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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1951 23 CHC NL 7 4 .636 4.66 35 11 10 4 0 0 123.2 130 70 64 8 55 48 1 0 7 534 89 1.496 9.5 0.6 4.0 3.5 0.87
1952 24 CHC NL 4 9 .308 3.59 31 15 10 3 2 0 125.1 114 62 50 7 46 50 3 0 7 544 107 1.277 8.2 0.5 3.3 3.6 1.09
1953 25 TOT NL 1 3 .250 5.40 42 5 17 0 0 2 83.1 98 55 50 9 35 35 1 0 3 368 81 1.596 10.6 1.0 3.8 3.8 1.00
1953 25 CHC NL 0 1 .000 9.53 14 0 6 0 0 0 17.0 27 19 18 2 9 6 1 0 0 83 48 2.118 14.3 1.1 4.8 3.2 0.67
1953 25 CIN NL 1 2 .333 4.34 28 5 11 0 0 2 66.1 71 36 32 7 26 29 0 0 3 285 100 1.462 9.6 0.9 3.5 3.9 1.12
1958 30 TOT MLB 0 2 .000 5.16 15 4 3 0 0 0 29.2 32 19 17 4 16 1 13 1 0 1 130 74 1.618 9.7 1.2 4.9 3.9 0.81
1958 30 CIN NL 0 0 4.50 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 11 110 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 4.5 0.33
1958 30 CLE AL 0 2 .000 5.20 13 3 2 0 0 0 27.2 29 18 16 4 13 0 12 1 0 1 119 72 1.518 9.4 1.3 4.2 3.9 0.92
4 Yrs 12 18 .400 4.50 123 35 40 7 2 2 362.0 374 206 181 28 152 1 146 6 0 18 1576 90 1.453 9.3 0.7 3.8 3.6 0.96
162 Game Avg. 5 8 .400 4.50 53 15 17 3 1 1 156 161 89 78 12 65 63 3 0 8 678 90 1.453 9.3 0.7 3.8 3.6 0.96
CHC (3 yrs) 11 14 .440 4.47 80 26 26 7 2 0 266.0 271 151 132 17 110 104 5 0 14 1161 90 1.432 9.2 0.6 3.7 3.5 0.95
CIN (2 yrs) 1 2 .333 4.35 30 6 12 0 0 2 68.1 74 37 33 7 29 1 30 0 0 3 296 101 1.507 9.7 0.9 3.8 4.0 1.03
CLE (1 yr) 0 2 .000 5.20 13 3 2 0 0 0 27.2 29 18 16 4 13 0 12 1 0 1 119 72 1.518 9.4 1.3 4.2 3.9 0.92
NL (4 yrs) 12 16 .429 4.44 110 32 38 7 2 2 334.1 345 188 165 24 139 1 134 5 0 17 1457 92 1.448 9.3 0.6 3.7 3.6 0.96
AL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 5.20 13 3 2 0 0 0 27.2 29 18 16 4 13 0 12 1 0 1 119 72 1.518 9.4 1.3 4.2 3.9 0.92

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% Salary Awards
1951 23 CHC NL 123.2 35 11 70 5.09 4.55 -0.10 0.00 105.1 4.89 -3 -0.3 .6 -0.1 0.7 11 .491 .498 $
1952 24 CHC NL 125.1 31 15 62 4.45 4.03 0.05 0.00 103.4 4.12 -5 -0.5 .7 -0.1 0.6 8 .484 .497 $
1953 25 CHC NL 17.0 14 0 19 10.06 5.02 -0.41 0.00 102.8 5.58 -8 -0.8 .7 0.1 -0.5 -6 .444 .495 $
1953 25 CIN NL 66.0 28 5 36 4.91 5.09 0.26 0.00 102.2 4.94 1 0.1 .7 -0.1 0.6 8 .503 .500 $
1958 30 CIN NL 2.0 2 1 1 4.50 4.29 0.06 0.00 108.4 4.59 0 0.0 1.9 -0.0 0.0 0 .501 .500 $
1958 30 CLE AL 27.2 13 3 18 5.86 4.23 -0.07 0.00 103.3 4.44 -4 -0.5 .5 0.0 -0.2 -2 .465 .497 $
4 Seasons 361.2 123 35 206 5.13 4.47 0.01 0.00 103.7 4.62 -19 -2.0 .7 -0.2 1.2 19 .484 .498 $
CHC (3 yrs) 266.0 80 26 151 5.11 4.34 -0.05 0.00 104.1 4.57 -16 -1.6 .7 -0.1 0.8 12 .480 .497 $
CIN (2 yrs) 68.0 30 6 37 4.90 5.07 0.26 0.00 102.4 4.93 1 0.1 .8 -0.1 0.6 8 .502 .500 $
CLE (1 yr) 27.2 13 3 18 5.86 4.23 -0.07 0.00 103.3 4.44 -4 -0.5 .5 0.0 -0.2 -2 .465 .497 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1951 23 CHC NL 35 388 473 70 130 16 1 8 5 5 55 48 .275 .352 .364 .715 .293 172 15 1 5 0 3
1952 24 CHC NL 31 448 475 62 114 18 4 7 5 1 46 50 .240 .311 .339 .650 .256 161 8 3 11 0 9
1953 25 CHC NL 14 75 72 19 27 7 3 2 0 0 9 6 .375 .451 .639 1.090 .391 46 1 1 1 0 0
1953 25 CIN NL 28 285 257 36 71 17 0 7 5 2 26 29 .276 .343 .424 .767 .290 109 8 0 2 0 1
1953 25 TOT NL 42 360 329 55 98 24 3 9 5 2 35 35 .298 .367 .471 .838 .312 155 9 1 3 0 1
1958 30 CIN NL 2 11 6 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 .500 .667 .833 1.500 .600 5 0 0 2 0 1 0
1958 30 CLE AL 13 119 103 18 29 1 1 4 1 1 13 12 .282 .368 .427 .795 .287 44 8 1 2 0 0 4
1958 30 TOT MLB 15 130 109 19 32 1 2 4 1 1 16 13 .294 .389 .450 .838 .304 49 8 1 4 0 1 4
4 Yrs 123 1326 1386 206 374 59 10 28 16 9 152 146 .270 .345 .387 .732 .285 537 40 6 23 0 1 17
162 Game Avg. 53 571 597 89 161 25 4 12 7 4 65 63 .270 .345 .387 .732 .285 231 17 3 10 0 7
MLB Averages .259 .331 .386 .717 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1951 23 CHC NL -6.0 -0.6 404 1.0 5.6 -4.6 .77 -0.3 1.6 -1.3 -0.1 0.77 -1.1 2 0 17
1952 24 CHC NL 1.2 0.1 464 -2.1 5.9 -8.0 .84 -0.6 -1.9 -6.4 -0.6 0.84 -4.4 3 1 9
1953 25 TOT NL -8.4 -0.8 369 -1.9 4.4 -6.2 .80 -1.5 -0.8 -15.4 -1.4 0.80 -14.0 6 3 24
1953 25 CHC NL -8.6 -0.8 76 -0.8 0.2 -1.0 .34 -1.0 -1.4 -15.0 -1.3 0.34 -11.3 2 1 9
1953 25 CIN NL 0.2 0.0 293 -1.1 4.1 -5.2 .91 -0.6 -0.6 -0.4 -0.0 0.91 -2.7 4 2 15
1958 30 TOT MLB -4.5 -0.5 134 -0.6 1.5 -2.1 .72 -0.5 -0.4 -5.5 -0.6 0.71 -4.5 2 1 8
1958 30 CIN NL 0.1 0.0 11 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 1.16 -0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.16 -0.7 1 0 0
1958 30 CLE AL -4.6 -0.5 123 -0.6 1.3 -1.9 .68 -0.4 -0.5 -5.6 -0.6 0.68 -3.8 1 1 8
4 Yrs -17.7 -1.7 1371 -3.6 17.3 -20.9 .79 -2.9 -1.6 -28.6 -2.7 0.79 -23.9 13 5 58

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1951 23 CHC NL 35 11 6 4 1 2 1 7 4 .636 0 0 4 0 5 45% 45.4 66 22 9 6 5 4 5.0 4.8 6.9
1952 24 CHC NL 31 15 4 6 5 0 2 7 8 .467 1 3 3 2 6 40% 50.1 84 22 13 4 6 5 4.2 4.8 5.8
1953 25 TOT NL 42 5 1 1 3 1 0 2 3 .400 2 2 0 0 1 20% 53 32 14 6 2 3 6.4 4.7 4.6
1953 25 CIN NL 28 5 1 1 3 1 0 2 3 .400 2 2 0 0 1 20% 41.0 53 32 8 4 2 3 6.4 4.7 4.6
1958 30 TOT MLB 15 4 0 1 3 0 0 3 1 .750 0 3 0 0 1 25% 0.0 58 23 10 0 1 3 4.1 0.0 2.8
1958 30 CIN NL 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 41.0 41 41 2 0 0 1 2.6 0.0 0.3
1958 30 CLE AL 13 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 2 0 0 1 33% 39.0 58 23 8 0 1 2 4.8 0.0 3.7
4 Yrs 109 35 11 12 12 3 3 19 16 .543 3 8 7 2 13 37% 46 84 22 40 14 14 15 4.8 4.4 5.6
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -6 4.4 4.4 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1951 23 CHC NL 35 24 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 10 67% .770 2 0 17 0 2 17 8 11 16 2 11 4 6.0
1952 24 CHC NL 31 16 10 0 3 1 0 1 0% 1 0 10 2 20% 8 .838 3 1 9 2 1 12 6 9 13 0 12 3 7.3
1953 25 TOT NL 42 37 17 0 2 3 2 1 67% 3 0 19 7 37% .795 6 3 24 5 3 27 11 24 19 8 18 6 4.9
1953 25 CHC NL 14 14 6 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 8 5 63% 8 .342 2 1 9 2 0 10 4 8 6 5 5 3 3.6
1953 25 CIN NL 28 23 11 0 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 11 2 18% 6 .914 4 2 15 3 3 17 7 16 13 3 13 3 5.6
1958 30 TOT MLB 15 11 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 18% .716 2 1 8 0 0 11 6 5 6 2 6 2 5.0
1958 30 CIN NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 1.159 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 5.0
1958 30 CLE AL 13 10 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 3 .675 1 1 8 0 0 10 5 5 5 2 5 2 5.0
4 Yrs 123 88 40 1 6 4 2 2 50% 4 0 55 21 38% .794 13 5 58 7 6 67 31 49 54 12 47 15 5.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1951 23 CHC NL 534 62% 2.1% 12.4% 14.2% 6.4% 19% 1.37 107% 84 15 18%
1952 24 CHC NL 535 59% 1.6% 11.2% 10.3% 6.5% 25% 0.92 93% 80 8 10%
1953 25 TOT NL 368 63% 2.5% 9.7% 9.7% 10.0% 37% 1.16 79% 81 9 11%
1953 25 CHC NL 83 56% 2.7% 8.0% 12.0% 16.0% 44% 0.85 85% 22 1 5%
1953 25 CIN NL 285 65% 2.5% 10.2% 9.1% 8.4% 34% 1.24 78% 59 8 14%
1958 30 TOT MLB 130 68% 3.1% 10.0% 12.3% 5.4% 22% 1.35 71% 39 8 21%
1958 30 CIN NL 11 64% 0.0% 9.1% 27.3% 9.1% 33% 3.00 45% 4 0 0%
1958 30 CLE AL 119 68% 3.4% 10.1% 10.9% 5.0% 21% 1.30 73% 35 8 23%
4 Yrs 1567 62% 2.1% 11.0% 11.5% 7.3% 26% 1.14 91% 284 40 14%
MLB Averages 51% 2.3% 12.2% 9.9% 6.7% 27% 0.96 81% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1951 23 CHC NL 388 130 8 0 11 5 2 4 3 22 14 2 64% 3 7 2 159 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 146
1952 24 CHC NL 448 114 7 0 14 2 3 0 5 34 18 2 53% 9 7 1 162 5 1 83% 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 87
1953 25 TOT NL 360 98 9 0 13 4 5 6 3 19 14 2 74% 1 3 0 154 5 2 71% 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 8
1953 25 CHC NL 75 27 2 0 5 1 1 1 1 7 4 1 57% 0 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
1953 25 CIN NL 285 71 7 0 8 3 4 5 2 12 10 1 83% 1 3 0 119 5 2 71% 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
1958 30 TOT MLB 130 32 4 0 4 3 1 1 3 8 7 0 88% 4 1 1 58 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1958 30 CIN NL 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 30 CLE AL 119 29 4 0 4 3 1 1 3 8 7 0 88% 4 1 1 51 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
4 Yrs 1326 374 28 0 42 14 11 11 14 83 53 6 64% 17 18 4 533 16 9 64% 13 9 1 0 2 0 2 0 22 241
MLB Averages 52% 56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1951 23 7 4 .636 4.66 35 11 10 4 0 0 123.2 130 70 64 8 55 48 1 0 7 534 89 1.496 9.5 0.6 4.0 3.5 0.87 89
1952 24 11 13 .458 4.12 66 26 20 7 2 0 249.0 244 132 114 15 101 98 4 0 14 1078 97 1.386 8.8 0.5 3.7 3.5 0.97 97
1953 25 12 16 .429 4.44 108 31 37 7 2 2 332.1 342 187 164 24 136 133 5 0 17 1446 92 1.438 9.3 0.6 3.7 3.6 0.98 92
1954 26 12 16 .429 4.44 108 31 37 7 2 2 332.1 342 187 164 24 136 133 5 0 17 1446 92 1.438 9.3 0.6 3.7 3.6 0.98 92
1955 27 12 16 .429 4.44 108 31 37 7 2 2 332.1 342 187 164 24 136 133 5 0 17 1446 92 1.438 9.3 0.6 3.7 3.6 0.98 92
1956 28 12 16 .429 4.44 108 31 37 7 2 2 332.1 342 187 164 24 136 133 5 0 17 1446 92 1.438 9.3 0.6 3.7 3.6 0.98 92
1957 29 12 16 .429 4.44 108 31 37 7 2 2 332.1 342 187 164 24 136 133 5 0 17 1446 92 1.438 9.3 0.6 3.7 3.6 0.98 92
1958 30 12 18 .400 4.50 123 35 40 7 2 2 362.0 374 206 181 28 152 1 146 6 0 18 1576 90 1.453 9.3 0.7 3.8 3.6 0.96 90

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1951 23 6 7 .462 4.61 123.0 131 70 63 8 55 48 1 1.512 9.6 4.0 3.5 0.87 0.6 35
1952 24 8 6 .571 3.68 132.0 121 60 54 7 49 53 3 1.288 8.3 3.3 3.6 1.08 0.5 31
1953 25 3 6 .333 5.10 83.0 97 52 47 9 35 35 1 1.590 10.5 3.8 3.8 1.00 1.0 42
1958 30 1 2 .333 6.33 27.0 35 21 19 4 18 12 1 1.963 11.7 6.0 4.0 0.67 1.3 15
4 Yrs 18 21 .462 4.51 365.0 384 203 183 28 157 148 6 1.482 9.5 3.6 0.94 0.7 123

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1951 NL  7 (5th)
1952 NL  7 (2nd)

                                         

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