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Joel McKeon

Joel Jacob McKeon

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

Born: February 25, 1963 in Covington, KY
School: Miami-Dade College (Miami, FL)
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 (Age 23)
Team: WhiteSox 1986-1987

Final Game: July 10, 1987 (Age 24)
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Standard Pitching

More Stats

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 (v2.2): 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	4.95	0.35	-0.39	102.4	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	103.6	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	102.9	4.31	-6	-0.5	1.3	-0.3	-0.2	-1	.488	.498	$735,000

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	H	RBI	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	Pos	Awards
1982	19	CHW-min	Rk,AA	11	0	0	0	0	0					0			WHS,GLF · GULF,EL
1983	20	CHW-min	A	19	0	0	0	0	0					0			APP · MIDW
1984	21	CHW-min	AA	45	0	0	0	0	0					0			GLF · EL
1985	22	CHW-min	AAA	49	1	1	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1			BFL · AA
1986	23	CHW-min	AAA	5	0	0	0	0	0					0			BFL · AA
1986	23	CHW	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	1
1987	24	CHW-min	AAA	19	0	0	0	0	0					0			HAW · PCL
1987	24	CHW	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	1
1988	25	SDP-min	AAA	36	3	2	0	0	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0			LVG · PCL
1989	26	ATL-WSN-min	AAA	39	0	0	0	0	0					0			MNY,RMD,INA · MEX,IL,AA
1990	27	BAL-min	AAA,AA	46	0	0	0	0	0					0			ROC,HGR · IL,EL
1991	28	BAL-min	AAA,AA	36	0	0	0	0	0					0	0		ROC,HGR · IL,EL
2 Yrs				43	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	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	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Pos
1986	23	CHW	AL	30	.501	.500	$60,000	1
1987	24	CHW	AL	13	.501	.500	$675,000	1
2 Seasons				43	.501	.500	$735,000

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%
1986	CHW	AL	23	P	30	33.0	4	2	2	1.000	1.09	0.13	.958	1.83	1.81	0	2	100%	34%
1987	CHW	AL	24	P	13	21.0	4	4	0	1.000	1.71	0.31	.955	1.84	1.82	1	1	50%	31%
	2 Seasons			P	43	54.0	8	6	2	1.000	1.33	0.19	.956	1.83	1.81	1	3	75%	32%
	2 Seasons			TOT	43	54.0	8	6	2	1.000	1.33	0.19	.956	1.83	1.81	1	3	75%	32%

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

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

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.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

January 12, 1982: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 1982 amateur draft (January), but did not sign.
June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (June Secondary).
February 11, 1988: the Chicago White Sox sent Joel McKeon to the San Diego Padres to complete an earlier deal made on October 5, 1987. October 5, 1987: The Chicago White Sox sent a player to be named later to the San Diego Padres for Ed Wojna.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1986	23	Chicago White Sox	$60,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	24	Chicago White Sox	$675,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$735,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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