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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 (Age 27)
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Pirates 2007-2012
2013 Contract Status: 2nd Year Arb Eligible (Super 2) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.138, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: LSW Baseball [*]
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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	82	98	8	3	6	1	0	5973/8D21
2012	32	DET-min	AAA	20	85	73	8	17	2	0	1	12	4	1	12	17	.233	.341	.301	.643		22	1	0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
2012	32	DET	AL	75	127	113	14	21	2	1	1	7	2	0	14	22	.186	.276	.248	.523	44	28	2	0	0	0	0	97/38D54
5 Yrs				363	753	691	89	160	17	5	17	65	8	1	43	109	.232	.283	.344	.628	69	238	12	8	8	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	336	308	40	71	8	2	8	29	4	0	19	49	.232	.283	.344	.628	69	106	5	4	4	1	0

DET (4 yrs)				338	721	664	87	156	17	5	17	65	8	1	40	106	.235	.283	.352	.636	71	234	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)				338	721	664	87	156	17	5	17	65	8	1	40	106	.235	.283	.352	.636	71	234	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	75	127	-8	1	0	-3	-3	-13	-1.4	4	-9	-1.0	.482	.491	-0.6	-0.6	-6	$900,000	97/38D54
5 Seasons				363	753	-26	1	1	22	-11	-14	-1.2	25	12	1.1	.496	.498	-1.1	1.4	-10	$2,108,000

DET (4 yrs)				338	721	-23	1	1	24	-12	-8	-0.6	24	16	1.6	.498	.499	-0.8	1.5	-8	$1,728,000
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

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	SF
2011	31	DET	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	4	11	11	3	4	0	1	2	4	.364	.364	.636	1.000	7	0
2011	31	DET	AL	ALCS	TEX	L	5	9	9	0	2	1	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	3	0
2012	32	DET	AL	ALDS	OAK	W	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		.000			0	1
2012	32	DET	AL	ALCS	NYY	W	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2012	32	DET	AL	WS	SFG	L	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2 Yrs (5 Series)							13	22	21	5	6	1	1	3	5	.286	.273	.476	.749	10	1
2 ALDS							5	12	11	4	4	0	1	3	4	.364	.333	.636	.970	7	1
2 ALCS							6	9	9	1	2	1	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	3	0
1 WS							2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GF	IP	BF
2011	31	DET	AL	1	1	0.1	1
1 Yr				1	1	0.1	1
162 Game Avg.				68	68	20	68

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
2011	31	DET	AL	0.1	1	0	0	0.00	4.72	0.08	-0.35	102.0	4.37	0	0.0	.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.517	.500	$423,000
1 Season				0.1	1	0	0	0.00	4.72	0.08	-0.35	102.0	4.37	0	0.0	.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.517	.500	$423,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
2007	PIT	NL	27	SS	5	2	1	20.0	11	5	6	0	0	1.000	-1	1	-36	60	4.95	2.20	.975	4.46	4.42
2007	PIT	NL	27	2B	3	1	1	12.0	3	1	2	0	1	1.000	0	-2	20	-200	2.25	1.00	.983	4.88	4.83
2007	PIT	NL	27	OF	2	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-1	-120	-1200	9.00	0.50	.980	2.70	2.30
2007	PIT	NL	27	LF	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-1	-120	-1200	9.00	1.00	.980	1.80	2.00
2007	PIT	NL	27	RF	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0				0.00			2.20
2009	DET	AL	29	OF	20	12	7	111.1	30	29	1	0	0	1.000	-0	2	-3	21	2.43	1.50	.987	2.33	2.30
2009	DET	AL	29	LF	18	10	7	97.1	23	23	0	0	0	1.000	-2	1	-31	12	2.13	1.28	.987	2.12	2.09
2009	DET	AL	29	3B	4	1	1	14.0	7	2	5	0	1	1.000	0	0	34	0	4.50	1.75	.957	2.70	2.65
2009	DET	AL	29	DH	3	0
2009	DET	AL	29	1B	2	0	0	7.0	7	7	0	0	1	1.000	0	0	69	0	9.00	3.50	.994	9.13	9.00
2009	DET	AL	29	RF	2	2	0	14.0	7	6	1	0	0	1.000	2	1	189	86	4.50	3.50	.981	2.12	2.10
2009	DET	AL	29	2B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		4.50	4.70
2010	DET	AL	30	OF	74	31	14	347.0	94	90	4	0	0	1.000	1	13	4	44	2.44	1.27	.986	2.30	2.28
2010	DET	AL	30	LF	65	21	10	255.0	59	57	2	0	0	1.000	1	8	3	38	2.08	0.91	.983	2.07	2.05
2010	DET	AL	30	1B	28	12	11	135.0	158	146	10	2	24	.987	2	4	22	36	10.40	5.57	.994	9.32	9.23
2010	DET	AL	30	3B	15	12	5	105.0	41	5	33	3	5	.927	3	5	34	57	3.26	2.53	.956	2.64	2.61
2010	DET	AL	30	CF	12	10	4	90.0	35	33	2	0	0	1.000	1	5	17	67	3.50	2.92	.990	2.73	2.71
2010	DET	AL	30	RF	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	0	-480	0	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.10
2011	DET	AL	31	OF	58	17	10	236.2	61	59	1	1	0	.984	-0	-1	-1	-5	2.28	1.03	.986	2.28	2.26
2011	DET	AL	31	3B	45	41	22	325.0	103	30	69	4	7	.961	0	4	1	15	2.74	2.20	.954	2.62	2.60
2011	DET	AL	31	RF	39	10	8	154.2	36	34	1	1	0	.972	1	2	8	16	2.04	0.90	.986	2.09	2.07
2011	DET	AL	31	LF	17	4	2	57.0	16	16	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-1	-15	-21	2.53	0.94	.982	2.13	2.11
2011	DET	AL	31	1B	15	4	4	56.0	55	48	7	0	8	1.000	-0	0	-4	0	8.84	3.67	.993	9.31	9.24
2011	DET	AL	31	CF	4	3	0	25.0	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-2	-29	-96	3.24	2.25	.990	2.59	2.60
2011	DET	AL	31	DH	2	0
2011	DET	AL	31	C	1	0	0	6.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	4.50	3.00	.993	7.65	7.60	1	0	0	0			0
2011	DET	AL	31	P	1	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0			0		0	0.00	0.00		2.70	1.60			0	0			0
2012	DET	AL	32	OF	59	24	17	267.1	67	61	3	3	0	.955	-3	-2	-14	-8	2.15	1.08	.986	2.17	2.16
2012	DET	AL	32	RF	35	4	2	87.0	20	19	0	1	0	.950	0	-3	2	-41	1.97	0.54	.984	1.99	1.98
2012	DET	AL	32	LF	18	13	10	117.1	32	27	3	2	0	.938	-3	2	-27	20	2.30	1.67	.984	1.94	1.93
2012	DET	AL	32	1B	8	3	1	35.0	32	30	2	0	3	1.000	-0	-1	-10	-34	8.23	4.00	.994	9.26	9.22
2012	DET	AL	32	CF	8	7	5	63.0	15	15	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-1	-10	-19	2.14	1.88	.989	2.59	2.56
2012	DET	AL	32	DH	4	0
2012	DET	AL	32	3B	3	2	1	19.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	0	0	3	0	1.89	1.33	.952	2.61	2.60
2012	DET	AL	32	2B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		4.50	4.60
	5 Seasons			OF	213	84	48	963.1	253	240	9	4	0	.984	-2	11	-3	13	2.33	1.17	.986	2.26	2.24
	5 Seasons			LF	119	48	29	527.2	131	124	5	2	0	.985	-5	9	-12	20	2.20	1.08	.984	2.06	2.05
	5 Seasons			RF	79	16	10	257.2	63	59	2	2	0	.968	3	0	12	0	2.13	0.77	.985	2.06	2.03
	4 Seasons			3B	67	56	29	463.0	155	38	110	7	13	.955	4	9	9	23	2.88	2.21	.955	2.63	2.61
	4 Seasons			1B	53	19	16	233.0	252	231	19	2	36	.992	2	3	12	15	9.66	4.72	.994	9.30	9.22
	3 Seasons			CF	24	20	9	178.0	59	57	2	0	0	1.000	0	2	1	13	2.98	2.46	.990	2.66	2.64
	1 Season			SS	5	2	1	20.0	11	5	6	0	0	1.000	-1	1	-36	60	4.95	2.20	.975	4.46	4.42
	3 Seasons			2B	5	1	1	14.0	3	1	2	0	1	1.000	0	-2	17	-171	1.93	0.60	.983	4.82	4.76
	1 Season			P	1	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0			0		0	0.00	0.00		2.70	1.60			0	0			0
	1 Season			C	1	0	0	6.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	4.50	3.00	.993	7.65	7.60	1	0	0	0			0
	5 Seasons			TOT	345	162	95	1699.2	677	518	146	13	50	.981	3	22	2	15	3.52	1.92	.982	3.39	3.47	1	0	0	0			0
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Transactions

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 8th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2001.
October 3, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
December 12, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
October 4, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
November 24, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
November 3, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
January 16, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
October 31, 2012: Granted Free Agency.
January 16, 2013: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2007	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	$380,000

2009	29	Detroit Tigers	$400,000
2010	30	Detroit Tigers	$405,000
2011	31	Detroit Tigers	$423,000
2012	32	Detroit Tigers	$900,000	contracts
2013 Status		1st Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), Earliest Arb Eligible: 2013, Earliest Free Agent: 2016
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$2,508,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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