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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: Mt. Lebanon (Mt. Lebanon, PA)
School: Point Park University
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 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$423k (11), 1 yr/$900k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.149, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Hank Aaron… 

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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 /64
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 /534
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 35
2011 31 DET AL 112 281 257 35 63 8 3 7 28 2 1 14 32 .245 .291 .381 .672 83 98 8 3 6 1 0 5973/8D21
4 Seasons 287 626 578 75 139 15 4 16 58 6 1 29 87 .240 .285 .363 .648 75 210 10 8 8 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 353 326 42 78 8 2 9 33 3 1 16 49 .240 .285 .363 .648 75 119 6 5 5 2 0
DET (3 yrs) 262 594 551 73 135 15 4 16 58 6 1 26 84 .245 .285 .374 .659 77 206 9 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 (3 yrs) 262 594 551 73 135 15 4 16 58 6 1 26 84 .245 .285 .374 .659 77 206 9 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2007 27 PIT NL 32 -3 -1 0 0 -0 0 1 -4 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $380,000 /64
2009 29 DET AL 62 -2 -0 0 0 0 -1 2 -0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ /534
2010 30 DET AL 251 -10 0 1 1 7 -2 8 5 0.5 -2 -0.2 0.7 $405,000 35
2011 31 DET AL 281 -7 0 2 -0 0 -1 10 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $423,000 5973/8D21
4 Seasons 626 -22 -1 3 1 7 -4 21 3 0.4 -3 -0.3 0.7 $1,208,000
DET (3 yrs) 594 -19 0 3 1 7 -4 20 7 0.8 0 0.0 0.8 $828,000
PIT (1 yr) 32 -3 -1 0 0 -0 0 1 -4 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $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
1 Season (2 Series) 9 20 20 3 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 .300 .300 .500 .800 10 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 4 11 11 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 .364 .364 .636 1.000 7 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 5 9 9 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .333 .556 3 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 Season 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2011 31 DET AL 0.1 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0.0 $423,000
1 Season 0.1 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0.0 $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% PO Awards
2007 PIT NL 27 SS 5 11 5 6 0 0 1.000 -1 1 2.20 .975 4.42
2007 PIT NL 27 2B 3 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 0 -1 1.00 .983 4.83
2007 PIT NL 27 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 0.50 .980 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 0.00 2.20
2009 DET AL 29 OF 20 30 29 1 0 0 1.000 -0 2 1.50 .987 2.30
2009 DET AL 29 3B 4 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 0 0 1.75 .957 2.65
2009 DET AL 29 1B 2 7 7 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 3.50 .994 9.00
2009 DET AL 29 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70
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 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
2010 DET AL 30 OF 74 94 90 4 0 0 1.000 1 7 1.27 .986 2.28
2010 DET AL 30 1B 28 158 146 10 2 24 .987 2 4 5.57 .994 9.23
2010 DET AL 30 3B 15 41 5 33 3 5 .927 3 3 2.53 .956 2.61
2010 DET AL 30 LF 65 21 10 255.0 59 57 2 0 0 1.000 1 5 3 24 2.08 0.91 .983 2.07 2.05
2010 DET AL 30 CF 12 10 4 90.0 35 33 2 0 0 1.000 1 2 17 27 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 3 1 15 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 5 0 18 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 3 7 23 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 -0 0 -4 0 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 1 0 21 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 -0 0 -24 0 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 -40 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
4 Seasons OF 154 17 10 236.2 186 179 6 1 0 .995 1 11 5 18 2.28 1.20 .986 2.28 2.28
4 Seasons LF 101 35 19 410.1 99 97 2 0 0 1.000 -2 5 -6 14 2.17 0.98 .984 2.09 2.07
3 Seasons 3B 64 41 22 325.0 151 37 107 7 13 .954 4 8 13 29 2.74 2.25 .955 2.62 2.61
3 Seasons 1B 45 4 4 56.0 220 201 17 2 33 .991 3 5 62 107 8.84 4.84 .994 9.31 9.22
4 Seasons RF 44 12 8 170.2 43 40 2 1 0 .977 2 4 16 28 2.21 0.95 .985 2.09 2.08
2 Seasons CF 16 13 4 115.0 44 42 2 0 0 1.000 1 2 8 20 3.44 2.75 .990 2.70 2.68
1 Season SS 5 11 5 6 0 0 1.000 -1 1 2.20 .975 4.42
2 Seasons 2B 4 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 0 -1 0.75 .983 4.80
1 Season C 1 0 0 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0 -40 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
4 Seasons TOT 274 62 36 624.0 574 426 138 10 47 .983 7 35 13 67 3.13 2.06 .981 3.14 3.59 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% 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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Bob Brower (980)
  2. Joe Riggert (979)
  3. Rick Joseph (979)
  4. Luis Terrero (977)
  5. Don Lund (977)
  6. Dave Edwards (976)
  7. Roger Bernadina (976)
  8. Manny Martinez (975)
  9. Ted Gullic (974)
  10. Garry Hancock (974)
Similar Batters through 31 
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  1. Cedric Durst (983)
  2. Gary Varsho (980)
  3. Jacob Cruz (978)
  4. Ruben Amaro (978)
  5. Don Lund (977)
  6. Jim Lindeman (974)
  7. Roger Freed (972)
  8. Jim Nettles (970)
  9. Larry Sutton (966)
  10. Harry Spilman (965)
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  1. Cedric Durst (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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.
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$900,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,208,000Does not include future salaries
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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