King Kelly

Positions: Rightfielder, Catcher and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: December 31, 1857 in Troy, NY us

Died: November 8, 1894 in Boston, MA

Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Boston, MA

Debut: May 1, 1878 (Age 20-121d, 374th in major league history)

Last Game: September 2, 1893 (Age 35-245d)

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1945. (Voted by Old Timers Committee)
No induction ceremony in Cooperstown held (until 2013).
View King Kelly's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1878 season

Full Name: Michael Joseph Kelly

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

46.0

5896

1813

.308

1357

RBI

950

368

OBP

.368

SLG

.438

OPS

.806

OPS+

138

Summary of 69 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 0 tying, 1 go ahead, 68 lacking some details

5 Tms
CHC	33
BSN	28
BOS	5
CIN	2
CKK	1

Platoon
vs RHP	58
vs LHP	7
vs ?HP	4

Home/Road
Home	49
Away	20

Outs
Unk	69

20 Opps
PRO	9
NYG	8
DTN	6
PHI	6
BSN	6
WHS	6
IND	5
PIT	4
CHC	3
BUF	3
STL	2
PHA/PHQ	2
CLV	2
CIN	1
TRO	1
BWW	1
BUF	1
NYI	1
BRO	1
WOR	1

46 Pitchers
Old Hoss Radbourn	5
Charlie Buffinton	4
Pud Galvin	4
Jim McCormick	3
Tim Keefe	3
Jim Whitney	3
Dan Casey	2
Pretzels Getzien	2
Dupee Shaw	2
George Weidman	2
Charlie Hallstrom	2
Amos Rusie	2
Ed Crane	2
Ben Sanders	1
Con Murphy	1
Will White	1
Lon Knight	1
George Bradley	1
Ledell Titcomb	1
George Derby	1
Gus Weyhing	1
Egyptian Healy	1
Paul Radford	1
George Keefe	1
Pete Conway	1
John Ward	1
Frank Gilmore	1
Fred Corey	1
Mike Sullivan	1
Clark Griffith	1
Wild Bill Widner	1
John Harkins	1
Frank Brill	1
John Coleman	1
Alex Ferson	1
Gus Krock	1
George Haddock	1
Buck Ewing	1
Charlie Ferguson	1
Mickey Welch	1
Ed Bagley	1
Mark Baldwin	1
Frank Dwyer	1
Lev Shreve	1
Billy Serad	1
William Madigan	1

16 Parks
LakeFrontPk2 (CHI)	14
WestSide Pk (CHI)	11
SouthEndGrd2 (BOS)	10
SouthEnd Grd (BOS)	7
CongressSt G (BOS)	5
Swampoodle G (WAS)	4
7th St Pk 3 (IND)	3
PoloGrnds1SE (NYC)	3
Phil BB Grnd (PHI)	2
WrightSt Grd (MIL)	2
RecreationPk (DET)	2
Avenue Grnds (CIN)	2
Pendleton Pk (PEN)	1
BankSt Grnd (CIN)	1
N.L. Pk I (CLE)	1
AgCountyFG (WOR)	1

Where Hit

3 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	63
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

118 RBI

Inning
1	8
2	7
3	12
4	5
5	5
6	8
7	7
8	9
9	5

1-3	27
4-6	18
7-end	21

RelScore
Tied	1
Unk	68

Tied	1
Unk	68

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	45
C	18
2B	3
1B	2
3B	1

OrderPos
3rd	34
2nd	17
Unk	8
1st	5
4th	3
5th	1
6th	1

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1879	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
1	1	1	1	1879-05-03	CIN		TRO	George Bradley		b 6		3	6	9
2	2	2	1	1879-07-16	CIN		PRO	John Ward		b 9		1	2	9
1880	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
3	3	1	1	1880-05-01	CHC	@	CIN	Will White		t 2		2	5	9
1881	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
4	4	1	1	1881-07-23	CHC	@	DTN	George Derby		b 8		2	3	9
5	5	2	1	1881-09-28	CHC	@	WOR	Fred Corey		t 1		2	2	9		IPHR
1882	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
6	6	1	1	1882-05-06	CHC	@	CLV	Jim McCormick		t 1		2	3	9
1883	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
7	7	1	1	1883-05-12	CHC		PHI	John Coleman		b 1		2	3	9
8	8	2	1	1883-08-09	CHC	@	DTN	George Weidman		t 6		1	3	9
9	9	3	1	1883-09-04	CHC		DTN	George Weidman		b 4		2	3	9
1884	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
10	10	1	1	1884-05-31	CHC		DTN	Dupee Shaw					2	9
11	11	2	1	1884-06-03	CHC		BUF	Pud Galvin		b 8		1	3	9
12	12	3	1	1884-06-07	CHC		CLV	John Harkins					3	2
13	13	4	1	1884-06-23	CHC		BSN	Charlie Buffinton		b 3		3	3	9
14	14	5	1	1884-06-26	CHC		PRO	Old Hoss Radbourn		b 1		2	3	9
15	15	6	1	1884-06-30	CHC		PRO	Old Hoss Radbourn	tied 4-4	b 9		1	3	9		Walk-Off
16	16	7	1	1884-07-29	CHC		DTN	Frank Brill		b 9		3	3	9
17	17	8	1	1884-08-12	CHC		BUF	Pud Galvin					3	9
18	18	9	1	1884-08-14	CHC		BUF	Billy Serad		b 2		4	3	2
19	19	10	1	1884-09-03	CHC	@	NYG	Ed Bagley		t 7		1	3	2
20	20	11	1	1884-09-20	CHC		BSN	Charlie Buffinton		b 7		1	3	9
21	21	12	1	1884-10-08	CHC		PHI	Con Murphy		b 7		3	3	9
22	22	13	1	1884-10-11	CHC		PHI	Charlie Ferguson		b 2		2	3	9
1885	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
23	23	1	1	1885-07-11	CHC		PRO	Old Hoss Radbourn		b 3		1	3	5
24	24	2	1	1885-09-17	CHC		BSN	Charlie Buffinton		b 6		2	3	9
25	25	3	1	1885-09-19	CHC		BSN	Jim Whitney		b 3		2	3	9
26	26	4	1	1885-09-23	CHC		PRO	Charlie Hallstrom		b 3		3	3	2
27	27	5	2	1885-09-23	CHC		PRO	Charlie Hallstrom		b 5		1	3	2
28	28	6	1	1885-09-24	CHC		PRO	Dupee Shaw		b 7		1	3	9
29	29	7	1	1885-09-25	CHC	@	PRO	Paul Radford		t 4		3	3	2
30	30	8	2	1885-09-25	CHC	@	PRO	Lon Knight		t 6		2	3	2
31	31	9	1	1885-10-03	CHC		NYG	Tim Keefe		b 2		3	3	2
1886	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
32	32	1	1	1886-07-06	CHC		BSN	Old Hoss Radbourn		b 3		2	3	9
33	33	2	1	1886-08-04	CHC	@	WHS	William Madigan		t 5		1	3	9
34	34	3	1	1886-08-26	CHC		BSN	Old Hoss Radbourn		b 4		1	2	9
35	35	4	1	1886-09-08 (2)	CHC		NYG	Tim Keefe		b 6		3	2	9
1887	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
36	36	1	1	1887-05-05	BSN	@	NYG	Mickey Welch		t 3		1	3	9		IPHR
37	37	2	1	1887-05-18	BSN		PIT	Jim McCormick		b 9		2	2	9
38	38	3	1	1887-05-23	BSN		IND	Egyptian Healy		b 9		2	2	4
39	39	4	1	1887-06-14	BSN		WHS	Frank Gilmore		b 5		1	2	4
40	40	5	1	1887-06-15	BSN		WHS	Jim Whitney		b 6		1	2	4
41	41	6	1	1887-06-16	BSN		NYG	Tim Keefe		b 8		1	2	9
42	42	7	1	1887-07-07	BSN		PIT	Jim McCormick		b 2		1	2	9
43	43	8	1	1887-08-27	BSN		PIT	Pud Galvin		b 4		1	1	9
1888	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
44	44	1	1	1888-04-21	BSN	@	PHI	Dan Casey		t 6		3	1	9
45	45	2	2	1888-04-21	BSN	@	PHI	Dan Casey		t 8		2	1	9
46	46	3	1	1888-05-02	BSN	@	NYG	Ledell Titcomb		t 3		2	1	2		IPHR
47	47	4	1	1888-05-22	BSN	@	IND	Lev Shreve		t 3		2	1	9
48	48	5	1	1888-06-09	BSN		DTN	Pete Conway		b 3		2	3	9
49	49	6	1	1888-08-23	BSN	@	WHS	Wild Bill Widner		t 8		1		2
50	50	7	1	1888-08-24	BSN	@	WHS	Jim Whitney		t 8		1		9
51	51	8	1	1888-09-07	BSN	@	CHC	Mark Baldwin		t 1		2	4	2
52	52	9	1	1888-10-02	BSN		CHC	Frank Dwyer		b 3		1	2	9
1889	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
53	53	1	1	1889-05-08	BSN		NYG	Ed Crane		b 7		2	3	9
54	54	2	1	1889-05-30 (1)	BSN		CHC	Gus Krock		b 1		1	3	9
55	55	3	1	1889-06-04	BSN		PHI	Ben Sanders		b 3		1	3	9
56	56	4	1	1889-07-17 (2)	BSN		IND	Amos Rusie		b 4		2	2	9
57	57	5	1	1889-08-06	BSN	@	IND	Pretzels Getzien		t 1		1	2	2
58	58	6	1	1889-08-21	BSN		NYG	Ed Crane		b 7		2	2	9
59	59	7	1	1889-09-07	BSN		PIT	Pud Galvin		b 7		1	2	9
60	60	8	1	1889-09-20	BSN	@	WHS	Alex Ferson		t 6		2		9
61	61	9	1	1889-09-28	BSN	@	IND	Amos Rusie		t 8		1	2	9
1890	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
62	62	1	1	1890-05-30 (2)	BOS		BUF	George Keefe		b 8		1		3
63	63	2	1	1890-06-17 (1)	BOS		BWW	Gus Weyhing		b 2		2		2
64	64	3	1	1890-09-05	BOS		PHQ	Charlie Buffinton		b 1		3		3
65	65	4	1	1890-09-10	BOS		NYI	Buck Ewing		b 3		2		2
1891	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
66	66	1	1	1891-05-02	CKK		STL	Clark Griffith		b 2		2	3	2
67	67	2	1	1891-08-22	BOS		PHA	Mike Sullivan		b 5		2		2
1892	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
68	68	1	1	1892-06-21	BSN		BRO	George Haddock		b 8		1	4	2
69	69	2	1	1892-07-16	BSN		STL	Pretzels Getzien		b 5		3	4	2