Tim Keefe Marquee Hall of Fame 1964

b. January 1, 1857 · Troy Trojans 1880–1882, New York Metropolitans 1883–1884, New York Giants 1885–1891, Philadelphia Phillies 1891–1893

His first major league work, twelve games for Troy in 1880, produced a 0.86 earned run average over 105 innings. He won 342 games against 225 losses, tenth on the all-time list, struck out 2,564, and completed 554 of his 594 starts. His career earned run average was 2.63.

In 1883 he started 68 games for the New York Metropolitans and finished every one, working 619 innings and striking out 359. Five years later he won the pitching Triple Crown, going 35-12 with eight shutouts and 335 strikeouts, and the Giants won the championship in 1888 and again in 1889.

He was secretary of the Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players and helped organize the 1890 Players' League, then pitched for its New York club and returned to the National League when it folded. The veterans committee first considered him in 1936 and elected him in 1964, thirty-one years after he died.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Triple Crown (pitching)	1	1888

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1880	TRO	12	43	4	10	3	0	0	3	1	12	0	.233
1881	TRO	46	152	18	35	7	1	0	19	21	26	0	.230
1882	TRO	53	189	24	43	8	7	1	19	17	46	0	.228
1883	NYP	70	259	39	57	6	9	0	0	14	0	0	.220
1884	NYP	62	210	27	50	3	6	3	0	18	0	0	.238
1885	NYG	47	166	20	27	1	5	0	12	13	22	0	.163
1886	NYG	64	205	26	35	10	1	1	20	17	42	3	.171
1887	NYG	56	191	27	42	7	6	2	23	20	41	2	.220
1888	NYG	51	181	10	23	3	0	2	8	4	56	3	.127
1889	NYG	47	149	17	23	5	2	0	8	8	40	2	.154
1890	NYI	30	92	18	10	1	0	2	11	13	26	0	.109
1891	NYG/PHI	19	50	2	7	0	1	0	2	7	29	1	.140
1892	PHI	39	117	6	10	2	0	1	3	13	47	1	.085
1893	PHI	22	79	10	18	4	0	0	6	9	24	1	.228
Career	—	618	2083	248	390	60	38	12	134	175	411	13	.187

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1880	TRO	6	6	12	12	0	105.0	68	10	16	39	0.86
1881	TRO	18	27	45	45	0	403.0	434	145	83	103	3.24
1882	TRO	17	26	43	42	0	376.0	367	104	78	111	2.49
1883	NYP	41	27	68	68	0	619.0	488	166	108	359	2.41
1884	NYP	37	17	58	58	0	483.0	380	121	71	334	2.25
1885	NYG	32	13	46	46	0	400.0	300	70	102	227	1.57
1886	NYG	42	20	64	64	0	535.0	479	152	102	297	2.56
1887	NYG	35	19	56	56	0	476.2	428	165	108	189	3.12
1888	NYG	35	12	51	51	0	434.1	317	84	90	335	1.74
1889	NYG	28	13	47	45	1	364.0	319	136	151	225	3.36
1890	NYI	17	11	30	30	0	229.0	225	86	89	89	3.38
1891	NYG/PHI	5	11	19	17	1	133.1	152	66	57	64	4.46
1892	PHI	19	16	39	38	0	313.1	279	82	98	136	2.36
1893	PHI	10	7	22	22	0	178.0	202	87	80	56	4.40
Career	—	342	225	600	594	2	5049.2	4438	1474	1233	2564	2.63

On this day & linked events

1857

Born January 1, 1857

Cambridge, MA, USA

1933

Died April 23, 1933

1880

Major-league debut: Tim Keefe

Tim Keefe made a major-league debut on August 6, 1880.

1893

Final major-league game: Tim Keefe

Tim Keefe played a final major-league game on August 15, 1893.

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