Any time a pair of 300 game winners faces one another in a game, it’s a big deal. Anytime, that is, except the first time, which took place 130 years ago this week when Pud Galvin and Tim Keefe took the mound in anger. Mike and Bill look back at the colorful history of the…
Tim Keefe Position: PitcherBats: Right • Throws: Right5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)Born: January 1, 1857 in Cambridge, MA usDied: April 23, 1933 (Aged 76-112d) in Cambridge, MABuried: Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, MADebut: August 6, 1880 (Age 23-218d, 481st in major league history)Last Game: August 15, 1893 (Age 36-226d)Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1964. (Voted by Veteran’s Committee)View Tim Keefe’s Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).Full Name: Timothy John KeefeNicknames: Smiling Tim or Sir TimothyView Player Info from…
On July 27, 1964, The Hall of Fame inducts eight new members, swelling the ranks of the 25 year-old institution to 101. The recent inductees include Luke Appling, voted in by the BBWAA, along with spitballers Burleigh Grimes and Red Faber, pre-1900 era players Pud Galvin, Tim Keefe and John Montgomery, lifetime .330 hitter Heinie…
Rookie P Bill Hawke of St. Louis loads the bases with the Phillies in the 6th‚ but then fans the next three batters on the way to a 4 – 1 win. Tim Keefe takes the loss.
In a matchup of 300 game-winners at the Philadelphia Baseball Grounds, Phillies’ submarinerTim Keefe sinks Jim “Pud” Galvin and the Browns, 2-0. The next time two National League pitchers with 300 or more victories will face each other will occur in 2005 when Greg Maddux of the Cubs beats Astros ace Roger Clemens at Minute Maid Park, 3-2.
For the first time in baseball history, two 300-game winners are opponents as Tim Keefe of the Giants faces Pittsburgh’s Jim ‘Pud’ Galvin in a Players League match-up. New York beats the Burghers, 8-2, in the first of four historic confrontations between the two future members of the Hall of Fame.
1890 – Tim Keefe becomes the second pitcher in history to win 300 games as his New York (Players League) team whips Boston‚ 9 – 4. Keefe allows 8 hits‚ strikes out 7 and makes 4 errors. The two teams combine for 14 errors.
1888 – Tim Keefe’s nineteen-game winning streak ends when Gus Krock and the White Stockings defeat the Giants.
Tim Keefe’s nineteen game winning streak ends when Gus Krock and the White Stockings defeat the Giants at the Polo Grounds, 4-2. The future Hall of Fame right-hander, who will amass 342 career victories, will finish the season with a 35-12 record.
1886 – The Executive Council of the Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players, formed the previous year, meets and chooses officers. Monte Ward is re-elected president, Dan Brouthers vice president, and Tim Keefe secretary-treasurer.