Walt McKeel

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Walt McKeel

Walter Thomas McKeel

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 17, 1972 in Wilson, NC
High School: Greene Central HS (Snow Hill, NC)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 3rd round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1996 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Rockies 1996-2002

Final Game: July 27, 2002 (Age 30)
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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
1990	18	BOS-min	Rk	13	48	44	2	11	3	0	0	6	0	2	3	8	.250	.292	.318	.610		14		0	0	1	0		RES · GULF
1991	19	BOS-min	Rk	35	135	113	10	15	0	1	2	12	0	0	17	20	.133	.244	.204	.448		23	5	1	0	4	0		RES · GULF
1992	20	BOS-min	A+	96	319	288	33	64	11	0	12	33	2	1	22	77	.222	.283	.385	.669		111	3	3	5	1	0		LBG · CARL
1993	21	BOS-min	A+	80	285	247	28	59	17	2	5	32	0	1	26	40	.239	.315	.385	.700		95	6	3	6	3	0		LBG · CARL
1994	22	BOS-min	AA,A+	87	323	301	25	68	14	2	3	32	1	0	15	54	.226	.270	.316	.586		95	6	4	1	2	2		NBR,SAR · EL,FLOR
1995	23	BOS-min	A+,AA	91	325	282	37	86	17	1	10	46	8	4	33	43	.305	.375	.479	.854		135	5	3	0	7	0		SAR,TRE · FLOR,EL
1996	24	BOS-min	AA	128	543	464	86	140	19	1	16	78	2	4	60	52	.302	.385	.450	.835		209	13	7	5	7	3		TRE · EL
1996	24	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1997	25	BOS-min	AAA,AA	73	302	262	34	64	17	0	6	34	0	1	35	41	.244	.333	.378	.711		99	8	1	2	2	3		PAW,TRE · IL,EL
1997	25	BOS	AL	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/23

1998	26	BOS-min	AAA,Rk	61	233	206	27	58	12	1	5	30	1	2	25	35	.282	.361	.422	.783		87	9	1	0	1	0		PAW,RES · IL,GULF
1999	27	DET-min	AAA	67	248	215	21	52	9	1	7	37	2	2	26	32	.242	.332	.391	.723		84	6	4	1	2	0		TOL · IL
2000	28	COL-min	AA	72	270	227	29	51	15	0	8	26	3	3	31	45	.225	.336	.396	.732		90	7	8	2	2	0		CAR · SOUL
2001	29	COL-min	AAA,AA	52	174	147	24	34	6	1	4	13	0	0	20	36	.231	.339	.367	.707		54	2	4	3	0	2		CSP,CAR · PCL,SOUL
2002	30	COL-min	AAA	49	147	130	10	32	7	0	2	11	0	0	16	27	.246	.327	.346	.673		45	2	0	0	1	0		CSP · PCL
2002	30	COL	NL	5	13	13	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.308	.308	.308	.615	54	4	0	0	0	0	0	/2
3 Yrs				11	16	16	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	26	4	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	236	236	15	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	59	.250	.250	.250	.500	26	59	0	0	0	0	0

BOS (2 yrs)				6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
COL (1 yr)				5	13	13	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.308	.308	.308	.615	54	4	0	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (1 yr)				5	13	13	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.308	.308	.308	.615	54	4	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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	Pos
1996	24	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	/2
1997	25	BOS	AL	5	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.482	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	/23

2002	30	COL	NL	5	13	-1	0	0	-2	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.450	.498	-0.0	-0.2	-0	/2
3 Seasons				11	16	-2	0	0	-2	0	-3	-0.3	1	-3	-0.3	.469	.499	-0.1	-0.2	-1

BOS (2 yrs)				6	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.485	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1
COL (1 yr)				5	13	-1	0	0	-2	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.450	.498	-0.0	-0.2	-0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1996	BOS	AL	24	C	1	0	0	0.2	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		6.75	6.90	0	0	0	0			0
1997	BOS	AL	25	C	4	0	0	5.1	4	4	1.000	0	0	6.75	1.00	.990	7.09	7.10	0	2	0	0			0
1997	BOS	AL	25	1B	1	0	0	2.0	2	2	1.000	0	0	9.00	2.00	.990	9.45	9.20
2002	COL	NL	30	C	5	3	3	28.1	22	22	1.000	-2	-85	6.99	4.40	.991	7.53	7.48	1	2	7	0	0%	32%	0
	3 Seasons			C	10	3	3	34.1	26	26	1.000	-2	-70	6.82	2.60	.991	7.44	7.27	1	4	7	0	0%	32%	0
	1 Season			1B	1	0	0	2.0	2	2	1.000	0	0	9.00	2.00	.990	9.45	9.20
	3 Seasons			TOT	11	3	3	36.1	28	28	1.000	-2	-66	6.94	2.55	.991	7.56	7.45	1	4	7	0	0%	32%	0

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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.
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Transactions

June 4, 1990: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 3rd round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1990.
October 16, 1998: Granted Free Agency.
December 16, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
April 1, 1999: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.
April 10, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
August 19, 1999: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
February 15, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
October 15, 2000: Granted Free Agency.
January 8, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
October 15, 2001: Granted Free Agency.
December 1, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
October 3, 2002: Released by the Colorado Rockies.

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