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Bob Keegan

Robert Charles Keegan (Smiley)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 207 lb.

Born: August 4, 1920 in Rochester, NY
High School: Marshall HS (Rochester, NY)
School: Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 24, 1953
Team: WhiteSox 1953-1958

Final Game: July 24, 1958
Died: June 20, 2001 in Rochester, NY
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All-Star

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
1953 32 CHW AL 7 5 .583 2.74 22 11 6 4 2 1 98.2 80 34 30 4 33 32 2 0 0 398 147 1.145 7.3 0.4 3.0 2.9 0.97
1954 33 CHW AL 16 9 .640 3.09 31 27 2 14 2 2 209.2 211 84 72 16 82 61 1 1 1 894 122 1.397 9.1 0.7 3.5 2.6 0.74 AS
1955 34 CHW AL 2 5 .286 5.83 18 11 1 1 0 0 58.2 83 39 38 4 28 1 29 1 0 0 283 68 1.892 12.7 0.6 4.3 4.4 1.04
1956 35 CHW AL 5 7 .417 3.93 20 16 1 4 0 0 105.1 119 56 46 15 35 2 32 2 0 1 463 104 1.462 10.2 1.3 3.0 2.7 0.91
1957 36 CHW AL 10 8 .556 3.53 30 20 4 6 2 2 142.2 131 62 56 22 37 2 36 2 0 0 585 106 1.178 8.3 1.4 2.3 2.3 0.97
1958 37 CHW AL 0 2 .000 6.07 14 2 4 0 0 0 29.2 44 25 20 9 18 4 8 0 0 1 145 61 2.090 13.3 2.7 5.5 2.4 0.44
6 Yrs 40 36 .526 3.66 135 87 18 29 6 5 644.2 668 300 262 70 233 9 198 8 1 3 2768 106 1.398 9.3 1.0 3.3 2.8 0.85
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .526 3.66 41 27 6 9 2 2 197 205 92 80 21 71 61 2 0 1 848 106 1.398 9.3 1.0 3.3 2.8 0.85

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
1953 32 CHW AL 98.2 22 11 34 3.10 4.35 0.21 0.00 102.3 4.23 12 1.3 .7 -0.1 2.0 21 .561 .508 $
1954 33 CHW AL 209.2 31 27 84 3.61 4.17 0.51 0.00 102.8 3.77 4 0.4 1.4 -0.1 1.9 21 .514 .503 $ AS
1955 34 CHW AL 58.2 18 11 39 5.98 4.47 0.29 0.00 101.4 4.23 -12 -1.2 .8 -0.0 -0.8 -6 .434 .493 $
1956 35 CHW AL 105.1 20 16 56 4.78 4.78 0.10 0.00 97.7 4.57 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.1 0.4 7 .484 .498 $
1957 36 CHW AL 142.2 30 20 62 3.91 4.03 0.41 0.00 100.8 3.65 -3 -0.4 1.5 -0.1 0.6 8 .488 .498 $
1958 37 CHW AL 29.2 14 2 25 7.58 4.30 0.26 0.00 95.8 3.87 -12 -1.2 1.1 -0.1 -1.1 -10 .412 .492 $
6 Seasons 644.2 135 87 300 4.19 4.30 0.34 0.00 101.0 3.99 -15 -1.4 1.1 -0.5 3.0 42 .490 .499 $

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1954 CHW AL 33 0 0 0 27.00 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 4.500 40.5 13.5 0.0 13.5

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
1953 32 CHW AL 22 399 359 34 80 10 5 4 5 3 33 32 .223 .292 .312 .604 .235 112 12 2 5 0 6
1954 33 CHW AL 31 896 793 84 211 25 11 16 2 4 82 61 .266 .334 .386 .720 .270 306 21 1 15 5 10
1955 34 CHW AL 18 283 246 39 83 11 0 4 1 0 28 29 .337 .401 .431 .832 .364 106 2 1 4 4 1 2
1956 35 CHW AL 20 464 417 56 119 13 3 15 3 1 35 32 .285 .341 .439 .780 .279 183 8 2 7 3 2 3
1957 36 CHW AL 30 587 542 62 131 26 3 22 2 1 37 36 .242 .291 .423 .713 .223 229 14 2 2 4 2 8
1958 37 CHW AL 14 145 123 25 44 7 1 9 2 0 18 8 .358 .437 .650 1.087 .327 80 4 0 3 1 4 2
6 Yrs 135 2774 2480 300 668 92 23 70 15 9 233 198 .269 .332 .410 .742 .268 1016 61 8 36 17 9 31
162 Game Avg. 41 850 760 92 205 28 7 21 5 3 71 61 .269 .332 .410 .742 .268 311 19 2 11 5 9
MLB Averages .260 .330 .392 .722 .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
1953 32 CHW AL 14.1 1.5 407 1.2 6.8 -5.6 .92 2.0 -0.7 17.1 1.8 0.92 18.9 3 1 6
1954 33 CHW AL 13.8 1.5 904 1.9 17.0 -15.1 1.04 0.3 1.5 15.9 1.7 1.04 2.1 1 1 2
1955 34 CHW AL -10.6 -1.0 287 -1.4 4.1 -5.5 1.01 -0.9 -0.5 -12.1 -1.2 1.01 -11.0 1 2 4
1956 35 CHW AL 0.6 0.1 470 0.4 8.1 -7.7 .99 -0.4 0.8 -1.3 -0.1 0.99 -2.8 1 1 2
1957 36 CHW AL 3.8 0.4 591 1.2 10.7 -9.5 1.00 -0.8 2.0 7.7 0.8 1.00 -8.4 6 2 2
1958 37 CHW AL -9.2 -0.9 150 -1.0 2.3 -3.3 1.00 -1.0 0.1 -14.3 -1.4 1.00 -19.3 4 1 7
6 Yrs 12.5 1.4 2809 2.3 49.1 -46.8 1.00 -0.9 3.1 13.0 1.6 1.00 -20.5 16 8 23

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
1953 32 CHW AL 22 11 5 5 1 1 3 6 5 .545 0 1 4 2 8 73% 57.7 84 19 7 1 3 4 4.4 4.6 7.0
1954 33 CHW AL 31 27 16 9 2 3 4 17 10 .630 0 2 14 2 19 70% 53.2 79 27 14 5 7 10 5.0 5.1 7.7
1955 34 CHW AL 18 11 2 4 5 1 0 6 5 .545 1 4 1 0 2 18% 39.9 63 19 18 7 0 8 4.6 3.2 4.0
1956 35 CHW AL 20 16 4 7 5 0 2 9 7 .563 0 4 4 0 6 38% 44.6 71 18 10 4 1 7 4.6 4.8 5.6
1957 36 CHW AL 30 20 8 6 6 0 1 11 9 .550 2 5 6 2 11 55% 51.0 86 25 10 3 8 5 4.5 3.8 6.0
1958 37 CHW AL 14 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 38.0 41 35 4 0 1 1 5.3 3.4 4.3
6 Yrs 135 87 35 31 21 5 10 50 37 .575 3 17 29 6 46 53% 50 86 18 63 20 20 35 4.7 4.5 6.3
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -2 4.4 4.4 6.4

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
1953 32 CHW AL 22 11 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0% 8 .924 3 1 6 1 3 7 2 9 7 1 7 0 6.0
1954 33 CHW AL 31 4 2 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0% 8 1.038 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 1.5
1955 34 CHW AL 18 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 4 67% 9 1.012 1 2 4 1 0 6 3 4 4 2 4 0 6.1
1956 35 CHW AL 20 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 1 .994 1 1 2 0 1 3 2 2 3 1 4 0 11.5
1957 36 CHW AL 30 10 4 2 2 2 2 0 100% 4 2 12 2 17% 3 1.001 6 2 2 4 2 4 7 3 6 2 7 0 6.7
1958 37 CHW AL 14 12 4 0 2 1 0 1 0% 2 1 7 3 43% 4 1.000 4 1 7 3 1 8 3 9 7 2 7 0 5.3
6 Yrs 135 48 18 5 5 5 5 1 100% 9 3 37 11 30% 1.002 16 8 23 12 7 29 19 29 28 11 30 1 6.1

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%
1953 32 CHW AL 399 66% 1.0% 8.0% 8.3% 4.8% 24% 1.15 81% 62 12 19%
1954 33 CHW AL 896 62% 1.8% 6.8% 9.2% 5.8% 25% 0.96 80% 196 21 11%
1955 34 CHW AL 283 58% 1.4% 10.3% 9.9% 5.3% 18% 0.80 77% 78 2 3%
1956 35 CHW AL 464 58% 3.2% 6.9% 7.5% 6.7% 26% 0.91 80% 93 8 9%
1957 36 CHW AL 587 62% 3.8% 6.1% 6.3% 8.7% 39% 1.05 83% 108 14 13%
1958 37 CHW AL 145 56% 6.2% 5.5% 12.4% 11.7% 39% 1.29 74% 31 4 13%
6 Yrs 2774 61% 2.5% 7.1% 8.4% 6.7% 28% 1.00 80% 568 61 11%
MLB Averages 52% 2.4% 12.3% 9.6% 6.7% 28% 0.97 79% 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
1953 32 CHW AL 399 80 4 0 4 3 1 4 0 15 8 1 53% 6 0 1 132 5 3 63% 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1954 33 CHW AL 896 211 16 0 17 8 8 10 6 35 12 6 34% 10 1 0 378 2 4 33% 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 10 0
1955 34 CHW AL 283 83 4 0 4 2 2 3 1 14 12 2 86% 2 0 1 148 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
1956 35 CHW AL 464 119 15 1 12 7 8 9 6 27 12 1 44% 3 1 0 172 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1957 36 CHW AL 587 131 22 0 13 12 10 11 11 31 16 3 52% 8 0 1 195 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1958 37 CHW AL 145 44 9 1 7 3 6 4 5 9 5 1 56% 2 1 0 63 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0
6 Yrs 2774 668 70 2 57 35 35 41 29 131 65 14 50% 31 3 3 1088 15 9 63% 13 7 2 1 0 1 8 0 31 0
MLB Averages 51% 56%

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+
1953 32 7 5 .583 2.74 22 11 6 4 2 1 98.2 80 34 30 4 33 32 2 0 0 398 147 1.145 7.3 0.4 3.0 2.9 0.97 147
1954 33 23 14 .622 2.98 53 38 8 18 4 3 308.1 291 118 102 20 115 93 3 1 1 1292 129 1.317 8.5 0.6 3.4 2.7 0.81 129
1955 34 25 19 .568 3.43 71 49 9 19 4 3 367.0 374 157 140 24 143 1 122 4 1 1 1575 112 1.409 9.2 0.6 3.5 3.0 0.85 112
1956 35 30 26 .536 3.54 91 65 10 23 4 3 472.1 493 213 186 39 178 3 154 6 1 2 2038 110 1.421 9.4 0.7 3.4 2.9 0.87 110
1957 36 40 34 .541 3.54 121 85 14 29 6 5 615.0 624 275 242 61 215 5 190 8 1 2 2623 109 1.364 9.1 0.9 3.1 2.8 0.88 109
1958 37 40 36 .526 3.66 135 87 18 29 6 5 644.2 668 300 262 70 233 9 198 8 1 3 2768 106 1.398 9.3 1.0 3.3 2.8 0.85 106

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
1953 32 7 4 .636 2.82 99.0 83 34 31 4 34 32 2 1.182 7.5 3.1 2.9 0.94 0.4 22
1954 33 13 9 .591 3.45 206.0 226 88 79 17 88 60 1 1.524 9.9 3.8 2.6 0.68 0.7 31
1955 34 2 4 .333 6.00 60.0 87 44 40 4 29 29 1 1.933 13.1 4.4 4.4 1.00 0.6 18
1956 35 6 6 .500 3.92 108.0 122 52 47 15 36 33 2 1.463 10.2 3.0 2.8 0.92 1.3 20
1957 36 8 7 .533 3.88 144.0 142 69 62 24 40 36 2 1.264 8.9 2.5 2.3 0.90 1.5 30
1958 37 1 2 .333 7.39 28.0 48 26 23 10 20 8 0 2.429 15.4 6.4 2.6 0.40 3.2 14
6 Yrs 37 32 .536 3.93 645.0 708 313 282 74 247 198 8 1.481 9.9 2.8 0.80 1.0 135

* 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

All-Star Games
1954 *

Wins s c a p y
1954 AL  16 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1954 AL  14 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1957 AL  2 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1954 AL  16 (10th)
1957 AL  22 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1954 AL  211 (10th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1953 AL  2.0 (10th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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