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

Born: August 4, 1920 in Rochester, NY
Schools: 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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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 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 1 463 105 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 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
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1953 32 CHW AL 22 31 28 4 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 5 .321 .345 .321 .666 79 9 2 0 2 1
1954 33 CHW AL 32 84 75 5 9 2 1 0 7 0 0 4 11 .120 .157 .173 .330 -10 13 3 0 1 4 1 AS
1955 34 CHW AL 18 21 18 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .333 .368 .333 .702 88 6 1 0 2 0 0 1
1956 35 CHW AL 20 40 32 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 .125 .222 .125 .347 -6 4 1 0 4 0 0 1
1957 36 CHW AL 30 54 39 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 5 .103 .205 .103 .307 -13 4 1 1 10 0 0 1
1958 37 CHW AL 14 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
6 Seasons 136 236 196 14 32 2 1 0 19 0 0 14 31 .163 .218 .184 .401 9 36 8 1 20 5 0
162 Game Avg. 162 281 233 17 38 2 1 0 23 0 0 17 37 .163 .218 .184 .401 9 43 10 1 24
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.99 0.72 .957 1.99 0.83
1956 CHW AL 35 P 20 16 105.1 25 6 18 1 0 .960 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.73 0.64 .967 1.94 0.82
6 Seasons P 135 76 546.0 145 25 117 3 6 .979 0.0 0.0 2.34 1.05 .957 1.98 0.87
6 Seasons TOT 135 76 546.0 145 25 117 3 6 .979 0.0 0.0 2.34 1.05 .936 1.98 0.87

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

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1957 AL--10--7th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1718), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1232), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1071), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

April 3, 1952: Purchased by Syracuse (International) from the New York Yankees. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

October 13, 1952: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from Syracuse (International).

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