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Dick Kelley

Richard Anthony Kelley

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 174 lb.

Born: January 8, 1940 in Brighton, MA
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1964
Teams (by GP): Braves/Padres 1964-1971

Final Game: September 28, 1971
Died: December 11, 1991 in Northridge, CA
Cremated
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1964 24 MLN NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1965 25 MLN NL 22 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 26 ATL NL 20 29 28 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 .036 .036 .036 .071 -80 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1967 27 ATL NL 39 19 16 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .250 .294 .313 .607 75 5 0 0 2 0 0 1
1968 28 ATL NL 31 27 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 .043 .154 .043 .197 -38 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1969 29 SDP NL 27 48 47 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 24 .106 .106 .128 .234 -33 6 1 0 1 0 0 1
1971 31 SDP NL 48 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 96 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Yrs 189 134 125 3 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 70 .096 .124 .112 .236 -32 14 1 0 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 115 107 3 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 60 .096 .124 .112 .236 -32 12 1 0 4 0 0
ATL (5 yrs) 114 83 75 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 45 .080 .127 .093 .220 -36 7 0 0 4 0 0
SDP (2 yrs) 75 51 50 0 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 25 .120 .120 .140 .260 -26 7 1 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1964 24 MLN NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1965 25 MLN NL 22 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .494 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1966 26 ATL NL 20 29 -7 0 0 0 3 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.4 .479 .497 -0.4 0.0 -3 $ 1
1967 27 ATL NL 39 19 -1 0 0 0 2 2 0.2 1 2 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ 1
1968 28 ATL NL 31 27 -4 -0 0 0 3 -1 -0.2 1 -0 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ 1
1969 29 SDP NL 27 48 -8 -0 -0 0 6 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .488 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $ 1
1971 31 SDP NL 48 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
7 Seasons 189 134 -21 -0 -0 0 15 -7 -0.7 5 -2 -0.7 .496 .499 -0.7 0.1 -2 $
ATL (5 yrs) 114 83 -13 -0 0 0 9 -4 -0.5 3 -2 -0.5 .495 .499 -0.5 0.1 -2 $
SDP (2 yrs) 75 51 -8 0 -0 0 6 -2 -0.3 2 -1 -0.2 .497 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1965 25 MLN NL 8 8 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .258 .000 .322 .000 .390 .000 .712 -100 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1966 26 ATL NL 29 28 0 0.0 99 .091 .036 .268 .036 .327 .036 .404 .071 .731 -80 .000 -6.9 -0.7 .037 .000 .000
1967 27 ATL NL 19 14 2 3.9 90 .800 .250 .257 .294 .319 .313 .377 .607 .696 75 .487 -0.5 -0.1 .500 .125 .063
1968 28 ATL NL 27 23 0 0.0 82 .091 .043 .253 .154 .312 .043 .357 .197 .668 -38 .000 -3.9 -0.4 .182 .130 .000
1969 29 SDP NL 48 44 1 0.6 91 .217 .106 .255 .106 .324 .128 .378 .234 .702 -33 .029 -8.3 -0.9 .140 .021 .021
1971 31 SDP NL 3 2 0 0.0 87 .500 .333 .251 .333 .317 .333 .368 .667 .685 96 .000 -0.0 0.0 .500 .000 .000
7 Yrs 134 119 3 0.7 91 .218 .096 .258 .124 .321 .112 .380 .236 .702 -32 .037 -21.8 -2.3 .158 .048 .016
162 Game Avg. 115 102 3 0.7 91 .218 .096 .258 .124 .321 .112 .380 .236 .702 -32 .037 -21.8 -2.3 .158 .048 .016
ATL (5 yrs) 83 73 2 0.7 91 .200 .080 .260 .127 .320 .093 .382 .220 .702 -36 .045 -13.4 -1.4 .159 .067 .013
SDP (2 yrs) 51 46 1 0.6 91 .240 .120 .254 .120 .324 .140 .377 .260 .701 -26 .027 -8.4 -0.9 .156 .020 .020

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1965 25 MLN NL 8 0.0% 62.5% 0.0% 0.0% 1.6 2.00 38%
1966 26 ATL NL 29 0.0% 58.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.6 1.00 38%
1967 27 ATL NL 19 0.0% 57.9% 5.3% 5.3% 25% 11.00 1.5 16.0 26%
1968 28 ATL NL 27 0.0% 44.4% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 4.00 1.9 1.40 41%
1969 29 SDP NL 48 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 2.1% 20% 2.0 23.5 1.44 48%
1971 31 SDP NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 0.00 67%
7 Yrs 134 0.0% 52.2% 3.0% 1.5% 17% 17.50 1.8 41.7 1.41 41%
MLB Averages 2.1% 15.3% 8.3% 6.1% 28% 1.85 5.8 43.0 9.2 1.12 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1964 24 MLN NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1965 25 MLN NL -2.1 -0.2 8 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 1.28 -0.2 -0.0 -2.4 -0.3 1.11 -2.1 0
1966 26 ATL NL -6.9 -0.7 29 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 .88 -0.8 0.0 -7.1 -0.7 0.87 -7.8 0
1967 27 ATL NL -0.5 -0.1 18 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .76 -0.1 -0.1 0.2 0.0 0.92 -0.2 0
1968 28 ATL NL -3.9 -0.4 25 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 .92 -0.4 -0.1 -3.2 -0.4 0.89 -3.5 0
1969 29 SDP NL -8.3 -0.9 48 -1.2 0.2 -1.4 1.23 -0.9 -0.1 -9.4 -1.0 1.03 -8.7 0
1971 31 SDP NL -0.0 0.0 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .62 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0.0 1.02 0.1 0
7 Yrs -21.8 -2.3 132 -2.7 0.4 -3.1 1.02 -2.3 -0.4 -21.8 -2.3 0.96 -22.2 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1965 25 MLN NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1966 26 ATL NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 27 ATL NL 0 0 40% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 28 ATL NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1969 29 SDP NL 0 0 0% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 31 SDP NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 0 0 19% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 4 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1965 25 MLN NL 8 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1966 26 ATL NL 29 28% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 15 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1967 27 ATL NL 19 12% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 9 1 11% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1968 28 ATL NL 27 32% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 6 0 0% 14 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1969 29 SDP NL 48 15% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 9 1 11% 11 1 9% 38 2 5% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1971 31 SDP NL 3 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 134 22% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 50% 15 1 7% 24 2 8% 85 3 4% 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 53% 77% 11% 30% 13% 47% 52%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1965 25 24 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 26 44 37 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 .028 .028 .028 .056 -85 1 0 0 1 0 0
1967 27 83 56 52 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 33 .096 .113 .115 .229 -36 6 0 0 3 0 0
1968 28 114 83 75 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 45 .080 .127 .093 .220 -36 7 0 0 4 0 0
1969 29 141 131 122 3 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 69 .090 .119 .107 .226 -35 13 1 0 5 0 0
1970 30 141 131 122 3 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 69 .090 .119 .107 .226 -35 13 1 0 5 0 0
1971 31 189 134 125 3 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 70 .096 .124 .112 .236 -32 14 1 0 5 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1965 25 22 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 22
1966 26 20 29 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 20
1967 27 39 20 17 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 11 .294 .333 .353 .686 2 39
1968 28 31 27 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 .000 .115 .000 .115 0 31
1969 29 27 49 48 0 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 24 .125 .125 .146 .271 1 27
1971 31 48 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 48
6 Yrs 187 136 127 4 11 2 0 0 4 0 4 70 .087 .115 .102 .217 3 187
162 Game Avg. 162 118 110 3 10 2 0 0 3 0 3 61 .087 .115 .102 .217 3 187

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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