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 Pitching

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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 1 894 120 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 67 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 1 463 105 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 60 2.090 13.3 2.7 5.5 2.4 0.44
6 Seasons 40 36 .526 3.66 135 87 18 29 6 5 644.2 668 300 262 70 233 9 198 8 1 3 2768 105 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 1 848 105 1.398 9.3 1.0 3.3 2.8 0.85

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS 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 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*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
5 Seasons 113 2375 2121 266 588 82 18 66 10 6 200 166 .277 .339 .426 .765 .274 904 49 6 31 17 9
162 Game Avg. 41 854 763 96 212 30 6 24 4 2 72 60 .277 .339 .426 .765 .274 325 18 2 11 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1954 33 CHW AL 31 27 16 9 2 3 4 17 10 .630 0 2 14 2 19 70% 53 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% 40 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% 45 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 1 5 6 2 11 55% 51 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 41 35 4 0 1 1 5.3 3.4 4.3
5 Seasons 113 76 30 26 20 4 7 44 32 .579 2 16 25 4 38 50% 49 86 18 56 19 17 31 4.7 4.5 6.2
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1954 33 CHW AL 31 4 2 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0% 8 1.046 2 0 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 1.011 1 3 3 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 0.999 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 1.015 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 1.016 4 1 7 3 1 8 3 9 7 2 7 0 5.3
5 Seasons 113 37 12 3 5 5 4 1 80% 9 3 32 11 34% 1.023 14 7 16 11 4 22 17 20 21 10 23 1 6.1

Ratio Pitching*

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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
1954 33 CHW AL 896 38% 1.8% 6.8% 9.2% 5.8% 25% 0.96 80% 196 21 11%
1955 34 CHW AL 283 42% 1.4% 10.3% 9.9% 5.3% 18% 0.80 77% 78 2 3%
1956 35 CHW AL 464 42% 3.2% 6.9% 7.5% 6.7% 26% 0.91 80% 93 8 9%
1957 36 CHW AL 587 39% 3.8% 6.1% 6.3% 8.7% 39% 1.05 83% 108 14 13%
1958 37 CHW AL 145 44% 6.2% 5.5% 12.4% 11.7% 39% 1.29 74% 31 4 13%
6 Seasons 2375 40% 3.0% 8.3% 9.8% 7.0% 25% 0.97 80% 506 49 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 80 4 0
1954 33 CHW AL 896 211 16 0 17 8 8 10 6 35 12 6 34% 9 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 Seasons 2375 668 70 2 53 32 34 37 29 116 57 13 49% 24 3 2 956 10 6 63% 9 5 1 1 0 0 8 0 30 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 128 1.317 8.5 0.6 3.4 2.7 0.81 128
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 105 1.398 9.3 1.0 3.3 2.8 0.85 105

Neutralized Pitching

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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 12 10 .545 3.50 206.0 226 89 80 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 30 1 1.933 13.1 4.4 4.5 1.03 0.6 18
1956 35 6 5 .545 3.83 108.0 123 51 46 16 36 33 2 1.472 10.3 3.0 2.8 0.92 1.3 20
1957 36 8 7 .533 3.90 143.0 143 69 62 24 40 36 2 1.280 9.0 2.5 2.3 0.90 1.5 30
1958 37 1 2 .333 7.39 28.0 49 26 23 10 20 8 0 2.464 15.8 6.4 2.6 0.40 3.2 14
6 Seasons 36 32 .529 3.94 644.0 711 313 282 75 247 199 8 1.488 9.9 2.8 0.81 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 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.

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1246), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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