{"id":2629,"date":"2012-11-03T08:41:32","date_gmt":"2012-11-03T14:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=2629"},"modified":"2012-10-28T13:37:42","modified_gmt":"2012-10-28T19:37:42","slug":"347-joel-mckeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/347-joel-mckeon\/","title":{"rendered":"#347 &#8211; Joel McKeon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/5173Xj823vL._SL500_SS500_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2661\" title=\"5173Xj823vL._SL500_SS500_\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/5173Xj823vL._SL500_SS500_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/5173Xj823vL._SL500_SS500_.jpg 500w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/5173Xj823vL._SL500_SS500_-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/5173Xj823vL._SL500_SS500_-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/5173Xj823vL._SL500_SS500_-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Joel McKeon<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rank<\/strong>: 347<\/p>\n<p><strong>Position<\/strong>: P<\/p>\n<p><strong>Years With White Sox<\/strong>: 1986-1987<\/p>\n<p>Joel McKeon was the White Sox first round pick in the 1982 draft and made his debut in 1986, where he appeared in 30 games out of the bullpen and had a rather successful 2.45 ERA. \u00a0His 1987 season, however, was much less successful, with his ERA jumping to 9.43. \u00a0The following February, McKeon was shipped off to the Padres to complete an earlier trade for Ed Wojna, but he had already made his last major league appearance.<\/p>\n<p>While McKeon did little to make himself memorable on a real baseball diamond, his 1986 appearance with Buffalo, the then Triple A affiliate of the White Sox, made him a superstar of our Micro League Baseball league, where he was a stalwart of the team belonging to my friend Dave.<\/p>\n<p>McKeon&#8217;s\u00a0numbers in a White Sox uniform were:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<caption><strong>Career Pitching<\/strong><\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff; 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