Joe Kelly

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Joe Kelly

Joseph William Kelly

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 9, 1988 in Anaheim, CA
High School: Corona HS (Corona, CA)
School: University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 2009 amateur draft.
Signed June 28, 2009. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 2012 (Age 24) vs. CLE 5.0 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER
Team: Cardinals 2012-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$493k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 0.116, Arb Eligible: 2016, Free Agent: 2019 [*],
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Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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
2009	21	STL-min	A-	2	3	.400	4.75	16	2	6	1	30.1	33	23	16	0	11	0	30	3	0	3	138		1.451	9.8	0.0	3.3	8.9	2.73	BAT · NYPL
2010	22	STL-min	A	6	8	.429	4.62	26	18	3	1	103.1	103	66	53	3	45	0	92	7	2	12	444		1.432	9.0	0.3	3.9	8.0	2.04	DAV · MIDW
2011	23	STL-min	A+,AA	11	6	.647	3.68	23	22	0	0	132.0	126	66	54	8	59	2	113	13	1	7	569		1.402	8.6	0.5	4.0	7.7	1.92	PLM,SPD · FLOR,TL
2012	24	STL-min	AAA	2	5	.286	2.86	12	12	0	0	72.1	75	29	23	2	21	1	45	4	0	2	299		1.327	9.3	0.2	2.6	5.6	2.14	MEM · PCL
2012	24	STL	NL	5	7	.417	3.53	24	16	4	0	107.0	112	50	42	10	36	2	75	3	0	4	457	109	1.383	9.4	0.8	3.0	6.3	2.08
2013	25	STL	NL	0	2	.000	7.36	14	0	6	0	14.2	24	12	12	3	5	1	13	1	0	0	71	51	1.977	14.7	1.8	3.1	8.0	2.60
2 Yrs				5	9	.357	3.99	38	16	10	0	121.2	136	62	54	13	41	3	88	4	0	4	528	96	1.455	10.1	1.0	3.0	6.5	2.15
162 Game Avg.				6	11	.357	3.99	48	20	13	0	153	171	78	68	16	52	4	111	5	0	5	665	96	1.455	10.1	1.0	3.0	6.5	2.15

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2012	24	STL	NL	107.0	24	16	50	4.21	4.27	-0.01	0.09	95.7	4.19	-1	-0.1	.8	-0.1	0.7	8	.495	.499
2013	25	STL	NL	14.2	14	0	12	7.36	4.58	-0.40	-0.34	96.6	4.48	-5	-0.5	1.1	-0.1	-0.5	-4	.462	.497	$493,000
2 Seasons				121.2	38	16	62	4.59	4.31	-0.06	0.04	95.8	4.22	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	0.3	5	.483	.498	$493,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2012	24	STL	NL	NLDS	W	WSN	0.00	3	1	3.2	0	0	0	1	3	12	0.273	0.0	2.5	7.4	3.00
2012	24	STL	NL	NLCS	L	SFG	4.50	4	0	4.0	6	2	2	3	2	22	2.250	13.5	6.8	4.5	0.67
1 Yr (2 Series)							2.35	7	1	7.2	6	2	2	4	5	34	1.304	7.0	4.7	5.9	1.25
1 NLDS							0.00	3	1	3.2	0	0	0	1	3	12	0.273	0.0	2.5	7.4	3.00
1 NLCS							4.50	4	0	4.0	6	2	2	3	2	22	2.250	13.5	6.8	4.5	0.67

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	Pos	Awards
2009	21	STL-min	A-	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0		BAT · NYPL
2010	22	STL-min	A	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0		DAV · MIDW
2011	23	STL-min	AA,A+	23	13	11	1	3	0	0	1	3	.273	.333	.273	.606		3	1		SPD,PLM · TL,FLOR
2012	24	STL-min	AAA	12	13	10	0	3	0	1	1	3	.300	.364	.300	.664		3	2		MEM · PCL
2012	24	STL	NL	29	35	33	3	5	2	2	0	13	.152	.152	.212	.364	-1	7	2	1
2013	25	STL	NL	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	1	1
2 Yrs				43	36	33	3	5	2	2	0	13	.152	.152	.212	.364	-1	7	3
162 Game Avg.				162	136	124	11	19	8	8	0	49	.152	.152	.212	.364	-1	26	11

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2012	24	STL	NL	29	35	-5	5	0	0.1	1	2	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	2		1
2013	25	STL	NL	14	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$493,000	1
2 Seasons				43	36	-5	5	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	2	$493,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
2012	24	STL	NL	NLDS	WSN	W	3
2012	24	STL	NL	NLCS	SFG	L	4
1 Yr (2 Series)							7
1 NLDS							3
1 NLCS							4

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
2012	STL	NL	24	P	24	16	107.0	32	11	19	2	3	.938	2	4	2.52	1.25	.950	1.77	1.75	8	5	38%	27%	2
2013	STL	NL	25	P	14	0	14.2	3	2	1	0	1	1.000	-1	-14	1.84	0.21	.967	1.72	1.71	0	1	100%	29%	0
	2 Seasons			P	38	16	121.2	35	13	20	2	4	.943	1	1	2.44	0.87	.951	1.76	1.73	8	6	43%	27%	2
	2 Seasons			TOT	38	16	121.2	35	13	20	2	4	.943	1	9	2.44	0.87	.951	1.76	1.73	8	6	43%	27%	2

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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

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Transactions

June 9, 2009: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 2009.

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Salaries

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

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2013	25	St. Louis Cardinals	$493,000
2013 Status		Pre-Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2016, Earliest Free Agent: 2019
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$493,000

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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