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Tim Keefe

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Tim Keefe

Full name Timothy John Keefe
Born January 1, 1857, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Died April 23, 1933, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Buried at Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Elogium Path- Lot 6206)
First Game: August 6, 1880; Final Game: August 15, 1893
Umpired First Game: July 21, 1880; Umpired Final Game: July 6, 1896
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 10.5" Weight: 185
Cousin of John Keefe
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1964
Ejections as umpire: 1895 (4), 1896 (1). Total: 5
SABR Biography
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1880 TRO N                   12    43    4   10   3   0   0    3    1   12           .233  .250  .302   0.0 1880 TRO N
1881 TRO N                   46   152   18   35   7   1   0   19   21   26           .230  .324  .289  -0.1 1881 TRO N
1882 TRO N                   53   189   24   43   8   7   1   19   17   46           .228  .291  .360   0.5 1882 TRO N
1883 NY  a                   70   259   39   57   6   9   0    0   14                .220  .260  .313   0.2 1883 NY  a
1884 NY  a                   62   210   27   50   3   6   3    0   18        1       .238  .301  .352   0.1 1884 NY  a
1885 NY  N                   47   166   20   27   1   5   0   12   13   22           .163  .223  .229   0.0 1885 NY  N
1886 NY  N                   64   205   26   35  10   1   1   20   17   42        3  .171  .234  .244   0.0 1886 NY  N
1887 NY  N                   56   191   27   42   7   6   2   23   20   41   0    2  .220  .294  .351   0.1 1887 NY  N
1888 NY  N                   51   181   10   23   3   0   2    8    4   56   0    3  .127  .146  .177  -0.1 1888 NY  N
1889 NY  N                   47   149   17   23   5   2   0    8    8   40   0    2  .154  .197  .215   0.0 1889 NY  N
1890 NY  P                   30    92   18   10   1   0   2   11   13   26   2    0  .109  .234  .185   0.0 1890 NY  P
1891 NY  N                    8    21    2    2   0   0   0    1    3   13   0    1  .095  .208  .095   0.0 1891 NY  N
1891 PHI N                   11    29    0    5   0   1   0    1    4   16   0    0  .172  .273  .241   0.0 1891 PHI N
1891 TOT N                   19    50    2    7   0   1   0    2    7   29   0    1  .140  .246  .180   0.0 1891 TOT N
1892 PHI N                   39   117    6   10   2   0   1    3   13   47   1    1  .085  .183  .128   0.0 1892 PHI N
1893 PHI N                   22    79   10   18   4   0   0    6    9   24   0    1  .228  .307  .278   0.0 1893 PHI N
Total NL (11 Years)         456  1522  164  273  50  23   7  123  130  385   1i  13i .179  .244  .256   0.4 Total NL
Total AA ( 2 Years)         132   469   66  107   9  15   3    0   32        1i      .228  .279  .330   0.3 Total AA
Total PL ( 1 Year )          30    92   18   10   1   0   2   11   13   26   2    0  .109  .234  .185   0.0 Total PL
Total    (14 Years)         618  2083  248  390  60  38  12  134  175  411i  4i  13i .187  .252  .270   0.7 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
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                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  WP HBP  BK   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1880 TRO N                   12  12  12   0   0   0  105     68   397   0   27   10   16   39   1           6   6   0.86  3.42   1.8 1880 TRO N
1881 TRO N                   45  45  45   4   0   0  403    434  1693   4  241  145   83  103  13       0  18  27   3.24  4.71  -0.7 1881 TRO N
1882 TRO N                   43  42  41   1   1   0  376    367  1588   4  221  104   78  111   8       0  17  26   2.49  4.74   1.8 1882 TRO N
1883 NY  a                   68  68  68   5   0   0  619    488         6  244  166  108  359  27          41  27   2.41  5.37   6.0 1883 NY  a
1884 NY  a                   58  58  56   4   0   0  483    380  1950   5  196  121   71  334  15  15   0  37  17   2.25  6.38   5.5 1884 NY  a
1885 NY  N                   46  46  45   7   0   0  400    300  1577   6  154   70  102  227  35       0  32  13   1.58  5.72   4.5 1885 NY  N
1886 NY  N                   64  64  62   2   0   0  535    479  2173   9  250  152  102  297  40       0  42  20   2.56  6.25   3.8 1886 NY  N
1887 NY  N                   56  56  54   2   1   0  476.2  428  1981  11  256  165  108  189  37  11   0  35  19   3.12  6.59   4.3 1887 NY  N
1888 NY  N                   51  51  48   8   0   0  434.1  317  1723   5  143   84   90  335  21  12   0  35  12   1.74  4.88   4.6 1888 NY  N
1889 NY  N                   47  45  39   3   2   1  364    319         9  216  136  151  225  11  18   0  28  13   3.36  6.96   1.9 1889 NY  N
1890 NY  P                   30  30  23   1   0   0  229    225         6  137   86   89   89  12   8   0  17  11   3.38  7.83   2.2 1890 NY  P
1891 NY  N                    8   7   4   0   1   0   55     70         1   57   32   27   30   3   4   0   2   5   5.24  5.86  -1.3 1891 NY  N
1891 PHI N                   11  10   9   0   1   1   78.1   82         2   55   34   30   34   5   4   0   3   6   3.91  4.20  -0.5 1891 PHI N
1891 TOT N                   19  17  13   0   2   1  133.1  152         3  112   66   57   64   8   8   0   5  11   4.45  4.88  -1.8 1891 TOT N
1892 PHI N                   39  38  31   2   1   0  313.1  279         4  142   82   98  136   9  13   0  19  16   2.36  5.13   1.8 1892 PHI N
1893 PHI N                   22  22  17   0   0   0  178    202         3  131   87   80   56   3  13   0  10   7   4.40  8.77  -0.1 1893 PHI N
Total NL (11 Years)         444 438 407  29   7   2 3718.2 3345 11132  58 1893 1101  965 1782 186  75   0 247 170   2.66  5.75  21.9 Total NL
Total AA ( 2 Years)         126 126 124   9   0   0 1102    868  1950  11  440  287  179  693  42  15   0  78  44   2.34  5.83  11.5 Total AA
Total PL ( 1 Year )          30  30  23   1   0   0  229    225         6  137   86   89   89  12   8   0  17  11   3.38  7.83   2.2 Total PL
Total    (14 Years)         600 594 554  39   7   2 5049.2 4438 13082  75 2470 1474 1233 2564 240  98   0 342 225   2.63  5.87  35.6 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  WP HBP  BK   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G    PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1880 TRO N                P   12     7   22    0    0     1.000
1881 TRO N                P   45    23   79   17    5      .857
1881 TRO N               OF    1     0    0    0    0         -     0    1    0 
1882 TRO N                P   43    32   89   11    4   0  .917
1882 TRO N               OF    8    19    2    2    1      .913     0    8    0 
1882 TRO N               3B    3     1   11    1    1   0  .923
1883 NY  a                P   68    31  142   23    3      .883
1883 NY  a               2B    1     3    4    2    0   0  .778
1883 NY  a               OF    1     4    0    0    0     1.000     0    1    0 
1884 NY  a                P   58    18   93   29    2      .793
1884 NY  a               OF    5     8    2    2    1      .833     1    4    0 
1885 NY  N                P   46    30   80   13    0      .894
1885 NY  N               OF    2     0    0    0    0         -     0    0    2 
1886 NY  N                P   64    29  107   15    3      .901
1886 NY  N               OF    1     0    0    0    0         -     0    1    0 
1887 NY  N                P   56    17  102   15    1      .888
1887 NY  N               OF    2     1    0    0    0   0 1.000     1    1    0 
1888 NY  N                P   51    29   79   10    1      .915
1888 NY  N               OF    1     1    0    1    0      .500     0    0    1 
1889 NY  N                P   47    10   78    8    3   0  .917
1890 NY  P                P   30    15   61    4    2   0  .950
1891 NY  N                P    8     3   12    1    1   0  .938
1891 PHI N                P   11     3   16    1    0   0  .950
1891 TOT N                P   19     6   28    2    1   0  .944
1892 PHI N                P   39     8   68   13    2      .854
1893 PHI N                P   22     5   32    6    1   0  .860
Total (14 Years) Splits   P  600   260 1060  166   28   0i .888
Total ( 8 Years)         OF   21    33    4    5    2   0i .881     2   16    3 
Total ( 1 Year )         3B    3     1   11    1    1   0  .923
Total ( 1 Year )         2B    1     3    4    2    0   0  .778
Year Team               POS    G    PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

                           Umpiring Record
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF
1880 NL Daily       1    1    0    0    0    0    0 
1881 NL Daily       1    1    0    0    0    0    0 
1882 NL Daily       3    3    0    0    0    0    0 
1884 AA Daily       2    2    0    0    0    0    0 
1885 NL Daily       1    1    0    0    0    0    0 
1887 NL Daily       2    1    1    0    0    0    0 
1890 PL Daily       1    0    1    0    0    0    0 
1892 NL Daily       1    0    1    0    0    0    0 
1893 NL Daily       1    1    0    0    0    0    0 
1894 NL Daily      45   42    3    0    0    0    0 
1895 NL Daily     129  128    1    0    0    0    0 
1896 NL Daily      56   47    9    0    0    0    0 
Total (12 Years)  243  227   16    0    0    0    0 
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF

Ejection Information

Date                Team   Ejected             Reason
 7- 2-1895          LOU N  John O'Brien        Fighting
 7- 2-1895          CIN N  Farmer Vaughn       Fighting
 7-23-1895          BAL N  Hughie Jennings     Balls and strikes
 8-23-1895(2)       LOU N  John McCloskey      Unknown reason
 5-29-1896          CLE N  Patsy Tebeau        Threw ball over fence

Transaction Information

Signed as a free agent by Troy Trojans (August, 1880).

Signed by Metropolitans (New York) (1883).

Released by Metropolitans (New York) (@April 2, 1885).

Signed by New York Giants (@April 12, 1885).

Released by New York Giants (July 21, 1891).

Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (August 11, 1891).

Released by Philadelphia Phillies (August, 1893).
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