Tim Kiely

Timothy Kiely

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.

• School Trinity College
• High School Swampscott High School

• Born August 26, 1985 in Salem, MA USA

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Biographical Information

Tim Kiely pitched as high as AAA.

Kiely began his college career as a two-sport player, football and baseball, focusing on baseball after two years. He had Tommy John surgery in 2006. He threw a perfect game in 2007, the first perfecto in the 139-year history of Trinity College baseball. As a senior in 2008, he went 11-1 with a 1.48 ERA, 107 strikeouts and only 3 walks in 97 innings. Amazingly, his loss (in the Division III World Series) was Trinity's only loss in 46 games that season. He was the New England Small College Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year, helped Trinity to the 2008 Division III College World Series title and joined Wayde Kitchens, Ryan Kulik and Kenny Moreland as the NCAA Division III All-American pitchers.

Tim was taken by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 27th round of the 2008 amateur draft, one pick before Ryan Cook. The scout was Greg Morhardt. He split the summer between the Orem Owlz (2 R in 6 IP) and Cedar Rapids Kernels (5-1, 2 Sv, 2.00). He pitched for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (5-5, 4.44) and the Arkansas Travelers (4-3, 4.85) in 2009; he walked only 26 in 167 2/3 innings. He led Angels farmhands in innings, was second in hits (189, 2 behind Jayson Miller), 2nd in runs (101, 8 behind Mike MacDonald), third in earned runs (87, behind MacDonald and Brad Knox) and tied for third in wins (trailing Alex Torres and Will Smith).

Kiely remained a workhorse in 2010 with the Travelers (7-10, 5.08) and Salt Lake Bees (3-2, 9.00), with a .321 opponent average and 39 walks in 163 IP. He tied for first in the Texas League in complete games (2), tied for 6th in hits allowed (155) and tied for 8th in losses. Among Angel minor leaguers, he tied for 5th in wins, tied for 3rd in losses, easily led in hits allowed (by 33), served up the most runs (125, 7 more than runner-up Trevor Reckling), tied Michael Anton for second in homers allowed (22) and gave up the most earned runs (109, 3 more than Reckling). He was 0-1 with 4 runs (3 earned) in 3 innings for the 2011 Travelers to end his career.

Overall, Tim was 24-22 with 3 saves and a 5.01 ERA in 82 minor league games (55 starts). He allowed 447 hits and 74 walks in 375 2/3 innings while striking out 218.

Sources

• 2011 Angels Media Guide
• MILB.com
• Article on Kiely
• Article on Kiely's perfect game
• Article on the 2008 Trinity team