Dave Keefe

David Edwin Keefe

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: January 9, 1897 in Williston, VT (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1917
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Indians 1917-1922

Final Game: August 5, 1922
Died: February 4, 1978 in Kansas City, MO
Buried: Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Cemetery, Richmond, VT
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1917	20	HFD,HRB	B	6	22	.214		72						120.0	191	94			56							2.058	14.3		4.2			HFD,HRB · EL,NYSL
1917	20	PHA	AL	1	0	1.000	1.80	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	5	4	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	22	168	1.800	9.0	0.0	7.2	1.8	0.25

1919	22	REA	AA	10	17	.370	3.70	34						226.0	239	123	93		61							1.327	9.5		2.4			REA · IL
1919	22	PHA	AL	0	1	.000	4.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	8	4	4	0	3	5	0	0	0	36	89	1.222	8.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	1.67
1920	23	PHA	AL	6	7	.462	2.97	31	13	15	7	1	0	130.1	129	60	43	2	30	41	6	1	1	528	136	1.220	8.9	0.1	2.1	2.8	1.37
1921	24	PHA	AL	2	9	.182	4.68	44	12	18	4	0	1	173.0	214	126	90	19	64	68	5	0	7	784	95	1.607	11.1	1.0	3.3	3.5	1.06
1922	25	MLW	AA	2	5	.286	6.00	9						57.0	68	44	38		28							1.684	10.7		4.4			MLW · AA
1922	25	CLE	AL	0	0		6.19	18	1	7	0	0	0	36.1	47	30	25	2	12	11	0	0	2	159	66	1.624	11.6	0.5	3.0	2.7	0.92
1923	26	MLW	AA	8	20	.286	6.03	35						218.0	302	163	146		83							1.766	12.5		3.4			MLW · AA
1924	27	POR,MLW	AA	8	7	.533	6.24	33						160.0	211	132	111		48							1.619	11.9		2.7			POR,MLW · PCL,AA
1925	28	WBY,POR	A,AA	7	9	.438	2.72	20						86.0	73	34	26		32							1.221	7.6		3.3			WBY,POR · EL,PCL
1926	29	WBY,SAC,POR,BFL	A,AA	15	14	.517	3.62	44						236.0	242	118	95		79							1.360	9.2		3.0			WBY,SAC,POR,BFL · EL,PCL,IL
1927	30	SAC	AA	13	7	.650	4.65	45						149.0	167	130	77		44							1.416	10.1		2.7			SAC · PCL
1928	31	MEM,SAC	A,AA	8	8	.500	4.91	32						163.0	206	109	89		32							1.460	11.4		1.8			MEM,SAC · SOUA,PCL
1929	32	KNX	B	10	13	.435	4.05	29						189.0	230	96	85		27							1.360	11.0		1.3			KNX · SALL
1930	33	PRV	A	10	8	.556	5.10	27						136.0	156	81	77		33							1.390	10.3		2.2			PRV · EL
1931	34	NFK	A	13	11	.542	3.31	35						242.0	261	113	89		37							1.231	9.7		1.4			NFK · EL
1932	35	WKB	B	1	0	1.000		3						7.0	11				2							1.857	14.1		2.6			WKB · NYPL
5 Yrs				9	17	.346	4.15	97	27	42	12	1	1	353.2	403	224	163	23	113	126	11	1	10	1529	102	1.459	10.3	0.6	2.9	3.2	1.12
162 Game Avg.				5	9	.346	4.15	53	15	23	7	1	1	194	221	123	89	13	62	69	6	1	5	838	102	1.459	10.3	0.6	2.9	3.2	1.12

PHA (4 yrs)				9	17	.346	3.91	79	26	35	12	1	1	317.1	356	194	138	21	101	115	11	1	8	1370	108	1.440	10.1	0.6	2.9	3.3	1.14
CLE (1 yr)				0	0		6.19	18	1	7	0	0	0	36.1	47	30	25	2	12	11	0	0	2	159	66	1.624	11.6	0.5	3.0	2.7	0.92

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
1917	20	PHA	AL	5.0	3	0	4	7.20	3.68	-0.22	0.00	102.0	3.98	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.431	.499	$

1919	22	PHA	AL	9.0	1	1	4	4.00	4.08	-0.46	0.00	110.0	4.99	1	0.1		-0.0	0.2	2	.608	.501	$
1920	23	PHA	AL	130.1	31	13	60	4.14	4.87	-0.38	0.00	103.9	5.46	18	1.9	1.0	-0.1	3.0	34	.562	.512	$
1921	24	PHA	AL	173.0	44	12	126	6.55	5.33	-0.21	0.00	104.2	5.77	-16	-1.5	1.0	-0.1	-0.1	6	.466	.491	$
1922	25	CLE	AL	36.1	18	1	30	7.43	4.86	-0.21	0.00	100.3	5.09	-9	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-5	.451	.495	$
5 Seasons				353.2	97	27	224	5.70	5.06	-0.28	0.00	103.8	5.54	-8	-0.6	1.0	-0.2	2.3	34	.494	.499	$

PHA (4 yrs)				317.1	79	26	194	5.50	5.08	-0.29	0.00	104.2	5.59	1	0.3	1.0	-0.2	2.9	40	.504	.501	$
CLE (1 yr)				36.1	18	1	30	7.43	4.86	-0.21	0.00	100.3	5.09	-9	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-5	.451	.495	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1919	22	PHA	AL	38	0.0%	13.2%	7.9%	5.3%	25%	74%
1920	23	PHA	AL	542	0.4%	7.6%	5.5%	2.4%	10%	84%
1921	24	PHA	AL	775	2.5%	8.8%	8.3%	3.2%	12%	77%
1922	25	CLE	AL	161	1.2%	6.8%	7.5%			80%
4 Yrs				1516	1.5%	8.3%	7.2%	2.6%	10%	80%
MLB Averages					0.7%	7.6%	7.3%	2.6%	11%	81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1917	20	1	0	1.000	1.80	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	5	4	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	22	168	1.800	9.0	0.0	7.2	1.8	0.25	168
1918	21	1	0	1.000	1.80	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	5	4	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	22	168	1.800	9.0	0.0	7.2	1.8	0.25	168
1919	22	1	1	.500	3.21	4	1	2	1	0	0	14.0	13	8	5	0	7	6	0	0	0	58	105	1.429	8.4	0.0	4.5	3.9	0.86	105
1920	23	7	8	.467	2.99	35	14	17	8	1	0	144.1	142	68	48	2	37	47	6	1	1	586	132	1.240	8.9	0.1	2.3	2.9	1.27	132
1921	24	9	17	.346	3.91	79	26	35	12	1	1	317.1	356	194	138	21	101	115	11	1	8	1370	108	1.440	10.1	0.6	2.9	3.3	1.14	108
1922	25	9	17	.346	4.15	97	27	42	12	1	1	353.2	403	224	163	23	113	126	11	1	10	1529	102	1.459	10.3	0.6	2.9	3.2	1.12	102

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1917	20	0	0		2.25	4.0	6	1	1	0	5	1	0	2.750	13.5	11.3	2.3	0.20	0.0	3

1919	22	0	1	.000	4.50	10.0	9	6	5	0	3	6	0	1.200	8.1	2.7	5.4	2.00	0.0	1
1920	23	10	4	.714	2.75	131.0	127	44	40	2	30	41	6	1.198	8.7	2.1	2.8	1.37	0.1	31
1921	24	10	10	.500	3.84	185.0	205	88	79	18	61	73	5	1.438	10.0	3.0	3.6	1.20	0.9	44
1922	25	1	2	.333	6.00	36.0	47	27	24	2	12	11	0	1.639	11.8	3.0	2.8	0.92	0.5	18
5 Yrs		21	17	.553	3.66	366.0	394	166	149	22	111	132	11	1.380	9.7		3.2	1.19	0.5	97

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1921 AL 44 (5th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1921 AL 19 (3rd)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1921 AL 7 (2nd)	Games Finished s c a p y 1920 AL 15 (6th) 1921 AL 18 (4th)
Youngest s c a p y 1917 AL born 1897-01-09 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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