Bio
- Debut
- 1880
Bio
- Debut
- 1880
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 599
- W
- 342
- L
- 225
- ERA
- 2.62
- IP
- 5047.1
- K
- 2,545
- BB
- 1,224
- WHIP
- 1.12
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | — | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0.86 | 105.0 | 43 | 17 | 0.84 |
| 1881 | — | 45 | 18 | 27 | 3.25 | 402.0 | 103 | 81 | 1.30 |
| 1882 | — | 43 | 17 | 26 | 2.50 | 375.0 | 116 | 81 | 1.20 |
| 1883 | — | 68 | 41 | 27 | 2.41 | 619.0 | 361 | 98 | 0.94 |
| 1884 | — | 57 | 37 | 17 | 2.26 | 482.2 | 317 | 75 | 0.94 |
| 1885 |  SF | 46 | 32 | 13 | 1.58 | 400.0 | 227 | 102 | 1.01 |
| 1886 | SF | 64 | 42 | 20 | 2.56 | 535.0 | 297 | 102 | 1.09 |
| 1887 | SF | 56 | 35 | 19 | 3.12 | 476.2 | 189 | 108 | 1.12 |
| 1888 | SF | 51 | 35 | 12 | 1.74 | 434.1 | 335 | 90 | 0.94 |
| 1889 | SF | 47 | 28 | 13 | 3.31 | 364.0 | 225 | 151 | 1.29 |
| 1890 | — | 30 | 17 | 11 | 3.38 | 229.0 | 88 | 85 | 1.37 |
| 1891 |  SF/PHI | 19 | 5 | 11 | 4.46 | 133.1 | 64 | 55 | 1.58 |
| 1892 | PHI | 39 | 19 | 16 | 2.36 | 313.1 | 127 | 100 | 1.16 |
| 1893 | PHI | 22 | 10 | 7 | 4.40 | 178.0 | 53 | 79 | 1.58 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 8
- W
- 4
- L
- 3
- ERA
- 2.66
- IP
- 61.0
- K
- 46
- BB
- 14
- WHIP
- 0.97
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 554
- SHO
- 39
- K/9
- 4.5
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | — | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1881 | — | 0 | 45 | 4 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1882 | — | 0 | 41 | 1 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1883 | — | 0 | 68 | 5 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1884 | — | 0 | 56 | 4 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1885 | SF | 0 | 45 | 7 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1886 | SF | 0 | 62 | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1887 | SF | 0 | 54 | 2 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1888 | SF | 0 | 48 | 8 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889 | SF | 0 | 39 | 3 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1890 | — | 0 | 23 | 1 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1891 | SF/PHI | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1892 | PHI | 0 | 31 | 2 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1893 | PHI | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Tim Keefe's career stats?
Tim Keefe played 14 seasons for the Giants and the Phillies. He had 342 wins and 2,545 strikeouts with a 2.62 ERA over 5,047.1 innings. His best season was 1886: 42 wins, a 2.56 ERA and 297 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
14 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1880 to 1893
Tim Keefe sits top 10 all time in wins (pitching).
All-time career rank
- 35th in strikeouts (pitching) (2,545)
- 10th in wins (pitching) (342)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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