Bill Kelly

William Henry Kelly (Big Bill)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 28, 1898 in Syracuse, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1920
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Athletics 1920-1928

Final Game: May 12, 1928
Died: April 8, 1990 in Syracuse, NY
Buried: St. Agnes Cemetery, Syracuse, NY
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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	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1920	21	PHA	AL	9	11	13	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.231	.231	.308	.538	42	4	0	0	/3

1921	22	BAY	B	104	355	355		113	34	7	4						.318	.318	.487	.806		173				BAY · MION
1922	23	BFL	AA	115	377	377		115	23	10	12						.305	.305	.515	.820		194				BFL · IL
1923	24	BFL	AA	164	620	620		217	49	9	15						.350	.350	.531	.881		329				BFL · IL
1924	25	BFL	AA	165	629	629		204	40	9	28						.324	.324	.550	.874		346				BFL · IL
1925	26	BFL	AA	162	629	629		200	28	12	26						.318	.318	.525	.843		330				BFL · IL
1926	27	BFL	AA	165	612	612		202	38	7	44						.330	.330	.631	.961		386				BFL · IL
1927	28	NWK,MNE	AA	130	484	484		129	16	4	18						.267	.267	.428	.694		207				NWK,MNE · IL,AA
1928	29	STL-min	AA	136	473	473		132	31	4	18						.279	.279	.476	.755		225				ROC,BFL · IL
1928	29	PHI	NL	23	80	71	6	12	1	1	0	5	0		7	20	.169	.244	.211	.455	17	15	0	2	3
1929	30	BMT,BFL	A,AA	132	456	456		143	31	7	14						.314	.314	.504	.818		230				BMT,BFL · TL,IL
1930	31	FTW,BFL	A,AA	136	482	482		134	21	3	28						.278	.278	.508	.786		245				FTW,BFL · TL,IL
1931	32	MOB	A	37	138	138		27	5	2	0						.196	.196	.261	.457		36				MOB · SOUA
2 Yrs				32	91	84	6	15	2	1	0	5	0	0	7	22	.179	.242	.226	.468	21	19	0	2
162 Game Avg.				162	461	425	30	76	10	5	0	25	0		35	111	.179	.242	.226	.468	21	96	0	10

PHI (1 yr)				23	80	71	6	12	1	1	0	5	0		7	20	.169	.244	.211	.455	17	15	0	2
PHA (1 yr)				9	11	13	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.231	.231	.308	.538	42	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
1920	21	PHA	AL	9	11	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.489	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/3

1928	29	PHI	NL	23	80	-9	0	0	-1	-1	-11	-1.2	2	-9	-0.9	.449	.493	-0.8	-0.2	-8	$	3
2 Seasons				32	91	-10	0	0	-1	-1	-12	-1.3	3	-10	-1.0	.460	.496	-0.9	-0.2	-9	$

PHI (1 yr)				23	80	-9	0	0	-1	-1	-11	-1.2	2	-9	-0.9	.449	.493	-0.8	-0.2	-8	$
PHA (1 yr)				9	11	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.489	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$

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
1920	21	PHA	AL	11	10	1	2.7	106	.273	.231	.291	.231	.356	.308	.400	.538	.756	42	.272	-1.1	-0.1	.400	.077	.077

1928	29	PHI	NL	80	61	4	1.8	114	.235	.169	.297	.244	.363	.211	.423	.455	.786	17	.137	-9.2	-0.9	.373	.141	.042
2 Yrs				91	71	5	1.9	113	.242	.179	.296	.242	.362	.226	.420	.468	.782	21	.155	-10.3	-1.0	.377	.131	.048
162 Game Avg.				461	359	25	1.9	113	.242	.179	.296	.242	.362	.226	.420	.468	.782	21	.155	-10.3	-1.0	.377	.131	.048

PHI (1 yr)				80	61	4	1.8	114	.235	.169	.297	.244	.363	.211	.423	.455	.786	17	.137	-9.2	-0.9	.373	.141	.042
PHA (1 yr)				11	10	1	2.7	106	.273	.231	.291	.231	.356	.308	.400	.538	.756	42	.272	-1.1	-0.1	.400	.077	.077

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1920	21	PHA	AL	11	0.0%	18.2%	0.0%	9.1%	33%		6.5			100%

1928	29	PHI	NL	80	0.0%	25.0%	8.8%	2.5%	17%	2.86	3.6		14.2	64%
2 Yrs				91	0.0%	24.2%	7.7%	3.3%	20%	3.14	3.8		16.8	68%
MLB Averages					1.0%	7.2%	7.7%	6.5%	26%	0.94	12.3	89.3	8.0	80%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1920	21	9	11	13	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	.231	.231	.308	.538	42	4	0
1921	22	9	11	13	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	.231	.231	.308	.538	42	4	0
1922	23	9	11	13	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	.231	.231	.308	.538	42	4	0
1923	24	9	11	13	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	.231	.231	.308	.538	42	4	0
1924	25	9	11	13	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	.231	.231	.308	.538	42	4	0
1925	26	9	11	13	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	.231	.231	.308	.538	42	4	0
1926	27	9	11	13	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	.231	.231	.308	.538	42	4	0
1927	28	9	11	13	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	.231	.231	.308	.538	42	4	0
1928	29	32	91	84	6	15	2	1	5	7	22	.179	.242	.226	.468	21	19	2

Neutralized Batting

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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
1920	21	9	14	14	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.214	.214	.286	.500	1	9

1928	29	24	81	73	5	11	1	1	0	4	0	6	21	.151	.215	.192	.407	3	23
2 Yrs		33	95	87	5	14	2	1	0	4	0	6	23	.161	.215	.207	.422	4	32
162 Game Avg.		162	466	427	25	69	10	5	0	20	0	29	113	.161	.215	.207	.422	20	32

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