Joe Kelley

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: December 9, 1871 in Cambridge, MA us

Died: August 14, 1943 in Baltimore, MD

Buried: New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, MD

High School: St. Thomas Aquinas HS (Cambridge, MA)

Debut: July 27, 1891 (Age 19-230d, 1,621st in major league history)

Last Game: October 3, 1908 (Age 36-299d)
vs. BRO 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1971. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Joe Kelley's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1892 season

Full Name: Joseph James Kelley

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

50.4

7006

2220

.317

1421

RBI

1194

443

OBP

.402

SLG

.451

OPS

.853

OPS+

133

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 22	BSN		PHI	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	8	Apr 23	BSN		PHI	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	10 (1)	Apr 25	BSN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	16	0	1	17	0
4	11	Apr 27	BSN		NYG	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	14	2	0	16	0
5	12	Apr 28	BSN		NYG	L,2-3	GS	0		10	0	0	10	2
6	13	Apr 29	BSN		NYG	W,7-6	CG	0	11.0	14	2	0	16	0
7	14	Apr 30	BSN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	15	May 1	BSN		BRO	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
9	16	May 2	BSN		BRO	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
10	21 (4)	May 12	BSN	@	CIN	L,4-8	GF	0		1	0	1	2	0
11	36 (14)	May 29	BSN	@	PHI	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	40 (3)	Jun 4	BSN		CHC	T,1-1	GF	0		5	0	0	5	0
13	41	Jun 5	BSN		CHC	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
14	42	Jun 6	BSN		CHC	L,0-14	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	45 (2)	Jun 10	BSN		CIN	L,5-8	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	46	Jun 11	BSN		CIN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	47	Jun 12	BSN		CIN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	2	4	0
18	53 (5)	Jun 18	BSN		STL	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	54	Jun 19	BSN		STL	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	55	Jun 20	BSN		STL	L,3-9	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
21	56	Jun 22	BSN		STL	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
22	57	Jun 23 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
23	60 (2)	Jun 24 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-7	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
24	62 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,4-7	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
25	63	Jun 26	BSN	@	NYG	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	64	Jun 27	BSN		PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	65	Jun 29	BSN		PHI	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	69 (3)	Jul 3	BSN		BRO	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	70	Jul 4 (1)	BSN		BRO	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	71	Jul 4 (2)	BSN		BRO	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	72	Jul 7	BSN	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
32	73	Jul 8	BSN	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	74	Jul 9	BSN	@	STL	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	75	Jul 10	BSN	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	76	Jul 11	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	77	Jul 12	BSN	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	78	Jul 13	BSN	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	79	Jul 15	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	80	Jul 16	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-6	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
40	89 (8)	Jul 27 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	90	Jul 28	BSN		CIN	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	91	Jul 29	BSN		CHC	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	92	Jul 30 (1)	BSN		CHC	L,4-13	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	93	Jul 30 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
45	94	Jul 31	BSN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	95	Aug 1	BSN		CHC	W,14-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	96	Aug 3	BSN		PIT	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	97	Aug 4	BSN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
49	98	Aug 6	BSN		PIT	L,1-9	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
50	99	Aug 8 (1)	BSN		STL	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	100	Aug 8 (2)	BSN		STL	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
52	101	Aug 10	BSN		STL	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
53	113 (11)	Aug 23 (1)	BSN	@	STL	W,10-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	116 (2)	Aug 25	BSN	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	126 (9)	Sep 5 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	127	Sep 7 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	132 (4)	Sep 11	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
58	133	Sep 12 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
59	134	Sep 12 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
60	137 (2)	Sep 16	BSN		CHC	L,0-5	GF	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	143 (5)	Sep 23 (1)	BSN		STL	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	144	Sep 23 (2)	BSN		STL	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							63gm		88.0	209	24	8	241	3