Dick Kelley
Richard Anthony Kelley
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 8, 1940 in Boston, MA
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1964
Final Game: September 28, 1971
Died: December 12, 1991 in Northridge, CA
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1964 24 MLN NL 0 0 18.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 4 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 11 20 2.500 9.0 0.0 13.5 9.0 0.67
1965 25 MLN NL 1 1 .500 3.00 21 4 5 0 0 0 45.0 37 15 15 5 20 2 31 0 0 3 186 117 1.267 7.4 1.0 4.0 6.2 1.55
1966 26 ATL NL 7 5 .583 3.22 20 13 1 2 2 0 81.0 75 36 29 6 21 2 50 3 0 4 333 114 1.185 8.3 0.7 2.3 5.6 2.38
1967 27 ATL NL 2 9 .182 3.77 39 9 9 1 1 2 98.0 88 48 41 8 42 7 75 1 0 2 414 89 1.327 8.1 0.7 3.9 6.9 1.79
1968 28 ATL NL 2 4 .333 2.76 31 11 5 1 1 1 98.0 86 36 30 4 45 2 73 1 0 5 419 109 1.337 7.9 0.4 4.1 6.7 1.62
1969 29 SDP NL 4 8 .333 3.57 27 23 3 1 1 0 136.0 113 60 54 11 61 8 96 5 1 1 572 99 1.279 7.5 0.7 4.0 6.4 1.57
1971 31 SDP NL 2 3 .400 3.47 48 1 24 0 0 2 59.2 52 26 23 5 23 5 42 4 0 0 256 95 1.257 7.8 0.8 3.5 6.3 1.83
7 Seasons 18 30 .375 3.39 188 61 47 5 5 5 519.2 453 225 196 39 215 26 369 14 1 17 2191 100 1.285 7.8 0.7 3.7 6.4 1.72
162 Game Avg. 5 8 .375 3.39 51 17 13 1 1 1 142 124 61 54 11 59 7 101 4 0 5 598 100 1.285 7.8 0.7 3.7 6.4 1.72
ATL (5 yrs) 12 19 .387 3.31 113 37 20 4 4 3 324.0 288 139 119 23 131 13 231 5 0 16 1363 101 1.293 8.0 0.6 3.6 6.4 1.76
SDP (2 yrs) 6 11 .353 3.54 75 24 27 1 1 2 195.2 165 86 77 16 84 13 138 9 1 1 828 98 1.273 7.6 0.7 3.9 6.3 1.64

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1964 24 MLN NL 2 11 8 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 .250 .455 .375 .830 .333 3 0 0 0 0 0
1965 25 MLN NL 21 186 164 15 37 7 2 5 4 2 20 31 .226 .310 .384 .694 .250 63 4 0 2 0 2
1966 26 ATL NL 20 333 304 36 75 14 2 6 3 2 21 50 .247 .301 .365 .666 .277 111 13 3 4 1 2
1967 27 ATL NL 39 414 356 48 88 11 5 8 8 1 42 75 .247 .324 .374 .698 .288 133 9 1 10 5 7
1968 28 ATL NL 31 419 362 36 86 11 3 4 4 0 45 73 .238 .323 .318 .640 .287 115 11 1 10 1 2
1969 29 SDP NL 27 572 492 60 113 19 6 11 7 5 61 96 .230 .320 .360 .679 .264 177 9 5 12 2 8
1971 31 SDP NL 48 256 224 26 52 4 7 5 3 1 23 42 .232 .312 .379 .692 .263 85 3 4 3 2 5
7 Seasons 188 2191 1910 225 453 67 25 39 29 11 215 369 .237 .317 .360 .677 .274 687 49 14 41 11 26
162 Game Avg. 51 598 522 61 124 18 7 11 8 3 59 101 .237 .317 .360 .677 .274 188 13 4 11 3 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1965 25 MLN NL 21 4 0 1 3 0 0 2 2 .500 0 2 0 0 1 25% 45 74 28 8 1 1 1 3.2 2.6 4.0
1966 26 ATL NL 20 13 7 4 2 0 1 8 5 .615 1 1 2 2 9 69% 55 87 24 13 6 5 3 4.6 3.2 5.9
1967 27 ATL NL 39 9 1 5 3 0 1 3 6 .333 1 2 1 1 3 33% 48 86 20 17 4 2 4 3.3 2.4 4.9
1968 28 ATL NL 31 11 2 4 5 0 0 4 7 .364 0 1 1 1 5 45% 52 79 27 20 2 0 8 2.0 2.4 4.9
1969 29 SDP NL 27 23 4 7 12 0 1 11 12 .478 0 6 1 1 11 48% 54 84 19 17 6 4 12 3.0 2.3 5.8
1971 31 SDP NL 48 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 50 50 50 15 6 0 1 9.0 2.3 5.0
6 Seasons 186 61 15 21 25 1 3 29 32 .475 2 13 5 5 29 48% 52 87 19 90 25 12 29 3.3 2.6 5.4
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1964 24 MLN NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0.325 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 3.0
1965 25 MLN NL 21 17 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 40% 5 1.011 3 3 9 0 2 13 5 10 9 5 8 4 5.1
1966 26 ATL NL 20 7 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 7 5 71% 8 1.101 4 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 0 5 0 3 1.6
1967 27 ATL NL 39 30 9 1 4 4 2 2 50% 7 2 21 9 43% 7 0.943 7 8 13 8 3 17 12 16 20 7 19 3 5.4
1968 28 ATL NL 31 20 5 0 0 1 1 0 100% 3 2 18 2 11% 7 0.991 7 4 7 4 2 12 10 8 14 4 13 2 6.7
1969 29 SDP NL 27 4 3 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 1 25% 8 1.176 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 2.8
1971 31 SDP NL 48 47 24 1 3 5 2 3 40% 6 0 36 20 56% 8 0.977 16 6 23 6 10 29 19 26 16 15 17 7 3.5
7 Seasons 188 127 47 3 9 12 5 7 42% 19 5 98 43 44% 1.046 39 22 57 21 20 78 52 67 61 38 59 19 4.5

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1964 24 MLN NL 11 73% 0.0% 18.2% 27.3% 9.1% 50% 0.33 55% 0 0
1965 25 MLN NL 186 75% 2.7% 16.7% 10.8% 7.5% 38% 1.54 69% 30 4 13%
1966 26 ATL NL 333 80% 1.8% 15.0% 6.3% 6.6% 29% 1.16 75% 63 13 21%
1967 27 ATL NL 414 74% 1.9% 18.1% 10.1% 5.8% 27% 1.41 67% 66 9 14%
1968 28 ATL NL 419 75% 1.0% 17.4% 10.7% 4.3% 21% 1.36 68% 74 11 15%
1969 29 SDP NL 572 82% 1.9% 16.8% 10.7% 6.3% 32% 1.08 68% 89 9 10%
1971 31 SDP NL 256 69% 2.0% 16.4% 9.0% 6.3% 31% 0.94 70% 47 3 6%
7 Seasons 2191 77% 1.8% 16.8% 9.8% 6.0% 29% 1.21 69% 369 49 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1964 24 MLN NL 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1965 25 MLN NL 169 37 5 0 1 5 0 3 2 11 5 2 45% 2 3 1 61 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 17
1966 26 ATL NL 324 75 6 0 7 5 1 3 3 25 8 7 32% 5 4 1 106 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 9
1967 27 ATL NL 354 88 8 0 8 5 2 6 1 22 13 2 59% 3 2 1 124 8 1 89% 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 60
1968 28 ATL NL 381 86 4 0 9 3 0 2 1 17 6 2 35% 7 5 0 141 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 38
1969 29 SDP NL 542 113 11 0 8 9 2 4 7 26 7 10 27% 5 1 4 191 7 5 58% 7 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 10 30
1971 31 SDP NL 248 52 5 1 13 4 1 3 2 23 10 4 43% 1 0 1 84 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 8
7 Seasons 2029 453 39 1 49 31 6 21 16 124 49 27 40% 23 17 8 708 29 11 73% 27 9 1 2 1 0 4 1 38 162
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1964 24 0 0 18.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 4 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 11 20 2.500 9.0 0.0 13.5 9.0 0.67 20
1965 25 1 1 .500 3.64 23 4 5 0 0 0 47.0 39 19 19 5 23 2 33 0 0 5 197 96 1.319 7.5 1.0 4.4 6.3 1.43 96
1966 26 8 6 .571 3.38 43 17 6 2 2 0 128.0 114 55 48 11 44 4 83 3 0 9 530 107 1.234 8.0 0.8 3.1 5.8 1.89 107
1967 27 10 15 .400 3.54 82 26 15 3 3 2 226.0 202 103 89 19 86 11 158 4 0 11 944 99 1.274 8.0 0.8 3.4 6.3 1.84 99
1968 28 12 19 .387 3.31 113 37 20 4 4 3 324.0 288 139 119 23 131 13 231 5 0 16 1363 101 1.293 8.0 0.6 3.6 6.4 1.76 101
1969 29 16 27 .372 3.38 140 60 23 5 5 3 460.0 401 199 173 34 192 21 327 10 1 17 1935 101 1.289 7.8 0.7 3.8 6.4 1.70 101
1970 30 16 27 .372 3.38 140 60 23 5 5 3 460.0 401 199 173 34 192 21 327 10 1 17 1935 101 1.289 7.8 0.7 3.8 6.4 1.70 101
1971 31 18 30 .375 3.39 188 61 47 5 5 5 519.2 453 225 196 39 215 26 369 14 1 17 2191 100 1.285 7.8 0.7 3.7 6.4 1.72 100

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1964 24 0 0 18.00 2.0 2 4 4 0 3 2 0 2.500 9.0 13.5 9.0 0.67 0.0 2
1965 25 2 2 .500 3.43 42.0 39 18 16 5 21 29 0 1.429 8.4 4.5 6.2 1.38 1.1 21
1966 26 4 4 .500 3.62 77.0 77 34 31 6 22 48 3 1.286 9.0 2.6 5.6 2.18 0.7 20
1967 27 4 6 .400 4.80 90.0 96 53 48 9 46 69 1 1.578 9.6 4.6 6.9 1.50 0.9 39
1968 28 5 4 .556 3.84 89.0 97 42 38 5 51 66 1 1.663 9.8 5.2 6.7 1.29 0.5 31
1969 29 6 8 .429 4.32 127.0 120 68 61 12 65 90 5 1.457 8.5 4.6 6.4 1.38 0.9 27
1971 31 3 3 .500 4.26 57.0 57 30 27 5 25 40 4 1.439 9.0 3.9 6.3 1.60 0.8 48
7 Seasons 24 27 .471 4.18 484.0 488 249 225 42 233 344 14 1.490 9.1 6.4 1.48 0.8 188

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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