MLB / Players

Bob Keegan

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 2 in · 207 lb
BornAugust 4, 1920 · Rochester, NY, USA
MLB debutMay 24, 1953
Final gameJuly 24, 1958
Seasons6 (1953–1958)

Chicago White Sox 1953–1958

Percentile snapshot

1954 season — qualified pitchers

G
31
16.1
GS
27
42.9
W
16
76.8
L
9
67.9
SV
2
69.6
CG
14
76.8
SHO
2
41.1
H
211
37.5
ER
72
71.4
BB
82
41.1
SO
61
7.1
HR
16
50
IP
209.7
57.1
ERA
3.09
73.2
WHIP
1.397
35.7
K/9
2.62
1.8
FIP
3.98
26.8
FIP-
106.7
19.6
ERA+
120.5
69.6
sWAR
3.4
66.1

of 57 qualified 1954 pitchers (min 155 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
7.6
83.8

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19532231284900051500.321.345.321.66678.180.6.3132.6
195432847559210741100.120.157.173.330-29.7-9.4.1563.4
19551821180600021300.333.368.333.70293.390.6.336-0.5
19562040322400014700.125.222.125.347-4.6-5.3.1871.2
19573054393400034500.103.205.103.307-14.4-12.7.1691.6
195814640000010000.000.000.000.000-127.1-100.0.000-0.6

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
195322117514280303332498.72.741.1452.923.5187.7146.22.6
19543127169214221172826116209.73.091.3972.623.98106.7120.53.4
195518112501083382829458.75.831.8924.453.8196.267.9-0.5
195620165704011946353215105.33.931.4622.734.80116.6104.81.2
1957302010826213156373622142.73.531.1782.274.72125.8106.21.6
1958142020004420188929.76.072.0902.437.67210.560.1-0.6

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
136
PA
236
AB
196
R
14
H
32
2B
2
3B
1
HR
0
RBI
19
BB
14
SO
31
SB
0
BA
.1633
OBP
.2176
SLG
.1837
OPS
.4013

Pitching

G (P)
135
GS
87
W
40
L
36
SV
5
CG
29
SHO
6
IP
645
SO (P)
198
BB allowed
233
ERA
3.658
WHIP
1.3976
K/9
2.76

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1954-05-11BOS @ CWS Gameday312010004
1955-05-15CWS @ MIN Gameday303000203
1953-09-02MIN @ CWS Gameday212000112
1953-09-15CWS @ BOS Gameday412000102
1954-06-04CWS @ BOS Gameday402000102

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1954-08-21CWS @ DET Gameday8.0611760
1955-05-15CWS @ MIN Gameday6.0822260
1954-05-16MIN @ CWS Gameday9.01255152
1954-09-06DET @ CWS Gameday7.0876151
1954-07-24CWS @ BOS Gameday6.21255453

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.