Matt Keough - wikipedia Matt Keough Not to be confused with Matthew Keogh. Matt Keough Pitcher Born : ( 1955 - 07 - 03 ) July 3, 1955 ( age 62 ) Pomona, California Batted : Right Threw : Right MLB debut September 3, 1977, for the Oakland Athletics Last MLB appearance October 2, 1986, for the Houston Astros MLB statistics Win -- loss record 58 -- 84 Earned run average 4.17 Strikeouts 590 Teams Oakland Athletics ( 1977 -- 1983 ) New York Yankees ( 1983 ) St. Louis Cardinals ( 1985 ) Chicago Cubs ( 1986 ) Houston Astros ( 1986 ) Hanshin Tigers ( 1987 -- 1990 ) Career highlights and awards All - Star ( 1978 ) Matthew Lon Keough / ˈkiːoʊ / ( born July 3, 1955 ) is a former Major League Baseball ( MLB ) pitcher who played from 1977 through 1986 for the Oakland Athletics ( 1977 -- 1983 ), New York Yankees ( 1983 -- 1984 ), St. Louis Cardinals ( 1985 ), Chicago Cubs ( 1986 ) and Houston Astros ( 1986 ). Keough batted and threw right - handed. He was drafted by the Oakland A 's out of Corona del Mar High School in 1973. Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 In pop culture 4 See also 5 Further reading 6 References 7 External links Career In a nine - season career, Keough posted a 58 - 84 record with 590 strikeouts and a 4.17 ERA in 1190 innings pitched, including seven shutouts and 57 complete games. Keough was signed by Oakland as an infielder. He was supposed to replace departed Sal Bando at third base, but after hitting a disappointing. 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 3.24 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. His winning percentage of. 105 was the worst recorded by a major league pitcher with 15 or more decisions since 1916, when Philadelphia A 's teammates Jack Nabors and Tom Sheehan finished the season with winning percentages of. 048 and. 059, respectively. From 1978 -- 79, Keough made 28 consecutive starts without a victory, tying Cliff Curtis ( 1910 -- 11 ) for the longest streak in MLB history according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The streak was later tied by Jo - Jo Reyes ( 2008 -- 11 ). But Keough resurged in 1980 with a 16 - 13 mark, earning AL Comeback Player of the Year honors. In the 1981 strike - shortened season he finished 10 - 6, helping Oakland to clinch the AL Division Series. 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. 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. He attempted a comeback to the major leagues with the Anaheim Angels in 1991 spring training but did not make the roster. In March 1992, 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, seriously injuring him and ending his playing career. Following his playing career, Keough worked for the Angels both as a minor league coach and executive from 1992 to 1999. After that, he scouted for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and is currently an executive for the Oakland Athletics. Keough would occasionally throw a spitball. One time, however, his spitball backfired on him. Keough threw a spitball that Boston Red Sox second baseman Jerry Remy missed completely and had seemingly struck out. The umpire, seeing the tremendous break on the pitch, assumed Remy had fouled off the pitch and so he remained at bat with two strikes. On the next pitch, Remy hit a home run, the last of his career. Personal life Keough is the son of Marty Keough and the nephew of Joe Keough, who also played in the majors. His son, Shane Keough, was a minor league prospect for the Oakland Athletics organization from 2005 through 2010. Keough appeared, along with his family of his wife, his three children, and his longtime friend who was his batboy while playing in the MLB, in the reality TV - show The Real Housewives of Orange County, with his wife, former Playboy Playmate Jeana Tomasino being one of the `` housewives ''. As of Season three of the show, Tomasino announced that she and her husband had separated. In pop culture Besides appearing on The Real Housewives of Orange County, Keough, in his position as a scout for the Athletics was also featured in the Michael Lewis book Moneyball. He is portrayed by actor Nick Searcy in the 2011 film of the same name. See also Baseball portal List of second - generation Major League Baseball players Further reading The Real Housewives of Orange County on IMDb References Jump up ^ Kepner, Tyler ( May 25, 2011 ). `` Hapless but Not Hopeless, Blue Jays ' Reyes Carries On ''. The New York Times. p. B11. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Jo - Jo Reyes equals winless start record ''. ESPN.com. May 25, 2011. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Jump up ^ `` KEOUGH HIT BY BALL, CRITICAL FOLLOWING BRAIN SURGERY ''. The Washington Post. 17 March 1992. Retrieved 19 June 2017. External links Career statistics and player information from Baseball - Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball Reference ( Minor and Japanese Leagues ), or Baseball Library, or Baseball Reference Bullpen, or Retrosheet Sporting News American League Comeback Player of the Year Award 1965 : Cash 1966 : Powell 1967 : Chance 1968 : Harrelson 1969 : Conigliaro 1970 : Wright 1971 : Cash 1972 : Tiant 1973 : Hiller 1974 : Jenkins 1975 : Powell 1976 : Ellis 1977 : Soderholm 1978 : Caldwell 1979 : Horton 1980 : Keough 1981 : Zisk 1982 : Thornton 1983 : Trammell 1984 : Kingman 1985 : G. Thomas 1986 : Candelaria 1987 : Saberhagen 1988 : Davis 1989 : Blyleven 1990 : Winfield 1991 : Guzmán 1992 : Sutcliffe 1993 : Jackson 1994 : Canseco 1995 : Wakefield 1996 : Elster 1997 : Justice 1998 : Saberhagen 1999 : Jaha 2000 : F. Thomas 2001 : Sierra 2002 : Salmon 2003 : Meche 2004 : Konerko 2005 : Giambi 2006 : Thome 2007 : Peña 2008 : Lee 2009 : Hill 2010 : Guerrero 2011 : Ellsbury 2012 : Dunn 2013 : Rivera 2014 : Young 2015 : Fielder 2016 : Trumbo Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matt_Keough&oldid=832555121 '' Categories : 1955 births Living people American expatriate baseball players in Japan American League All - Stars American people of Irish descent Anaheim Angels scouts Baseball players from California Burlington Bees players California Angels scouts Chattanooga Lookouts players Chicago Cubs players Hanshin Tigers players Houston Astros players Keough family ( baseball ) Louisville Redbirds players Major League Baseball pitchers Minor league baseball managers Modesto A 's players Nashville Sounds players New York Yankees players Oakland Athletics players Oakland Athletics executives Sportspeople from Pomona, California St. Louis Cardinals players Tampa Bay Devil Rays scouts Tucson Toros players Hidden categories : All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from March 2018 Talk Contents About Wikipedia 日本 語 Edit links This page was last edited on 26 March 2018, at 18 : 11. 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Question: what does matt keough do for a living
Answer: executive for the Oakland Athletics