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Vic Keen

Howard Victor Keen

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

Born: March 16, 1899 in Bel Air, MD
High School: Snow Hill (Snow Hill, MD)
School: University of Maryland (All Transactions)
Debut: August 13, 1918
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Cardinals/Athletics 1918-1927

Final Game: September 13, 1927
Died: December 10, 1976 in Salisbury, MD
Buried: First Baptist Church Cemetery, Pocomoke City, MD
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:28AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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
1918 19 PHA AL 0 1 .000 3.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 9 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 31 92 1.250 10.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.00
1921 22 CHC NL 0 3 .000 4.68 5 4 1 1 0 0 25.0 29 17 13 0 9 9 1 0 1 105 83 1.520 10.4 0.0 3.2 3.2 1.00
1922 23 CHC NL 1 2 .333 3.89 7 2 2 2 0 1 34.2 36 20 15 4 10 11 1 0 0 147 108 1.327 9.3 1.0 2.6 2.9 1.10
1923 24 CHC NL 12 8 .600 3.00 35 17 15 10 0 1 177.0 169 70 59 8 57 46 5 0 2 738 133 1.277 8.6 0.4 2.9 2.3 0.81
1924 25 CHC NL 15 14 .517 3.80 40 28 8 15 0 3 234.2 242 112 99 17 80 75 4 1 4 995 103 1.372 9.3 0.7 3.1 2.9 0.94
1925 26 CHC NL 2 6 .250 6.26 30 8 15 1 0 1 83.1 125 61 58 9 41 19 0 0 0 395 70 1.992 13.5 1.0 4.4 2.1 0.46
1926 27 STL NL 10 9 .526 4.56 26 21 3 12 1 0 152.0 179 89 77 15 42 29 1 0 1 658 87 1.454 10.6 0.9 2.5 1.7 0.69
1927 28 STL NL 2 1 .667 4.81 21 0 7 0 0 0 33.2 39 21 18 3 8 12 2 0 2 152 84 1.396 10.4 0.8 2.1 3.2 1.50
8 Seasons 42 44 .488 4.11 165 81 51 41 1 6 748.1 828 393 342 57 248 202 14 1 10 3221 97 1.438 10.0 0.7 3.0 2.4 0.81
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .488 4.11 46 22 14 11 0 2 207 229 109 95 16 69 56 4 0 3 890 97 1.438 10.0 0.7 3.0 2.4 0.81
CHC (5 yrs) 30 33 .476 3.96 117 59 41 29 0 6 554.2 601 280 244 38 197 160 11 1 7 2380 102 1.439 9.8 0.6 3.2 2.6 0.81
STL (2 yrs) 12 10 .545 4.61 47 21 10 12 1 0 185.2 218 110 95 18 50 41 3 0 3 810 86 1.443 10.6 0.9 2.4 2.0 0.82
PHA (1 yr) 0 1 .000 3.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 9 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 31 92 1.250 10.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.00
NL (7 yrs) NL 42 43 .494 4.12 164 80 51 41 1 6 740.1 819 390 339 56 247 201 14 1 10 3190 97 1.440 10.0 0.7 3.0 2.4 0.81
AL (1 yr) AL 0 1 .000 3.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 9 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 31 92 1.250 10.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1918 19 PHA AL 8.0 1 3 4 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
1921 22 CHC NL 25.0 4 17 14 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $
1922 23 CHC NL 34.2 3 20 22 0 1.0 2 0.2 $
1923 24 CHC NL 177.0 17 70 108 4 1.0 38 3.4 $
1924 25 CHC NL 234.2 28 112 134 3 1.0 22 2.1 $
1925 26 CHC NL 83.1 8 61 54 1 1.0 -7 -0.7 $
1926 27 STL NL 152.0 21 89 88 3 1.0 -1 -0.3 $
1927 28 STL NL 33.2 0 21 20 1 1.0 -1 -0.2 $
8 Seasons 748.1 82 393 444 12 1.0 51 4.3 $
CHC (5 yrs) 554.2 60 280 332 8 1.0 52 4.7 $
STL (2 yrs) 185.2 21 110 108 4 1.0 -2 -0.5 $
PHA (1 yr) 8.0 1 3 4 0 1.0 1 0.1 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G 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
1926 27 STL NL WS W NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Standard Batting

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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
1918 19 PHA AL 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1 /1
1921 22 CHC NL 5 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 -52 0 0 1 /1
1922 23 CHC NL 7 13 12 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 71 4 0 1 /1
1923 24 CHC NL 35 62 53 9 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 16 .151 .167 .189 .355 -6 10 0 8 1
1924 25 CHC NL 40 85 77 2 12 1 0 0 8 0 1 4 23 .156 .198 .169 .366 -1 13 0 4 1
1925 26 CHC NL 30 26 25 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .240 .240 .280 .520 31 7 0 1 1
1926 27 STL NL 26 57 53 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 15 .057 .091 .057 .148 -60 3 0 2 1
1927 28 STL NL 21 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 32 1 0 0 1
8 Seasons 165 256 230 18 34 4 0 0 12 1 1 8 70 .148 .176 .165 .342 -9 38 0 18
162 Game Avg. 162 251 226 18 33 4 0 0 12 1 8 69 .148 .176 .165 .342 -9 37 0 18
CHC (5 yrs) 117 193 172 14 30 4 0 0 11 1 1 6 52 .174 .202 .198 .400 6 34 0 15
STL (2 yrs) 47 61 57 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 17 .070 .102 .070 .172 -54 4 0 2
PHA (1 yr) 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1
NL (7 yrs) 164 254 229 18 34 4 0 0 12 1 1 8 69 .148 .177 .166 .343 -9 38 0 17
AL (1 yr) 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1918 19 PHA AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1921 22 CHC NL 7 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1922 23 CHC NL 13 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1923 24 CHC NL 62 -9 1 0 0 0 4 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1924 25 CHC NL 85 -11 -1 0 0 0 5 2 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ 1
1925 26 CHC NL 26 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1926 27 STL NL 57 -13 0 0 0 0 4 2 -7 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $ 1
1927 28 STL NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
8 Seasons 256 -38 0 0 0 0 16 7 -15 -1.6 -15 -1.5 -0.1 $
CHC (5 yrs) 193 -25 0 0 0 0 12 5 -8 -0.8 -8 -0.8 0.0 $
STL (2 yrs) 61 -13 0 0 0 0 4 2 -7 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $
PHA (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1926 27 STL NL WS NYY W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1918 PHA AL 19 P 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.81 2.80
1921 CHC NL 22 P 5 4 1 25.0 8 0 7 1 1 .875 2.52 1.40 .952 2.66 2.66
1922 CHC NL 23 P 7 2 2 34.2 9 0 8 1 0 .889 2.08 1.14 .957 2.39 2.36
1923 CHC NL 24 P 35 17 10 177.0 43 5 35 3 2 .930 2.03 1.14 .958 2.41 2.40
1924 CHC NL 25 P 40 28 15 234.2 49 6 42 1 1 .980 1.84 1.20 .965 2.52 2.51
1925 CHC NL 26 P 30 8 1 83.1 28 1 26 1 2 .964 2.92 0.90 .957 2.44 2.41
1926 STL NL 27 P 26 21 12 152.0 36 7 29 0 0 1.000 2.13 1.38 .958 2.57 2.53
1927 STL NL 28 P 21 0 0 33.2 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 2.41 0.43 .958 2.33 2.31
8 Seasons P 165 80 41 748.1 182 20 155 7 6 .962 2.10 1.06 .959 2.49 2.45
8 Seasons TOT 165 80 41 748.1 182 20 155 7 6 .962 2.10 1.06 .959 2.49 2.45
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1923 NL  3.4 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1923 NL  3.00 (3rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1923 NL  .600 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1923 NL  1.277 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1923 NL  8.593 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1924 NL  40 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1924 NL  3 (4th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1924 NL  234.7 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1924 NL  75 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1924 NL  17 (2nd)
1926 NL  15 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1924 NL  80 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1924 NL  242 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1924 NL  14 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1924 NL  99 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1924 NL  4 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1924 NL  995 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1925 NL  15 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1923 NL  133 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1923 NL  21 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1923 NL  2.0 (5th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1924 NL  40 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1926 NL  1.000 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1918 AL  born 1899-03-16 (2nd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 20 (1068), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1705), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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