Harry Kelley

Harry Leroy Kelley

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 13, 1906 in Parkin, AR (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1925
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Senators 1925-1939

Final Game: July 23, 1939
Died: March 23, 1958 in Parkin, AR
Buried: Cogbill Cemetery, Wynne, AR
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1923	17	SPB	B	5	7	.417	2.88	15						75.0	66	33	24		21							1.160	7.9		2.5			SPB · SALL
1924	18	MEM	A	14	7	.667	2.88	44						216.0	208	96	69		86							1.361	8.7		3.6			MEM · SOUA
1925	19	NOR	A	16	10	.615	3.74	31						200.0	215	99	83		54							1.345	9.7		2.4			NOR · SOUA
1925	19	WSH	AL	1	1	.500	9.00	6	1	3	0	0	0	16.0	30	23	16	0	12	7	0	0	1	89	48	2.625	16.9	0.0	6.8	3.9	0.58
1926	20	BIR	A	4	9	.308	4.23	27						117.0	155	71	55		34							1.615	11.9		2.6			BIR · SOUA
1926	20	WSH	AL	0	0		8.10	7	1	2	0	0	0	10.0	17	10	9	0	8	6	1	0	0	51	50	2.500	15.3	0.0	7.2	5.4	0.75

1927	21	MEM	A	12	10	.545	3.57	38						212.0	227	107	84		61							1.358	9.6		2.6			MEM · SOUA
1928	22	MEM	A	21	10	.677	2.38	42						234.0	234	91	62		59							1.252	9.0		2.3			MEM · SOUA
1929	23	MEM	A	11	12	.478	2.95	28						198.0	195	77	65		48							1.227	8.9		2.2			MEM · SOUA
1930	24	MEM	A	19	11	.633	3.91	47						246.0	257	123	107		77							1.358	9.4		2.8			MEM · SOUA
1931	25	MEM	A	20	16	.556	3.70	49	30					270.0	301	144	111		66							1.359	10.0		2.2			MEM · SOUA
1932	26	MEM	A	16	9	.640	3.76	42						230.0	253	118	96		59							1.357	9.9		2.3			MEM · SOUA
1933	27	MEM	A	21	13	.618	3.37	45						278.0	293	130	104		67							1.295	9.5		2.2			MEM · SOUA
1934	28	MEM,ATA	A	23	11	.676	3.39	51						313.0	328	137	118		87							1.326	9.4		2.5			MEM,ATA · SOUA
1935	29	ATA	A	23	13	.639	2.50	44						320.0	303	114	89		90							1.228	8.5		2.5			ATA · SOUA
1936	30	PHA	AL	15	12	.556	3.86	35	27	8	20	1	3	235.1	250	112	101	21	75	82	2	0	8	1002	131	1.381	9.6	0.8	2.9	3.1	1.09
1937	31	PHA	AL	13	21	.382	5.36	41	29	8	14	0	0	205.0	267	154	122	16	79	68	3	0	6	964	88	1.688	11.7	0.7	3.5	3.0	0.86
1938	32	TOT	AL	9	10	.474	5.12	42	17	17	7	2	1	156.1	179	106	89	12	56	47	1	0	6	690	89	1.503	10.3	0.7	3.2	2.7	0.84
1938	32	PHA	AL	0	2	.000	16.88	4	3	1	0	0	0	8.0	17	16	15	0	10	3	0	0	0	49	30	3.375	19.1	0.0	11.3	3.4	0.30
1938	32	WSH	AL	9	8	.529	4.49	38	14	16	7	2	1	148.1	162	90	74	12	46	44	1	0	6	641	101	1.402	9.8	0.7	2.8	2.7	0.96
1939	33	WSH	AL	4	3	.571	4.70	15	3	7	2	0	1	53.2	69	32	28	2	14	20	3	0	3	241	92	1.547	11.6	0.3	2.3	3.4	1.43
1940	34	MNE	AA	16	9	.640	4.30	42	29					249.0	295	136	119		69							1.462	10.7		2.5			MNE · AA
1941	35	MNE	AA	16	13	.552	4.10	44	33	8	15	3		248.0	288	130	113		88	113	3	0	3			1.516	10.5		3.2	4.1	1.28	MNE · AA
1942	36	MNE	AA	13	13	.500	4.50	39	29	5	16	1		198.0	237	116	99		56	64	4	0	4			1.480	10.8		2.5	2.9	1.14	MNE · AA
1943	37	MEM	A1	6	11	.353	5.12	28	16					137.0	179	97	78	0	52							1.686	11.8	0.0	3.4			MEM · SOUA
1944	38	ATL-min	AA	9	9	.500	3.81	43	14	22	7	0		163.0	201	92	69		49	58	4	0	4			1.534	11.1		2.7	3.2	1.18	INA · AA
6 Yrs				42	47	.472	4.86	146	78	45	43	3	5	676.1	812	437	365	51	244	230	10	0	24	3037	98	1.561	10.8	0.7	3.2	3.1	0.94
162 Game Avg.				13	14	.472	4.86	44	24	14	13	1	2	205	246	133	111	15	74	70	3	0	7	922	98	1.561	10.8	0.7	3.2	3.1	0.94

WSH (4 yrs)				14	12	.538	5.01	66	19	28	9	2	2	228.0	278	155	127	14	80	77	5	0	10	1022	88	1.570	11.0	0.6	3.2	3.0	0.96
PHA (3 yrs)				28	35	.444	4.78	80	59	17	34	1	3	448.1	534	282	238	37	164	153	5	0	14	2015	102	1.557	10.7	0.7	3.3	3.1	0.93

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1925	19	WSH	AL	16.0	6	1	23	12.94	4.96	0.31	0.00	100.2	4.66	-15	-1.1	1.0	-0.0	-1.0	-13	.310	.493	$
1926	20	WSH	AL	10.0	7	1	10	9.00	5.21	-0.13	0.00	92.0	4.91	-5	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.438	.497	$

1936	30	PHA	AL	235.1	35	27	112	4.28	5.77	-0.04	0.00	100.7	5.85	40	3.8	1.0	-0.1	5.7	73	.607	.523	$
1937	31	PHA	AL	205.0	41	29	154	6.76	5.33	-0.01	0.00	102.6	5.48	-30	-2.6	1.0	-0.1	-0.9	-4	.436	.484	$
1938	32	PHA	AL	8.0	4	3	16	18.00	5.88	-0.47	0.00	99.8	6.34	-10	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	-0.7	-9	.306	.495	$
1938	32	WSH	AL	148.1	38	14	90	5.46	5.42	0.06	0.00	94.8	5.08	-8	-0.7	1.0	-0.1	0.6	13	.482	.496	$
1939	33	WSH	AL	53.2	15	3	32	5.37	5.17	0.09	0.00	93.0	4.72	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.1	3	.475	.498	$
6 Seasons				676.1	146	78	437	5.82	5.49	0.00	0.00	99.2	5.45	-31	-2.3	1.0	-0.4	3.5	59	.485	.498	$

WSH (4 yrs)				228.0	66	19	155	6.12	5.32	0.08	0.00	94.7	4.96	-31	-2.6	1.0	-0.1	-0.6	-1	.460	.496	$
PHA (3 yrs)				448.1	80	59	282	5.66	5.57	-0.03	0.00	101.6	5.69	0	0.4	1.0	-0.3	4.1	60	.505	.501	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1925	19	WSH	AL	89	0.0%	7.9%	13.5%			75%
1926	20	WSH	AL	51	0.0%	11.8%	15.7%			71%

1936	30	PHA	AL	1002	2.1%	8.2%	7.5%	6.9%	28%	80%
1937	31	PHA	AL	964	1.7%	7.1%	8.2%	5.0%	18%	82%
1938	32	TOT	AL	690	1.7%	6.8%	8.1%	3.0%	12%	82%
1938	32	PHA	AL	49	0.0%	6.1%	20.4%			73%
1938	32	WSH	AL	641	1.9%	6.9%	7.2%	3.3%	13%	83%
1939	33	WSH	AL	241	0.8%	8.3%	5.8%	1.7%	6%	82%
6 Yrs				3037	1.7%	7.6%	8.0%	4.7%	18%	81%
MLB Averages					1.3%	8.1%	8.2%	3.2%	13%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1925	19	1	1	.500	9.00	6	1	3	0	0	0	16.0	30	23	16	0	12	7	0	1	89	48	2.625	16.9	0.0	6.8	3.9	0.58	48
1926	20	1	1	.500	8.65	13	2	5	0	0	0	26.0	47	33	25	0	20	13	1	1	140	48	2.577	16.3	0.0	6.9	4.5	0.65	48
1927	21	1	1	.500	8.65	13	2	5	0	0	0	26.0	47	33	25	0	20	13	1	1	140	48	2.577	16.3	0.0	6.9	4.5	0.65	48
1928	22	1	1	.500	8.65	13	2	5	0	0	0	26.0	47	33	25	0	20	13	1	1	140	48	2.577	16.3	0.0	6.9	4.5	0.65	48
1929	23	1	1	.500	8.65	13	2	5	0	0	0	26.0	47	33	25	0	20	13	1	1	140	48	2.577	16.3	0.0	6.9	4.5	0.65	48
1930	24	1	1	.500	8.65	13	2	5	0	0	0	26.0	47	33	25	0	20	13	1	1	140	48	2.577	16.3	0.0	6.9	4.5	0.65	48
1931	25	1	1	.500	8.65	13	2	5	0	0	0	26.0	47	33	25	0	20	13	1	1	140	48	2.577	16.3	0.0	6.9	4.5	0.65	48
1932	26	1	1	.500	8.65	13	2	5	0	0	0	26.0	47	33	25	0	20	13	1	1	140	48	2.577	16.3	0.0	6.9	4.5	0.65	48
1933	27	1	1	.500	8.65	13	2	5	0	0	0	26.0	47	33	25	0	20	13	1	1	140	48	2.577	16.3	0.0	6.9	4.5	0.65	48
1934	28	1	1	.500	8.65	13	2	5	0	0	0	26.0	47	33	25	0	20	13	1	1	140	48	2.577	16.3	0.0	6.9	4.5	0.65	48
1935	29	1	1	.500	8.65	13	2	5	0	0	0	26.0	47	33	25	0	20	13	1	1	140	48	2.577	16.3	0.0	6.9	4.5	0.65	48
1936	30	16	13	.552	4.34	48	29	13	20	1	3	261.1	297	145	126	21	95	95	3	9	1142	114	1.500	10.2	0.7	3.3	3.3	1.00	114
1937	31	29	34	.460	4.79	89	58	21	34	1	3	466.1	564	299	248	37	174	163	6	15	2106	101	1.583	10.9	0.7	3.4	3.1	0.94	101
1938	32	38	44	.463	4.87	131	75	38	41	3	4	622.2	743	405	337	49	230	210	7	21	2796	98	1.563	10.7	0.7	3.3	3.0	0.91	98
1939	33	42	47	.472	4.86	146	78	45	43	3	5	676.1	812	437	365	51	244	230	10	24	3037	98	1.561	10.8	0.7	3.2	3.1	0.94	98

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
1925	19	0	1	.000	7.94	17.0	30	17	15	0	12	8	0	2.471	15.9	6.4	4.2	0.67	0.0	6
1926	20	0	1	.000	10.00	9.0	18	11	10	0	8	5	1	2.889	18.0	8.0	5.0	0.63	0.0	7

1936	30	17	10	.630	2.96	249.0	230	91	82	19	69	87	2	1.201	8.3	2.5	3.1	1.26	0.7	35
1937	31	11	13	.458	4.24	223.0	253	117	105	15	75	74	3	1.471	10.2	3.0	3.0	0.99	0.6	41
1938	32	8	10	.444	4.50	166.0	177	92	83	12	55	50	1	1.398	9.6	3.0	2.7	0.91	0.7	42
1939	33	3	3	.500	4.34	56.0	69	30	27	2	14	21	3	1.482	11.1	2.3	3.4	1.50	0.3	15
6 Yrs		39	38	.506	4.03	720.0	777	358	322	48	233	245	10	1.403	9.7		3.1	1.05	0.6	146

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1936 AL 5.5 (10th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1936 AL 5.7 (5th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1936 AL 3.86 (7th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1936 AL 1.381 (7th)
Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1936 AL 9.561 (10th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1936 AL 2.868 (7th)	Games Played s c a p y 1937 AL 41 (3rd) 1938 AL 42 (6th)	Saves s c a p y 1936 AL 3 (6th)
Innings Pitched s c a p y 1936 AL 235.3 (9th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1936 AL 20 (6th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1938 AL 2 (5th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1936 AL 21 (4th)
Hits s c a p y 1937 AL 267 (6th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1936 AL 1.093 (9th)	Losses s c a p y 1937 AL 21 (1st)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1937 AL 122 (8th)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1936 AL 8 (6th) 1937 AL 6 (5th) 1938 AL 6 (7th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1939 AL 3 (10th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1938 AL 17 (9th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1936 AL 132 (5th)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1936 AL 33 (5th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1936 AL 3.1 (5th)	Youngest s c a p y 1925 AL born 1906-02-13 (3rd) 1926 AL born 1906-02-13 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 19 (1112), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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