Jay Thomas Kelly
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 188 lb.
Born: August 15, 1950 in Graceville, Minnesota, US
High School: St. Mary's HS (South Amboy, NJ)
Drafted by the MIL in the 8th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. Mary's HS (South Amboy, NJ).
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Lev | Aff | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 17 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | A--WRk | 65 | 218 | 69 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .317 | .431 | 94 | |||||||||||||||
| 1968 | 17 | Pilots | AZIL | WRk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968 | 17 | Newark | NYPL | A- | 65 | 218 | 69 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .317 | .431 | 94 | |||||||||||||||
| 1969 | 18 | Clinton | MIDW | A | SEP | 100 | 363 | 269 | 47 | 60 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 82 | 31 | .223 | .399 | .342 | .741 | 92 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 1970 | 19 | Jacksonville | SOUL | AA | 93 | 312 | 266 | 33 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 37 | .241 | .346 | .376 | .722 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 1971 | 20 | Charlotte | DIXA | AA | MIN | 100 | 371 | 303 | 50 | 89 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 52 | .294 | .413 | .409 | .822 | 124 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1972 | 21 | Tacoma | PCL | AAA | MIN | 132 | 487 | 407 | 76 | 114 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 52 | 4 | 5 | 70 | 95 | .280 | .390 | .410 | .800 | 167 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 1973 | 22 | Tacoma | PCL | AAA | MIN | 114 | 435 | 337 | 67 | 87 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 49 | 4 | 2 | 89 | 64 | .258 | .419 | .451 | .870 | 152 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1974 | 23 | Tacoma | PCL | AAA | MIN | 115 | 446 | 357 | 68 | 110 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 78 | 41 | .308 | .436 | .504 | .940 | 180 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1975 | 24 | Tacoma | PCL | AAA | MIN | 62 | 252 | 202 | 38 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 36 | .252 | .393 | .411 | .804 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1976 | 25 | Rochester | IL | AAA | BAL | 127 | 506 | 405 | 71 | 117 | 19 | 3 | 18 | 70 | 2 | 2 | 85 | 71 | .289 | .413 | .484 | .897 | 196 | 4 | 7 | 5 | ||
| 1977 | 26 | Tacoma | PCL | AAA | MIN | 113 | 451 | 363 | 80 | 99 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 64 | 11 | 3 | 78 | 61 | .273 | .393 | .410 | .804 | 149 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 1978 | 27 | Toledo | IL | AAA | MIN | 119 | 428 | 325 | 47 | 74 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 49 | 2 | 6 | 91 | 61 | .228 | .394 | .360 | .754 | 117 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1979 | 28 | Visalia | CALL | A | MIN | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1980 | 29 | Visalia | CALL | A | MIN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 Seasons | 1145 | 4270 | 3452 | 577 | 934 | 142 | 15 | 116 | 496 | 47 | 31 | 721 | 549 | .271 | .397 | .421 | .819 | 1454 | 31 | 27 | 39 | |||||||
| AAA (7 seasons) | AAA | 782 | 3005 | 2396 | 447 | 652 | 94 | 8 | 94 | 382 | 33 | 21 | 538 | 429 | .272 | .406 | .436 | .842 | 1044 | 23 | 19 | 29 | ||||||
| A (3 seasons) | A | 105 | 364 | 269 | 47 | 60 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 83 | 31 | .223 | .401 | .342 | .743 | 92 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||||
| AA (2 seasons) | AA | 193 | 683 | 569 | 83 | 153 | 27 | 1 | 14 | 79 | 4 | 6 | 100 | 89 | .269 | .382 | .394 | .776 | 224 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| WRk (1 season) | WRk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A- (1 season) | A- | 65 | 218 | 218 | 69 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .317 | .317 | .431 | .748 | 94 | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Lev | Aff | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 26 | Tacoma | PCL | AAA | MIN | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.667 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |||
| 1979 | 28 | Visalia | CALL | A | MIN | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.500 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 2.2 | 0.29 | ||
| 1980 | 29 | Visalia | CALL | A | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0.69 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.385 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 0.33 | |||
| 3 Seasons | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.88 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.458 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 0.25 | |||||||
| A (2 seasons) | A | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.429 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 1.7 | 0.31 | ||||||
| AAA (1 season) | AAA | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.667 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Lev | Aff | G | CG | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | lgCS% | PO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 18 | Clinton | MIDW | A | SEP | OF | 93 | 177 | 158 | 15 | 4 | 2 | .977 | 1.86 | |||
| 1970 | 19 | Jacksonville | SOUL | AA | OF | 76 | 136 | 123 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.79 | ||||
| 1970 | 19 | Jacksonville | SOUL | AA | 1B | 11 | 91 | 81 | 6 | 4 | 3 | .956 | 7.91 | ||||
| 1971 | 20 | Charlotte | DIXA | AA | MIN | OF | 48 | 48 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 0.98 | |||
| 1971 | 20 | Charlotte | DIXA | AA | MIN | 1B | 84 | 507 | 464 | 35 | 8 | 47 | .984 | 5.94 | |||
| 1972 | 21 | Tacoma | PCL | AAA | MIN | OF | 101 | 192 | 171 | 12 | 9 | 6 | .953 | 1.81 | |||
| 1972 | 21 | Tacoma | PCL | AAA | MIN | 1B | 32 | 119 | 111 | 7 | 1 | 12 | .992 | 3.69 | |||
| 1973 | 22 | Tacoma | PCL | AAA | MIN | OF | 57 | 95 | 89 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .968 | 1.61 | |||
| 1973 | 22 | Tacoma | PCL | AAA | MIN | 1B | 12 | 131 | 111 | 17 | 3 | 10 | .977 | 10.67 | |||
| 1974 | 23 | Tacoma | PCL | AAA | MIN | OF | 61 | 130 | 119 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 2.11 | |||
| 1974 | 23 | Tacoma | PCL | AAA | MIN | 1B | 56 | 428 | 395 | 31 | 2 | 48 | .995 | 7.61 | |||
| 1975 | 24 | Tacoma | PCL | AAA | MIN | OF | 47 | 98 | 94 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .969 | 2.02 | |||
| 1975 | 24 | Tacoma | PCL | AAA | MIN | 1B | 17 | 105 | 91 | 11 | 3 | 12 | .971 | 6.00 | |||
| 1976 | 25 | Rochester | IL | AAA | BAL | OF | 103 | 209 | 192 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .990 | 2.01 | |||
| 1976 | 25 | Rochester | IL | AAA | BAL | 1B | 17 | 146 | 131 | 13 | 2 | 13 | .986 | 8.47 | |||
| 1977 | 26 | Tacoma | PCL | AAA | MIN | OF | 16 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 1.19 | |||
| 1977 | 26 | Tacoma | PCL | AAA | MIN | 1B | 29 | 250 | 232 | 14 | 4 | 24 | .984 | 8.48 | |||
| 1977 | 26 | Tacoma | PCL | AAA | MIN | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | |||
| 1978 | 27 | Toledo | IL | AAA | MIN | OF | 49 | 106 | 90 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .981 | 2.12 | |||
| 1978 | 27 | Toledo | IL | AAA | MIN | 1B | 63 | 501 | 466 | 32 | 3 | 45 | .994 | 7.90 | |||
| 1979 | 28 | Visalia | CALL | A | MIN | 1B | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.00 | |||
| 1979 | 28 | Visalia | CALL | A | MIN | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.00 | |||
| 1980 | 29 | Visalia | CALL | A | MIN | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | |||
| 12 Seasons | 977 | 3502 | 3184 | 261 | 57 | 229 | .984 | 3.53 | |||||||||
| 1B (10 seasons) | 1B | 322 | 2282 | 2085 | 167 | 30 | 214 | .987 | 6.99 | ||||||||
| OF (10 seasons) | OF | 651 | 1212 | 1098 | 87 | 27 | 14 | .978 | 1.82 | ||||||||
| P (3 seasons) | P | 4 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.00 | ||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Lev | Aff | G | W | L | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 26 | Tacoma | PCL | AAA | MIN | 1 of 1 | 143 | 68 | 75 | .476 |
| 1979 | 28 | Visalia | CALL | A | MIN | 1 of 1 | 140 | 86 | 54 | .614 |
| 1980 | 29 | Visalia | CALL | A | MIN | 1 of 1 | 140 | 71 | 69 | .507 |
| 1982 | 31 | Orlando | SOUL | AA | MIN | 1 of 1 | 144 | 74 | 70 | .514 |
| 1986 | 35 | Minnesota | AL | MLB | MIN | 1 of 2 | 162 | 71 | 91 | .438 |
| 1987 | 36 | Minnesota | AL | MLB | MIN | 1 of 1 | 162 | 85 | 77 | .525 |
| 1988 | 37 | Minnesota | AL | MLB | MIN | 1 of 1 | 162 | 91 | 71 | .562 |
| 1989 | 38 | Minnesota | AL | MLB | MIN | 1 of 1 | 162 | 80 | 82 | .494 |
| 1990 | 39 | Minnesota | AL | MLB | MIN | 1 of 1 | 162 | 74 | 88 | .457 |
| 1991 | 40 | Minnesota | AL | MLB | MIN | 1 of 1 | 162 | 95 | 67 | .586 |
| 1992 | 41 | Minnesota | AL | MLB | MIN | 1 of 1 | 162 | 90 | 72 | .556 |
| 1993 | 42 | Minnesota | AL | MLB | MIN | 1 of 1 | 162 | 71 | 91 | .438 |
| 1994 | 43 | Minnesota | AL | MLB | MIN | 1 of 1 | 113 | 53 | 60 | .469 |
| 1995 | 44 | Minnesota | AL | MLB | MIN | 1 of 1 | 144 | 56 | 88 | .389 |
| 1996 | 45 | Minnesota | AL | MLB | MIN | 1 of 1 | 162 | 78 | 84 | .481 |
| 1997 | 46 | Minnesota | AL | MLB | MIN | 1 of 1 | 162 | 68 | 94 | .420 |
| 1998 | 47 | Minnesota | AL | MLB | MIN | 1 of 1 | 162 | 70 | 92 | .432 |
| 1999 | 48 | Minnesota | AL | MLB | MIN | 1 of 1 | 161 | 63 | 97 | .394 |
| 2000 | 49 | Minnesota | AL | MLB | MIN | 1 of 1 | 162 | 69 | 93 | .426 |
| 2001 | 50 | Minnesota | AL | MLB | MIN | 1 of 1 | 162 | 85 | 77 | .525 |
| 20 Seasons | 3091 | 1498 | 1592 | .485 | ||||||
| MLB (16 seasons) | 2524 | 1199 | 1324 | .475 | ||||||
| A (2 seasons) | 280 | 157 | 123 | .561 | ||||||
| AA (1 season) | 144 | 74 | 70 | .514 | ||||||
| AAA (1 season) | 143 | 68 | 75 | .476 | ||||||
W-L Totals are for the entire season even if they managed only part of the season.
Sequence may not be in order actually managed. Rank or Pennants Won may not be given for some seasons.
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Lev | Aff | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 17 | Newark Co-Pilots | New York-Pennsylvania League | A- | ||||
| 1968 | 17 | AIL Pilots | Arizona Instructional League | WRk | ||||
| 1969 | 18 | Clinton Pilots | Midwest League | A | SEP | |||
| 1970 | 19 | Jacksonville Suns | Southern League | AA | ||||
| 1971 | 20 | Charlotte Hornets | Dixie Association | AA | MIN | |||
| 1972 | 21 | Tacoma Twins | Pacific Coast League | AAA | MIN | |||
| 1973 | 22 | Tacoma Twins | Pacific Coast League | AAA | MIN | |||
| 1974 | 23 | Tacoma Twins | Pacific Coast League | AAA | MIN | |||
| 1975 | 24 | Tacoma Twins | Pacific Coast League | AAA | MIN | |||
| 1975 | 24 | Minnesota Twins | American League | MLB | MIN | 1 | 1975-05-11 | 1975-07-11 |
| 1976 | 25 | Rochester Red Wings | International League | AAA | BAL | |||
| 1977 | 26 | Tacoma Twins | Pacific Coast League | AAA | MIN | |||
| 1978 | 27 | Toledo Mud Hens | International League | AAA | MIN | |||
| 1979 | 28 | Visalia Oaks | California League | A | MIN | |||
| 1980 | 29 | Visalia Oaks | California League | A | MIN |
Sabr ID: 9dc833a6
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