Tim Keefe

Tim Keefe
Keefe in 1887
Pitcher
Born: (1857-01-01)January 1, 1857 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died: April 23, 1933(1933-04-23) (aged 76) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 6, 1880, for the Troy Trojans
Last MLB appearance
August 15, 1893, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	342–225
Earned run average	2.62
Strikeouts	2,562
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Troy Trojans (1880–1882) New York Metropolitans (1883–1884) New York Giants (1885–1889) New York Giants (PL) (1890) New York Giants (1891) Philadelphia Phillies (1891–1893)
Career highlights and awards
Triple Crown (1888) 2× NL wins leader (1886, 1888) 3× NL ERA leader (1880, 1885, 1888) NL strikeout leader (1888) MLB record 0.86 ERA, single season
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1964
Election method	Veterans Committee

Timothy John Keefe (January 1, 1857 – April 23, 1933), nicknamed "Smiling Tim" and "Sir Timothy", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He stood 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg). 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 the second MLB pitcher to record 300 wins. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.

Keefe's career spanned much of baseball's formative stages. His first season was the last in which pitchers threw from 45 feet, so for most of his career he pitched from 50 feet. His final season was the first season in which pitchers hurled from the modern distance of 60 feet, 6 inches.