Keith Creel (baseball)

Keith Creel (born February 4, 1959) is a former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who was a star pitcher at the University of Texas. The Kansas City Royals chose Creel with their first round pick of the 1980 draft (4th overall.) He never lived up to expectations and finished his career with a record of 5 wins, 14 losses, and a 5.60 ERA. He concluded his career as a relief pitcher by hurling 9.2 innings in his last season for the 1987 Texas Rangers. Prior to that time he had also pitched briefly with the Cleveland Indians.

Creel pitched for the Rangers in a game on July 19, 1987, in which they defeated the New York Yankees 20 to 3 and stopped Don Mattingly's streak of homering in eight straight games. Creel wore number 42 while playing for the Rangers. This number was later retired in honor of Jackie Robinson.