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Cactus Keck

Frank Joseph Keck

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 13, 1899 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: May 26, 1922
Team: Reds 1922-1923

Final Game: October 7, 1923
Died: February 6, 1981 in St. Louis, MO
Buried: Forever Bellerive Cemetery, Creve Coeur, MO
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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
1922 23 CIN NL 7 6 .538 3.37 27 15 10 5 1 1 131.0 138 71 49 4 29 27 5 0 0 550 118 1.275 9.5 0.3 2.0 1.9 0.93
1923 24 CIN NL 3 6 .333 3.72 35 6 18 1 0 2 87.0 84 49 36 5 32 16 3 0 0 375 105 1.333 8.7 0.5 3.3 1.7 0.50
2 Yrs 10 12 .455 3.51 62 21 28 6 1 3 218.0 222 120 85 9 61 43 8 0 0 925 113 1.298 9.2 0.4 2.5 1.8 0.70
162 Game Avg. 8 10 .455 3.51 51 17 23 5 1 2 179 182 98 70 7 50 35 7 0 0 758 113 1.298 9.2 0.4 2.5 1.8 0.70

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
1922 23 CIN NL 131.0 27 15 71 4.88 5.06 0.29 0.00 98.6 4.70 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.6 11 .487 .498 $
1923 24 CIN NL 86.1 35 6 49 5.11 4.95 0.15 0.00 95.8 4.60 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.1 4 .485 .497 $
2 Seasons 217.1 62 21 120 4.97 5.01 0.24 0.00 97.4 4.66 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 0.7 15 .486 .497 $

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%
1922 23 CIN NL 550 0.7% 4.9% 5.3% 85%
1923 24 CIN NL 375 1.3% 4.3% 8.5% 1.6% 7% 83%
2 Yrs 925 1.0% 4.7% 6.6% 0.7% 3% 84%
MLB Averages 1.1% 7.2% 7.7% 2.6% 10% 80%

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+
1922 23 7 6 .538 3.37 27 15 10 5 1 1 131.0 138 71 49 4 29 27 5 0 0 550 118 1.275 9.5 0.3 2.0 1.9 0.93 118
1923 24 10 12 .455 3.51 62 21 28 6 1 3 218.0 222 120 85 9 61 43 8 0 0 925 113 1.298 9.2 0.4 2.5 1.8 0.70 113

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
1922 23 9 5 .643 3.07 135.0 137 51 46 4 29 28 5 1.230 9.1 1.9 1.9 0.97 0.3 27
1923 24 6 4 .600 3.46 91.0 85 39 35 5 32 17 3 1.286 8.4 3.2 1.7 0.53 0.5 35
2 Yrs 15 9 .625 3.23 226.0 222 90 81 9 61 45 8 1.252 8.8 1.8 0.74 0.4 62

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Finished s c a p y
1923 NL  18 (4th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Ed Hanyzewski (980)
  6. Bill Upham (980)
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  9. Mike Strahler (978)
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