401 .722 .289 329 9 1 19 9 13 14
162 Game Avg. 66 437 390 55 104 17 2 10 6 2 33 60 .267 .321 .401 .722 .289 156 4 0 9 4 6 7
MLB Averages .249 .317 .366 .683 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1968 21 CAL AL 0.6 0.1 45 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 .74 0.1 -0.7 -2.1 -0.2 0.74 -0.9 1 2 3
1969 22 CAL AL -1.9 -0.2 173 -0.2 2.1 -2.3 .79 -0.7 0.4 -4.6 -0.5 0.79 -6.6 1 3 7
1970 23 CAL AL -1.1 -0.1 87 -0.2 0.9 -1.1 .64 0.0 -0.4 -5.3 -0.5 0.64 -0.0 4 6 7
1971 24 CHW AL -3.0 -0.3 335 -0.3 3.8 -4.1 .71 -0.6 0.2 -4.3 -0.4 0.71 -3.3 12 6 34
1972 25 CHW AL 0.5 0.1 238 -0.6 4.6 -5.2 1.24 0.3 -0.8 -0.9 -0.1 1.24 2.0 10 7 22
1973 26 CHW AL -13.4 -1.2 67 -0.4 0.1 -0.6 .30 -0.7 -0.7 -13.2 -1.2 0.30 -9.9 0 1 6
6 Yrs -18.2 -1.7 945 -2.3 12.0 -14.3 .82 -1.5 -1.2 -30.4 -3.0 0.82 -18.7 28 25 79

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1969 22 CAL AL 15 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 1 1 1 33% 49.7 73 37 6 1 1 1 4.5 3.9 5.4
1971 24 CHW AL 54 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 47.0 47 47 18 8 0 1 4.0 7.2 5.0
2 Yrs 69 4 1 0 3 0 0 2 2 .500 1 1 1 1 1 25% 49 73 37 24 9 1 2 4.4 4.7 5.3
MLB Averages .500 57% 54 109 -3 4.0 3.9 6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1968 21 CAL AL 6 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 7 .735 1 2 3 0 2 4 2 4 4 2 4 2 5.0
1969 22 CAL AL 15 12 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 5 .787 1 3 7 0 1 11 3 9 7 1 7 1 5.1
1970 23 CAL AL 17 17 1 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 27 13 48% 6 .638 4 6 7 2 1 14 15 2 7 7 7 2 3.8
1971 24 CHW AL 54 53 26 2 2 6 6 0 100% 8 2 48 11 23% 8 .713 12 6 34 9 9 35 23 30 24 17 26 13 4.1
1972 25 CHW AL 40 40 22 3 2 6 4 2 67% 9 2 24 10 42% 9 1.240 10 7 22 9 5 26 12 28 16 6 19 8 4.3
1973 26 CHW AL 7 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 1 .301 0 1 6 0 0 7 5 2 4 2 5 3 4.9
6 Yrs 139 135 61 7 5 13 11 2 85% 18 4 117 45 38% .824 28 25 79 20 18 97 60 75 62 35 68 29 4.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1968 21 CAL AL 44 57% 0.0% 9.1% 11.4% 6.8% 30% 0.56 80% 5 0 0%
1969 22 CAL AL 165 65% 2.4% 10.3% 7.9% 8.5% 29% 0.80 78% 35 1 3%
1970 23 CAL AL 85 69% 2.4% 16.5% 7.1% 4.7% 21% 1.18 73% 27 3 11%
1971 24 CHW AL 328 66% 3.1% 15.2% 7.9% 6.7% 32% 0.74 71% 67 1 1%
1972 25 CHW AL 232 66% 1.7% 16.0% 5.2% 4.7% 22% 0.78 75% 45 3 7%
1973 26 CHW AL 65 58% 3.1% 6.2% 10.8% 12.3% 35% 0.43 78% 18 1 6%
6 Yrs 919 65% 2.4% 13.7% 7.5% 6.8% 28% 0.76 74% 197 9 5%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.9% 8.7% 6.0% 27% 1.11 73% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1968 21 CAL AL 44 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 33% 1 0 0 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 22 CAL AL 165 48 4 0 6 2 2 1 3 14 7 0 50% 1 2 0 70 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1970 23 CAL AL 85 19 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 10 7 1 70% 1 0 1 41 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1971 24 CHW AL 328 69 10 0 10 5 5 2 8 18 7 2 39% 5 2 1 136 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1972 25 CHW AL 232 50 4 0 8 2 2 2 2 10 6 0 60% 4 0 0 85 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 26 CHW AL 65 23 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 6 5 0 83% 2 1 0 37 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Yrs 919 219 22 1 36 12 10 7 15 61 33 3 54% 14 5 2 382 13 5 72% 11 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 19 0
MLB Averages 49% 63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1968 21 0 1 .000 2.70 6 0 3 0 0 0 10.0 10 3 3 0 5 2 4 0 0 0 44 113 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 3.6 0.80 113
1969 22 2 1 .667 3.66 21 3 8 1 1 0 46.2 58 21 19 4 18 3 21 1 0 2 209 93 1.629 11.2 0.8 3.5 4.1 1.17 93
1970 23 3 1 .750 3.82 38 3 9 1 1 1 68.1 77 32 29 6 24 5 35 1 0 2 292 91 1.478 10.1 0.8 3.2 4.6 1.46 91
1971 24 5 3 .625 3.83 92 4 35 1 1 7 145.2 146 72 62 16 50 11 85 1 0 4 620 93 1.346 9.0 1.0 3.1 5.3 1.70 93
1972 25 8 5 .615 3.68 132 4 57 1 1 11 203.0 196 93 83 20 62 12 122 1 0 4 852 94 1.271 8.7 0.9 2.7 5.4 1.97 94
1973 26 8 5 .615 4.28 139 4 61 1 1 11 214.1 219 115 102 22 69 13 126 1 0 5 917 82 1.344 9.2 0.9 2.9 5.3 1.83 82

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1968 21 0 0 4.00 9.0 12 4 4 0 6 3 0 2.000 12.0 6.0 3.0 0.50 0.0 6
1969 22 1 2 .333 4.91 33.0 51 20 18 4 14 15 1 1.970 13.9 3.8 4.1 1.07 1.1 15
1970 23 1 1 .500 5.21 19.0 20 12 11 2 6 12 0 1.368 9.5 2.8 5.7 2.00 0.9 17
1971 24 4 4 .500 4.26 76.0 73 40 36 11 28 49 0 1.329 8.6 3.3 5.8 1.75 1.3 54
1972 25 3 3 .500 4.26 57.0 58 30 27 5 14 37 0 1.263 9.2 2.2 5.8 2.64 0.8 40
1973 26 0 1 .000 16.36 11.0 24 22 20 2 7 4 0 2.818 19.6 5.7 3.3 0.57 1.6 7
6 Yrs 9 11 .450 5.09 205.0 238 128 116 24 75 120 1 1.527 10.4 5.3 1.60 1.1 139

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1968 AL  born 1947-05-13 (8th)

                                         

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