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Don Kelly

Donald Thomas Kelly

Positions: Outfielder, Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 15, 1980 in Butler, PA
High School: Mount Lebanon HS (Mount Lebanon, PA)
School: Point Park University (Pittsburgh, PA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 8th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 2, 2007
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Pirates 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$900k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.149, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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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
2001	21	DET-min	A-	67	292	262	41	75	8	3	0	25	8	5	25	16	.286	.345	.340	.685		89	6	0	2	3	1		ONE · NYPL
2002	22	DET-min	A	128	524	455	72	130	21	5	1	59	9	6	59	40	.286	.368	.360	.728		164	11	3	2	5	1		WMI · MIDW
2003	23	DET-min	A+,AA	109	456	386	62	118	22	5	2	51	15	2	60	34	.306	.396	.404	.800		156	6	1	4	5	1		LAK,ERI · FLOR,EL
2004	24	DET-min	AA,Rk	31	129	111	19	27	6	2	0	9	4	1	15	15	.243	.336	.333	.669		37	4	1	1	1	0		ERI,LAT · EL,GULF
2005	25	DET-min	AA,AAA	125	547	489	76	152	30	3	10	67	18	4	49	58	.311	.371	.446	.817		218	8	1	3	5	5		ERI,TOL · EL,IL
2006	26	DET-min	AAA,AA	124	507	444	53	111	25	4	0	43	23	10	51	55	.250	.328	.324	.652		144	8	3	4	5	0		TOL,ERI · IL,EL
2007	27	PIT-min	AAA	52	174	150	20	37	5	2	0	11	6	4	18	17	.247	.335	.307	.642		46	4	2	4	0	0		INA · IL
2007	27	PIT	NL	25	32	27	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.148	.281	.148	.429	18	4	1	2	0	0	0	/6479

2008	28	ARI-min	AAA	124	479	436	61	120	24	5	8	55	2	1	32	44	.275	.324	.408	.732		178	3	2	4	5	1		TUC · PCL
2009	29	DET-min	AAA	105	420	372	57	123	20	6	6	40	27	4	43	51	.331	.404	.465	.869		173	8	3	2	0	1		TOL · IL
2009	29	DET	AL	31	62	56	8	14	3	1	0	3	1	0	4	10	.250	.311	.339	.651	71	19	0	1	1	0	0	7/5D394
2010	30	DET	AL	119	251	238	30	58	4	0	9	27	3	0	8	42	.244	.272	.374	.646	73	89	1	2	1	2	0	7358/9
2011	31	DET	AL	113	281	257	35	63	8	3	7	28	2	1	14	32	.245	.291	.381	.672	83	98	8	3	6	1	0	5973/8D21
2012	32	DET	AL	30	69	61	5	10	0	0	0	5	1	0	8	12	.164	.261	.164	.425	21	10	2	0	0	0	0	9/87345D
5 Yrs				318	695	639	80	149	15	4	16	63	7	1	37	99	.233	.282	.344	.627	69	220	12	8	8	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	354	326	41	76	8	2	8	32	4	1	19	50	.233	.282	.344	.627	69	112	6	4	4	2	0

DET (4 yrs)				293	663	612	78	145	15	4	16	63	7	1	34	96	.237	.282	.353	.635	72	216	11	6	8	3	0
PIT (1 yr)				25	32	27	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.148	.281	.148	.429	18	4	1	2	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				293	663	612	78	145	15	4	16	63	7	1	34	96	.237	.282	.353	.635	72	216	11	6	8	3	0
NL (1 yr)				25	32	27	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.148	.281	.148	.429	18	4	1	2	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
2007	27	PIT	NL	25	32	-3	-0	-0	-2	0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.477	.496	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$380,000	/6479

2009	29	DET	AL	31	62	-2	0	0	2	-1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	7/5D394
2010	30	DET	AL	119	251	-8	0	1	22	-4	10	1.2	8	18	2.0	.509	.507	-0.4	2.0	-4	$405,000	7358/9
2011	31	DET	AL	113	281	-4	-0	-0	3	-2	-4	-0.3	10	6	0.5	.496	.497	0.3	0.1	2	$423,000	5973/8D21
2012	32	DET	AL	30	69	-6	1	-0	1	-1	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.4	.480	.496	-0.5	0.0	-4	$	9/87345D
5 Seasons				318	695	-23	0	0	26	-9	-6	-0.4	23	17	1.7	.498	.499	-1.0	2.0	-9	$1,208,000

DET (4 yrs)				293	663	-20	1	1	28	-9	-0	0.1	22	22	2.2	.500	.500	-0.7	2.2	-6	$828,000
PIT (1 yr)				25	32	-3	-0	-0	-2	0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.477	.496	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$380,000

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
2007	27	PIT	NL	32	24	1	1.1	108	.167	.148	.269	.281	.338	.148	.430	.429	.768	18	.059	-3.3	-0.3	.375	.111	.000

2009	29	DET	AL	62	43	7	4.3	109	.304	.250	.268	.311	.338	.339	.431	.651	.769	71	.430	-2.5	-0.2	.595	.179	.089	.0
2010	30	DET	AL	251	184	25	3.6	102	.259	.244	.263	.272	.331	.374	.411	.646	.742	73	.386	-10.3	-1.0	.564	.176	.130	4.5
2011	31	DET	AL	281	210	27	3.4	99	.256	.245	.260	.291	.325	.381	.410	.672	.735	83	.370	-7.3	-0.7	.571	.195	.136	3.1
2012	32	DET	AL	69	53	3	1.5	98	.204	.164	.253	.261	.321	.164	.410	.425	.731	21	.117	-6.7	-0.7	.358	.148	.000	.0
5 Yrs				695	514	63	3.3	101	.252	.233	.261	.282	.328	.344	.413	.627	.742	69	.341	-30.0	-2.9	.539	.178	.111	9.7
162 Game Avg.				354	262	32	3.3	101	.252	.233	.261	.282	.328	.344	.413	.627	.742	69	.341	-30.0	-2.9	.539	.178	.111	5

DET (4 yrs)				663	490	62	3.4	101	.256	.237	.261	.282	.328	.353	.413	.635	.740	72	.357	-26.7	-2.6	.547	.181	.116	9.7
PIT (1 yr)				32	24	1	1.1	108	.167	.148	.269	.281	.338	.148	.430	.429	.768	18	.059	-3.3	-0.3	.375	.111	.000

AL (4 yrs)				663	490	62	3.4	101	.256	.237	.261	.282	.328	.353	.413	.635	.740	72	.357	-26.7	-2.6	.547	.181	.116	9.7
NL (1 yr)				32	24	1	1.1	108	.167	.148	.269	.281	.338	.148	.430	.429	.768	18	.059	-3.3	-0.3	.375	.111	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
2011	31	DET	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	4	11	11	3	4	0	1	2	4	.364	.364	.636	1.000	7
2011	31	DET	AL	ALCS	TEX	L	5	9	9	0	2	1	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	3
1 Yr (2 Series)							9	20	20	3	6	1	1	2	4	.300	.300	.500	.800	10
1 ALDS							4	11	11	3	4	0	1	2	4	.364	.364	.636	1.000	7
1 ALCS							5	9	9	0	2	1	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	3

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
2007	27	PIT	NL	32	0.0%	9.4%	9.4%	0.0%	0%	1.00	9.0			0.50	0.75	75%	21%	0.0%	25%

2009	29	DET	AL	62	0.0%	16.1%	6.5%	6.5%	29%	2.50	5.6		18.7	0.84	1.29	74%	19%	0.0%	28%
2010	30	DET	AL	251	3.6%	16.7%	3.2%	5.2%	22%	5.25	5.7	26.4	8.8	0.48	0.53	75%	24%	8.3%	18%
2011	31	DET	AL	281	2.5%	11.4%	5.0%	6.4%	29%	2.29	8.0	36.7	9.2	0.44	0.68	78%	18%	5.6%	19%
2012	32	DET	AL	69	0.0%	17.4%	11.6%	0.0%	0%	1.50	5.1		12.2	0.50	0.54	71%	14%	0.0%	28%
5 Yrs				695	2.3%	14.2%	5.3%	5.0%	24%	2.68	6.5	39.9	10.1	0.49	0.65	76%	20%	5.6%	20%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.0%	8.5%	7.8%	33%	2.11	4.9	34.6	7.9	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2007	27	PIT	NL	-3.3	-0.3	33	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	.94	-0.3	0.0	-3.5	-0.3	0.82	-3.2	0.93	16

2009	29	DET	AL	-2.5	-0.2	64	0.1	1.0	-0.9	.89	-0.1	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.87	-1.1	1.29	4
2010	30	DET	AL	-10.3	-1.0	258	-0.7	3.2	-3.9	.87	-1.1	0.2	-7.4	-0.7	0.96	-10.2	0.94	11
2011	31	DET	AL	-7.3	-0.7	289	-0.6	4.0	-4.6	.90	-0.3	-0.4	-2.3	-0.2	1.00	-5.1	1.60	9
2012	32	DET	AL	-6.7	-0.7	72	-0.6	0.7	-1.3	.94	-0.6	-0.1	-6.6	-0.7	0.97	-6.6	0.92	1
5 Yrs				-30.0	-2.9	716	-2.1	9.2	-11.3	.90	-2.3	-0.1	-19.2	-1.9	0.96	-26.2	1.12	41

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2007	27	PIT	NL	0	0	22%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	50%	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0

2009	29	DET	AL	1	0	42%	28	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	40%	2	2	0	1	0	1	2	1	1
2010	30	DET	AL	3	0	36%	82	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	40%	11	11	0	2	0	2	12	3	8
2011	31	DET	AL	5	0	38%	110	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	9	36%	12	9	3	1	1	0	9	3	5
2012	32	DET	AL	1	0	28%	27	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	43%	3	3	0	1	0	1	3	0	2
5 Yrs				10	0	36%	262	7	1	88%	7	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	15	39%	28	25	3	6	1	5	27	7	16

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
2007	27	PIT	NL	32	94%	4	0	0	16	2	0	0	0.93	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	4	1	25%	11	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0

2009	29	DET	AL	62	87%	14	2	0	4	1	0	0	1.29	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	9	0	0%	4	1	25%	31	3	10%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
2010	30	DET	AL	251	90%	58	8	1	11	2	0	0	0.94	9	0	9	9	0	4	5	0	2	1	50%	54	1	2%	27	4	15%	164	18	11%	15	8	53%	8	3	38%	0
2011	31	DET	AL	281	92%	63	5	1	9	4	1	2	1.60	7	0	5	7	0	1	6	0	9	6	67%	56	8	14%	25	10	40%	166	24	14%	10	6	60%	12	8	67%	0
2012	32	DET	AL	69	91%	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.92	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	13	2	15%	7	1	14%	46	5	11%	5	1	20%	2	0	0%	0
5 Yrs				695	91%	149	16	2	41	9	1	2	1.12	16	0	20	16	0	5	11	0	13	8	62%	136	12	9%	67	17	25%	418	50	12%	31	15	48%	25	12	48%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			32%			14%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2007	27	PIT	NL	32	155	4.84	98	63%	39%	6%	31%	24%	61%	0%	39%	90%	3%	6%	2	0	19%	6	0	13%	4	4	33%	0	0	0

2009	29	DET	AL	62	231	3.73	142	61%	25%	13%	28%	33%	75%	0%	46%	82%	27%	3%	2	0	13%	8	3	8%	5	3	10%	0	0	0
2010	30	DET	AL	251	941	3.75	627	67%	25%	13%	30%	32%	75%	0%	50%	83%	29%	4%	11	0	12%	30	13	6%	14	7	29%	0	0	0
2011	31	DET	AL	281	1034	3.68	667	65%	25%	9%	31%	35%	75%	0%	48%	88%	25%	3%	9	0	14%	39	21	7%	21	14	28%	0	0	0
2012	32	DET	AL	69	263	3.81	163	62%	29%	14%	27%	30%	71%	0%	44%	80%	23%	7%	5	0	17%	12	5	12%	8	3	8%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				695	2624	3.78	1697	65%	26%	11%	30%	32%	74%	0%	48%	85%	26%	4%	29	0	14%	95	42	7%	52	31	24%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

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
2007	27	25	32	27	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.148	.281	.148	.429	18	4	1	2	0	0
2008	28	25	32	27	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.148	.281	.148	.429	18	4	1	2	0	0
2009	29	56	94	83	10	18	3	1	0	3	1	0	7	13	.217	.301	.277	.578	53	23	1	3	1	0
2010	30	175	345	321	40	76	7	1	9	30	4	0	15	55	.237	.280	.349	.629	68	112	2	5	2	2
2011	31	288	626	578	75	139	15	4	16	58	6	1	29	87	.240	.285	.363	.648	74	210	10	8	8	3
2012	32	318	695	639	80	149	15	4	16	63	7	1	37	99	.233	.282	.344	.627	69	220	12	8	8	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2007	27	25	32	27	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.148	.281	.148	.429	1	25

2009	29	31	62	56	8	14	3	1	0	3	1	4	10	.250	.311	.339	.651	6	31
2010	30	119	253	240	31	60	4	0	9	28	3	8	42	.250	.278	.379	.657	25	119
2011	31	113	283	259	36	65	8	3	7	29	2	14	32	.251	.296	.386	.682	29	113
2012	32	30	71	62	6	11	0	0	0	6	1	9	12	.177	.282	.177	.459	3	30
5 Yrs		318	701	644	83	154	15	4	16	66	7	38	99	.239	.289	.349	.638	64	318
162 Game Avg.		162	357	328	42	78	8	2	8	34	4	19	50	.239	.289	.349	.638	33	318

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

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