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| Pitcher | ||
| Born: July 3, 1955 | ||
| Batted: Right | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| September 3, 1977 for the Oakland Athletics |
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| Final game | ||
| October 2, 1986 for the Houston Astros |
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| Career statistics | ||
| Record | 58-84 | |
| ERA | 4. In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) The Houston Astros are a Professional baseball team based in Houston Texas. In Baseball statistics, earned run average ( ERA) is the Mean of Earned runs given up by a Pitcher per nine Innings pitched 17 | |
| Strikeouts | 590 | |
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Matthew Lon Keough (born July 3, 1955 in Pomona, California) Drafted by the Oakland A's out of Corona del Mar high school in 1973. In Baseball or Softball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by SO or K) occurs when a batter receives three strikes The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2 Reggie Jackson, Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Philadelphia Phillies (4-1 Rick Dempsey, The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Philadelphia Phillies (4-1 Rick Dempsey, The St Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards " or "the Redbirds " are a professional Baseball team based in St Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Kansas City Royals over St The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Mets over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Ray Knight, MVP The Houston Astros are a Professional baseball team based in Houston Texas. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Mets over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Ray Knight, MVP The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Pomona is the 5th largest city in Los Angeles County (after Los Angeles, Long Beach, Glendale, and Santa Clarita) Keough is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1977 through 1986 for the Oakland Athletics (1977-1983), New York Yankees (1983), St. Louis Cardinals (1985), Chicago Cubs (1986) and Houston Astros (1986). In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2 Reggie Jackson, Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Mets over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Ray Knight, MVP The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. The St Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards " or "the Redbirds " are a professional Baseball team based in St The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. The Houston Astros are a Professional baseball team based in Houston Texas. Keough batted and threw right handed. He is son of Marty Keough and nephew of Joe Keough, who also played in the majors. Richard Martin Keough (born April 14, 1934 in Oakland California) is a former Outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from Joseph William Keough (born January 7, 1946 in Pomona California) is a former Right fielder in Major League Baseball who played from His son, Shane Keough, currently is a minor league prospect for the Oakland Athletics organization. Shane Keough AKA "The Shane" (born September 11, 1986) is a minor league outfielder in the Oakland Athletics Part of the History of baseball series Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of Professional baseball leagues in North
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Career
In a nine-season career, Keough posted a 54-84 record with 590 strikeouts and a 4. In Baseball or Softball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by SO or K) occurs when a batter receives three strikes 17 ERA in 1190 innings pitched, including seven shutouts and 57 complete games. In Baseball statistics, earned run average ( ERA) is the Mean of Earned runs given up by a Pitcher per nine Innings pitched In Baseball, innings pitched (IP are the number of Innings a Pitcher has completed measured by the number of batters and Baserunners In team sports in American English a shutout (a clean sheet in Soccer) refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring In Baseball, a complete game (denoted by CG) is the act of a Pitcher pitching an entire game himself without the benefit of a Relief pitcher
Keough was signed by Oakland as an infielder. Baseball teams take turns one "out" in the field and one "in" at bat He was supposed to replace departed Sal Bando at third base, but after hit a disappointing . Salvatore Leonard Bando (born February 13 1944 in Cleveland Ohio) is a former Third baseman and executive in Professional baseball A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in Baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of 210 in Double-A in 1976, he was converted to a pitcher. Keough joined Oakland a year later. He was selected to the All-Star Game in his rookie season for the 1978 Athletics, recording a 3. The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League For the Walt Disney Pictures film about Jim Morris, see The Rookie (2002 movie. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2 Bucky Dent, MVP 24 ERA despite his 8-15 mark. In 1979, he tied a major league record by losing his first 14 decisions and finished with a 2-17 record. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over Baltimore Orioles (4-3 Willie Stargell, His winning percentage of . In Sports, a winning percentage is the Fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won 105 was the worst recorded by a major league pitcher since 1916, which was shared between Jack Nabors and Tom Sheehan. Champions World Series: Boston Red Sox over Brooklyn Robins (4-1 Awards and honors Thomas Clancy Sheehan ( March 31 1894 — October 29, 1982) was an American Pitcher, scout and manager
But Keough resurged in 1980 with a 16-13 mark, earning AL Comeback Player of the Year honors. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Philadelphia Phillies over Kansas City Royals (4-2 Mike Schmidt, MVP In the 1981 strike-shortened season he finished 10-6, helping Oakland to clinch the AL Division Series. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Yankees (4-2 Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero In Major League Baseball, the American League Division Series ( ALDS) determines which two teams from the American League will advance to the American He pitched well in a losing effort in Game Three of the AL Championship Series, giving up one earned run in 8-1/3 innings in a game won by the New York Yankees 4–0. Keough slumped again in 1982, tying for the AL lead with 18 losses against 11 wins in 34 starts. He also walked more batters than he struck out (101-to-75) and led the league in home runs (38) and earned runs (133) allowed. A base on balls ( BB) is credited to a batter and against a pitcher in Baseball statistics when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire
In the 1983 mid-season Keough was traded to the New York Yankees. Nursing a sore arm, he spent parts of two seasons in the minors and returned to the majors with the St. Louis Cardinals late in 1985. The next year, he divided his playing time between Triple-A, the Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs. In 1987 he joined the Hanshin Tigers in Japan and pitched for them until 1990. The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Koshien Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and are in the Central League. Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of Baseball in Japan. He attempted a comeback to the major leagues with the Anaheim Angels in 1991 spring training but did not make the roster. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. In Major League Baseball, spring training is a series of practices and exhibition games preceding the start of the Regular season. The next year, he tried again with the Angels, but while sitting in the dugout during an exhibition game he was hit in the right temple by a foul ball off the bat of San Francisco Giants' John Patterson, nearly killing him and ending his playing career. In Baseball, the dugout is a team's bench area and is located in foul territory between home plate and either first or third base The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division. John Patterson may refer to John Patterson (1805-1856, Canadian businessman and canal builder John J
Following his playing career, Keough worked for the Angels both as a minor league coach and executive from 1992 to 1999. Coach (baseball|Coach (basketball|Coach (ice hockeyIn Sports a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction instruction and training of the operations After that, he scouted for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and is currently an executive for the Oakland Athletics. The Tampa Bay Rays are a Major League Baseball franchise based in St
Personal Life
Keough appeared, along with his family, in the reality TV-show The Real Housewives of Orange County, with his wife, former Playboy Playmate Jeana Tomasino being one of the 'housewives'. Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary The Real Housewives of Orange County is a Reality television program on the Bravo network. For the word "playmate" in the common sense see its definition in Wiktionary. Jeana Tomasino was born Jean Myers on September 18, 1955 in Milwaukee Wisconsin and graduated from Whitnall High School located in Greenfield As of Season 3 of the show, Tomasino announced the couple had separated.
In 2005, Keough pled guilty to felony charges associated with driving under the influence of alcohol, during which he rear-ended a car at a red light in Orange County which, in turn, rolled into a pedestrian walking his bicycle across the street who was briefly hospitalized with a knee injury. The incident occurred following a family squabble. Making matters worse, Keough wandered away after the accident. He said he did not flee the scene, as some reports indicated, but he was so disoriented, he walked toward some nearby shops where he was tracked down by police officers. His blood-alcohol level was twice the legal limit, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
While his case was going through the court system, he was receiving help for binge drinking. He voluntarily checked himself into the Betty Ford Clinic for a month, and followed that with five months in a private outpatient program in Newport Beach, where he also served three months in jail following his conviction. [1]
On December 18, 2007, Keough was arrested for violating his probation when he was found drinking at a bar. Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Under terms of his probation, he was to not consume alcohol. [2] He was then sentenced to 180 days in an Orange County jail on January 11, 2008. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. [3]
See also
References
- ^ MATT KEOUGH / A's special assistant to the GM / Life-changing moment leads to jail, rehab, perspective
- ^ "Real Housewives" Husband Really Arrested - TMZ.com - Entertainment News, Celebrity Gossip and Hollywood Rumors
- ^ "Real" Husband Gets 180 Days - TMZ.com - Entertainment News, Celebrity Gossip and Hollywood Rumors
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
- Baseball Library
- BR Bullpen
- Retrosheet
- The Real Housewives of Orange County at the Internet Movie Database
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