Joe Keough

Joseph William Keough

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 7, 1946 in Pomona, CA
High School: Pomona HS (Pomona, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 7, 1968
Teams (by GP): Royals/Athletics/WhiteSox 1968-1973

Final Game: July 26, 1973
Relatives: Brother of Marty Keough and Uncle of Matt Keough
About biographical information

View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Let people know you like this site. Sponsor this page for $10. Your message will replace this ad.

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	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1966	20	OAK-min	A	114	386	386		87	10	2	14						.225	.225	.370	.596		143							BUR · MIDW
1967	21	OAK-min	A	136	574	507	95	149	20	9	18	80	22	2	67	41	.294	.376	.475	.852		241							LEE · FLOR
1968	22	OAK-min	AA	87	349	321	40	96	19	5	7	52	2	0	28	42	.299	.355	.455	.810		146							BIR · SOUL
1968	22	OAK	AL	34	110	98	7	21	2	1	2	18	1	0	8	11	.214	.274	.316	.590	84	31	2	0	4	0	0	7/39
1969	23	KCR-min	AAA	52	230	210	35	66	8	6	3	37	12	4	16	25	.314	.365	.452	.818		95		2	0	2			OMA · AA
1969	23	KCR	AL	70	183	166	17	31	2	0	0	7	5	2	13	13	.187	.254	.199	.453	29	33	1	2	2	0	0	89/73
1970	24	KCR	AL	57	209	183	28	59	6	2	4	21	1	1	23	18	.322	.396	.443	.839	133	81	6	0	3	1	3	379/8
1971	25	KCR	AL	110	392	351	34	87	14	2	3	30	0	6	35	26	.248	.316	.325	.641	84	114	10	1	3	2	5	9/87
1972	26	KCR	AL	56	76	64	8	14	2	0	0	5	2	0	8	7	.219	.324	.250	.574	74	16	0	2	1	0	1	/798
1973	27	CHW-min	AAA	108	380	380		98	19	1	4						.258	.258	.345	.603		131							IWA · AA
1973	27	CHW	AL	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				332	971	863	95	212	26	5	9	81	9	9	87	75	.246	.317	.319	.636	83	275	20	5	13	3	9
162 Game Avg.				162	474	421	46	103	13	2	4	40	4	4	42	37	.246	.317	.319	.636	83	134	10	2	6	1	4

KCR (4 yrs)				293	860	764	87	191	24	4	7	63	8	9	79	64	.250	.323	.319	.643	83	244	17	5	9	3	9
OAK (1 yr)				34	110	98	7	21	2	1	2	18	1	0	8	11	.214	.274	.316	.590	84	31	2	0	4	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	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
1968	22	OAK	AL	34	110	-2	1	0	2	-1	-0	-0.1	3	3	0.2	.499	.500	0.0	0.1	1	$	7/39
1969	23	KCR	AL	70	183	-13	0	1	-0	-1	-13	-1.5	5	-8	-1.0	.479	.491	-1.0	-0.2	-8	$10,000	89/73
1970	24	KCR	AL	57	209	8	-0	0	1	-3	6	0.7	7	13	1.3	.512	.504	1.3	-0.2	12	$	379/8
1971	25	KCR	AL	110	392	-7	-2	1	-2	-4	-14	-1.7	13	-1	-0.4	.485	.490	-0.2	-0.7	1	$	9/87
1972	26	KCR	AL	56	76	-1	1	1	-2	-1	-3	-0.3	2	-0	-0.1	.494	.498	0.2	-0.4	2	$	/798
1973	27	CHW	AL	5	1	-0	-0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.480	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$18,000
6 Seasons				332	971	-15	-1	3	-1	-11	-25	-3.1	30	5	-0.1	.491	.497	0.2	-1.5	7	$28,000

KCR (4 yrs)				293	860	-13	-2	3	-3	-9	-24	-2.9	27	3	-0.2	.491	.496	0.3	-1.6	7	$10,000
OAK (1 yr)				34	110	-2	1	0	2	-1	-0	-0.1	3	3	0.2	.499	.500	0.0	0.1	1	$
CHW (1 yr)				5	1	-0	-0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.480	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$18,000

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
1968	22	OAK	AL	110	83	9	2.9	75	.224	.214	.231	.274	.299	.316	.342	.590	.642	84	.417	-2.2	-0.2	.506	.194	.102	1.3
1969	23	KCR	AL	183	140	10	1.9	95	.203	.187	.254	.254	.331	.199	.384	.453	.715	29	.193	-16.1	-1.7	.370	.108	.012	.0
1970	24	KCR	AL	209	135	32	6.4	97	.340	.322	.257	.396	.331	.443	.392	.839	.723	133	.673	8.6	0.9	.794	.246	.120	1.6
1971	25	KCR	AL	392	285	34	3.2	91	.259	.248	.253	.316	.324	.325	.375	.641	.700	84	.397	-7.0	-0.7	.514	.160	.077	.0
1972	26	KCR	AL	76	51	6	3.2	82	.246	.219	.246	.324	.314	.250	.354	.574	.669	74	.437	-1.6	-0.2	.560	.188	.031	.0
1973	27	CHW	AL	1	2	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.264	.000	.334	.000	.388	.000	.722	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				971	696	91	3.5	90	.260	.246	.251	.317	.324	.319	.375	.636	.699	83	.438	-18.6	-2.0	.540	.174	.073	9.0
162 Game Avg.				474	340	44	3.5	90	.260	.246	.251	.317	.324	.319	.375	.636	.699	83	.438	-18.6	-2.0	.540	.174	.073	4

KCR (4 yrs)				860	611	82	3.6	92	.264	.250	.253	.323	.327	.319	.379	.643	.706	83	.442	-16.1	-1.7	.546	.171	.069	7.5
OAK (1 yr)				110	83	9	2.9	75	.224	.214	.231	.274	.299	.316	.342	.590	.642	84	.416	-2.2	-0.2	.506	.194	.102	1.3
CHW (1 yr)				1	2	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.264	.000	.334	.000	.388	.000	.722	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1968	22	OAK	AL	110	1.8%	10.0%	7.3%	4.6%	24%	1.38	8.9	49.0	5.4	2.09	77%
1969	23	KCR	AL	183	0.0%	7.1%	7.1%	1.1%	7%	1.00	12.8		23.7	1.10	84%
1970	24	KCR	AL	209	1.9%	8.6%	11.0%	5.7%	20%	0.78	10.2	45.8	8.7	1.30	78%
1971	25	KCR	AL	392	0.8%	6.6%	8.9%	4.9%	22%	0.74	13.5	117.0	11.7	1.24	83%
1972	26	KCR	AL	76	0.0%	9.2%	10.5%	2.6%	14%	0.88	9.1		12.8	1.00	75%
1973	27	CHW	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
6 Yrs				971	0.9%	7.7%	9.0%	4.1%	19%	0.86	11.5	95.9	10.7	1.29	81%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.8%	8.6%	5.9%	27%	1.71	6.0	44.6	9.2	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1968	22	OAK	AL	-2.2	-0.2	111	1.5	3.2	-1.6	1.11	0.1	1.3	5.7	0.7	0.99	0.9	1.63	3
1969	23	KCR	AL	-16.1	-1.7	192	-1.6	2.2	-3.8	1.09	-1.4	-0.0	-10.9	-1.1	0.91	-12.9	1.89	20
1970	24	KCR	AL	8.6	0.9	219	0.4	4.8	-4.4	1.24	0.6	-0.3	4.3	0.4	0.98	6.5	2.47	8
1971	25	KCR	AL	-7.4	-0.8	403	-1.1	5.4	-6.5	.94	-0.5	-0.7	-6.7	-0.7	0.98	-4.7	2.29	10
1972	26	KCR	AL	-1.6	-0.2	79	0.4	1.7	-1.3	1.27	0.1	0.2	1.4	0.2	0.99	0.9	1.57	31
1973	27	CHW	AL	-0.3	-0.0	2	-0.8	0.0	-0.8	7.49	-0.1	-0.0	-2.5	-0.3	2.01	-1.3	8.89	1
6 Yrs				-19.0	-2.1	1006	-1.2	17.2	-18.5	1.09	-1.2	0.1	-8.8	-0.9	0.97	-10.7	1.96	73

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1968	22	OAK	AL	1	0	19%	25	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	75%	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0
1969	23	KCR	AL	4	0	37%	66	5	2	71%	3	2	2	1	0	4	5	62%	6	2	4	4	2	1	3	0	3
1970	24	KCR	AL	3	0	31%	89	1	1	50%	1	1	0	1	0	8	5	52%	10	4	4	6	2	4	7	3	4
1971	25	KCR	AL	5	0	26%	148	0	6	0%	0	6	0	2	1	6	12	35%	20	10	9	11	10	1	6	3	3
1972	26	KCR	AL	2	1	33%	52	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	50%	8	4	4	1	0	1	1	1	0
1973	27	CHW	AL	0	0		5	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				15	1	29%	385	9	9	50%	7	9	2	5	1	20	27	47%	46	21	22	26	15	10	17	7	10

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
1968	22	OAK	AL	110	79%	21			3	1	1	1	1.63	2	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	4	4	100%	18	2	11%	11	7	64%	78	17	22%	6	3	50%	5	4	80%	0
1969	23	KCR	AL	183	87%	31			20	3	0	2	1.89	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	28	1	4%	11	5	45%	88	7	8%	7	3	43%	3	3	100%	0
1970	24	KCR	AL	209	65%	59			8	2	0	0	2.47	4	0	5	1	3	2	2	0	3	3	100%	41	6	15%	19	9	47%	126	17	13%	10	5	50%	10	7	70%	0
1971	25	KCR	AL	392	92%	87			10	3	0	0	2.29	3	0	7	3	0	0	3	0	4	3	75%	79	10	13%	38	18	47%	238	27	11%	24	9	38%	14	9	64%	0
1972	26	KCR	AL	76	91%	14			31	8	0	2	1.57	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	14	0	0%	5	1	20%	46	5	11%	4	1	25%	4	1	25%	0
1973	27	CHW	AL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	8.89	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
6 Yrs				971	84%	212			73	17	1	5	1.96	9	0	23	6	3	2	7	0	14	13	93%	181	20	11%	85	40	47%	579	73	13%	52	21	40%	36	24	67%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			75%			11%			30%			13%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1968	22	34	110	98	7	21	2	1	2	18	1	0	8	11	.214	.274	.316	.590	84	31	2	0	4	0	0
1969	23	104	293	264	24	52	4	1	2	25	6	2	21	24	.197	.261	.242	.504	48	64	3	2	6	0	0
1970	24	161	502	447	52	111	10	3	6	46	7	3	44	42	.248	.318	.324	.642	84	145	9	2	9	1	3
1971	25	271	894	798	86	198	24	5	9	76	7	9	79	68	.248	.317	.325	.642	84	259	19	3	12	3	8
1972	26	327	970	862	94	212	26	5	9	81	9	9	87	75	.246	.318	.319	.637	83	275	19	5	13	3	9
1973	27	332	971	863	95	212	26	5	9	81	9	9	87	75	.246	.317	.319	.636	83	275	20	5	13	3	9

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / or

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
1968	22	34	117	103	10	26	2	1	2	25	1	10	11	.252	.319	.350	.668	12	34
1969	23	70	186	168	19	33	2	0	0	8	5	14	13	.196	.266	.208	.475	9	70
1970	24	57	214	186	30	62	6	2	4	23	1	24	18	.333	.408	.452	.859	35	57
1971	25	111	407	362	40	96	15	2	3	35	0	39	26	.265	.337	.343	.679	42	110
1972	26	59	82	69	10	17	2	0	0	6	2	10	7	.246	.358	.275	.633	6	56
1973	27	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
6 Yrs		336	1007	889	110	234	27	5	9	97	9	97	75	.263	.338	.335	.673	104	332
162 Game Avg.		162	486	429	53	113	13	2	4	47	4	47	36	.263	.338	.335	.673	50	332

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Ron Stone (982)
Pete Compton (977)
Jim Fairey (976)
Wally Rehg (976)
Fred Osborn (975)
Alex Diaz (975)
Johnny Welaj (975)
Hank Allen (974)
Joe Wilhoit (973)
Bob Will (973)

Most Similar by Ages

Hold mouse over #'s to see names

Scot Thompson (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Scott (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Doug Clemens (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball Library Baseball-Almanac.com Retrosheet The Baseball Cube The Baseball Page WhatIfSports: Joe Keough

Viewed 6,529 times through May 30, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Joseph Joe jose joseph William keogh Keough

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.