Rickey Keeton

Rickey Keeton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 18, 1957 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Western Hills HS (Cincinnati, OH)
School: Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 27, 1980
Team: Brewers 1980-1981

Final Game: August 25, 1981
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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
1978	21	MIL-min	AA	4	8	.333	4.88	15	15		3	1	0	96.0	111	63	52	4	33	0	51	3	2	8			1.500	10.4	0.4	3.1	4.8	1.55	HLY · EL
1979	22	MIL-min	AAA	15	14	.517	3.77	32	32		12	3	0	203.0	187	102	85	11	82	2	96	3	1	4			1.325	8.3	0.5	3.6	4.3	1.17	VAN · PCL
1980	23	MIL-min	AAA	10	4	.714	3.31	20	19		6	1	0	136.0	131	58	50	8	54	4	51	2	2	5			1.360	8.7	0.5	3.6	3.4	0.94	VAN · PCL
1980	23	MIL	AL	2	2	.500	4.76	5	5	0	0	0	0	28.1	35	15	15	4	9	0	8	0	0	0	127	83	1.553	11.1	1.3	2.9	2.5	0.89
1981	24	MIL-min	AAA	0	0		2.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	9.0	9	2	2	0	6	0	1	0	0	1			1.667	9.0	0.0	6.0	1.0	0.17	VAN · PCL
1981	24	MIL	AL	1	0	1.000	5.09	17	0	8	0	0	0	35.1	47	21	20	4	11	4	9	0	0	1	158	68	1.642	12.0	1.0	2.8	2.3	0.82
1982	25	HOU-min	AAA	7	13	.350	5.19	40	15	14	3	0	2	161.1	199	106	93	13	68	4	72	3	1	3			1.655	11.1	0.7	3.8	4.0	1.06	TUC · PCL
1983	26	KCR-HOU-min	AAA	7	4	.636	5.46	32	10	6	1	0	1	113.2	133	75	69	14	60	7	58	2	2	3			1.698	10.5	1.1	4.8	4.6	0.97	OMA,TUC · AA,PCL
1984	27	KCR-min	AAA	4	4	.500	4.11	25	5	7	0	0	2	65.2	61	32	30	6	18	6	28	2	3	0			1.203	8.4	0.8	2.5	3.8	1.56	OMA · AA
1985	28	KCR-min	AAA	8	4	.667	4.96	24	11	4	1	0	1	98.0	107	64	54	17	31	0	40	1	4	4			1.408	9.8	1.6	2.8	3.7	1.29	OMA · AA
2 Yrs				3	2	.600	4.95	22	5	8	0	0	0	63.2	82	36	35	8	20	4	17	0	0	1	285	75	1.602	11.6	1.1	2.8	2.4	0.85
162 Game Avg.				8	5	.600	4.95	55	13	20	0	0	0	160	207	91	88	20	50	10	43	0	0	3	718	75	1.602	11.6	1.1	2.8	2.4	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
1980	23	MIL	AL	28.1	5	5	15	4.76	4.61	0.17	0.15	94.4	4.33	-1	-0.2		-0.0	0.1	2	.470	.499	$
1981	24	MIL	AL	35.1	17	0	21	5.35	4.12	0.03	-0.33	94.4	3.55	-7	-0.8	.6	0.1	-0.4	-5	.456	.495	$
2 Seasons				63.2	22	5	36	5.09	4.33	0.09	-0.12	94.4	3.90	-9	-0.9	.6	0.1	-0.3	-3	.459	.497	$

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
1980	23	MIL	AL	5	127	114	15	35	5	1	4	1	1	9	8	.307	.352	.474	.826	.298	54	3	0	2	2	0	2
1981	24	MIL	AL	17	158	143	21	47	5	0	4	2	0	11	9	.329	.374	.448	.822	.328	64	6	0	3	1	4	1
2 Yrs				22	285	257	36	82	10	1	8	3	1	20	17	.319	.364	.459	.823	.315	118	9	0	5	3	4	3
162 Game Avg.				55	718	647	91	207	25	3	20	8	3	50	43	.319	.364	.459	.823	.315	297	23	0	13	8	10	8
MLB Averages																.261	.324	.380	.704	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1980	23	MIL	AL	-1.9	-0.2	129	0.0	2.1	-2.1	.93	-0.4	0.5	-0.4	-0.0	0.93	-3.9	0	0	0
1981	24	MIL	AL	-6.1	-0.6	161	-0.1	1.4	-1.5	.49	-0.6	0.4	-9.8	-1.0	0.49	-5.1	2	2	11
2 Yrs				-8.0	-0.8	290	-0.1	3.5	-3.6	.69	-1.0	0.9	-10.2	-1.1	0.69	-8.9	2	2	11

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
1980	23	MIL	AL	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	3	2	.600	0	1	0	0	2	40%	44.4	63	27	5	3	0	3	4.4	3.1	5.7
1 Yr				5	5	2	2	1	0	0	3	2	.600	0	1	0	0	2	40%	44	63	27	5	3	0	3	4.4	3.1	5.7
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	98	-1					4.2	4.2	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1981	24	MIL	AL	17	17	8	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	19	10	53%	7	.489	2	2	11	3	2	12	10	7	13	3	15	2	6.2
1 Yr				17	17	8	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	19	10	53%		.489	2	2	11	3	2	12	10	7	13	3	15	2	6.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1980	23	MIL	AL	127	43%	3.2%	6.3%	7.1%	7.9%	29%	1.62	82%	20	3	15%
1981	24	MIL	AL	158	63%	2.5%	5.7%	7.0%	5.7%	19%	1.16	83%	38	6	16%
2 Yrs				285	54%	2.8%	6.0%	7.0%	6.7%	23%	1.34	82%	58	9	16%
MLB Averages					44%	1.8%	12.5%	8.3%	6.4%	27%	1.11	76%			12%

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
1980	23	MIL	AL	127	35			4	0	1	1	3	3	1	6	3	1	50%	2	0	0	45	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1981	24	MIL	AL	158	47			4	0	10	2	2	3	1	15	6	1	40%	1	1	0	60	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2 Yrs				285	82			8	0	11	3	5	6	2	21	9	2	43%	3	1	0	105	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
MLB Averages																		54%							66%

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+
1980	23	2	2	.500	4.76	5	5	0	0	0	0	28.1	35	15	15	4	9	0	8	0	0	0	127	83	1.553	11.1	1.3	2.9	2.5	0.89	83
1981	24	3	2	.600	4.95	22	5	8	0	0	0	63.2	82	36	35	8	20	4	17	0	0	1	285	75	1.602	11.6	1.1	2.8	2.4	0.85	75

Neutralized Pitching

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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	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1980	23	1	1	.500	5.67	27.0	37	19	17	4	10	8	1.741	12.3	3.3	2.7	0.80	1.3	5
1981	24	1	4	.200	7.28	47.0	80	42	38	7	19	12	2.106	15.3	3.6	2.3	0.63	1.3	17
2 Yrs		2	5	.286	6.69	74.0	117	61	55	11	29	20	1.973	14.2		2.4	0.69	1.3	22

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