Bob Kelly

Robert Edward Kelly

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 4, 1927 in Cleveland, OH
Schools: Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH), Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1951
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Reds/Indians/Redlegs 1951-1958

Final Game: June 4, 1958
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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
1948	20	CHC-min	A	28	76	76		12	0	0	0						.158	.158	.158	.316		12							DMO · WL
1949	21	CHC-min	AAA	36	74	66	6	17	1	0	0	3	0		6	15	.258	.319	.273	.592		18		0	2				LOS · PCL
1950	22	CHC-min	AAA,A	32	57	54	4	15	4	0	0	2	0		3	8	.278	.316	.352	.668		19		0	0				SPF,DMO · IL,WL
1951	23	CHC	NL	35	35	31	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.161	.188	.161	.349	-6	5	0	0	3			1
1952	24	CHC	NL	31	39	37	2	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.216	.216	.216	.432	20	8	2	0	1			1
1953	25	TOT	NL	42	19	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.111	.111	.111	.222	-42	2	0	0	1			1
1953	25	CHC	NL	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			1
1953	25	CIN	NL	28	18	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.118	.118	.118	.235	-38	2	0	0	1			1

1954	26	CLE-min	AAA	37	80	72	4	13	1	0	0	5	0		0	18	.181	.176	.194	.370		14	2	0	6	2			INA · AA
1955	27	STL-min	Opn,AAA	36	35	31	1	7	2	0	0	2	0		1	2	.226	.250	.290	.540		9	0	0	3	0			SLE,ROC · PCL,IL
1956	28	CIN-min	AA	46	84	84		17	4	0	0						.202	.202	.250	.452		21							NVL · SOUA
1957	29	CIN-min	AA	41	103	103		31	3	0	0						.301	.301	.330	.631		34							NVL · SOUA
1958	30	PIT-min	AAA	9	18	18		3									.167	.167											CLB · IL
1958	30	TOT	MLB	15	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	85	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1958	30	CIN	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1958	30	CLE	AL	13	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	85	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
4 Yrs				123	98	90	3	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	22	.178	.196	.178	.373	1	16	2	0	5	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	129	119	4	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	29	.178	.196	.178	.373	1	21	3	0	7

CHC (3 yrs)				80	75	69	3	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	16	.188	.200	.188	.388	6	13	2	0	4
CIN (2 yrs)				30	18	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.118	.118	.118	.235	-38	2	0	0	1	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				13	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	85	1	0	0	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				110	93	86	3	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	22	.174	.184	.174	.358	-3	15	2	0	5	0	0
AL (1 yr)				13	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	85	1	0	0	0	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
1951	23	CHC	NL	35	35	-5	-0	0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-0	$	1
1952	24	CHC	NL	31	39	-4	-0	-0	0	4	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1953	25	CHC	NL	14	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	1
1953	25	CIN	NL	28	18	-4	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	1

1958	30	CIN	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1958	30	CLE	AL	13	5	-0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
4 Seasons				123	98	-13	-0	-0	0	10	-4	-0.4	3	-0	-0.4	.497	.500	-0.4	-0.0	-0	$

CHC (3 yrs)				80	75	-9	-0	-0	0	8	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.497	.500	-0.2	-0.0	0	$
CIN (2 yrs)				30	18	-4	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$
CLE (1 yr)				13	5	-0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1951	23	CHC	NL	35	29	1	0.9	105	.217	.161	.270	.188	.344	.161	.409	.349	.753	-6	.052	-4.8	-0.5	.231	.032	.000
1952	24	CHC	NL	39	32	2	1.7	98	.267	.216	.263	.216	.336	.216	.391	.432	.727	20	.159	-4.2	-0.4	.258	.000	.000
1953	25	TOT	NL	19	17	0	0.0	110	.182	.111	.274	.111	.346	.111	.428	.222	.773	-42	.000	-3.8	-0.4	.125	.000	.000
1953	25	CHC	NL	1	1	0	0.0	112		.000	.277	.000	.348	.000	.431	.000	.779	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1953	25	CIN	NL	18	16	0	0.0	110	.182	.118	.274	.118	.345	.118	.427	.235	.773	-38	.000	-3.5	-0.3	.133	.000	.000

1958	30	TOT	MLB	5	3	1	8.9	97	.250	.250	.260	.400	.329	.250	.396	.650	.725	85	.792	-0.0	0.0	.667	.250	.000
1958	30	CLE	AL	5	3	1	8.9	97	.250	.250	.260	.400	.329	.250	.396	.650	.725	85	.792	-0.0	0.0	.667	.250	.000
4 Yrs				98	81	4	1.3	103	.235	.178	.267	.196	.340	.178	.405	.373	.745	1	.099	-12.8	-1.3	.237	.022	.000
162 Game Avg.				129	107	5	1.3	103	.235	.178	.267	.196	.340	.178	.405	.373	.745	1	.099	-12.8	-1.3	.237	.022	.000

CHC (3 yrs)				75	62	3	1.3	101	.245	.188	.266	.200	.340	.188	.400	.388	.739	6	.099	-9.2	-1.0	.241	.014	.000
CLE (1 yr)				5	3	1	8.9	97	.250	.250	.260	.400	.329	.250	.396	.650	.725	85	.792	-0.0	0.0	.667	.250	.000
CIN (2 yrs)				18	16	0	0.0	110	.182	.118	.274	.118	.345	.118	.427	.235	.773	-38	.000	-3.5	-0.3	.133	.000	.000

NL (4 yrs)				93	78	3	1.0	103	.234	.174	.268	.184	.341	.174	.405	.358	.746	-3	.065	-12.8	-1.3	.219	.012	.000
AL (1 yr)				5	3	1	8.9	97	.250	.250	.260	.400	.329	.250	.396	.650	.725	85	.792	-0.0	0.0	.667	.250	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1951	23	CHC	NL	35	0.0%	22.9%	2.9%	0.0%	0%	8.00	3.9			3.33	66%
1952	24	CHC	NL	39	0.0%	18.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.3		37.0	4.00	77%
1953	25	TOT	NL	19	0.0%	36.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.6			0.67	58%
1953	25	CHC	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1953	25	CIN	NL	18	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.8			0.67	61%

1958	30	TOT	MLB	5	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	0.00				0.50	80%
1958	30	CLE	AL	5	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	0.00				0.50	80%
4 Yrs				98	0.0%	22.5%	2.0%	0.0%	0%	11.00	4.1		90.0	2.07	69%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.4%	9.2%	6.5%	28%	1.24	7.8	40.8	8.2	0.98	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1951	23	CHC	NL	-4.8	-0.5	25	-0.4	0.0	-0.5	.83	-0.4	-0.2	-3.1	-0.3	0.84	-4.0	0
1952	24	CHC	NL	-4.2	-0.4	32	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	.92	-0.2	0.0	-2.2	-0.2	0.98	-2.7	0
1953	25	TOT	NL	-3.8	-0.4	19	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.64	-0.4	0.1	-4.3	-0.4	0.95	-4.4	0
1953	25	CHC	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.10	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.39	-0.3	0
1953	25	CIN	NL	-3.5	-0.3	18	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.67	-0.4	0.1	-4.2	-0.4	0.98	-4.1	0

1958	30	TOT	MLB	-0.0	0.0	5	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.13	0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.91	0.0	0
1958	30	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1958	30	CLE	AL	-0.0	0.0	5	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.13	0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.91	0.0	0
4 Yrs				-12.8	-1.3	81	-0.8	0.6	-1.4	.84	-0.9	-0.1	-9.9	-1.0	0.93	-11.1	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1951	23	CHC	NL	0	0	17%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	24	CHC	NL	1	0	25%	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1953	25	TOT	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	25	CHC	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
1953	25	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1958	30	TOT	MLB	0	0	0%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	30	CLE	AL	0	0	0%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1	0	17%	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13%	7	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0

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
1951	23	CHC	NL	35	28%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	300%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	11	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1952	24	CHC	NL	39	13%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	7	2	29%	6	1	17%	25	2	8%	2	1	50%	3	3	100%	0
1953	25	TOT	NL	19	53%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	25%	5	0	0%	6	2	33%	11	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
1953	25	CHC	NL	1	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		0
1953	25	CIN	NL	18	56%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	25%	5	0	0%	6	2	33%	11	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0

1958	30	TOT	MLB	5	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1958	30	CLE	AL	5	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
4 Yrs				98	26%	16			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%	15	2	13%	14	4	29%	49	2	4%	2	1	50%	7	4	57%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			82%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1951	23	35	35	31	1	5	0	1	8	.161	.188	.161	.349	-6	5	0	3
1952	24	66	74	68	3	13	1	1	15	.191	.203	.191	.394	8	13	2	4
1953	25	108	93	86	3	15	1	1	22	.174	.184	.174	.358	-3	15	2	5
1954	26	108	93	86	3	15	1	1	22	.174	.184	.174	.358	-3	15	2	5
1955	27	108	93	86	3	15	1	1	22	.174	.184	.174	.358	-3	15	2	5
1956	28	108	93	86	3	15	1	1	22	.174	.184	.174	.358	-3	15	2	5
1957	29	108	93	86	3	15	1	1	22	.174	.184	.174	.358	-3	15	2	5
1958	30	123	98	90	3	16	1	2	22	.178	.196	.178	.373	1	16	2	5	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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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
1951	23	36	36	32	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.156	.182	.156	.338	1	35
1952	24	32	40	39	2	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	.231	.231	.231	.462	2	31
1953	25	44	20	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	42

1958	30	16	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	15
4 Yrs		128	101	94	3	14	0	0	0	1	0	2	22	.149	.167	.149	.316	3	123
162 Game Avg.		162	128	119	4	18	0	0	0	1	0	3	28	.149	.167	.149	.316	4	123

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