King Kelly
Michael Joseph Kelly
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 31, 1857 in Troy, NY
Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds in 1878. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1878
Final Game: September 2, 1893
Died: November 8, 1894 in Boston, MA
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1945.
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1878 CIN NL 20 OF 47 98 51 24 23 2 .765 1.60 .848 1.72 0-0-47
1878 CIN NL 20 C 17 158 99 39 20 3 .873 8.12 .893 6.54 14
1878 CIN NL 20 3B 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 .850 3.45
1879 CIN NL 21 3B 33 149 36 88 25 3 .832 3.76 .830 3.34
1879 CIN NL 21 OF 29 79 46 13 20 0 .747 2.03 .856 1.85 0-2-27
1879 CIN NL 21 C 21 130 82 36 12 1 .908 5.62 .887 6.24 37
1879 CIN NL 21 2B 1 3 0 2 1 0 .667 2.00 .933 6.80
1880 CHC NL 22 OF 64 104 49 32 23 1 .779 1.27 .868 1.76 0-0-64
1880 CHC NL 22 C 17 67 40 15 12 2 .821 3.24 .903 6.37 23
1880 CHC NL 22 3B 14 49 22 20 7 0 .857 3.00 .855 3.31
1880 CHC NL 22 2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 6.30
1880 CHC NL 22 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00
1880 CHC NL 22 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30
1881 CHC NL 23 OF 72 138 85 31 22 2 .841 1.61 .875 2.00 0-0-72
1881 CHC NL 23 C 11 47 28 9 10 1 .787 3.36 .923 5.94 9
1881 CHC NL 23 3B 8 21 8 12 1 0 .952 2.50 .843 3.52
1882 CHC NL 24 SS 42 226 66 117 43 9 .810 4.36 .859 4.36
1882 CHC NL 24 OF 38 80 50 21 9 3 .888 1.87 .850 1.88 0-0-38
1882 CHC NL 24 C 12 20 13 3 4 0 .800 1.33 .920 6.48 4
1882 CHC NL 24 3B 3 8 1 6 1 0 .875 2.33 .838 3.50
1882 CHC NL 24 1B 1 7 3 2 2 0 .714 5.00 .971 10.30
1883 CHC NL 25 OF 82 171 101 38 32 5 .813 1.70 .856 1.86 0-0-82
1883 CHC NL 25 C 38 131 73 37 21 2 .840 2.89 .890 5.85 28
1883 CHC NL 25 2B 3 25 6 11 8 0 .680 5.67 .916 6.00
1883 CHC NL 25 3B 2 9 3 4 2 0 .778 3.50 .844 3.25
1883 CHC NL 25 P 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.00
1884 CHC NL 26 OF 63 126 69 31 26 1 .794 1.59 .879 1.76 0-0-63
1884 CHC NL 26 C 28 192 105 55 32 3 .833 5.71 .902 7.02 32
1884 CHC NL 26 SS 12 62 7 37 18 3 .710 3.67 .889 4.25
1884 CHC NL 26 3B 10 36 12 16 8 2 .778 2.80 .861 3.10
1884 CHC NL 26 1B 2 12 8 2 2 1 .833 5.00 .967 10.30
1884 CHC NL 26 P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
1884 CHC NL 26 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.70
1885 CHC NL 27 OF 69 143 95 29 19 2 .867 1.80 .883 1.82 0-1-69
1885 CHC NL 27 C 37 240 146 64 30 2 .875 5.68 .895 6.36 36
1885 CHC NL 27 2B 6 25 7 15 3 1 .880 3.67 .904 5.70
1885 CHC NL 27 1B 2 13 9 1 3 0 .769 5.00 .977 10.80
1885 CHC NL 27 3B 2 8 2 3 3 0 .625 2.50 .900 3.20
1886 CHC NL 28 OF 56 106 62 24 20 1 .811 1.54 .900 1.71 0-1-55
1886 CHC NL 28 C 53 381 259 94 28 3 .927 6.66 .917 6.74 46
1886 CHC NL 28 1B 9 47 41 4 2 0 .957 5.00 .968 10.26
1886 CHC NL 28 3B 8 17 8 6 3 2 .824 1.75 .871 3.28
1886 CHC NL 28 2B 6 31 14 12 5 4 .839 4.33 .916 5.50
1886 CHC NL 28 SS 5 5 3 1 1 1 .800 0.80 .880 4.24
1887 BSN NL 29 OF 61 104 78 11 15 2 .856 1.46 .887 1.92 1-0-61
1887 BSN NL 29 2B 30 228 88 105 35 19 .846 6.43 .917 5.79
1887 BSN NL 29 C 24 130 80 35 15 3 .885 4.79 .908 5.91 21
1887 BSN NL 29 P 3 6 0 4 2 0 .667 1.33 .933 1.87
1887 BSN NL 29 3B 2 4 1 1 2 0 .500 1.00 .925 3.35
1887 BSN NL 29 SS 2 15 5 7 3 0 .800 6.00 .900 4.95
1888 BSN NL 30 C 76 567 367 146 54 8 .905 6.75 .913 6.72 54
1888 BSN NL 30 OF 34 44 28 4 12 2 .727 0.94 .925 1.90 0-0-34
1889 BSN NL 31 OF 113 211 155 24 32 4 .848 1.58 .916 1.97 0-0-113
1889 BSN NL 31 C 23 97 56 29 12 2 .876 3.70 .913 5.71 13
1890 BOS PL 32 C 56 282 198 60 24 2 .915 4.61 .900 4.96 20
1890 BOS PL 32 SS 27 145 43 75 27 6 .814 4.37 .877 5.05
1890 BOS PL 32 OF 6 15 13 2 0 1 1.000 2.50 .893 2.07 0-2-4
1890 BOS PL 32 1B 4 26 18 5 3 3 .885 5.75 .977 10.28
1890 BOS PL 32 3B 2 6 2 3 1 0 .833 2.50 .850 3.50
1890 BOS PL 32 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40
1891 TOT MLB 33 C 81 437 277 115 45 13 .897 4.84 .932 5.55 27
1891 TOT MLB 33 OF 13 14 10 1 3 0 .786 0.85 .921 1.85 0-2-11
1891 TOT AA 33 C 70 373 233 105 35 11 .906 4.83 .932 5.57 22
1891 CKK AA 33 C 66 353 217 102 34 11 .904 4.83 .932 5.57 22
1891 CKK AA 33 3B 8 33 11 18 4 2 .879 3.63 .870 3.58
1891 CKK AA 33 OF 7 10 8 1 1 0 .900 1.29 .910 1.83 0-2-5
1891 CKK AA 33 2B 6 19 7 12 0 3 1.000 3.17 .905 5.25
1891 CKK AA 33 1B 5 31 27 0 4 1 .871 5.40 .977 10.14
1891 CKK AA 33 P 3 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.67 .900 2.13
1891 CKK AA 33 SS 1 10 4 6 0 0 1.000 10.00 .860 5.00
1891 BOS AA 33 C 4 20 16 3 1 0 .950 4.75 .930 5.58 0
1891 BSN NL 33 C 11 64 44 10 10 2 .844 4.91 .933 5.45 5
1891 BSN NL 33 OF 6 4 2 0 2 0 .500 0.33 .950 1.88 0-0-6
1892 BSN NL 34 C 72 457 319 98 40 11 .912 5.79 .937 5.58 34
1892 BSN NL 34 1B 2 22 19 0 3 2 .864 9.50 .977 10.45
1892 BSN NL 34 3B 2 7 2 3 2 0 .714 2.50 .900 3.55
1892 BSN NL 34 OF 2 2 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 1.000 1.85 1-0-1
1892 BSN NL 34 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
1893 NYG NL 35 C 17 86 55 22 9 1 .895 4.53 .938 4.51 19
1893 NYG NL 35 OF 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 2.10 0-0-1
16 Seasons OF 750 1436 892 285 259 26 .820 1.57 .880 1.86 2-8-742
16 Seasons C 583 3422 2197 857 368 57 .892 5.24 .914 5.99 417
13 Seasons 3B 96 349 108 182 59 9 .831 3.02 .848 3.35
7 Seasons SS 90 463 128 243 92 19 .801 4.12 .870 4.57
8 Seasons 2B 54 332 122 158 52 27 .843 5.19 .915 5.73
7 Seasons 1B 25 158 125 14 19 7 .880 5.56 .973 10.30
7 Seasons P 12 12 0 10 2 0 .833 0.83 .917 2.07
16 Seasons TOT 1610 6172 3572 1749 851 145 .862 3.30 .763 3.86 2-8-742 417
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1878 CIN NL 20 60 60 60 0 17 0 0 2 0 0 0 47 47
1879 CIN NL 21 77 77 77 0 21 0 1 33 0 0 2 27 29
1880 CHC NL 22 84 84 84 1 17 0 1 14 1 0 0 64 64
1881 CHC NL 23 82 82 82 0 11 0 0 8 0 0 0 72 72
1882 CHC NL 24 84 84 84 0 12 1 0 3 42 0 0 38 38
1883 CHC NL 25 98 98 98 1 38 0 3 2 0 0 0 82 82
1884 CHC NL 26 108 108 108 2 28 2 1 10 12 0 0 63 63
1885 CHC NL 27 107 107 107 0 37 2 6 2 0 0 1 69 69
1886 CHC NL 28 118 118 118 0 53 9 6 8 5 0 1 55 56
1887 BSN NL 29 116 116 116 3 24 0 30 2 2 1 0 61 61
1888 BSN NL 30 107 107 107 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 34
1889 BSN NL 31 125 125 125 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 113
1890 BOS PL 32 89 89 89 1 56 4 0 2 27 0 2 4 6
1891 CKK AA 33 82 82 82 3 66 5 6 8 1 0 2 5 7
1891 BSN NL 33 16 16 16 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6
1891 BOS AA 33 4 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1892 BSN NL 34 78 78 78 1 72 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 2
1893 NYG NL 35 20 20 20 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
16 Seasons 1455 1455 1455 12 583 25 54 96 90 2 8 742 750
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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