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Bill Kelso
William Eugene Kelso

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 215 lb.
School Whitworth College

Debut July 31, 1964
  vs. BOS 2.7 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER
Final Game September 28, 1968
Born February 19, 1940 in Kansas City, MO

Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1964 24 LAA AL   2   0  10   1   1   1   2  0   23.7   19    6    6   3    9   21   1   1    97   0   0  2.28  3.26  143 1.183
 1966 26 CAL AL   1   1   5   0   0   0   1  0   11.3   11    3    3   1    6   11   1   0    52   1   0  2.38  3.33  140 1.500
 1967 27 CAL AL   5   3  69   1   0   0  32 11  112.0   85   41   37   6   63   91   4   5   471  10   2  2.97  3.10  104 1.321
 1968 28 CIN NL   4   1  35   0   0   0   6  1   54.0   56   26   24   6   15   39   3   5   233   5   0  4.00  3.16   79 1.315
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .706  12   5 119   2   1   1  41 12  201.0  171   76   70  16   93  162   9  11   853  16   2  3.13  3.15  101 1.313
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   2  66   1   0   0  23  6  112.7   96   42   39   8   52   91   5   6   479   8   1  3.13  3.15  101 1.313
 Career High      5   3  69   1   1   1  32 11  112.0   85   41   37   6   63   91   4   5   471  10   2  2.97  3.16  104 1.315

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1964 24 LAA AL  10    6    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .000  .143  .000  -54    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1966 26 CAL AL   5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1967 27 CAL AL  69   19    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  13  .105  .105  .105  -36    2   2   0   0   0   0
 1968 28 CIN NL  35    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      119   34    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  21  .059  .086  .059  -56    2   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         46    1    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  29  .059  .086  .059  -56    3   3   0   0   0   0
 Career High     69   19    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  13                           2   2   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1964 24 LAA AL    7    6    0   0.0    87| .000  .244| .143  .310| .000  .379| .143  .689| -54  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1966 26 CAL AL    1    1    0   0.0    87| .000  .245| .000  .311| .000  .378| .000  .689|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1967 27 CAL AL   21   19    0   0.0    80| .105  .238| .105  .306| .105  .356| .210  .662| -36  .000  -3.2  -0.4   0%
 1968 28 CIN NL    8    8    0   0.0    86| .000  .259| .000  .318| .000  .364| .000  .682|-100  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons        37   34    0   0.0    83| .059  .244| .086  .310| .059  .363| .145  .673| -56  .000  -6.6  -0.7   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1964 24 LAA AL P 10 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.50 0.72 1.90 1.90 1 23.7 1966 26 CAL AL P 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.76 1.59 1.99 0 11.3 1967 27 CAL AL P 69 5 20 2 1 .926 .958 0.36 0.74 2.01 1.96 1 112.0 1968 28 CIN NL P 35 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 0.20 0.85 1.16 2.01 0 54.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1964 24 LAA AL P 10 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.50 0.72 1.90 1.90 1 23.7 1966 26 CAL AL P 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.76 1.59 1.99 0 11.3 1967 27 CAL AL P 69 5 20 2 1 .926 .958 0.36 0.74 2.01 1.96 1 112.0 1968 28 CIN NL P 35 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 0.20 0.85 1.16 2.01 0 54.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 119 7 32 2 1 .951 .958 0.33 0.77 1.74 1.97 2 201.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 119 7 32 2 1 .951 .958 0.33 0.77 1.75 1.97 2 201
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1967 AL-69-3

Games Finished
1967 AL-32-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2544) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1823) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1962 Season: Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

December 2, 1963: Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1963 rule 5 draft.

November 29, 1967: Traded by the California Angels with Jorge Rubio to the Cincinnati Reds for Sammy Ellis.

March 18, 1969: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Cincinnati Reds.

March 29, 1969: Returned to the Cincinnati Reds by the Boston Red Sox following previous purchase.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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