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

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 65 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 0 go ahead, 64 lacking some details

5 Tms
BLN	40
BRO	16
CIN	6
BSN	2
BLA	1

Platoon
vs RHP	46
vs LHP	16
vs ?HP	3

Home/Road
Away	40
Home	25

Outs
Unk	60
0	5

12 Opps
BSN	9
PIT	7
STL	7
CIN	7
NYG	6
WHS	6
CHC	6
LOU	5
PHI	5
BRO	4
CLV	2
PHA	1

52 Pitchers
Win Mercer	5
Chick Fraser	2
Deacon Phillippe	2
Theodore Breitenstein	2
Amos Rusie	2
George Haddock	2
Lewis Wiltse	2
Fred Klobedanz	2
Frank Dwyer	2
Red Donahue	2
Pat Carney	1
Charlie Knepper	1
Hank Gastright	1
Carl Spongberg	1
Kid Nichols	1
Danny Friend	1
Dan Daub	1
Phil Knell	1
Roy Evans	1
Bert Cunningham	1
Archie Stimmel	1
Pat Luby	1
Gus Thompson	1
Bert Abbey	1
Willie McGill	1
Frank Foreman	1
Bobby Wallace	1
Joe McGinnity	1
Christy Mathewson	1
Dick Harley	1
Pink Hawley	1
Bill Hutchison	1
Jack Taylor	1
Bill Malarkey	1
Jouett Meekin	1
Clark Griffith	1
Kid Carsey	1
Dan McFarlan	1
Tom Lovett	1
Jack Powell	1
Bert Husting	1
Jack Sutthoff	1
Bill Hoffer	1
Jack Dunleavy	1
Jim Gardner	1
Bill Hill	1
Harry Staley	1
Rube Waddell	1
Cozy Dolan	1
Tony Mullane	1
Sam Moran	1
Tom Parrott	1

17 Parks
Oriole Pk 3 (BAL)	13
WashingtonPk (NYC)	9
South End (BOS)	8
Robison Fld (STL)	5
League Pk (CIN)	5
Boundary Fld (WAS)	5
Eastern Pk (NYC)	3
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	3
Eclipse Pk 2 (LOU)	3
WestSide Grd (CHI)	3
Expo Pk (PIT)	2
League Pk I (CLE)	1
Columbia Pk (PHI)	1
PalaceOFans (CIN)	1
SouthSidePk2 (CHI)	1
CongressSt G (BOS)	1
Baker Bowl (PHI)	1

Where Hit

16 Inside the Park

1 Bounced

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	61
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

107 RBI

Inning
1	6
2	4
3	8
4	5
5	9
6	8
7	10
8	5
9	9
Extra	1

1-3	18
4-6	22
7-end	25

RelScore
-1	1
Unk	64

Behind	1
Unk	64

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	47
CF	10
1B	7
3B	1

OrderPos
4th	21
Unk	16
1st	13
2nd	11
3rd	4

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1893	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
1	1	1	1	1893-05-26	BLN		BRO	George Haddock		b 9		1	2	8		IPHR
2	2	2	1	1893-06-15	BLN		CIN	Tony Mullane		b 7		1	2	8
3	3	3	1	1893-06-21	BLN	@	NYG	Amos Rusie		t 4		1	2	8
4	4	4	1	1893-06-26	BLN	@	STL	Theodore Breitenstein		t 7		1	2	8		IPHR
5	5	5	1	1893-06-27	BLN	@	STL	Pink Hawley		t 7		1	2	8		IPHR
6	6	6	1	1893-07-13	BLN	@	CHC	Willie McGill		t 3		1	2	8
7	7	7	1	1893-07-22 (2)	BLN	@	BRO	George Haddock		t 6		1	2	8
8	8	8	1	1893-08-10	BLN		BSN	Harry Staley		b 6		2	2	8		IPHR
9	9	9	1	1893-08-11	BLN		BSN	Hank Gastright		b 5		1	2	8
1894	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
10	10	1	1	1894-05-05	BLN		WHS	Win Mercer		t 6		1		7
11	11	2	1	1894-05-16	BLN	@	BSN	Tom Lovett		b 9		3		7
12	12	3	1	1894-06-25	BLN	@	CHC	Bill Hutchison		b 8		4		7
13	13	4	1	1894-07-07	BLN	@	CIN	Tom Parrott		t 5		1		7
14	14	5	1	1894-09-12	BLN	@	CIN	Frank Dwyer		t 4		1		7
15	15	6	1	1894-09-16 (1)	BLN	@	CIN	Frank Dwyer		b 2		1		7
1895	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
16	16	1	1	1895-05-22	BLN	@	LOU	Pat Luby		t 7		3	1	7
17	17	2	1	1895-05-30 (1)	BLN		LOU	Phil Knell		b 3		1	1	7
18	18	3	1	1895-06-25	BLN	@	WHS	Win Mercer		t 6		3		7		IPHR
19	19	4	1	1895-07-14	BLN	@	CHC	Clark Griffith		t 6		1	4	7
20	20	5	1	1895-08-01	BLN	@	BSN	Cozy Dolan		t 3		2	1	7
21	21	6	1	1895-08-07	BLN	@	PHI	Kid Carsey		t 4		1	4	7
22	22	7	1	1895-08-09 (1)	BLN		NYG	Jouett Meekin		b 9		1	4	7
23	23	8	1	1895-08-16	BLN	@	WHS	Win Mercer		t 2		3		7		IPHR
24	24	9	2	1895-08-16	BLN	@	WHS	Win Mercer		t 8		2		7		IPHR
25	25	10	1	1895-08-30 (2)	BLN		PIT	Sam Moran		b 5		1	4	7
1896	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
26	26	1	1	1896-05-27	BLN		STL	Theodore Breitenstein		b 3		1	1	7
27	27	2	1	1896-06-06	BLN		CLV	Bobby Wallace		b 7		1	1	7
28	28	3	1	1896-07-14	BLN	@	LOU	Bert Cunningham		t 7		1	1	7
29	29	4	1	1896-08-08	BLN	@	WHS	Win Mercer		t 2		2		7		IPHR
30	30	5	1	1896-08-13 (1)	BLN	@	BRO	Dan Daub		t 1	0	1	1	7		Lead-Off
31	31	6	1	1896-08-13 (2)	BLN	@	BRO	Bert Abbey		t 6		3	1	7
32	32	7	1	1896-08-26	BLN		CIN	Frank Foreman		b 8		4	4	7
33	33	8	1	1896-09-04 (2)	BLN		CHC	Danny Friend		b 5		1	4	7
1897	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
34	34	1	1	1897-05-15	BLN	@	STL	Roy Evans		t 4		2	4	7
35	35	2	1	1897-07-09	BLN	@	LOU	Bill Hill		t 3		1	4	7
36	36	3	1	1897-08-05	BLN	@	BSN	Kid Nichols		t 9		1	4	7
37	37	4	1	1897-08-06	BLN	@	BSN	Fred Klobedanz		t 3		2	4	7
38	38	5	1	1897-09-04	BLN		PIT	Jim Gardner		b 7		3	4	7
1898	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
39	39	1	1	1898-05-11	BLN	@	BSN	Fred Klobedanz		b 9		2	3	7
40	40	2	1	1898-09-13 (1)	BLN	@	NYG	Amos Rusie		t 9		1	4	8
1899	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
41	41	1	1	1899-05-01	BRO	@	WHS	Dan McFarlan		t 4		2		7
42	42	2	1	1899-05-16	BRO		PHI	Chick Fraser		b 5		1		7
43	43	3	1	1899-06-01	BRO		LOU	Deacon Phillippe		b 6		1		7
44	44	4	1	1899-06-20	BRO	@	CLV	Charlie Knepper		t 5		2		7		IPHR
45	45	5	1	1899-08-27	BRO	@	CHC	Jack Taylor		t 6		2		7
46	46	6	1	1899-09-14 (2)	BRO		PIT	Bill Hoffer		b 7		1		7
1900	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
47	47	1	1	1900-06-11	BRO		PIT	Rube Waddell		b 5		2	4	7
48	48	2	1	1900-07-02	BRO	@	STL	Jack Powell		t 9		3	4	7		IPHR
49	49	3	1	1900-08-16	BRO	@	PIT	Bert Husting		t 7		1	4	7		IPHR
50	50	4	1	1900-08-28	BRO		PHI	Chick Fraser		b 8		1	2	7
51	51	5	1	1900-08-31	BRO		PHI	Red Donahue		b 5		2	4	3
52	52	6	1	1900-09-26	BRO		PHI	Red Donahue		b 5		3	4	3
1901	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
53	53	1	1	1901-06-26	BRO		PIT	Lewis Wiltse		b 8		1	1	3		IPHR
54	54	2	1	1901-09-23	BRO	@	CIN	Archie Stimmel		t 2		4	4	3		IPHR
55	55	3	2	1901-09-23	BRO	@	CIN	Jack Sutthoff		t 7		1	4	3
56	56	4	1	1901-10-05 (2)	BRO		NYG	Christy Mathewson		b 1		2	4	3
1902	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
57	57	1	1	1902-05-08	BLA	@	PHA	Lewis Wiltse		t 1	0	3	3	5		Bounced
58	58	2	1	1902-08-13 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	Joe McGinnity		t 1	0	1	1	7		Lead-Off
1903	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
59	59	1	1	1903-08-21 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	Pat Carney		t 3		2	1	7
60	60	2	1	1903-09-02	CIN	@	PIT	Deacon Phillippe		t 1	0	1	1	7		Lead-Off,IPHR
61	61	3	1	1903-09-07 (2)	CIN		STL	Jack Dunleavy		t 9		1	1	7		IPHR
1905	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
62	62	1	1	1905-08-18 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	Dick Harley		t 9		1	3	7
1906	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
63	63	1	1	1906-07-04 (1)	CIN	@	STL	Gus Thompson		t 1	0	2	2	7		IPHR
1908	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
64	64	1	1	1908-04-29	BSN		NYG	Bill Malarkey	behind 5-6	b 10		1	4	3
65	65	2	1	1908-08-01	BSN		CHC	Carl Spongberg		b 3		1	3	7

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Summary of 65 Home Runs

3 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 0 go ahead, 64 lacking some details

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