Hal Keller

Harold Kefauver Keller

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 7, 1927 in Middletown, MD
High School: Middletown HS (Middletown, MD)
School: University of Maryland (College Park, MD)
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1949
Team: Senators 1949-1952

Final Game: July 28, 1952
Relatives: Brother of Charlie Keller
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Standard Batting

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	Pos	Awards
1948	20	DET-MIN-min	B	136	472	472		122	18	9	3						.258	.258	.354	.612		167					HGR,CHR · ISLG,TRIS
1949	21	MIN-min	B	125	484	484		156	26	8	4						.322	.322	.434	.756		210					HGR · ISLG
1949	21	WSH	AL	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	79	1	0	0	0
1950	22	MIN-min	A	139	503	503		149	37	10	3						.296	.296	.427	.724		215					AUG · SALL
1950	22	WSH	AL	11	30	28	1	6	3	0	1	5	0	0	2	2	.214	.267	.429	.695	79	12	1	0	0	/2

1951	23	MIN-min	AA	129	383	383		97	16	1	9						.253	.253	.371	.624		142					CNG · SOUA
1952	24	MIN-BAL-min	AA,AAA	66	173	160	9	51	9	4	6	12	1		12	12	.319	.366	.538	.904		86		0	1		CNG,TTO · SOUA,IL
1952	24	WSH	AL	11	24	23	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.174	.208	.261	.469	32	6	0	0	0	2
1953	25	NYY-min	AAA	92	283	246	29	68	13	3	6	34	0		34	29	.276	.367	.427	.793		105	0	1	2		TTO,KCY · IL,AA
1954	26	CHW-min	AA,AAA	117	321	321		103	18	3	15						.321	.321	.536	.857		172					MEM,TTO · SOUA,IL
1955	27	TTO	AAA	5	3	3		2									.667	.667									TTO · IL
3 Yrs				25	57	54	4	11	5	0	1	5	0	0	3	3	.204	.246	.352	.597	60	19	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	369	350	26	71	32	0	6	32	0	0	19	19	.204	.246	.352	.597	60	123	6	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1949	21	WSH	AL	3	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.507	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
1950	22	WSH	AL	11	30	-1	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.490	.499	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2

1952	24	WSH	AL	11	24	-2	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.489	.499	0.0	0.0	-0	$	2
3 Seasons				25	57	-3	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	2	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1949	21	WSH	AL	3	2	0	0.0	104	.333	.333	.267	.333	.358	.333	.388	.667	.746	79	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1950	22	WSH	AL	30	23	3	3.5	109	.200	.214	.272	.267	.358	.429	.408	.695	.766	79	.341	-1.0	-0.1	.609	.286	.214	.0

1952	24	WSH	AL	24	19	1	1.4	94	.182	.174	.257	.208	.336	.261	.375	.469	.710	32	.123	-2.1	-0.2	.368	.130	.087
3 Yrs				57	44	4	2.4	102	.200	.204	.265	.246	.349	.352	.393	.597	.741	60	.237	-3.2	-0.3	.500	.204	.148	.0
162 Game Avg.				369	285	26	2.4	102	.200	.204	.265	.246	.349	.352	.393	.597	.741	60	.237	-3.2	-0.3	.500	.204	.148

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1949	21	WSH	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%
1950	22	WSH	AL	30	3.3%	6.7%	6.7%	13.3%	67%	1.00	14.0	28.0	5.6	3.00	83%

1952	24	WSH	AL	24	0.0%	4.2%	4.2%	8.3%	50%	1.00	23.0			0.80	92%
3 Yrs				57	1.8%	5.3%	5.3%	10.5%	55%	1.00	18.0	54.0	10.8	1.46	88%
MLB Averages					1.9%	10.0%	9.9%	6.4%	28%	1.01	8.9	46.1	8.0	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1949	21	WSH	AL	-0.1	-0.0	3	0.0	0.1	-0.0	.79	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	-0.0	1.04	-0.1	0.79	3
1950	22	WSH	AL	-1.0	-0.1	15	0.0	0.3	-0.3	1.02	-0.2	0.2	-1.9	-0.2	0.92	-2.1	1.37	2

1952	24	WSH	AL	-2.1	-0.2	24	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	1.18	-0.3	-0.1	-3.5	-0.4	0.98	-2.7		0
3 Yrs				-3.2	-0.3	42	-0.4	0.6	-1.0	1.09	-0.4	0.1	-5.7	-0.6	0.96	-4.9	1.02	5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1949	21	WSH	AL	0	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1950	22	WSH	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1952	24	WSH	AL	0	0	40%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
3 Yrs				0	0	23%	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	67%	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1949	21	WSH	AL	3	100%	1			3	1	0	0	0.79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1950	22	WSH	AL	30	93%	6			2	1	0	0	1.37	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		3	1	33%	0	0		8	1	13%	0	0		0	0		0

1952	24	WSH	AL	24	79%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	2	1	50%	16	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
3 Yrs				57	86%	11			5	2	0	0	1.02	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		9	1	11%	3	1	33%	25	1	4%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			95%			13%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
1949	21	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	79	1	0
1950	22	14	33	31	2	7	3	1	5	2	2	.226	.273	.419	.692	79	13	1
1951	23	14	33	31	2	7	3	1	5	2	2	.226	.273	.419	.692	79	13	1
1952	24	25	57	54	4	11	5	1	5	3	3	.204	.246	.352	.597	60	19	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1949	21	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1950	22	11	31	29	1	6	3	0	1	5	0	2	2	.207	.258	.414	.672	3	11

1952	24	11	25	24	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.200	.250	.450	1	11
3 Yrs		25	59	56	3	10	5	0	1	5	0	3	3	.179	.220	.321	.542	4	25
162 Game Avg.		162	382	363	19	65	32	0	6	32	0	19	19	.179	.220	.321	.542	26	25

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