Bob Keegan
Robert Charles Keegan (Smiley)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 207 lb.

Born: August 4, 1920 in Rochester, NY
High School: Marshall (Rochester, NY)
School: Bucknell University
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 24, 1953
Final Game: July 24, 1958
Died: June 20, 2001 in Rochester, NY
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1953 CHW AL 32 P 22 27 7 20 0 2 1.000 1.23 .956 0.88
1954 CHW AL 33 P 31 27 209.2 42 5 36 1 3 .976 1.76 1.32 .957 2.01 0.93 AS
1955 CHW AL 34 P 18 11 58.2 14 2 11 1 0 .929 1.99 0.72 .957 1.99 0.83
1956 CHW AL 35 P 20 16 105.1 25 6 18 1 0 .960 2.05 1.20 .948 1.92 0.82
1957 CHW AL 36 P 30 20 142.2 28 5 23 0 1 1.000 1.77 0.93 .961 1.99 0.86
1958 CHW AL 37 P 14 2 29.2 9 0 9 0 0 1.000 2.73 0.64 .967 1.94 0.82
6 Seasons P 135 76 546.0 145 25 117 3 6 .979 2.34 1.05 .957 1.98 0.87
6 Seasons TOT 135 76 546.0 145 25 117 3 6 .979 2.34 1.05 .936 1.98 0.87

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1953 CHW AL 32 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CHW AL 33 32 27 32 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1955 CHW AL 34 18 11 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHW AL 35 20 16 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CHW AL 36 30 20 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHW AL 37 14 2 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 136 76 136 136 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 CHW AL 33 904 84% 27% 42 90% 2 5 2 2 37 30 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 3 0 9 78%
1955 CHW AL 34 287 80% 21% 12 92% 0 2 0 2 11 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1956 CHW AL 35 470 85% 26% 20 90% 0 6 0 4 18 14 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1957 CHW AL 36 591 87% 32% 26 92% 0 5 1 2 24 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1958 CHW AL 37 150 83% 28% 7 71% 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
5 Seasons 2402 85% 28% 107 90% 2 18 3 10 97 75 10 3 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 0 17 82%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 89% 82%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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