Tim Keefe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1857
Place of Birth: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 23-Apr-1933
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Tim Keefe
- 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.
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