Joel McKeon

Joel Jacob McKeon

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 25, 1963 in Covington, KY
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 1986
Team: WhiteSox 1986-1987

Final Game: July 10, 1987
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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
1982	19	CHW-min	AA,Rk	8	3	.727	2.55	11	11	0	4	2	0	74.0	66	26	21	1	17	0	66	0	0	3			1.122	8.0	0.1	2.1	8.0	3.88	GLF,WHS · EL,GULF
1983	20	CHW-min	A	5	5	.500	2.62	19	19	0	1	1	0	99.2	74	34	29	5	58	2	110	1	0	3			1.324	6.7	0.5	5.2	9.9	1.90	APP · MIDW
1984	21	CHW-min	AA	2	3	.400	3.64	45	5	10	0	0	2	66.2	53	33	27	1	46	1	56	3	0	3			1.485	7.2	0.1	6.2	7.6	1.22	GLF · EL
1985	22	CHW-min	AAA	6	4	.600	3.72	49	5	26	0	0	12	82.1	85	40	34	10	36	0	62	1	0	1			1.470	9.3	1.1	3.9	6.8	1.72	BFL · AA
1986	23	CHW-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.00	5	0	3	0	0	0	8.1	1	4	0	0	6	2	8	0	0	0			0.840	1.1	0.0	6.5	8.6	1.33	BFL · AA
1986	23	CHW	AL	3	1	.750	2.45	30	0	5	0	0	1	33.0	18	10	9	2	17	2	18	0	0	0	129	179	1.061	4.9	0.5	4.6	4.9	1.06
1987	24	CHW-min	AAA	6	4	.600	6.26	19	9	4	1	0	1	69.0	84	52	48	8	40	3	45	3	0	3			1.797	11.0	1.0	5.2	5.9	1.13	HAW · PCL
1987	24	CHW	AL	1	2	.333	9.43	13	0	3	0	0	0	21.0	27	22	22	8	15	0	14	0	0	1	102	50	2.000	11.6	3.4	6.4	6.0	0.93
1988	25	SDP-min	AAA	2	5	.286	5.96	36	10	9	0	0	1	99.2	113	73	66	9	67	2	63	1	1	5			1.806	10.2	0.8	6.1	5.7	0.94	LVG · PCL
1989	26	WSN-ATL-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.79	39	0	5	0	0	1	35.2	35	15	15	1	18	2	26	1	0	2			1.486	8.8	0.3	4.5	6.6	1.44	INA,RMD · AA,IL
1990	27	BAL-min	AAA,AA	4	3	.571	3.52	46	1	24	1	0	10	76.2	76	35	30	4	28	2	64	4	0	7			1.357	8.9	0.5	3.3	7.5	2.29	ROC,HGR · IL,EL
1991	28	BAL-min	AA,AAA	3	2	.600	4.34	36	0	20	0	0	0	64.1	74	38	31	1	29	2	34	3	1	5			1.601	10.4	0.1	4.1	4.8	1.17	HGR,ROC · EL,IL
2 Yrs				4	3	.571	5.17	43	0	8	0	0	1	54.0	45	32	31	10	32	2	32	0	0	1	231	87	1.426	7.5	1.7	5.3	5.3	1.00
162 Game Avg.				6	5	.571	5.17	68	0	13	0	0	2	85	71	51	49	16	51	3	51	0	0	2	365	87	1.426	7.5	1.7	5.3	5.3	1.00

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1986	23	CHW	AL	33.0	30	10	2.73	4.96	0.35	-0.39	102.3	4.31	6	0.6	1.2	0.0	0.9	9	.520	.504	$60,000
1987	24	CHW	AL	21.0	13	22	9.43	5.13	0.58	-0.40	103.4	4.29	-12	-1.1	1.5	-0.3	-1.2	-10	.416	.493	$675,000
2 Seasons				54.0	43	32	5.33	5.02	0.44	-0.39	102.7	4.30	-6	-0.5	1.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0	.489	.498	$735,000

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
1986	23	CHW	AL	30	129	109	10	18	3	2	2	0	2	17	18	.165	.273	.284	.558	.176	31	2	0	1	2	2	0
1987	24	CHW	AL	13	102	85	22	27	5	1	8	1	1	15	14	.318	.416	.682	1.098	.297	58	3	0	1	1	0	1
2 Yrs				43	231	194	32	45	8	3	10	1	3	32	32	.232	.336	.459	.795	.226	89	5	0	2	3	2	1
162 Game Avg.				68	365	307	51	71	13	5	16	2	5	51	51	.232	.336	.459	.795	.226	141	8	0	3	5	3	2
MLB Averages																.260	.329	.405	.734	.287

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1986	23	CHW	AL	6.9	0.7	131	0.2	2.1	-1.9	.99	0.9	-0.7	7.0	0.7	0.99	10.5	9	12	9
1987	24	CHW	AL	-9.7	-0.9	105	-1.2	1.0	-2.2	.70	-1.0	-0.7	-12.9	-1.2	0.70	-11.8	5	3	5
2 Yrs				-2.9	-0.2	236	-0.9	3.2	-4.1	.86	-0.0	-1.1	-6.0	-0.5	0.86	-1.3	14	15	14

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
1986	23	CHW	AL	30	30	5	3	1	3	1	2	33%	6	3	25	6	24%	7	.988	9	12	9	10	3	17	20	10	9	18	11	4	3.3
1987	24	CHW	AL	13	13	3	1	2	0	0	0		1	1	11	6	55%	3	.696	5	3	5	4	4	5	6	7	6	4	7	2	4.8
2 Yrs				43	43	8	4	3	3	1	2	33%	7	4	36	12	33%		.859	14	15	14	14	7	22	26	17	15	22	18	6	3.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1986	23	CHW	AL	129	50%	1.6%	14.0%	13.2%	5.4%	39%	1.17	71%	25	2	8%
1987	24	CHW	AL	102	41%	7.8%	13.7%	14.7%	13.7%	52%	1.09	63%	26	3	12%
2 Yrs				231	46%	4.3%	13.9%	13.9%	9.1%	47%	1.14	67%	51	5	10%
MLB Averages					39%	2.6%	15.4%	8.9%	7.2%	31%	1.08	72%			11%

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
1986	23	CHW	AL	129	18			2	0	0	0	2	0	2	6	3	1	50%	0	0	0	46	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1987	24	CHW	AL	102	27			8	1	3	4	4	5	3	6	3	2	50%	1	1	0	40	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2 Yrs				231	45			10	1	3	4	6	5	5	12	6	3	50%	1	1	0	86	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

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+
1986	23	3	1	.750	2.45	30	0	5	0	0	1	33.0	18	10	9	2	17	2	18	0	0	0	129	179	1.061	4.9	0.5	4.6	4.9	1.06	179
1987	24	4	3	.571	5.17	43	0	8	0	0	1	54.0	45	32	31	10	32	2	32	0	0	1	231	87	1.426	7.5	1.7	5.3	5.3	1.00	87

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
1986	23	2	1	.667	2.25	32.0	17	9	8	2	16	17	1.031	4.8	4.5	4.8	1.06	0.6	30
1987	24	0	2	.000	8.57	21.0	26	22	20	8	14	14	1.905	11.1	6.0	6.0	1.00	3.4	13
2 Yrs		2	3	.400	4.75	53.0	43	31	28	10	30	31	1.377	7.3		5.3	1.03	1.7	43

* 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.

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