Tim Keefe Stats

Tim Keefe was born on Thursday, January 1, 1857, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Keefe was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 6, 1880, with the Troy Trojans. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Tim Keefe baseball stats page.

"I never saw a better pitcher. True, he did hs best work at 50-feet, but he still would have had no superior at 60-feet 6-inches." - Hall of Famer Mickey Welch

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Tim Keefe
 
 
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Birth Name:   Timothy John Keefe
Nickname:   Smiling Tim
Born On:   01-01-1857
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Cambridge, Massachusetts
Zodiac:   Capricorn
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-23-1933
Place of Death Data Died In:   Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cemetery:   Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts Click For Grave Photo
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10½
Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   08-06-1880 (Age 23)
Last Game:   08-15-1893
Draft:   Not Applicable
Tim Keefe

Tim Keefe Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1880 Trojans 12 12 0 6 6 .500 0.86 12 0 0 105.0 397 68 10 27 0 16 - 39 1 0 - -
1881 Trojans 45 45 0 18 27 .400 3.24 45 4 0 403.0 1,693 434 145 243 4 83 - 103 13 0 0 -
1882 Trojans 43 42 1 17 26 .395 2.49 41 1 0 376.0 1,588 367 104 221 4 78 - 111 8 0 0 -
1883 Metropolitans 68 68 0 41 27 .603 2.41 68 5 0 619.0 2,418 488 166 244 6 108 - 359 27 0 0 -
1884 Metropolitans 58 58 0 37 17 .685 2.25 56 4 0 483.0 1,950 380 121 196 5 71 - 334 15 15 0 -
1885 Giants 46 46 0 32 13 .711 1.58 45 7 0 400.0 1,577 300 70 154 6 102 - 227 35 0 0 -
1886 Giants 64 64 0 42 20 .677 2.56 62 2 0 535.0 2,173 479 152 250 9 102 - 297 40 0 0 -
1887 Giants 56 56 1 35 19 .648 3.12 54 2 0 476.2 1,981 428 165 260 11 108 - 189 37 11 0 -
1888 Giants 51 51 0 35 12 .745 1.74 48 8 0 434.1 1,723 317 84 140 5 90 - 335 21 12 0 -
1889 Giants 47 45 2 28 13 .683 3.31 39 3 1 364.0 1,704 319 134 212 9 151 - 225 11 18 0 -
1890 Giants 30 30 0 17 11 .607 3.38 23 1 0 229.0 1,056 225 86 137 6 89 - 89 12 8 0 -
1891 Giants 8 7 1 2 5 .286 5.24 4 0 0 55.0 267 70 32 57 1 27 - 30 3 1 0 -
1891 Phillies 11 10 1 3 6 .333 3.91 9 0 1 78.1 349 82 34 55 2 30 - 34 5 6 0 -
1892 Phillies 39 38 1 19 16 .543 2.36 31 2 0 313.1 1,314 279 82 142 4 98 - 136 9 13 0 -
1893 Phillies 22 22 0 10 7 .588 4.40 17 0 0 178.0 785 202 87 131 3 80 - 56 3 12 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
14 Years 600 594 7 342 225 .603 2.62 554 39 2 5,049.2 20,975 4,438 1,472 2,469 75 1,233 - 2,564 240 96 0 -
Tim Keefe

Tim Keefe Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1880 Trojans 12 43 4 10 3 0 0 0 3 1 - 12 - - 0 - .233 .250 .302
1881 Trojans 46 152 18 35 7 1 0 0 19 21 - 26 - - 0 - .230 .324 .289
1882 Trojans 53 189 24 43 8 7 1 0 19 17 - - - - 0 - .228 .291 .360
1883 Metropolitans 70 259 39 57 6 9 0 0 0 14 - - - - 0 - .220 .260 .313
1884 Metropolitans 62 210 27 50 3 6 3 0 0 18 - - - - 1 - .238 .301 .352
1885 Giants 47 166 20 27 1 5 0 0 12 13 - - - - 0 - .163 .223 .229
1886 Giants 64 205 26 35 10 1 1 0 20 17 - - - - 0 - .171 .234 .244
1887 Giants 56 191 27 42 7 6 2 0 23 20 - 41 - - 0 - .220 .294 .246
1888 Giants 51 181 10 23 3 0 2 0 8 4 - 56 - - 0 - .127 .146 .177
1889 Giants 47 149 17 23 5 2 0 0 8 8 - 40 - - 0 - .154 .197 .215
1890 Giants 30 92 18 10 1 0 2 0 11 13 - 26 - - 2 - .109 .234 .185
1891 Giants 8 21 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 - 13 - - 0 - .095 .208 .095
1891 Phillies 11 29 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 4 - 16 - - 0 - .172 .273 .241
1892 Phillies 39 117 6 10 2 0 1 0 3 13 - 47 - - 1 - .085 .183 .128
1893 Phillies 22 79 10 18 4 0 0 0 6 9 - 24 - - 0 - .228 .307 .278
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
14 Years 618 2,083 248 390 60 38 12 0 134 175 - 301 - - 4 - .187 .252 .270
Tim Keefe

Tim Keefe Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1880 Trojans P 12 12 315 29 2.4 29 7 22 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.49 -
1881 Trojans CF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1881 Trojans P 45 45 1,206 119 2.6 102 23 79 17 5 n/a n/a n/a .857 2.28 -
1882 Trojans 3B 3 - - 13 4.3 12 1 11 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .923 0.00 -
1882 Trojans CF 8 - - 23 2.9 21 19 2 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .913 0.00 -
1882 Trojans P 43 42 1,125 132 3.1 121 32 89 11 4 n/a n/a n/a .917 2.90 -
1883 Metropolitans 2B 1 - - 9 9.0 7 3 4 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .778 0.00 -
1883 Metropolitans CF 1 - - 4 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1883 Metropolitans P 68 68 1,857 196 2.9 173 31 142 23 3 n/a n/a n/a .883 2.52 -
1884 Metropolitans OF 5 - - 12 2.4 10 8 2 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .833 0.00 -
1884 Metropolitans P 58 58 1,449 140 2.4 111 18 93 29 2 n/a n/a n/a .793 2.07 -
1885 Giants P 46 46 1,200 123 2.7 110 30 80 13 0 n/a n/a n/a .894 2.48 -
1885 Giants RF 2 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1886 Giants CF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1886 Giants P 64 64 1,605 151 2.4 136 29 107 15 3 n/a n/a n/a .901 2.29 -
1887 Giants OF 2 - - 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1887 Giants P 56 56 1,430 134 2.4 119 17 102 15 1 n/a n/a n/a .888 2.25 -
1888 Giants P 51 51 1,303 118 2.3 108 29 79 10 1 n/a n/a n/a .915 2.24 -
1888 Giants RF 1 - - 2 2.0 1 1 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.00 -
1889 Giants P 47 45 1,092 96 2.0 88 10 78 8 3 n/a n/a n/a .917 2.18 -
1890 Giants P 30 30 687 80 2.7 76 15 61 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .950 2.99 -
1891 Giants P 8 7 165 16 2.0 15 3 12 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .938 2.45 -
1891 Phillies P 11 10 235 20 1.8 19 3 16 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .950 2.18 -
1892 Phillies P 39 38 940 89 2.3 76 8 68 13 2 n/a n/a n/a .854 2.18 -
1893 Phillies P 22 22 534 43 2.0 37 5 32 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .860 1.87 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 600 594 15,143 1,486 2.5 1,320 260 1,060 166 28 n/a n/a n/a .888 2.35 --
CF Totals 11 0 0 27 2.5 25 23 2 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .926 0.00 --
OF Totals 7 0 0 13 1.9 11 9 2 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .846 0.00 --
RF Totals 3 0 0 2 0.7 1 1 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.00 --
3B Totals 3 0 0 13 4.3 12 1 11 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .923 0.00 --
2B Totals 1 0 0 9 9.0 7 3 4 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .778 0.00 --
14 Years 625 594 15,143 1,550 2.5 1,376 297 1,079 174 31 n/a n/a n/a .888 2.45 --
Tim Keefe

Tim Keefe Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1880 Trojans - - - - - n/a 0.0 3.6 14.3 2.44 3.34 1.37
1881 Trojans - - - - - n/a 0.0 5.8 8.0 1.24 2.30 1.85
1882 Trojans - - - - - n/a 189.0 0.0 9.9 1.42 2.66 1.87
1883 Metropolitans - - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.32 5.22 1.57
1884 Metropolitans - - - - - n/a 70.0 0.0 0.0 4.70 6.22 1.32
1885 Giants - - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 13.8 2.23 5.11 2.30
1886 Giants 3 - - - - n/a 205.0 0.0 10.3 2.91 5.00 1.72
1887 Giants 2 - - - - n/a 95.5 4.7 8.3 1.75 3.57 2.04
1888 Giants 3 - - - - n/a 90.5 3.2 22.6 3.72 6.94 1.86
1889 Giants 2 - - - - n/a 0.0 3.7 18.6 1.49 5.56 3.73
1890 Giants 0 - - - - n/a 46.0 3.5 8.4 1.00 3.50 3.50
1891 Giants 1 - - - - n/a 0.0 1.6 21.0 1.11 4.91 4.42
1891 Phillies 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 1.8 29.0 1.13 3.91 3.45
1892 Phillies 1 - - - - n/a 117.0 2.5 39.0 1.39 3.91 2.81
1893 Phillies 1 - - - - n/a 0.0 3.3 13.2 0.70 2.83 4.04
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
14 Years 13 - - - - n/a 173.6 6.9 15.5 2.08 4.57 2.20
Tim Keefe

Tim Keefe Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1880 Troy Trojans n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1881 Troy Trojans n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1882 Troy Trojans n/a $2,100.00 n/a n/a
1883 New York Metropolitans n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1884 New York Metropolitans n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1885 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1886 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1889 New York Giants n/a $4,500.00 n/a n/a
1890 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1893 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a


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