Don Kelly

Positions: Outfielder, Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 215lb (193cm, 97kg)

Born: February 15, 1980 in Butler, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 8th round of the 2001 MLB June Amateur Draft from Point Park University (Pittsburgh, PA).

High School: Mount Lebanon HS (Pittsburgh, PA)

School: Point Park University (Pittsburgh, PA)

Debut: April 2, 2007 (Age 27-046d, 19,028th in major league history)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 27, 2016 (Age 36-163d)
vs. PHI 5 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2009 season

Agents: LSW Baseball

Full Name: Donald Thomas Kelly

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Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Neil Walker; Son-In-Law of Tom Walker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.1

1098

252

.230

148

RBI

OBP

.294

SLG

.334

OPS

.628

OPS+

Summary of 23 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 5 go ahead

1 Tm
DET	23

Platoon
vs RHP	23

Home/Road
Away	13
Home	10

Outs
0	9
1	8
2	6

12 Opps
CLE	4
MIN	3
BAL	3
CHW	3
KCR	2
TEX	2
TBR	1
OAK	1
LAD	1
LAA	1
SEA	1
NYY	1

22 Pitchers
Justin Masterson	2
Brandon Maurer	1
Sam Deduno	1
Edwin Jackson	1
Chris Tillman	1
Juan Cruz	1
Dustin Moseley	1
Yu Darvish	1
Jeanmar Gómez	1
Kelvin Herrera	1
Matt Guerrier	1
Jered Weaver	1
Scott Baker	1
Simón Castro	1
Aaron Crow	1
Trevor Cahill	1
Koji Uehara	1
Brad Bergesen	1
Freddy García	1
Josh Tomlin	1
Carl Pavano	1
Alexi Ogando	1

11 Parks
Comerica Pk (DET)	10
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	2
Camden Yards (BAL)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
Target Field (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	21
8	1
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	5
5	5
4	4
1	3
2	3
6	2
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	23

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	15
12-	2
--3	2
1--	2
-2-	1
1-3	1

34 RBI
RISP	6
0 on	15
1 on	5
2 on	3
Any on	8

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

1-3	6
4-6	9
7-end	8

RelScore
+3	3
+1	7
Tied	4
-1	2
-2	3
-3	2
-4..	2

Ahead	10
Tied	4
Behind	9

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-2	4
2-0	4
3-2	3
0-0	3
1-0	2
2-1	2
3-1	2
1-1	1
0-1	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	9
1B	5
CF	3
RF	3
3B	2
PH	1

OrderPos
2nd	5
8th	5
6th	5
5th	3
7th	2
9th	2
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	7
Low Lev	10

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2010-04-21	DET	@	LAA	Jered Weaver	behind 0-3	t 5	1	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	6	5	0.079	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2	2	2	1	2010-08-05	DET		CHW	Freddy García	behind 0-2	b 7	0	---	6,(3-2) CBBFBX	1	8	7	0.145	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	2010-08-18	DET	@	NYY	Dustin Moseley	behind 2-6	t 5	1	1--	5,(2-2) BFBSX	2	9	7	0.114	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Avila Scores
4	4	4	1	2010-08-21	DET		CLE	Josh Tomlin	ahead 3-2	b 5	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	3	0.105	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
5	5	5	1	2010-09-02	DET	@	MIN	Scott Baker	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	7	0.097	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
6	6	6	1	2010-09-06	DET		CHW	Edwin Jackson	behind 2-3	b 4	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	7	0.212	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Cabrera Scores
7	7	7	1	2010-09-25	DET		MIN	Carl Pavano	behind 3-5	b 4	1	--3	4,(1-2) BCCX	2	2	7	0.173	53%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); R. Santiago Scores
8	8	8	1	2010-10-01 (1)	DET	@	BAL	Chris Tillman	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	5	3	0.106	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
9	9	9	1	2010-10-01 (2)	DET	@	BAL	Koji Uehara	behind 0-2	t 9	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	0.025	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	2011-06-08	DET	@	TEX	Alexi Ogando	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	5	0.095	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
11	11	2	1	2011-06-22	DET	@	LAD	Matt Guerrier	ahead 6-5	t 8	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	6	PH	0.116	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	3	1	2011-07-07	DET	@	KCR	Aaron Crow	ahead 2-1	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	3	9	0.088	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
13	13	4	1	2011-08-22	DET	@	TBR	Juan Cruz	ahead 4-1	t 9	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	3	0.017	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
14	14	5	1	2011-09-16	DET	@	OAK	Trevor Cahill	ahead 2-1	t 7	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	9	0.133	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
15	15	6	1	2011-09-21	DET	@	KCR	Kelvin Herrera	ahead 4-3	t 8	2	--3	5,(1-2) BFCFX	2	2	3	0.180	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Worth Scores
16	16	7	1	2011-09-25	DET		BAL	Brad Bergesen	ahead 6-3	b 6	2	12-	6,(3-2) CFBB*B>X	3	2	9	0.075	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Peralta Scores; R. Raburn Scores
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	2012-06-06	DET		CLE	Jeanmar Gómez	behind 0-3	b 3	1	---	8,(3-2) CBBFFFBX	1	8	7	0.089	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	2013-05-16	DET	@	TEX	Yu Darvish	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	8	8	0.114	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
19	19	2	1	2013-05-24	DET		MIN	Sam Deduno	ahead 3-0	b 3	1	-2-	3,(2-0) BBX	2	8	8	0.078	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Peralta Scores
20	20	3	1	2013-06-09	DET		CLE	Justin Masterson	tied 1-1	b 6	1	12-	5,(1-2) FFBFX	3	6	8	0.278	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Cabrera Scores; P. Fielder Scores
21	21	4	1	2013-07-09	DET		CHW	Simón Castro	behind 3-11	b 9	2	---	4,(1-2) CSBX	1	7	7	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
22	22	5	1	2013-08-06	DET	@	CLE	Justin Masterson	ahead 2-1	t 5	2	1-3	3,(1-1) CBX	3	6	7	0.247	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Cabrera Scores; V. Martínez Scores
23	23	6	1	2013-09-17	DET		SEA	Brandon Maurer	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	6	7	0.138	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)