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Dave Keefe

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg)

Born: January 9, 1897 in Williston, VT us

Died: February 4, 1978 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Cemetery, Richmond, VT

High School: Goddard Seminary (Plainfield, VT)

Last Game: August 5, 1922 (Age 25-208d)
vs. NYY 2.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1920 season

Full Name: David Edwin Keefe

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.3

ERA

4.15

353.2

126

WHIP

1.459

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1917	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	B		6	22	.214			72						120.0	191	94			56							2.058
1917	20	-3.8	Hartford	EL	B		4	9	.308		3.30	57						120.0	102	44			27							1.075	7.7		2.0
1917	20	-7.2	Harrisburg	NYSL	B		2	13	.133			15							89	50			29
1917	20	-6.2	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	1	0	1.000	1.80	7.20	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	5	4	1	0	4		1	0	0	0	22	1.800	9.0	0.0	7.2	1.8	0.25

1919	22	-1.6	Reading	IL	AA		10	17	.370			34							239	123	93		61		101	11	0	9							1.66
1919	22	-5.2	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	0	1	.000	4.00	4.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	8	4	4	0	3		5	0	0	0	36	1.222	8.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	1.67
1920	23	-4.2	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	6	7	.462	2.97	4.14	31	13	15	7	1	0	130.1	129	60	43	2	30		41	6	1	1	528	1.220	8.9	0.1	2.1	2.8	1.37
1921	24	-3.3	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	2	9	.182	4.68	6.55	44	12	18	4	0	2	173.0	214	126	90	19	64		68	5	0	7	784	1.607	11.1	1.0	3.3	3.5	1.06
1922	25	-3.0	Milwaukee	AA	AA		2	5	.286	6.00	6.95	9						57.0	68	44	38		28							1.684	10.7		4.4
1922	25	-2.5	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	0	0		6.19	7.43	18	1	8	0	0	0	36.1	47	30	25	2	12		11	0	0	2	159	1.624	11.6	0.5	3.0	2.7	0.92
1923	26	-2.7	Milwaukee	AA	AA		8	20	.286	6.03	6.73	35						218.0	302	163	146		83							1.766	12.5		3.4
1924	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA		8	7	.533	6.24	7.43	33						160.0	211	132	111		48							1.619	11.9		2.7
1924	27	-1.4	Portland	PCL	AA		5	3	.625	6.77	7.93	22						109.0	147	96	82		35							1.670	12.1		2.9
1924	27	-1.5	Milwaukee	AA	AA		3	4	.429	5.12	6.35	11						51.0	64	36	29		13							1.510	11.3		2.3
1925	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA		7	9	.438		3.56	20						86.0	73	34	26		32
1925	28	-0.5	Portland	PCL	AA		1	3	.250			5						7.0
1925	28	0.8	Waterbury	EL	A		6	6	.500	2.96	3.87	15						79.0	73	34	26		32							1.329	8.3		3.6
1926	29		4 Teams	3 Lgs	A-AA		15	14				44						236.0	242	118	95		79
1926	29	2.3	Buffalo	IL	AA		0	1	.000			2
1926	29	0.8	Portland	PCL	AA
1926	29	0.8	Sacramento	PCL	AA
1926	29	1.0	Waterbury	EL	A		13	6	.684	2.69	3.68	25						164.0	159	67	49		51							1.280	8.7		2.8
1927	30	1.8	Sacramento	PCL	AA		13	7	.650	4.65	7.85	45						149.0	167	130	77		44							1.416	10.1		2.7
1928	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA		8	8	.500	4.91	6.02	32						163.0	206	109	89		32							1.460	11.4		1.8
1928	31	2.6	Sacramento	PCL	AA		3	5	.375	5.20	5.58	12						71.0	82	44	41		11							1.310	10.4		1.4
1928	31	1.5	Memphis	SOUA	A		5	3	.625	4.70	6.36	20						92.0	124	65	48		21							1.576	12.1		2.1
1929	32	5.6	Knoxville	SALL	B		10	13	.435	4.05	4.57	29						189.0	230	96	85		27							1.360	11.0		1.3
1930	33	5.1	Providence	EL	A		10	8	.556	5.10	5.36	27						136.0	156	81	77		33							1.390	10.3		2.2
1931	34	7.6	Norfolk	EL	A		13	11	.542	3.31	4.20	35						242.0	261	113	89		37							1.231	9.7		1.4
1932	35	7.6	Wilkes-Barre	NYPL	B		1	0	1.000			3						7.0	11				2							1.857	14.1		2.6
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (5 seasons)					Majors		9	17	.346	4.15	5.70	97	27	43	12	1	2	353.2	403	224	163	23	113		126	11	1	10	1529	1.459	10.3	0.6	2.9	3.2	1.12
Minors (13 seasons)					Minors		109	134				401						1691.0	2274	1186	880		534		101	11	0	9
All Levels (15 Seasons)							118	151				498	27	43	12	1	2	2044.2	2677	1410	1043	23	647		227	22	1	19	1529

AA (8 seasons)					Minors		45	65				175						662.0	1069	636	506		275		101	11	0	9
A (5 seasons)					Minors		47	34	.580	3.65	4.54	122						713.0	773	360	289		174							1.328	9.8		2.2
B (3 seasons)					Minors		17	35	.327			104						316.0	432	190	85		85							1.636