Van Kelly

Positions: Third Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: March 18, 1946 in Charlotte, NC us

High School: Garinger HS (Charlotte, NC)

School: Western Carolina University (Cullowhee, NC)

Debut: June 13, 1969 (Age 23-087d, 12,840th in major league history)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 12, 1970 (Age 24-086d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: Van Howard Kelly

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.5

298

.222

RBI

OBP

.286

SLG

.302

OPS

.588

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	9-29 / in Starts: 8-13
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	17 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 105 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	61 (34-17-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 105 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	65 (33-20-11)

Most Driven In
T Dean	2
I Murrell	1
N Colbert	1
Self	1
O Brown	1
A Ferrara	1
E Spiezio	1
B Barton	1

Most Driven In By
N Colbert	2
Self	1
D Campbell	1
C Gaston	1
A Ferrara	1
C Cannizzaro	1
O Brown	0
C Kirby	0

1970 Batting Game Log

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1970 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	74	1	Apr 7	SDP		ATL	W,8-3	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	2	.45	0.113	.67	0.10%	0.06	3B
2	75	2	Apr 8	SDP		ATL	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	2	.95	-0.045	1.56	-0.04%	-0.58	3B
3	76	3	Apr 9	SDP		ATL	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.231	.385	2	.69	-0.067	1.06	-0.06%	-0.82	3B
4	77	4	Apr 10	SDP	@	LAD	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.294	.471	2	.68	0.145	.91	0.12%	1.15	3B
5	78	6 (1)	Apr 12	SDP	@	LAD	L,0-6	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.238	.381	2	.35	-0.036	.53	-0.03%	-0.57	3B
6	79	8 (1)	Apr 14	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-6	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.174	.227	.401	9	1.74	-0.053	3.14	-0.06%	0.02	PH 2B
7	80	9	Apr 15	SDP	@	ATL	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.167	.217	.384	1	3.87	-0.117	6.40	-0.12%	-0.62	PH
8	81	10	Apr 16	SDP	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.207	.250	.457	2	.59	-0.018	.86	-0.02%	-0.18	3B
9	82	11	Apr 17	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.206	.219	.425	2	1.14	-0.043	1.71	-0.04%	-0.60	3B
10	83	13 (1)	Apr 19	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.211	.200	.411	2	.91	-0.004	1.24	0.00%	-0.12	3B
11	84	14	Apr 21	SDP	@	NYM	W,5-3	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.256	.211	.466	2	1.10	0.132	1.16	0.08%	0.74	3B
12	85	15	Apr 22	SDP	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.234	.190	.425	2	1.46	-0.152	1.70	-0.11%	-0.87	3B
13	86	16	Apr 24	SDP		PHI	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.229	.186	.415	1	1.75	-0.045	1.82	-0.03%	-0.10	PH
14	87	17	Apr 25	SDP		PHI	L,0-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.231	.174	.405	7	1.90	-0.138	1.81	-0.08%	-0.49	3B
15	88	18	Apr 26	SDP		PHI	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.231	.174	.405	1						PR
16	89	20 (1)	Apr 28 (2)	SDP		MON	L,3-7	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.128	.226	.170	.397	9	3.99	-0.213	3.04	-0.10%	-1.55	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	90	25 (4)	May 3 (2)	SDP		NYM	L,2-3	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.226	.170	.397	9	3.14	-0.034	2.03	-0.01%	-0.19	PH
18	91	27 (1)	May 6	SDP	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.137	.228	.176	.405	7	.93	0.037	.48	0.01%	0.24	3B
19	92	29 (1)	May 8 (1)	SDP	@	MON	W,11-1	GS-7	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.250	.259	.509	7	1.23	0.249	.62	0.08%	3.16	3B
20	93	30	May 8 (2)	SDP	@	MON	L,6-7	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.153	.231	.237	.468	7	2.23	-0.282	1.31	-0.10%	-1.44	3B
21	94	31	May 9	SDP	@	MON	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.217	.222	.440	7	.36	-0.036	.18	-0.01%	-0.81	3B
22	95	33 (1)	May 11	SDP		SFG	L,5-6	10-10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.229	.234	.463	9	5.66	0.156	3.76	0.06%	0.64	PH
23	96	35 (1)	May 13	SDP		SFG	L,1-5	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.239	.234	.474	9	.56	0.027	.37	0.01%	0.38	PH 3B
24	97	37 (1)	May 15	SDP		HOU	W,10-8	9-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.250	.234	.484	9	1.34	0.028	.69	0.01%	0.12	PH 3B
25	98	38	May 16	SDP		HOU	L,7-9	5-GF	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.280	.246	.526	1	1.02	0.045	.58	0.02%	1.64	PH 3B
26	99	40 (1)	May 18	SDP		LAD	L,3-4	2-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.276	.242	.519	9	2.23	-0.050	1.12	-0.02%	-0.46	PH
27	100	43 (2)	May 22	SDP	@	SFG	L,4-9	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.275	.232	.507	7	.73	-0.061	.26	-0.01%	-0.25	3B
28	101	44	May 23	SDP	@	SFG	W,17-16	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.153	.274	.222	.496	7	1.19	-0.075	.34	-0.01%	-0.92	3B
29	102	45	May 24 (1)	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.276	.240	.516	7	.81	-0.016	.27	0.00%	-0.25	3B
30	103	46	May 24 (2)	SDP	@	SFG	L,6-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.273	.237	.510	7	2.05	-0.058	.59	-0.01%	-0.23	PH 3B
31	104	47	May 25	SDP		CIN	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.264	.228	.492	7	1.21	-0.088	.44	-0.02%	-0.61	3B
32	105	49 (1)	May 26 (2)	SDP		CIN	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.159	.266	.232	.498	7	.32	-0.023	.11	0.00%	-0.68	3B
33	106	50	May 27	SDP		CIN	L,4-6	CG	4	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.296	.250	.546	7	1.04	0.143	.41	0.03%	1.10	3B
34	107	52 (1)	May 30 (2)	SDP	@	CHC	L,7-8	5-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.300	.247	.547	9	1.40	-0.035	.30	-0.01%	-0.07	3B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	108	54 (1)	Jun 1	SDP	@	PIT	L,1-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.297	.244	.541	1	.60	-0.015	.07	0.00%	-0.29	PH 3B
36	109	58 (3)	Jun 7	SDP	@	STL	L,7-10	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.294	.241	.535	9	.26	-0.013	.04	0.00%	-0.81	PH
37	110	59	Jun 9	SDP		CHC	L,3-7	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.291	.239	.530	9	1.33	-0.030	.16	0.00%	-0.35	PH
38	111	62 (2)	Jun 12 (1)	SDP		PIT	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.288	.236	.524	8	1.13	-0.028	.08	0.00%	-0.15	PH
							9-29		105	89	9	15	3	0	1	9	15	0	21	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.169	.288	.236	.524		1.12	-0.700	.98	-0.37%	-4.76

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