Joe Keough

Joseph William Keough (born January 7, 1946 in Pomona, California) is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1968 through 1973 for the Oakland Athletics (1968), Kansas City Royals (1969-72) and Chicago White Sox (1973). Keough batted and threw left handed. Coming from a baseball family, he is the younger brother of Marty Keough and uncle of Matt Keough.

Keough had a promising debut with the Oakland Athletics at Yankee Stadium when he hit a home run off Lindy McDaniel in his first major league at-bat. Nevertheless, after that he collected only eight homers in his next 862 plate appearances, mostly as a reserve outfielder. He posted career-numbers in 1971 for the Kansas City Royals, with 110 games played, 34 runs, 87 hits, 14 doubles, and 30 runs batted in.

In a six-season career, Keough was a .246 hitter with nine home runs and 81 RBI in 332 games.

ee also

*Home run in first Major League at-bat
* Chicago White Sox all-time roster

External links

* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/K/Keough_Joe.stm Baseball Library]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/keougjo01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pkeouj101.htm Retrosheet]