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Vic
Keen		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 165
 
Born: March 16, 1899 in Usa, MD, BEL AIR
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1918 19 CHN NL   7 1 2 1 6 7 6 5 6 5
1919 20 CHN NL   7 1 2 1 6 7 6 5 6 5
1920 21 CHN NL   7 2 2 2 7 8 8 6 7 6
1921 22 CHN NL   7 2 3 2 7 8 8 6 7 6
1922 23 CHN NL $ 300,000 7 4 5 4 8 8 8 9 10 9
1923 24 CHN NL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 9 9
1924 25 CHN NL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 8 9 8 9 10 10
1925 26 CHN NL $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 10 9
1926 27 CHN NL $ 1,921,429 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 9 10 9
1927 28 CHN NL $ 2,978,571 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 9 10 9
1928 29 CHN NL $ 2,978,571 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 9 10 9
1929 30 CHN NL $ 8,000,000 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 1 2 1 6 7 6 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,000,000 7 7 7 7 8 9 8 9 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1918 19 CHN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
1919 20 CHN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
1920 21 CHN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
1921 22 CHN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
1922 23 CHN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
1923 24 CHN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
1924 25 CHN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
1925 26 CHN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
1926 27 CHN NL $ 1,921,429   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
1927 28 CHN NL $ 2,978,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
1928 29 CHN NL $ 2,978,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
1929 30 CHN NL $ 8,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1918 19 A   15 7 .682 26 26 9 4 0 212.0 146 53 12 75 159 2.25 .194 .267 .294 .561  
1919 20 AA   11 12 .478 25 25 16 3 0 214.0 203 63 8 57 183 2.65 .250 .300 .323 .623  
1920 21 AA   7 8 .467 17 17 12 3 0 144.7 117 40 6 34 108 2.49 .224 .272 .307 .578  
    A   9 3 .750 12 12 6 3 0 99.7 79 22 4 15 79 1.99 .214 .244 .297 .541  
1921 22 AA   9 14 .391 29 29 12 2 0 219.3 264 110 18 63 152 4.51 .299 .346 .403 .749  
1922 23 CHN NL 13 7 .650 39 24 14 2 0 229.7 238 92 12 94 63 3.61 .269 .341 .382 .723 20.9
1923 24 CHN NL 14 16 .467 38 38 18 1 0 293.0 356 175 25 86 92 5.38 .301 .346 .439 .785 11.4
1924 25 CHN NL 17 16 .515 39 39 24 1 0 317.0 344 135 15 87 98 3.83 .276 .323 .377 .700 21.7
1925 26 CHN NL 5 2 .714 11 8 6 1 1 74.0 60 18 2 18 24 2.19 .221 .271 .332 .604 8.5
1926 27 CHN NL 17 17 .500 39 39 30 2 0 324.0 335 140 13 100 122 3.89 .267 .319 .382 .702 20.1
1927 28 CHN NL 21 18 .538 39 39 31 1 0 320.7 316 142 15 104 112 3.99 .261 .319 .380 .699 21.3
1928 29 CHN NL 22 13 .629 39 39 30 2 0 328.7 292 112 21 96 127 3.07 .237 .291 .354 .646 26.5
1929 30 CHN NL 23 14 .622 39 39 29 1 0 335.7 330 135 21 107 148 3.62 .259 .317 .387 .704 29.3
8 Years Sim 132 103 .562 283 265 182 11 1 2222.6 2271 949 124 692 786 3.84 .265 .320 .384 .704 159.6
3 Years AA 27 34 .443 71 71 40 8 0 578.0 584 213 32 154 443 3.32 .264 .311 .351 .662  
2 Years A 24 10 .706 38 38 15 7 0 311.7 225 75 16 90 238 2.17 .201 .260 .295 .555  
5 Years Minors 51 44 .537 109 109 55 15 0 889.7 809 288 48 244 681 2.91 .242 .294 .332 .626  
Season Average 16 12 .571 35 33 22 1 0 277.8 283 118 15 86 98 3.84 .265 .320 .384 .704  
Career Highs 23 18 .714 39 39 31 2 1 335.7 356 175 25 107 148 5.38 .301 .346 .439 .785  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1067 448 45 286 470   .251 .299 .357 .655
vs LH   1204 501 79 406 316   .279 .341 .411 .752
Home 68 52 .567 145 135 95 3 1 1163.3 1188 511 69 387 396 3.95 .266 .324 .391 .715
Away 64 51 .557 138 130 87 8 0 1059.3 1083 438 55 305 390 3.72 .265 .316 .376 .692
Mar/Apr 8 16 .333 34 31 20 2 0 256.7 268 116 16 86 91 4.07 .269 .327 .394 .720
May 22 20 .524 54 46 31 0 0 394.7 436 186 22 114 142 4.24 .279 .328 .402 .730
June 27 14 .659 50 46 28 1 0 386.7 370 163 21 133 135 3.79 .252 .315 .368 .683
July 23 21 .523 50 49 33 2 0 401.0 419 195 32 126 144 4.38 .273 .328 .423 .751
August 26 17 .605 51 49 35 3 1 407.7 401 151 17 127 145 3.33 .258 .314 .351 .665
Sep/Oct 26 15 .634 44 44 38 3 0 376.0 377 138 16 106 129 3.30 .262 .312 .368 .680
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1922 23 CHN NL 39 71 6 18 4 1 0 7 0 1 2 15 .254 .274 .338 .612 6.0 0.0
1923 24 CHN NL 38 102 8 12 3 0 0 6 0 0 5 26 .118 .159 .147 .306 0.0 0.0
1924 25 CHN NL 39 105 10 23 7 0 0 14 1 0 8 31 .219 .274 .286 .560 8.4 0.0
1925 26 CHN NL 11 26 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 .077 .077 .154 .231 -0.7 0.0
1926 27 CHN NL 39 113 8 17 5 0 0 8 0 0 3 23 .150 .171 .195 .366 1.2 0.0
1927 28 CHN NL 39 107 14 23 2 2 0 9 1 0 4 26 .215 .250 .271 .521 6.7 0.0
1928 29 CHN NL 39 109 5 16 2 0 0 7 0 0 5 20 .147 .181 .165 .346 2.4 0.0
1929 30 CHN NL 39 117 14 25 8 0 1 11 0 0 8 19 .214 .264 .308 .572 8.9 0.0
8 Years Sim 283 750 66 136 31 4 1 63 2 1 35 172 .181 .218 .237 .455 32.8 0.0
162 Game Average 429 37 77 17 2 0 36 1 0 20 98 .181 .218 .237 .455 18.8  
Career Highs 39 117 14 25 8 2 1 14 1 1 8 31 .254 .274 .338 .612 8.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   536 51 107 26 4 0 50 2 1 22 119 .200 .231 .263 .494 27.7
vs LH   214 15 29 5 0 1 13 0 0 13 53 .136 .185 .173 .358 3.2
Home 145 368 38 73 17 3 1 31 0 0 17 81 .198 .235 .269 .504 20.3
Away 138 382 28 63 14 1 0 32 2 1 18 91 .165 .201 .207 .408 10.7
RISP   202 0 33 9 1 0 54 0 0 10 46 .163 .200 .218 .418 6.2
Close/Late   68 9 15 1 1 0 4 0 0 3 11 .221 .254 .265 .518 4.2
Mar/Apr 31 88 4 11 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 25 .125 .144 .159 .304 -0.5
May 54 125 8 16 3 0 0 10 0 0 7 38 .128 .172 .152 .324 0.6
June 50 129 13 29 10 0 0 14 0 1 7 27 .225 .263 .302 .565 9.2
July 49 137 15 32 10 2 0 16 0 0 9 26 .234 .281 .336 .617 12.3
August 49 145 13 22 3 0 1 12 1 0 5 33 .152 .185 .193 .379 2.7
Sep/Oct 44 126 13 26 4 1 0 9 1 0 5 23 .206 .237 .254 .491 6.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1922 23 CHN NL P 39 24 229.7 18 48 2 3 .971 2.59    
1923 24 CHN NL P 38 38 293.0 19 66 2 5 .977 2.61    
1924 25 CHN NL P 39 39 317.0 19 70 5 2 .947 2.53    
1925 26 CHN NL P 11 8 74.0 9 15 0 0 1.000 2.92    
1926 27 CHN NL P 39 39 324.0 25 63 2 4 .978 2.44    
1927 28 CHN NL P 39 39 320.7 17 44 3 9 .953 1.71    
1928 29 CHN NL P 39 39 328.7 24 69 3 3 .969 2.55    
1929 30 CHN NL P 39 39 335.7 27 60 5 5 .946 2.33    
Career Totals   283 265 2222.6 158 435 22 31 .964 2.40    
Career Highs   39 39 335.7 27 70 5 9 1.000 2.92    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1928 29 CHN NL 1 2 .333 4 4 2 0 0 29.0 25 12 0 7 16 3.72 .227 .274 .264 .537
1929 30 CHN NL 1 1 .500 4 4 1 0 0 34.3 24 8 0 6 15 2.10 .183 .219 .252 .471
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 3 .400 8 8 3 0 0 63.3 49 20 0 13 31 2.84 .203 .244 .257 .501
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1928 29 CHN NL 4 10 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .300 .300 .400 .700
1929 30 CHN NL 4 10 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .100 .167 .200 .367
Career Post-Season Batting 8 20 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .200 .227 .300 .527
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1922-2-3.61
1924-9-3.83
1928-3-3.07
1929-5-3.62
 Wins
1924-7-17
1926-10-17
1927-5-21
1928-3-22
1929-2-23
 Losses
1923-6-16
1924-7-16
1926-5-17
1927-4-18
 Winning Pct
1922-4-.650
1928-5-.629
1929-3-.622
CAR-47-.562
 Games Pitched
1924-9-39
1926-9-39
1928-10-39
1929-6-39
 Games Started
1924-3-39
1926-6-39
1927-7-39
1928-8-39
1929-3-39
Complete Games
1924-9-24
1926-2-30
1927-2-31
1928-5-30
1929-4-29
 Shutouts
1922-3-2
1923-7-1
1924-7-1
1926-5-2
1928-6-2
 Innings Pitched
1924-4-317.0
1926-5-324.0
1927-8-320.7
1928-8-328.7
1929-2-335.7
 Hits Allowed
1923-3-356
1924-7-344
1926-6-335
 Homeruns Allowed
1923-6-25
1924-10-15
1928-5-21
1929-8-21
CAR-16-124
 Strikeouts
1924-7-98
1926-4-122
1927-6-112
1928-3-127
1929-1-148
Walks Allowed
1927-7-104
1928-10-96
1929-6-107
 Walks per 9IP
1923-9-2.6
 Hits per 9IP
1922-7-9.3
1924-10-9.8
1927-4-8.9
1928-2-8.0
1929-4-8.8
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1926-4-3.4
1927-8-3.1
1928-2-3.5
1929-2-4.0
 WHiP
1924-6-1.36
1926-8-1.34
1927-8-1.31
1928-4-1.18
1929-6-1.30
 OAVG
1922-7-.269
1924-10-.276
1927-4-.261
1928-2-.237
1929-5-.259
OOBP
1924-6-.323
1926-9-.319
1927-8-.319
1928-3-.291
1929-9-.317
 OSLG
1928-8-.354
 OOPS
1924-10-.700
1927-8-.699
1928-5-.646
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 124    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)
 
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  5. Heinie Meine (948)
  6. Smokey Joe Williams (944)
  7. Doc Newton (933)
  8. Ralph Comstock (932)
  9. Joe Shaute (924)
  10. Vic Willis (916)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Willie Foster (992)
  2. Howard Ehmke (988)
  3. Rosy Ryan (986)
  4. Andy Cooper (979)
  5. Gus Dorner (978)
  6. Earl Whitehill (975)
  7. Vic Willis (974)
  8. Roy Wilkinson (974)
  9. Rube Waddell (973)
  10. Dutch Ruether (973)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 1918
Injured on 5/29/1918 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 8/23/1918 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 8/20/1919 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Earned first career win on 5/15/1922
Had first career hit on 5/23/1922, off Frank Shellenback (BSN)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1922, going 4-1, 1.87
Injured on 5/14/1925 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1925, going 3-0, 1.80
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,921,429 through salary arbitration
2/12/1927: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,978,571 through salary arbitration
2/12/1928: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,978,571 through salary arbitration
 
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