Tim Keefe

Timothy John "Tim" Keefe (January 1, 1857 – April 23, 1933), nicknamed "Smiling Tim" and "Sir Timothy", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He was one of the most dominating pitchers of the 19th century and posted impressive statistics in one category or another for almost every season he pitched. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.

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Major League pitching statistics for Tim Keefe.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1880	TRO	6-6	0.86	12	12	12	0	0	105	68	27	10	16	39
1881	TRO	18-27	3.24	45	45	45	4	0	403	434	241	145	83	103
1882	TRO	17-26	2.49	43	42	41	1	0	376	367	221	104	78	111
1883	NYP	41-27	2.41	68	68	68	5	0	619	488	244	166	108	359
1884	NYP	37-17	2.25	58	58	56	4	0	483	380	196	121	71	334
1885	NYG	32-13	1.58	46	46	45	7	0	400	300	154	70	102	227
1886	NYG	42-20	2.56	64	64	62	2	0	535	479	250	152	102	297
1887	NYG	35-19	3.12	56	56	54	2	0	476	428	256	165	108	189
1888	NYG	35-12	1.74	51	51	48	8	0	434	317	143	84	90	335
1889	NYG	28-13	3.36	47	45	39	3	1	364	319	216	136	151	225
1890	NYI	17-11	3.38	30	30	23	1	0	229	225	137	86	89	89
1891	PHI	3-6	3.91	11	10	9	0	1	78	82	55	34	30	34
1891	NYG	2-5	5.24	8	7	4	0	0	55	70	57	32	27	30
1892	PHI	19-16	2.36	39	38	31	2	0	313	279	142	82	98	136
1893	PHI	10-7	4.40	22	22	17	0	0	178	202	131	87	80	56
Career		342-225	-	600	594	554	39	2	-	4438	2470	1474	1233	2564

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Major League fielding statistics for Tim Keefe.

Year	Team	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1880	TRO	12	-	7	22	0	0	1.000
1881	TRO	46	-	23	79	17	5	0.857
1882	TRO	53	-	52	102	14	6	0.917
1883	NYP	70	-	38	146	25	3	0.880
1884	NYP	62	-	26	95	31	3	0.796
1885	NYG	47	-	30	80	13	0	0.894
1886	NYG	64	-	29	107	15	3	0.901
1887	NYG	56	-	18	102	15	1	0.889
1888	NYG	51	-	30	79	11	1	0.908
1889	NYG	47	-	10	78	8	3	0.917
1890	NYI	30	-	15	61	4	2	0.950
1891	PHI	11	-	3	16	1	0	0.950
1891	NYG	8	-	3	12	1	1	0.938
1892	PHI	39	-	8	68	13	2	0.854
1893	PHI	22	-	5	32	6	1	0.860
Career		618	-	297	1079	174	31	-

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Major League batting statistics for Tim Keefe.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1880	TRO	12	43	4	10	3	0	0	3		1	12	0.233	0.250	0.302
1881	TRO	46	152	18	35	7	1	0	19		21	26	0.230	0.324	0.289
1882	TRO	53	189	24	43	8	7	1	19		17	46	0.228	0.291	0.360
1883	NYP	70	259	39	57	6	9	0	0		14		0.220	0.260	0.313
1884	NYP	62	210	27	50	3	6	3	0		18		0.238	0.301	0.352
1885	NYG	47	166	20	27	1	5	0	12		13	22	0.163	0.223	0.229
1886	NYG	64	205	26	35	10	1	1	20	3	17	42	0.171	0.234	0.244
1887	NYG	56	191	27	42	7	6	2	23	2	20	41	0.220	0.294	0.351
1888	NYG	51	181	10	23	3	0	2	8	3	4	56	0.127	0.146	0.177
1889	NYG	47	149	17	23	5	2	0	8	2	8	40	0.154	0.197	0.215
1890	NYI	30	92	18	10	1	0	2	11	0	13	26	0.109	0.234	0.185
1891	PHI	11	29	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	4	16	0.172	0.273	0.241
1891	NYG	8	21	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	13	0.095	0.208	0.095
1892	PHI	39	117	6	10	2	0	1	3	1	13	47	0.085	0.183	0.128
1893	PHI	22	79	10	18	4	0	0	6	1	9	24	0.228	0.307	0.278
Career		618	2083	248	390	60	38	12	134	13	175	411	-	-	-

First Name	Timothy
Middle Name	John
Last Name	Keefe
Full Name at Birth	Timothy John Keefe
Other Names	Smiling Tim Sir Timothy
Age	76 (age at death)
Date of Birth	January 1, 1857
Birthplace	Cambridge, MA
Date of Death	April 23, 1933
Location of Death	Cambridge, MA
Buried	Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, MA
Height	5' 10" (178 cm)
Weight	185 lbs (83.9 kg)
Star Sign	Capricorn
Nationality	American
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Right
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	6 August 1880
Last MLB Game	15 August 1893
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1964.