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Tom Kelley

Thomas Henry Kelley

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 5, 1944 in Manchester, CT
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1964
Teams (by GP): Braves/Indians 1964-1973

Final Game: May 20, 1973
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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 20 CLE AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1965 21 CLE AL 4 11 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .222 .300 .222 .522 51 2 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1966 22 CLE AL 31 28 28 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 19 .143 .143 .143 .286 -17 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1967 23 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1971 27 ATL NL 28 45 43 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 .047 .047 .047 .093 -74 2 1 0 2 0 0 1
1972 28 ATL NL 27 38 34 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 .088 .139 .088 .227 -36 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1973 29 ATL NL 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
7 Yrs 104 124 116 4 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 61 .095 .118 .095 .212 -40 11 1 0 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 193 181 6 17 0 0 0 6 0 0 5 95 .095 .118 .095 .212 -40 17 2 0 8 0 0
CLE (4 yrs) 42 39 37 3 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 25 .162 .184 .162 .346 0 6 0 0 1 0 0
ATL (3 yrs) 62 85 79 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 36 .063 .086 .063 .150 -58 5 1 0 4 0 0
AL (4 yrs) 42 39 37 3 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 25 .162 .184 .162 .346 0 6 0 0 1 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 62 85 79 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 36 .063 .086 .063 .150 -58 5 1 0 4 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 20 CLE AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ /1
1965 21 CLE AL 4 11 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.2 0 2 0.2 .539 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ /1
1966 22 CLE AL 31 28 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 0 $ 1
1967 23 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1971 27 ATL NL 28 45 -10 -0 -0 0 5 -5 -0.6 1 -4 -0.6 .478 .496 -0.6 0.0 -4 $ 1
1972 28 ATL NL 27 38 -6 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .491 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $ 1
1973 29 ATL NL 7 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .495 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
7 Seasons 104 124 -21 0 1 0 13 -7 -0.8 4 -4 -0.7 .492 .499 -0.8 0.0 -4 $
CLE (4 yrs) 42 39 -4 0 0 0 4 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 -0.0 2 $
ATL (3 yrs) 62 85 -17 0 0 0 9 -8 -0.9 2 -5 -0.8 .485 .498 -0.9 0.0 -5 $

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 21 CLE AL 11 8 1 3.4 93 .667 .222 .252 .300 .322 .222 .386 .522 .708 51 .419 -0.6 -0.1 .429 .111 .000
1966 22 CLE AL 28 24 1 1.1 90 .444 .143 .248 .143 .315 .143 .383 .286 .698 -17 .092 -4.3 -0.5 .167 .000 .000
1971 27 ATL NL 45 44 0 0.0 97 .100 .047 .267 .047 .334 .047 .390 .093 .724 -74 .000 -10.2 -1.1 .048 .000 .000
1972 28 ATL NL 38 33 1 0.8 99 .143 .088 .267 .139 .336 .088 .394 .227 .730 -36 .051 -6.4 -0.7 .161 .059 .000
1973 29 ATL NL 2 2 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .272 .000 .342 .000 .404 .000 .746 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
7 Yrs 124 111 3 0.7 96 .200 .095 .261 .118 .329 .095 .389 .212 .719 -40 .042 -22.0 -2.4 .132 .026 .000
162 Game Avg. 193 173 5 0.7 96 .200 .095 .261 .118 .329 .095 .389 .212 .719 -40 .042 -22.0 -2.4 .132 .026 .000
ATL (3 yrs) 85 79 1 0.3 98 .116 .063 .267 .086 .335 .063 .392 .150 .727 -58 .011 -17.1 -1.8 .093 .025 .000
CLE (4 yrs) 39 32 2 1.7 90 .500 .162 .249 .184 .317 .162 .384 .346 .700 0 .174 -4.9 -0.5 .226 .027 .000
NL (3 yrs) 85 79 1 0.3 98 .116 .063 .267 .086 .335 .063 .392 .150 .727 -58 .011 -17.1 -1.8 .093 .025 .000
AL (4 yrs) 39 32 2 1.7 90 .500 .162 .249 .184 .317 .162 .384 .346 .700 0 .174 -4.9 -0.5 .226 .027 .000

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 21 CLE AL 11 0.0% 54.6% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 6.00 1.5 9.0 27%
1966 22 CLE AL 28 0.0% 67.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.5 9.3 2.00 32%
1971 27 ATL NL 45 0.0% 51.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.9 2.00 44%
1972 28 ATL NL 38 0.0% 34.2% 5.3% 0.0% 0% 6.50 2.6 2.17 55%
1973 29 ATL NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
7 Yrs 124 0.0% 49.2% 2.4% 0.0% 0% 20.33 1.9 29.0 2.29 44%
MLB Averages 2.1% 15.1% 8.4% 6.0% 27% 1.80 5.9 43.5 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 20 CLE AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1965 21 CLE AL -0.6 -0.1 11 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .96 -0.0 -0.2 -0.3 -0.0 1.04 -0.3 0
1966 22 CLE AL -4.3 -0.5 28 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 .89 -0.5 -0.1 -2.3 -0.2 1.02 -3.3 0
1967 23 CLE AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1971 27 ATL NL -10.2 -1.1 42 -0.7 0.1 -0.9 .89 -1.0 0.1 -8.4 -0.9 0.87 -9.6 0
1972 28 ATL NL -6.4 -0.7 38 -0.5 0.1 -0.7 .79 -0.7 0.0 -4.7 -0.5 0.90 -5.6 0
1973 29 ATL NL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .98 -0.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.49 -0.5 0
7 Yrs -22.0 -2.4 121 -2.0 0.4 -2.4 .87 -2.2 -0.1 -15.9 -1.7 0.93 -19.4 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 21 CLE AL 1 0 33% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1966 22 CLE AL 0 0 50% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1971 27 ATL NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 28 ATL NL 0 0 20% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 29 ATL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1 0 29% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 60% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2

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 21 CLE AL 11 36% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 6 1 17% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
1966 22 CLE AL 28 43% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 0 0% 8 2 25% 19 3 16% 4 2 50% 2 1 50% 0
1971 27 ATL NL 45 24% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 6 1 17% 7 2 29% 19 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1972 28 ATL NL 38 37% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 0 0% 7 1 14% 22 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1973 29 ATL NL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 124 34% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 23 1 4% 23 5 22% 66 4 6% 8 3 38% 4 1 25% 0
MLB Averages 54% 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 21 10 11 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .222 .300 .222 .522 51 2 0 0 1 0 0
1966 22 41 39 37 3 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 25 .162 .184 .162 .346 0 6 0 0 1 0 0
1967 23 42 39 37 3 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 25 .162 .184 .162 .346 0 6 0 0 1 0 0
1968 24 42 39 37 3 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 25 .162 .184 .162 .346 0 6 0 0 1 0 0
1969 25 42 39 37 3 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 25 .162 .184 .162 .346 0 6 0 0 1 0 0
1970 26 42 39 37 3 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 25 .162 .184 .162 .346 0 6 0 0 1 0 0
1971 27 70 84 80 3 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 48 .100 .111 .100 .211 -40 8 1 0 3 0 0
1972 28 97 122 114 4 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 61 .096 .120 .096 .216 -39 11 1 0 5 0 0
1973 29 104 124 116 4 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 61 .095 .118 .095 .212 -40 11 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 21 4 13 10 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 .300 .417 .300 .717 1 4
1966 22 31 29 29 4 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 19 .172 .172 .172 .345 1 31
1971 27 28 45 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 28
1972 28 28 40 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 .000 .053 .000 .053 0 27
1973 29 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
5 Yrs 98 129 120 6 8 0 0 0 7 0 4 62 .067 .097 .067 .163 2 97
162 Game Avg. 162 213 198 10 13 0 0 0 12 0 7 102 .067 .097 .067 .163 3 97

* 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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