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Joe Kelley
Joseph James Kelley
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 9, 1871 in Cambridge, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 1891
Final Game: October 3, 1908
Died: August 14, 1943 in Baltimore, MD
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1971.
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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1891 19 BSN NL 12 47 45 7 11 1 1 0 3 0 2 7 .244 .277 .311 .588 63 14 0 O
1892 20 TOT NL 66 260 238 29 56 7 7 0 32 10 21 28 .235 .300 .324 .624 88 77 1 O
1892 20 PIT NL 56 222 205 26 49 7 7 0 28 8 17 21 .239 .297 .341 .639 93 70 0 O
1892 20 BLN NL 10 38 33 3 7 0 0 0 4 2 4 7 .212 .316 .212 .528 58 7 1 O
1893 21 BLN NL 125 583 502 120 153 27 16 9 76 33 77 44 .305 .401 .476 .877 131 239 4 *O
1894 22 BLN NL 129 619 507 165 199 48 20 6 111 46 107 36 .393 .502 .602 1.104 161 305 5 *O
1895 23 BLN NL 131 617 518 148 189 26 19 10 134 54 77 29 .365 .456 .546 1.003 155 283 10 12 *O
1896 24 BLN NL 131 627 519 148 189 31 19 8 100 87 91 19 .364 .469 .543 1.013 164 282 12 5 *O
1897 25 BLN NL 131 591 505 113 183 31 9 5 118 44 70 .362 .447 .489 .936 147 247 7 9 *O/65
1898 26 BLN NL 124 530 464 71 149 18 15 2 110 24 56 .321 .398 .438 .835 137 203 3 7 *O/5
1899 27 BRO NL 143 626 538 108 175 21 14 6 93 31 70 .325 .410 .450 .860 134 242 7 11 *O
1900 28 BRO NL 121 513 454 90 145 23 17 6 91 26 53 .319 .398 .485 .882 137 220 6 0 O35
1901 29 BRO NL 120 539 492 77 151 22 12 4 65 18 40 .307 .363 .425 .787 125 209 3 4 *3/5
1902 30 TOT 100 435 378 74 119 26 9 2 46 15 49 .315 .395 .447 .842 137 169 1 7 O54/36
1902 30 BLA AL 60 263 222 50 69 17 7 1 34 12 34 .311 .405 .464 .869 136 103 1 6 O/53
1902 30 CIN NL 40 172 156 24 50 9 2 1 12 3 15 .321 .380 .423 .803 139 66 0 1 O4/56
1903 31 CIN NL 105 445 383 85 121 22 4 3 45 18 51 .316 .402 .418 .820 124 160 4 7 O64/53
1904 32 CIN NL 123 519 449 75 126 21 13 0 63 15 49 .281 .359 .385 .744 121 173 6 15 *3/O4
1905 33 CIN NL 90 366 321 43 89 7 6 1 37 8 27 .277 .346 .346 .692 97 111 7 11 O/3
1906 34 CIN NL 129 540 465 43 106 19 11 1 53 9 44 .228 .300 .323 .623 91 150 4 27 *O/356
1908 36 BSN NL 73 263 228 25 59 8 2 2 17 5 27 .259 .342 .338 .680 119 77 2 6 O3
17 Seasons 1853 8120 7006 1421 2220 358 194 65 1194 443 911 163 .317 .402 .451 .853 133 3161 82 121
162 Game Avg. 162 710 613 124 194 31 17 6 104 39 80 .317 .402 .451 .853 133 276 7
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
BLN (7 yrs) 781 3605 3048 768 1069 181 98 40 653 290 482 135 .351 .446 .514 .960 149 1566 42 33
CIN (5 yrs) 487 2042 1774 270 492 78 36 6 210 53 186 .277 .353 .372 .725 111 660 21 61
BRO (3 yrs) 384 1678 1484 275 471 66 43 16 249 75 163 .317 .391 .452 .843 132 671 16 15
BSN (2 yrs) 85 310 273 32 70 9 3 2 20 5 29 7 .256 .332 .333 .666 109 91 2 6
PIT (1 yr) 56 222 205 26 49 7 7 0 28 8 17 21 .239 .297 .341 .639 93 70 0
BLA (1 yr) 60 263 222 50 69 17 7 1 34 12 34 .311 .405 .464 .869 136 103 1 6
NL (17 yrs) 1793 7857 6784 1371 2151 341 187 64 1160 431 877 163 .317 .402 .451 .852 133 3058 81 115
AL (1 yr) 60 263 222 50 69 17 7 1 34 12 34 .311 .405 .464 .869 136 103 1 6
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1891 BSN NL 19 OF 12 27 21 2 4 0 .852 1.92 .919 1.88 12-1-0
1892 TOT NL 20 OF 66 141 115 13 13 4 .908 1.94 .912 1.86 0-66-0
1892 PIT NL 20 OF 56 124 101 13 10 4 .919 2.04 .911 1.86 0-56-0
1892 BLN NL 20 OF 10 17 14 0 3 0 .824 1.40 .918 1.86 0-10-0
1893 BLN NL 21 OF 125 350 307 22 21 4 .940 2.63 .913 2.14 18-107-1
1894 BLN NL 22 OF 129 307 276 16 15 3 .951 2.26 .912 2.24 129-0-0
1895 BLN NL 23 OF 131 296 260 20 16 5 .946 2.14 .915 2.14 130-1-0
1896 BLN NL 24 OF 131 313 280 20 13 3 .958 2.29 .931 2.12 129-0-2
1897 BLN NL 25 OF 130 266 240 15 11 3 .959 1.96 .933 2.06 130-0-0
1897 BLN NL 25 SS 3 10 2 7 1 0 .900 3.00 .910 5.67
1897 BLN NL 25 3B 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 .900 3.30
1898 BLN NL 26 OF 122 261 235 18 8 4 .969 2.07 .935 2.03 39-83-0
1898 BLN NL 26 3B 2 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.50 .950 3.40
1899 BRO NL 27 OF 143 341 307 26 8 7 .977 2.33 .942 2.11 143-0-0
1900 BRO NL 28 OF 77 194 174 12 8 2 .959 2.42 .939 2.13 77-0-0
1900 BRO NL 28 1B 32 277 259 12 6 13 .978 8.47 .979 10.24
1900 BRO NL 28 3B 13 46 17 25 4 3 .913 3.23 .893 3.74
1901 BRO NL 29 1B 115 1093 984 82 27 63 .975 9.27 .978 8.69
1901 BRO NL 29 3B 5 16 4 10 2 0 .875 2.80 .888 3.16
1902 TOT 30 OF 68 146 131 11 4 3 .973 2.09 .942 2.01 19-49-0
1902 TOT 30 3B 17 67 27 34 6 1 .910 3.59 .913 3.49
1902 BLA AL 30 OF 48 111 101 7 3 2 .973 2.25 .942 2.04 1-47-0
1902 BLA AL 30 3B 8 32 15 14 3 1 .906 3.63 .912 3.52
1902 BLA AL 30 1B 5 41 37 4 0 4 1.000 8.20 .980 10.72
1902 CIN NL 30 OF 20 35 30 4 1 1 .971 1.70 .943 1.93 18-2-0
1902 CIN NL 30 2B 10 68 35 31 2 7 .971 6.60 .946 5.36
1902 CIN NL 30 3B 9 35 12 20 3 0 .914 3.56 .914 3.46
1902 CIN NL 30 SS 2 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.50 .900 5.35
1903 CIN NL 31 OF 67 132 117 8 7 0 .947 1.87 .942 1.91 61-6-0
1903 CIN NL 31 SS 12 56 17 30 9 5 .839 3.92 .918 5.37
1903 CIN NL 31 2B 11 55 25 26 4 4 .927 4.64 .938 5.09
1903 CIN NL 31 3B 8 27 12 14 1 0 .963 3.25 .907 3.39
1903 CIN NL 31 1B 6 77 68 8 1 2 .987 12.67 .977 10.33
1904 CIN NL 32 1B 117 1139 1049 76 14 48 .988 9.62 .983 8.55
1904 CIN NL 32 OF 6 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .944 1.87 0-3-3
1904 CIN NL 32 2B 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 .933 5.30
1905 CIN NL 33 OF 85 152 137 11 4 0 .974 1.74 .954 1.93 84-0-1
1905 CIN NL 33 1B 2 14 14 0 0 2 1.000 7.00 .979 10.50
1906 CIN NL 34 OF 122 204 184 13 7 5 .966 1.61 .959 1.86 122-0-0
1906 CIN NL 34 1B 3 26 25 1 0 2 1.000 8.67 .985 10.57
1906 CIN NL 34 3B 1 6 2 3 1 0 .833 5.00 .933 3.20
1906 CIN NL 34 SS 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 .925 5.30
1908 BSN NL 36 OF 51 81 71 5 5 1 .938 1.49 .960 1.99 38-12-1
1908 BSN NL 36 1B 11 136 118 15 3 2 .978 12.09 .986 10.67
16 Seasons OF 1465 3220 2864 212 144 44 .955 2.10 .931 2.05 1131-328-8
8 Seasons 1B 291 2803 2554 198 51 136 .982 9.46 .981 8.98
7 Seasons 3B 48 165 62 88 15 4 .909 3.13 .905 3.49
3 Seasons 2B 22 126 61 59 6 11 .952 5.45 .942 5.22
4 Seasons SS 18 75 21 44 10 6 .867 3.61 .916 5.41
17 Seasons TOT 1844 6389 5562 601 226 201 .965 3.34 .917 3.25 1131-328-8
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1894 NL--.393--6th
1896 NL--.364--7th
1897 NL--.362--5th
Career--.317--64th

On-Base% s c a p y
1894 NL--.502--2nd
1895 NL--.456--6th
1896 NL--.469--5th
1897 NL--.447--7th
1899 NL--.410--10th
1903 NL--.402--9th
Career--.402--55th

Slugging % s c a p y
1893 NL--.476--9th
1894 NL--.602--4th
1895 NL--.546--5th
1896 NL--.543--4th
1897 NL--.489--8th
1898 NL--.438--9th
1900 NL--.485--4th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1893 NL--.877--10th
1894 NL--1.104--4th
1895 NL--1.003--6th
1896 NL--1.013--2nd
1897 NL--.936--6th
1898 NL--.835--10th
1900 NL--.882--6th
Career--.853--154th

Games Played s c a p y
1895 NL--131--10th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1894 NL--619--5th
1895 NL--617--7th
1896 NL--627--4th
Career--8120--231st

Runs Scored s c a p y
1894 NL--165--2nd
1895 NL--148--6th
1896 NL--148--4th
Career--1421--80th

Hits s c a p y
1894 NL--199--7th
1896 NL--189--9th
Career--2220--161st

Total Bases s c a p y
1894 NL--305--3rd
1895 NL--283--4th
1896 NL--282--3rd
1897 NL--247--10th
Career--3161--218th

Doubles s c a p y
1894 NL--48--2nd
1896 NL--31--3rd
1897 NL--31--8th
Career--358--227th

Triples s c a p y
1893 NL--16--9th
1894 NL--20--7th
1895 NL--19--5th
1896 NL--19--3rd
1898 NL--15--4th
1899 NL--14--9th
1900 NL--17--2nd
1904 NL--13--3rd
1906 NL--11--5th
Career--194--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1893 NL--9--9th
1895 NL--10--5th
1896 NL--8--7th
1899 NL--6--10th
1900 NL--6--10th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1895 NL--134--2nd
1896 NL--100--8th
1897 NL--118--5th
1898 NL--110--3rd
1899 NL--93--10th
1900 NL--91--7th
Career--1194--135th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1894 NL--107--2nd
1895 NL--77--5th
1896 NL--91--4th
1897 NL--70--8th
1899 NL--70--7th
Career--911--155th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1893 NL--44--4th
1894 NL--36--9th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1895 NL--54--4th
1896 NL--87--1st
Career--443--51st

Singles s c a p y
Career--1603--139th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1893 NL--131--9th
1894 NL--161--4th
1895 NL--155--6th
1896 NL--164--2nd
1897 NL--147--5th
1900 NL--137--7th
Career--133--122nd

Runs Created s c a p y
1893 NL--95--9th
1894 NL--152--2nd
1895 NL--127--4th
1896 NL--129--3rd
1897 NL--109--6th
1899 NL--98--10th
1900 NL--86--8th
Career--1275--149th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1894 NL--59--3rd
1895 NL--45--6th
1896 NL--54--2nd
1897 NL--38--4th
1900 NL--23--8th
Career--349--95th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1894 NL--4.9--3rd
1895 NL--4.1--6th
1896 NL--5.0--2nd
1897 NL--3.6--4th
1899 NL--2.7--10th
1900 NL--2.3--8th
Career--32.9--101st

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1893 NL--52--7th
1894 NL--74--2nd
1895 NL--55--6th
1896 NL--58--2nd
1900 NL--46--4th
1904 NL--34--7th

Times On Base s c a p y
1894 NL--311--2nd
1895 NL--276--4th
1896 NL--292--3rd
1897 NL--260--6th
Career--3213--136th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1894 NL--.802--3rd
1895 NL--.759--7th
1896 NL--.791--3rd
1897 NL--.742--6th
1898 NL--.711--10th
1900 NL--.726--6th
Career--.700--71st

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1895 NL--10--10th
1896 NL--12--9th
Career--82--130th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1906 NL--27--6th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1893 NL--14.1--8th
1895 NL--16.9--5th
1896 NL--14.7--4th
1897 NL--9.0--10th
1899 NL--10.1--10th
1900 NL--9.8--7th

AB per HR s c a p y
1893 NL--55.778--9th
1896 NL--64.875--10th
1900 NL--75.667--8th

Oldest s c a p y
1908 NL--born 1871-12-09--7th

Youngest s c a p y
1891 NL--born 1871-12-09--6th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (674), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 122 (154), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 94 (164), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 51 (66), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  6. George Van Haltren (861)
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Transactions

July, 1891: Sent from Lowell (New England) to the Boston Beaneaters in an unknown transaction.

August, 1891: Released by the Boston Beaneaters.

July 2, 1892: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from Omaha (Western) for $500.

September 5, 1892: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with cash to the Baltimore Orioles for George Van Haltren. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

March 11, 1899: Assigned to the Brooklyn Superbas by the Baltimore Orioles.

October 10, 1901: Jumped from the Brooklyn Superbas to the Baltimore Orioles.

July 17, 1902: Released by the Baltimore Orioles. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

July 17, 1902: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

December, 1906: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

September, 1907: Drafted by the Boston Doves from Toronto (Eastern) in the 1907 rule 5 draft.

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