Robert Keys - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Robert Keys

Robert Keys
(Zeke; Spike; Youngie)

Born: October 9, 1912 in LeFlore, MS

Bats:

Throws: R

Ht: 5'8"

Wt: 160

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Notes:

• College: Piney Woods College (Piney Woods, MS)

Pitching

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1940	JNL	MEX	27	SP	2	3	.400	7	5		3	0		38.1	18	16	32		19	18			1	163	3.76	126
1941	MRS	NAL	28	SP	1	1	.500	2	2		2	1	0	17.0	12	11	19	0	6	7	2	0	0	77	5.82	65
1942	BBB/MRS	NAL	29	RP	1	1	.500	4	1		1	0	0	17.0	23	20	28	4	8	3	0	0	1	85	10.59	37
1943	MRS/PS	NAL/NN2	30	SP	3	4	.429	8	7		5	0	0	58.1	38	30	67	1	20	29	0	0	1	260	4.63	90
1944	JN2/MRS	MEX/NAL	31	SP	3	5	.375	9	8		3	1	0	47.2	29	19	42	0	22	9	0	0	1	210	3.59	101
1945	MRS	NAL	32	SP	0	2	.000	3	2		1	0	0	12.2	14	6	15	2	11	1	1	0	0	66	4.26	100
6	5			SP	10	16	.385	33	25		15	2	0	191.0	134	102	203	7	86	67	3	0	4	861	4.81	84
162 Game Average					12	19	.385	39	29		18	2	0	224.0	157	120	238	13	101	79	4	0	5	1009	4.81	84

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
5	Negro Leagues				6	11	.353	21	16		11	1	0	135.0	98	72	156	7	57	49	3	0	3	624	4.80	80
2	vs Latin Leagues				4	5	.444	12	9		4	1		56.0	36	30	47		29	18	0	0	1	237	4.82	92

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	La Junta de Nuevo Laredo I			SP	2	3	.400	7	5		3	0		38.1	18	16	32		19	18			1	163	3.76	126
5	Memphis Red Sox			SP	3	11	.214	17	14		9	1	0	107.1	88	66	127	7	47	32	3	0	2	502	5.53	68
1	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	1	0	1.000	1	0		0	0	0	6.0	1	0	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	25	0.00	0
1	Philadelphia Stars			SP	2	0	1.000	3	2		2	0	0	21.2	9	6	24	0	7	16	0	0	1	97	2.49	203
1	La Junta de Nuevo Laredo II			-	2	2	.500	5	4		1	1		17.2	18	14	15		10	0	0	0	0	74	7.13	59

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1940	JNL	MEX	27	SP	38.1		1.33	1.54		11.0%	11.9%		11.7%	9.5%		0.95	1.25
1941	MRS	NAL	28	SP	17.0		1.47	1.29		9.1%	15.5%		7.8%	7.6%		1.17	2.02		0.0%	0.6%
1942	BBB/MRS	NAL	29	RP	17.0		2.12	1.38		3.5%	11.8%		9.4%	7.5%		0.38	1.56		4.7%	0.7%
1943	MRS/PS	NAL/NN2	30	SP	58.1		1.49	1.39		11.2%	11.6%		7.7%	8.4%		1.45	1.46		0.4%	0.6%
1944	JN2/MRS	MEX/NAL	31	SP	47.2		1.34	1.38		4.3%	10.2%		10.5%	9.4%		0.41	1.32		0.0%
1945	MRS	NAL	32	SP	12.2		2.05	1.38		1.5%	12.1%		16.7%	8.0%		0.09	1.52		3.0%	0.7%
6	5			SP	191.0		1.51	1.41		7.8%	11.9%		10.0%	8.5%		0.78	1.45		1.1%	0.6%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
5	Negro Leagues				135.0		1.58	1.35		7.9%	12.4%		9.1%	7.8%		0.86	1.60		1.1%	0.6%
2	vs Latin Leagues				56.0		1.36	1.55		7.6%	10.7%		12.2%	10.1%		0.62	1.07

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1	La Junta de Nuevo Laredo I			SP	38.1		1.33	1.54		11.0%	11.9%		11.7%	9.5%		0.95	1.25
5	Memphis Red Sox			SP	107.1		1.62	1.31		6.4%	12.7%		9.4%	7.6%		0.68	1.68		1.4%	0.5%
1	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	6.0		1.33	1.35		4.0%	11.8%		12.0%	7.4%		0.33	1.59		0.0%	0.7%
1	Philadelphia Stars			SP	21.2		1.43	1.56		16.5%	11.2%		7.2%	9.4%		2.29	1.20		0.0%	0.7%
1	La Junta de Nuevo Laredo II			-	17.2		1.42	1.57		0.0%	7.9%		13.5%	11.5%		0.00	0.69

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1940	JNL	MEX	27	SP	7	163	0	18	32						19	18		1					2.600
1941	MRS	NAL	28	SP	2	77	71	12	19	2	1	0	2		6	7		0	0		1	.268	.325	.324	.649
1942	BBB/MRS	NAL	29	RP	4	85	75	23	28	5	0	4	1		8	3		1	1		1	.373	.440	.600	1.040
1943	MRS/PS	NAL/NN2	30	SP	8	260	236	38	67	12	4	1	1		20	29		1	3		3	.284	.342	.381	.724
1944	JN2/MRS	MEX/NAL	31	SP	9	210	180	29	42	3	0	0	3		22	9		1	7		2	.233	.320	.250	.570
1945	MRS	NAL	32	SP	3	66	53	14	15	0	1	2	1		11	1		0	2		0	.283	.406	.434	.840
6	5			SP	33	861	615	134	203	22	6	7	8		86	67		4	13		7	.330	.416	.383	.799

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
5	Negro Leagues				21	624	551	98	156	22	6	7	8		57	49		3	13		7	.283	.354	.383	.736
2	vs Latin Leagues				12	237	64	36	47						29	18		1				.734	.819	.000	.000

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	La Junta de Nuevo Laredo I			SP	7	163	0	18	32						19	18		1				.000	2.600	.000	.000
5	Memphis Red Sox			SP	17	502	442	88	127	19	5	7	8		47	32		2	11		7	.287	.358	.400	.759
1	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	1	25	21	1	5	0	0	0	0		3	1		0	1		0	.238	.333	.238	.571
1	Philadelphia Stars			SP	3	97	88	9	24	3	1	0	0		7	16		1	1		0	.273	.333	.330	.663
1	La Junta de Nuevo Laredo II			-	5	74	64	18	15						10	0		0				.234	.338	.000	.000

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