Vic Keen
[edit] Biography
Born on March 16, 1899 in Bel Air, Maryland, Vic Keen (Howard Victor Keen) played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 8 year career. Keen broke into the bigs on August 13, 1918 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 3.00 ERA in 177 innings pitched in 1923, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Vic Keen's best season was 1924, when he posted a 3.80 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 75 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1918
| PHI
| A
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3.38
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 9
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| CHI
| N
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 4.68
| 9
| 17
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 29
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1922
| CHI
| N
| 7
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 3.89
| 11
| 20
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 34.2
| 36
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1923
| CHI
| N
| 35
| 17
| 12
| 8
| 3.00
| 46
| 70
| 59
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 177
| 169
| 8
| 57
| 0
| 2
| 5
|
| 1924
| CHI
| N
| 40
| 28
| 15
| 14
| 3.80
| 75
| 112
| 99
| 15
| 0
| 3
| 234.2
| 242
| 17
| 80
| 0
| 4
| 4
|
| 1925
| CHI
| N
| 30
| 8
| 2
| 6
| 6.26
| 19
| 61
| 58
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 83.1
| 125
| 8
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| STL
| N
| 26
| 21
| 10
| 9
| 4.56
| 29
| 89
| 77
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 152
| 179
| 15
| 42
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1927
| STL
| N
| 21
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 4.81
| 12
| 21
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 33.2
| 39
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 164
| 80
| 42
| 43
| 4.12
| 201
| 390
| 339
| 41
| 1
| 6
| 740.1
| 819
| 55
| 247
| 0
| 10
| 14
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3.38
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 9
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 165
| 81
| 42
| 44
| 4.11
| 202
| 393
| 342
| 41
| 1
| 6
| 748.1
| 828
| 56
| 248
| 0
| 10
| 14
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1918
| PHI
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1921
| CHI
| N
| P
| 5
| 4
| 25
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1922
| CHI
| N
| P
| 7
| 2
| 34.2
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| .889
|
| 1923
| CHI
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 35
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .930
|
| 1924
| CHI
| N
| P
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 42
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1925
| CHI
| N
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 26
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1926
| STL
| N
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1927
| STL
| N
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 165
| 6
| 59.2
| 20
| 155
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| .962
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1918
| PHI
| A
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| CHI
| N
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .167
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| CHI
| N
| 7
| 12
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1923
| CHI
| N
| 35
| 53
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 2
| .151
| .167
| .189
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 16
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| CHI
| N
| 40
| 77
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 8
| .156
| .198
| .169
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 23
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| CHI
| N
| 30
| 25
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .240
| .240
| .280
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| STL
| N
| 26
| 53
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .057
| .091
| .057
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| STL
| N
| 21
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 164
| 229
| 18
| 34
| 0
| 12
| .148
| .177
| .166
| 4
| 0
| 8
| 69
| 0
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 165
| 230
| 18
| 34
| 0
| 12
| .148
| .176
| .165
| 4
| 0
| 8
| 70
| 0
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Jimmy Cooney (December 11, 1925).
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