Mike Kelly

Michael Raymond Kelly

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 2, 1970 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Los Alamitos HS (Los Alamitos, CA)
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed July 22, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1994
Teams (by GP): Braves/DevilRays/Reds/Rockies 1994-1999
Agents: Arn Tellem [*]
Final Game: April 12, 1999
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Standard Batting

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
1991	21	ATL-min	A+	35	146	124	29	31	6	1	6	17	6	2	19	47	.250	.356	.460	.816		57	0	2	0	1	0		DHM · CARL
1992	22	ATL-min	AA	133	545	471	83	108	18	4	25	71	22	11	65	162	.229	.328	.444	.772		209	7	6	0	3	2		GRV · SOUL
1993	23	ATL-min	AAA	123	475	424	63	103	13	1	19	58	11	7	36	109	.243	.322	.413	.735		175	3	14	0	1	1		RMD · IL
1994	24	ATL-min	AAA	82	350	313	46	82	14	4	15	45	9	6	32	96	.262	.334	.476	.810		149	5	3	0	2	1		RMD · IL
1994	24	ATL	NL	30	80	77	14	21	10	1	2	9	0	1	2	17	.273	.300	.506	.806	104	39	1	1	0	0	0	7/89
1995	25	ATL-min	AAA	15	52	45	5	13	1	0	2	8	0	1	5	17	.289	.385	.444	.829		20	0	2	0	0	0		RMD · IL
1995	25	ATL	NL	97	153	137	26	26	6	1	3	17	7	3	11	49	.190	.258	.314	.572	49	43	2	2	2	1	0	79/8
1996	26	CIN-min	AAA	88	329	292	43	61	10	1	8	30	13	2	30	80	.209	.287	.332	.619		97	2	3	1	3	0		INA · AA
1996	26	CIN	NL	19	60	49	5	9	4	0	1	7	4	0	9	11	.184	.333	.327	.660	76	16	2	2	0	0	0	8/79
1997	27	CIN-min	AAA,AA	42	179	152	42	53	15	0	10	30	10	3	26	39	.349	.441	.645	1.086		98	0	0	0	1	2		INA,CNG · AA,SOUL
1997	27	CIN	NL	73	151	140	27	41	13	2	6	19	6	1	10	30	.293	.338	.543	.881	125	76	3	0	0	1	0	978/D
1998	28	TBD-min	AAA	4	16	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	.083	.313	.083	.396		1	1	0	0	0	0		DHM · IL
1998	28	TBD	AL	106	303	279	39	67	11	2	10	33	13	6	22	80	.240	.295	.401	.696	79	112	8	0	1	1	1	97/D
1999	29	COL-min	AAA	114	465	394	69	109	27	3	9	50	10	7	57	93	.277	.381	.429	.810		169	4	11	1	2	1		CSP · PCL
1999	29	COL	NL	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	234	2	0	0	0	0	0	/9
2000		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2001		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2002		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2003	33	KCR-min	AAA	100	430	368	63	109	29	1	14	65	6	1	50	80	.296	.382	.495	.877		182	9	5	1	6	3		OMA · PCL
2004	34	NYY-min	AAA	84	339	297	49	75	13	0	15	50	10	2	33	67	.253	.336	.448	.784		133	9	6	0	3	0		CLB · IL
6 Yrs				327	749	684	111	165	45	6	22	86	30	11	54	187	.241	.300	.421	.721	85	288	16	5	3	3	1
162 Game Avg.				162	371	339	55	82	22	3	11	43	15	5	27	93	.241	.300	.421	.721	85	143	8	2	1	1	0

ATL (2 yrs)				127	233	214	40	47	16	2	5	26	7	4	13	66	.220	.273	.383	.656	69	82	3	3	2	1	0
CIN (2 yrs)				92	211	189	32	50	17	2	7	26	10	1	19	41	.265	.336	.487	.823	112	92	5	2	0	1	0
TBD (1 yr)				106	303	279	39	67	11	2	10	33	13	6	22	80	.240	.295	.401	.696	79	112	8	0	1	1	1
COL (1 yr)				2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	234	2	0	0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				221	446	405	72	98	34	4	12	53	17	5	32	107	.242	.304	.435	.739	90	176	8	5	2	2	0
AL (1 yr)				106	303	279	39	67	11	2	10	33	13	6	22	80	.240	.295	.401	.696	79	112	8	0	1	1	1

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
1994	24	ATL	NL	30	80	0	-0	-0	-2	-1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.488	.498	0.1	-0.3	1	$109,000	7/89
1995	25	ATL	NL	97	153	-10	-0	1	4	-2	-8	-0.8	4	-3	-0.4	.492	.495	-0.8	0.2	-8	$111,500	79/8
1996	26	CIN	NL	19	60	-1	1	-0	-2	-0	-2	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.487	.499	0.1	-0.2	1	$125,000	8/79
1997	27	CIN	NL	73	151	4	0	0	3	-2	5	0.5	4	10	0.9	.507	.503	0.6	0.1	7	$175,000	978/D
1998	28	TBD	AL	106	303	-10	-0	-0	2	-5	-14	-1.3	10	-4	-0.3	.487	.492	-0.5	-0.2	-6	$235,000	97/D
1999	29	COL	NL	2	2	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.514	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/9
6 Seasons				327	749	-16	0	-0	4	-11	-22	-2.1	22	0	-0.0	.493	.498	-0.5	-0.5	-4	$755,500

ATL (2 yrs)				127	233	-9	-1	0	2	-3	-11	-1.1	6	-5	-0.5	.491	.497	-0.7	-0.1	-7	$220,500
CIN (2 yrs)				92	211	3	2	-0	1	-2	3	0.3	6	9	0.8	.503	.501	0.7	-0.2	8	$300,000
TBD (1 yr)				106	303	-10	-0	-0	2	-5	-14	-1.3	10	-4	-0.3	.487	.492	-0.5	-0.2	-6	$235,000
COL (1 yr)				2	2	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.514	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1994	24	ATL	NL	80	58	11	5.1	111	.328	.273	.277	.300	.344	.506	.433	.806	.777	104	.516	0.2	0.0	.707	.247	.234	.0
1995	25	ATL	NL	153	119	11	2.5	109	.267	.190	.274	.258	.344	.314	.427	.572	.771	49	.228	-10.8	-1.0	.517	.234	.124	4.2
1996	26	CIN	NL	60	42	6	3.8	107	.216	.184	.270	.333	.339	.327	.422	.660	.761	76	.394	-1.4	-0.1	.738	.408	.143	1.6
1997	27	CIN	NL	151	104	26	6.7	110	.333	.293	.273	.338	.345	.543	.428	.881	.773	125	.642	4.5	0.4	.883	.357	.250	6.0
1998	28	TBD	AL	303	228	31	3.6	111	.300	.240	.273	.295	.342	.401	.434	.696	.776	79	.341	-10.2	-1.0	.624	.265	.161	11.3
1999	29	COL	NL	2	1	1	26.8	137	.500	.500	.304	.500	.384	1.000	.490	1.500	.874	234	.951	0.5	0.0	2.000	.500	.500
6 Yrs				749	552	86	4.2	110	.299	.241	.273	.300	.343	.421	.431	.721	.774	85	.418	-17.1	-1.6	.670	.287	.180	25.4
162 Game Avg.				371	273	43	4.2	110	.299	.241	.273	.300	.343	.421	.431	.721	.774	85	.418	-17.1	-1.6	.670	.287	.180	13

ATL (2 yrs)				233	177	22	3.3	110	.292	.220	.275	.273	.344	.383	.429	.656	.773	69	.334	-10.6	-1.0	.580	.238	.164	5.8
CIN (2 yrs)				211	146	32	5.9	109	.303	.265	.272	.336	.343	.487	.427	.823	.770	112	.586	3.2	0.3	.841	.370	.222	8.2
TBD (1 yr)				303	228	31	3.6	111	.300	.240	.273	.295	.342	.401	.434	.696	.776	79	.341	-10.2	-1.0	.624	.265	.161	11.3
COL (1 yr)				2	1	1	26.8	137	.500	.500	.304	.500	.384	1.000	.490	1.500	.874	234	.951	0.5	0.0	2.000	.500	.500

NL (5 yrs)				446	324	55	4.6	110	.299	.242	.274	.304	.344	.435	.428	.739	.772	90	.470	-7.0	-0.7	.703	.301	.193	14.1
AL (1 yr)				303	228	31	3.6	111	.300	.240	.273	.295	.342	.401	.434	.696	.776	79	.341	-10.2	-1.0	.624	.265	.161	11.3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1994	24	ATL	NL	80	2.5%	21.3%	2.5%	16.3%	62%	8.50	4.5	38.5	8.6	0.43	0.44	73%	38%	6.5%	26%
1995	25	ATL	NL	153	2.0%	32.0%	7.2%	6.5%	39%	4.45	2.8	45.7	8.1	1.20	1.60	56%	14%	9.7%	23%
1996	26	CIN	NL	60	1.7%	18.3%	15.0%	8.3%	56%	1.22	4.5	49.0	7.0	0.65	0.76	62%	21%	5.6%	22%
1997	27	CIN	NL	151	4.0%	19.9%	6.6%	13.9%	51%	3.00	4.7	23.3	7.4	0.73	0.97	70%	23%	14.0%	28%
1998	28	TBD	AL	303	3.3%	26.4%	7.3%	7.6%	34%	3.64	3.5	27.9	8.5	0.90	1.16	63%	15%	12.5%	24%
1999	29	COL	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100%				2.0	1.00		100%	0%	0.0%	0%
6 Yrs				749	2.9%	25.0%	7.2%	9.8%	44%	3.46	3.7	31.1	8.0	0.82	1.04	64%	20%	10.8%	25%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.6%	9.0%	7.8%	33%	1.83	5.3	32.5	7.4	0.82	1.10	70%	21%	8.2%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1994	24	ATL	NL	0.2	0.0	82	0.6	2.1	-1.5	1.06	-0.1	0.7	1.9	0.2	0.89	-0.4	0.67	6
1995	25	ATL	NL	-10.8	-1.0	166	-0.5	2.3	-2.8	.99	-0.7	0.2	-6.2	-0.6	0.94	-8.2	1.69	14
1996	26	CIN	NL	-1.4	-0.1	66	-0.1	0.8	-0.9	.97	0.0	-0.1	-1.3	-0.1	1.01	-0.0	1.01	1
1997	27	CIN	NL	4.5	0.4	164	-0.4	2.8	-3.2	1.08	0.6	-1.0	-3.7	-0.3	1.05	5.1	1.67	24
1998	28	TBD	AL	-10.2	-1.0	327	-1.0	5.1	-6.1	1.05	-0.7	-0.2	-7.6	-0.7	0.96	-8.7	1.78	15
1999	29	COL	NL	0.5	0.0	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.25	0.0	-0.0	1.1	0.1	0.90	0.5	0.78	1
6 Yrs				-17.2	-1.6	807	-1.3	13.2	-14.5	1.04	-0.8	-0.5	-15.8	-1.5	0.97	-11.7	1.58	61

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1994	24	ATL	NL	1	55%	33	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	55%	5	3	2	0	0	0	6	2	4
1995	25	ATL	NL	2	64%	77	7	3	70%	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	44%	10	8	2	2	0	2	11	4	6
1996	26	CIN	NL	1	21%	22	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1997	27	CIN	NL	1	47%	71	6	1	86%	4	1	2	0	0	2	0	3	4	44%	9	8	1	0	0	0	7	0	6
1998	28	TBD	AL	3	37%	93	13	6	68%	12	4	1	1	1	1	1	2	6	52%	16	8	8	2	2	0	9	3	6
1999	29	COL	NL	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
6 Yrs				8	44%	297	30	11	73%	27	9	3	1	1	4	2	7	19	48%	40	27	13	4	2	2	35	10	23

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1994	24	ATL	NL	80	70%	21	3	0	6	0	0	0	0.67	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0		12	1	8%	4	0	0%	46	7	15%	2	2	100%	3	1	33%	0
1995	25	ATL	NL	153	48%	26	5	1	14	3	0	1	1.69	3	0	4	1	2	0	3	0	2	2	100%	32	2	6%	17	4	24%	93	15	16%	9	5	56%	4	2	50%	0
1996	26	CIN	NL	60	35%	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.01	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		11	2	18%	3	2	67%	47	7	15%	5	3	60%	2	2	100%	0
1997	27	CIN	NL	151	46%	41	5	0	24	4	1	4	1.67	6	0	10	3	3	3	3	0	0	0		30	3	10%	12	4	33%	113	14	12%	12	7	58%	5	4	80%	0
1998	28	TBD	AL	303	43%	67	21	0	15	5	0	2	1.78	10	0	4	4	6	4	6	0	1	1	100%	57	8	14%	31	7	23%	200	26	13%	12	4	33%	15	7	47%	0
1999	29	COL	NL	2	0%	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0.78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				749	47%	165	35	1	61	13	1	8	1.58	22	0	21	8	14	7	15	0	3	3	100%	143	16	11%	67	17	25%	500	70	14%	40	21	53%	29	16	55%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			72%			10%			34%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1994	24	ATL	NL	80	327	4.09	207	63%	21%	27%	23%	29%	79%	0%	50%	66%	21%	1%	1	0	14%	11	8	5%	4	4	12%	0	1	0
1995	25	ATL	NL	152	585	3.85	379	65%	24%	29%	23%	24%	76%	0%	49%	62%	34%	4%	6	1	15%	23	13	8%	12	7	27%	1	0	0
1996	26	CIN	NL	46	182	3.96	106	58%	28%	23%	21%	28%	72%	0%	42%	68%	11%	7%	3	0	24%	11	5	13%	6	2	11%	14	0	0
1997	27	CIN	NL	122	492	4.03	317	64%	25%	21%	25%	28%	74%	0%	48%	72%	22%	3%	4	0	15%	18	11	9%	11	8	12%	29	0	1
1998	28	TBD	AL	303	1280	4.22	789	62%	27%	23%	25%	25%	73%	1%	45%	69%	30%	4%	13	2	18%	56	30	10%	30	22	20%	0	0	0
1999	29	COL	NL	2	6	3.00	5	83%	20%	20%	20%	40%	80%	0%	67%	75%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
6 Yrs				705	2872	4.07	1803	63%	25%	24%	24%	26%	75%	0%	47%	68%	27%	4%	27	3	17%	119	67	9%	63	43	20%	44	1	1
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1994	24	30	80	77	14	21	10	1	2	9	0	1	2	17	.273	.300	.506	.806	104	39	1	1	0	0	0
1995	25	127	233	214	40	47	16	2	5	26	7	4	13	66	.220	.273	.383	.656	69	82	3	3	2	1	0
1996	26	146	293	263	45	56	20	2	6	33	11	4	22	77	.213	.285	.373	.658	70	98	5	5	2	1	0
1997	27	219	444	403	72	97	33	4	12	52	17	5	32	107	.241	.303	.432	.735	89	174	8	5	2	2	0
1998	28	325	747	682	111	164	44	6	22	85	30	11	54	187	.240	.300	.419	.719	85	286	16	5	3	3	1
1999	29	327	749	684	111	165	45	6	22	86	30	11	54	187	.241	.300	.421	.721	85	288	16	5	3	3	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1994	24	42	112	108	19	29	14	1	3	12	0	3	24	.269	.295	.500	.795	15	30
1995	25	109	170	153	27	28	6	1	3	18	8	12	55	.183	.250	.294	.544	11	97
1996	26	19	60	49	5	9	4	0	1	7	4	9	11	.184	.333	.327	.660	5	19
1997	27	73	149	138	25	39	12	2	6	18	6	10	30	.283	.329	.529	.858	24	73
1998	28	106	299	276	37	64	11	2	10	31	12	21	80	.232	.285	.395	.680	31	106
1999	29	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	1	2
6 Yrs		351	792	726	113	170	48	6	23	87	30	55	200	.234	.292	.412	.703	87	327
162 Game Avg.		162	366	335	52	78	22	3	11	40	14	25	92	.234	.292	.412	.703	40	327

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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