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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
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
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
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 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 Awards
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 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2011 31 DET AL ALDS NYY W 4 11 11 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 .364 .364 .636 1.000 7 0 0 0 0 0
2011 31 DET AL ALCS TEX L 5 9 9 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .333 .556 3 0 0 0 0 0
2012 32 DET AL ALDS OAK W 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0
2012 32 DET AL ALCS NYY W 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 32 DET AL WS SFG L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (5 Series) 13 22 21 5 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 .286 .273 .476 .749 10 0 0 0 1 0
2 ALDS 5 12 11 4 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 .364 .333 .636 .970 7 0 0 0 1 0
2 ALCS 6 9 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .333 .556 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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
2011 31 DET AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 Yr 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
162 Game Avg. 0 0 0.00 68 0 68 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 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
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
5 Seasons TOT 345 162 95 1699.2 677 518 146 13 50 .981 3 33 2 23 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
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2010 AL  2.0 (8th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

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  6. John Morris (972)
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  8. Ron Davis (971)
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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.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200727Pittsburgh Pirates$380,000
201030Detroit Tigers$405,000
201131Detroit Tigers$423,000
201232Detroit Tigers$900,000contracts
2013 Status1st Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), Earliest Arb Eligible: 2013, Earliest Free Agent: 2016
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,108,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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