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Joe Kelly

Joseph Henry Kelly

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 23, 1886 in Weir City, KS (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1914
Teams (by GP): Braves/Pirates/Cubs 1914-1919

Final Game: May 27, 1919
Died: August 16, 1977 in St. Joseph, MO
Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, St. Joseph, MO
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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
1914 27 PIT NL 141 570 508 47 113 19 9 1 48 21 39 59 .222 .283 .301 .584 77 153 4 19 *O
1916 29 CHC NL 54 179 169 18 43 7 1 2 15 10 0 9 16 .254 .296 .343 .639 88 58 1 0 O
1917 30 BSN NL 116 489 445 41 99 9 8 3 36 21 26 45 .222 .268 .299 .567 78 133 2 16 *O
1918 31 BSN NL 47 166 155 20 36 2 4 0 15 12 6 12 .232 .265 .297 .562 75 46 1 4 O
1919 32 BSN NL 18 66 64 3 9 1 0 0 3 2 0 11 .141 .154 .156 .310 -5 10 1 1 7O
5 Seasons 376 1470 1341 129 300 38 22 6 117 66 0 80 143 .224 .272 .298 .570 75 400 9 40
162 Game Avg. 162 633 578 56 129 16 9 3 50 28 34 62 .224 .272 .298 .570 75 172 4 17
BSN (3 yrs) 181 721 664 64 144 12 12 3 54 35 32 68 .217 .257 .285 .542 70 189 4 21
PIT (1 yr) 141 570 508 47 113 19 9 1 48 21 39 59 .222 .283 .301 .584 77 153 4 19
CHC (1 yr) 54 179 169 18 43 7 1 2 15 10 0 9 16 .254 .296 .343 .639 88 58 1 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
1914 27 PIT NL 570 -17 0 0 0 -2 -4 16 -7 -1.0 -5 -0.5 -0.5 $ *O
1916 29 CHC NL 179 -2 2 0 0 1 -2 5 4 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $ O
1917 30 BSN NL 489 -11 1 0 0 4 -5 13 2 0.0 -2 -0.2 0.2 $ *O
1918 31 BSN NL 166 -4 2 0 0 -3 -2 5 -2 -0.3 1 0.1 -0.4 $ O
1919 32 BSN NL 66 -8 0 0 0 0 -1 2 -7 -0.9 -7 -0.8 -0.1 $ 7O
5 Seasons 1470 -42 5 0 0 0 -14 41 -10 -1.8 -10 -1.1 -0.7 $
BSN (3 yrs) 721 -23 3 0 0 1 -8 20 -7 -1.2 -8 -0.9 -0.3 $
PIT (1 yr) 570 -17 0 0 0 -2 -4 16 -7 -1.0 -5 -0.5 -0.5 $
CHC (1 yr) 179 -2 2 0 0 1 -2 5 4 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1914 PIT NL 27 OF 139 353 319 15 19 3 .946 2.40 .957 2.13 0-139-0
1916 CHC NL 29 OF 46 107 98 4 5 0 .953 2.22 .967 2.15 16-25-6
1917 BSN NL 30 OF 116 317 284 16 17 8 .946 2.59 .963 2.20 87-29-0
1918 BSN NL 31 OF 45 104 93 4 7 0 .933 2.16 .962 2.26 22-18-0
1919 BSN NL 32 LF 16 15 14 35 30 3 2 0 .943 2.06 .965 2.21
1919 BSN NL 32 OF 16 15 14 35 30 3 2 0 .943 2.06 .964 2.26
5 Seasons OF 362 15 14 916 824 42 50 11 .945 2.39 .961 2.18 141-211-6
1 Season (incomplete) LF 16 15 14 35 30 3 2 0 .943 2.06 .965 2.21
5 Seasons TOT 362 15 14 916 824 42 50 11 .945 2.39 .961 2.18 141-211-6
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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y
1914 NL  59 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1917 NL  21 (10th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1914 NL  319 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1914 NL  19 (2nd)
1917 NL  17 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1917 NL  2.59 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Similarity Scores

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