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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 (Age 19)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Senators 1925-1939

Final Game: July 23, 1939 (Age 33)
Died: March 23, 1958 in Parkin, AR
Buried: Cogbill Cemetery, Wynne, AR
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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	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%
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

Standard Batting

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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	Pos	Awards
1923	17	SPB,GWD	B,D	19	45	45		14	0	1	0						.311	.311	.356	.667		16					SPB,GWD · SALL,CSTL
1924	18	MEM	A	47	82	82		16	2	1	0						.195	.195	.244	.439		20					MEM · SOUA
1925	19	NOR	A	37	87	87		31	6	0	1						.356	.356	.460	.816		40					NOR · SOUA
1925	19	WSH	AL	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0	/1
1926	20	BIR	A	28	45	45		10	2	1	0						.222	.222	.311	.533		14					BIR · SOUA
1926	20	WSH	AL	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0	/1

1927	21	MEM	A	48	109	109		34	4	3	0						.312	.312	.404	.716		44					MEM · SOUA
1928	22	MEM	A	44	100	100		29	3	1	0						.290	.290	.340	.630		34					MEM · SOUA
1929	23	MEM	A	33	78	78		26	2	0	0						.333	.333	.359	.692		28					MEM · SOUA
1930	24	MEM	A	47	89	89		25	3	3	0						.281	.281	.382	.663		34					MEM · SOUA
1931	25	MEM	A	51	97	97		26	4	0	0						.268	.268	.309	.577		30					MEM · SOUA
1932	26	MEM	A	42	90	90		26	3	0	0						.289	.289	.322	.611		29					MEM · SOUA
1933	27	MEM	A	55	112	112		27	4	0	0						.241	.241	.277	.518		31					MEM · SOUA
1934	28	MEM,ATA	A	51	117	117		24	6	0	0						.205	.205	.256	.462		30					MEM,ATA · SOUA
1935	29	ATA	A	51	122	122		26	7	0	0						.213	.213	.270	.484		33					ATA · SOUA
1936	30	PHA	AL	36	99	91	5	18	4	0	0	9	0	0	1	5	.198	.207	.242	.448	12	22		0	7	1
1937	31	PHA	AL	41	75	71	6	16	5	0	0	8	0	0	2	5	.225	.257	.296	.553	40	21		1	1	1
1938	32	TOT	AL	42	52	50	4	12	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	4	.240	.255	.240	.495	29	12		0	1	1
1938	32	PHA	AL	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0	/1
1938	32	WSH	AL	38	50	48	4	12	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	4	.250	.265	.250	.515	34	12		0	1	1
1939	33	WSH	AL	15	18	15	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.267	.313	.267	.579	55	4	1	0	2	1
1940	34	MNE	AA	42	94	94		18	4	0	0						.191	.191	.234	.426		22					MNE · AA
1941	35	MNE	AA	44	93	88	1	18	1	0	0	4	0		5	4	.205	.247	.216	.463		19		0	0		MNE · AA
1942	36	MNE	AA	39	74	73	4	14	1	0	0	4	0		0	2	.192	.192	.205	.397		15	3	0	1		MNE · AA
1943	37	MEM	A1	31	56	56		15	0	0	0						.268	.268	.268	.536		15					MEM · SOUA
1944	38	ATL-min	AA	43	60	57	4	12	1	0	0	8	0		2	3	.211	.237	.228	.465		13	3	0	1		INA · AA
6 Yrs				147	249	232	16	50	9	0	0	25	0	0	5	14	.216	.235	.254	.490	24	59	1	1	11
162 Game Avg.				162	274	256	18	55	10	0	0	28	0	0	6	15	.216	.235	.254	.490	24	65		1	12

WSH (4 yrs)				66	73	68	5	16	0	0	0	8	0	0	2	4	.235	.257	.235	.492	29	16	1	0	3
PHA (3 yrs)				81	176	164	11	34	9	0	0	17	0	0	3	10	.207	.226	.262	.488	23	43		1	8

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	Pos
1925	19	WSH	AL	6	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.487	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	/1
1926	20	WSH	AL	7	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	/1

1936	30	PHA	AL	36	99	-14	0	0	0	11	-2	-0.2	3	1	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	0.0	1	1
1937	31	PHA	AL	41	75	-7	0	0	0	8	2	0.2	2	4	0.2	.504	.501	0.2	0.0	4	1
1938	32	PHA	AL	4	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.491	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	/1
1938	32	WSH	AL	38	50	-5	0	0	0	6	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	0.0	3	1
1939	33	WSH	AL	15	18	-1	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.507	.501	0.1	0.0	2	1
6 Seasons				147	249	-28	0	0	0	28	-0	0.0	8	8	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.0	8

WSH (4 yrs)				66	73	-7	0	0	0	8	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	3
PHA (3 yrs)				81	176	-21	0	0	0	20	-1	-0.1	5	4	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	4

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1925	WSH	AL	19	P	6	1	0	16.0	7	1	6	0	0	1.000	3.94	1.17	.960	2.64	2.63
1926	WSH	AL	20	P	7	1	0	10.0	2	1	1	0	1	1.000	1.80	0.29	.955	2.70	2.63
1936	PHA	AL	30	P	35	27	20	235.1	44	5	36	3	3	.932	1.57	1.17	.956	1.99	1.96
1937	PHA	AL	31	P	41	29	14	205.0	42	10	32	0	2	1.000	1.84	1.02	.954	2.05	2.01
1938	TOT	AL	32	P	42	17	7	156.1	45	11	30	4	2	.911	2.36	0.98	.952	2.11	2.06
1938	PHA	AL	32	P	4	3	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		2.14	2.05
1938	WSH	AL	32	P	38	14	7	148.1	45	11	30	4	2	.911	2.49	1.08	.952	2.11	2.06
1939	WSH	AL	33	P	15	3	2	53.2	11	1	9	1	0	.909	1.68	0.67	.951	1.93	1.89
	6 Seasons			P	146	78	43	676.1	151	29	114	8	8	.947	1.90	0.98	.954	2.06	2.06
	6 Seasons			TOT	146	78	43	676.1	151	29	114	8	8	.947	1.90	0.98	.954	2.06	2.06

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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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 131 (5th)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1936 AL 33 (5th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1936 AL 3.0 (5th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 1937 AL 41 (3rd)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1938 AL 4 (4th)
Fielding % as P s c a p y 1937 AL 1.000 (1st)	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 (1115), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1719), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1883), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (1263rd), 3.6 career WAR/3.6 7yr-peak WAR/3.6 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 57) = 68.1 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.9 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

October 1, 1935: Drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics from Atlanta (Southern Association) in the 1935 rule 5 draft.
May 4, 1938: Selected off waivers by the Washington Senators from the Philadelphia Athletics.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1925	19	Washington Senators	$2,400	Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
1926	20	Washington Senators	$3,500	Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts

1936	30	Philadelphia Athletics	$3,000	Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
1937	31	Philadelphia Athletics	$6,000	Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$14,900

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

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