MLB / Players

John Keefe

HandednessThrows Left
BornJuly 16, 1867 · Fitchburg, MA, USA
MLB debutApril 28, 1890
Final gameOctober 11, 1890
Seasons1 (1890–1890)

Syracuse Stars 1890

Percentile snapshot

1890 season — qualified pitchers

G
43
65.9
GS
41
73.2
W
17
47.6
L
24
7.3
SV
0
0
CG
36
68.3
SHO
2
61
H
355
28
ER
169
11
BB
148
24.4
SO
120
61
HR
9
28
IP
352.3
72
ERA
4.32
22
WHIP
1.428
51.2
K/9
3.07
40.2
FIP
4.27
30.5
FIP-
110.5
19.5
ERA+
89.5
19.5
sWAR
1.5
28

of 83 qualified 1890 pitchers (min 127 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
1.5
67.3

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
189043161157103000053000.191.211.191.40231.718.3.2001.5

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
18904341172403623551691481209352.34.321.4283.074.27110.589.51.5

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
43
PA
161
AB
157
R
10
H
30
2B
0
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
5
BB
3
SO
0
SB
0
BA
.1911
OBP
.2112
SLG
.1911
OPS
.4023

Pitching

G (P)
43
GS
41
W
17
L
24
SV
0
CG
36
SHO
2
IP
352
SO (P)
120
BB allowed
148
ERA
4.317
WHIP
1.4276
K/9
3.07

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.