Matt Keough

Matthew Lon Keough

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 3, 1955 in Pomona, CA
High School: Corona del Mar HS (Pomona, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 7th round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1977
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Cubs/Yankees/Astros/Cardinals 1977-1986

Final Game: October 2, 1986
Relatives: Son of Marty Keough and Nephew of Joe Keough
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All-Star

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
1974	18	OAK-min	A	98	364	323	31	64	14	2	4	24	5	1	32	100	.198	.272	.291	.563		94	5	2	4	3	2		BUR · MIDW
1975	19	OAK-min	A	123	510	445	73	135	34	2	13	81	7	5	50	106	.303	.370	.476	.846		212	6	2	4	9	1		MOD · CALL
1976	20	OAK-min	AA	124	465	420	43	88	13	3	6	52	10	2	32	91	.210	.269	.298	.567		125	13	3	8	2	4		CNG · SOUL
1977	21	OAK-min	AA	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			CNG · SOUL
1977	21	OAK	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1D
1978	22	OAK	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1/D	AS
1979	23	OAK	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980	24	OAK	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1981	25	OAK	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1982	26	OAK	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	27	TOT	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	27	OAK	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	27	NYY	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1984	28	NYY-min	AA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		NVL · SOUL
1985	29	STL-min	AAA	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		LOU · AA
1985	29	STL	NL	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	/1
1986	30	HOU-min	AAA	8	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	2	0	0		TUC · PCL
1986	30	TOT	NL	29	16	16	1	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.375	.375	.438	.813	124	7	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	30	CHC	NL	19	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.600	1.000	165	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	30	HOU	NL	10	11	11	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.364	.364	.364	.727	105	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	31	HAN	Fgn																										HAN · JPCL
1988	32	HAN	Fgn																										HAN · JPCL
1989	33	HAN	Fgn																										HAN · JPCL
1990	34	HAN	Fgn																										HAN · JPCL
9 Yrs				217	18	18	1	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.333	.333	.389	.722	99	7	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	13	13	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.333	.333	.389	.722	99	5	1	0	0	0	0

OAK (7 yrs)				172	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				19	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.600	1.000	165	3	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				10	11	11	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.364	.364	.364	.727	105	4	0	0	0	0	0

AL (7 yrs)				184	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				33	18	18	1	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.333	.333	.389	.722	99	7	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	Awards
1977	21	OAK	AL	8	0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.493	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1D
1978	22	OAK	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1/D	AS
1979	23	OAK	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1980	24	OAK	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1981	25	OAK	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1982	26	OAK	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1983	27	OAK	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1983	27	NYY	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$420,000	1

1985	29	STL	NL	4	2	-0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.486	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1986	30	CHC	NL	19	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.506	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$100,000	1
1986	30	HOU	NL	10	11	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.516	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	1
9 Seasons				217	18	-0	-0	-0	0	2	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	2	$520,000

OAK (7 yrs)				172	0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.500	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$
STL (1 yr)				4	2	-0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.486	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
CHC (1 yr)				19	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.506	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$100,000
NYY (1 yr)				12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$420,000
HOU (1 yr)				10	11	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.516	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$

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
1985	29	STL	NL	2	3	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.260	.000	.328	.000	.388	.000	.716	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1986	30	TOT	NL	16	10	3	8.1	98	.500	.375	.261	.375	.332	.438	.394	.813	.726	124	.760	0.5	0.0	.800	.125	.063	.0
1986	30	CHC	NL	5	3	1	9.0	103	.667	.400	.269	.400	.341	.600	.406	1.000	.747	165	.793	0.5	0.0	1.000	.200	.200
1986	30	HOU	NL	11	7	2	7.7	95	.444	.364	.258	.364	.327	.364	.389	.727	.716	105	.744	0.0	0.0	.714	.091	.000	.0
9 Yrs				18	13	3	6.2	97	.429	.333	.261	.333	.331	.389	.393	.722	.725	99	.663	-0.1	-0.0	.615	.111	.056	.0
162 Game Avg.				13	10	2	6.2	97	.429	.333	.261	.333	.331	.389	.393	.722	.725	99	.663	-0.1	-0.0	.615	.111	.056

STL (1 yr)				2	3	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.260	.000	.328	.000	.388	.000	.716	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
CHC (1 yr)				5	3	1	9.0	103	.667	.400	.269	.400	.341	.600	.406	1.000	.747	165	.793	0.5	0.0	1.000	.200	.200
HOU (1 yr)				11	7	2	7.7	95	.444	.364	.258	.364	.327	.364	.389	.727	.716	105	.743	0.0	0.0	.714	.091	.000	.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
1981	25	OAK	AL	ALCS	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1978	OAK	AL	22		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1985	29	STL	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1986	30	TOT	NL	16	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	6.3%	17%		4.0			2.00	75%
1986	30	CHC	NL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	20.0%	50%		2.5				60%
1986	30	HOU	NL	11	0.0%	18.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.5			1.50	82%
9 Yrs				18	0.0%	22.2%	0.0%	5.6%	17%		4.5			3.50	78%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.4%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.58	6.7	42.9	8.4	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1977	21	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1978	22	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1979	23	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
1980	24	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
1981	25	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
1982	26	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
1983	27	TOT	AL	0.0	0.0
1983	27	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
1983	27	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0

1985	29	STL	NL	-0.5	-0.1	2	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.54	-0.1	-0.0	-1.7	-0.2	1.46	-0.9	0
1986	30	TOT	NL	0.5	0.0	17	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	.84	0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.73	0.0	0
1986	30	CHC	NL	0.5	0.0	5	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.75	0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.68	0.3	0
1986	30	HOU	NL	0.0	0.0	12	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	.87	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.75	-0.2	0
9 Yrs				-0.1	-0.0	19	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.91	-0.1	-0.1	-2.0	-0.2	0.80	-0.9	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3
1985	29	STL	NL		0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	30	TOT	NL	17%	11	1	100%	1	0	33%	1	1	1	1	1	1
1986	30	CHC	NL	0%	3	0		0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	1	1
1986	30	HOU	NL	25%	8	1	100%	1	0	50%	1	1	1	1	0	0
9 Yrs				17%	12	1	100%	1	1	33%	1	1	1	1	1	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
1985	29	STL	NL	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		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
1986	30	TOT	NL	16	44%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1986	30	CHC	NL	5	20%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1986	30	HOU	NL	11	55%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
9 Yrs				18	50%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	2	0	0%	6	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			81%			11%			35%			15%			51%			55%

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
1985	29	188	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
1986	30	217	18	18	1	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.333	.333	.389	.722	99	7	1	0	0	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	SB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1985	29	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1986	30	29	17	17	1	7	1	1	4	.412	.412	.471	.882	3	29
2 Yrs		33	19	19	1	7	1	1	4	.368	.368	.421	.789	3	33
162 Game Avg.		162	93	93	5	34	5	5	20	.368	.368	.421	.789	15	33

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1978 *

All-Star Games
1978 *

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