Eligio Kelly

Leon Eligio Kelly (Lichito)

• Throws Right

• Born December 14, 1956 in Willemstad Netherlands Antilles
• Died January 19, 2019 in Curaçao

Biographical Information

Eligio Kelly pitched in the Hoofdklasse and for the Dutch national team, as did his son Kevin Kelly.

Eloigio Kelly started with the Groot Kwartier Stars in Curaçao as a second baseman then became a pitcher at age 15. His fastball was timed at 96 mph. Marco Stoovelaar's obituary lists him with the 1976-1977 Newark Co-Pilots but he does not show up on the B-R Register for either year. He played for Quick Amersfoort in the Hoofdklasse starting in 1978 (going 3-0). He made the Netherlands squad for the 1978 Haarlem Baseball Week and 1978 Amateur World Series. In the latter event, he was 1-0 with a 1.08 ERA; only Bertil Haage had a better ERA or more wins for the Netherlands.

He moved to Sparta in 1979 and fell to 0-4. He returned to Curaçao in 1980.

Sources: Old IBAF website, Obituary by Marco Stoovelaar