Van Kelly
Van Howard Kelly
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 18, 1946 in Charlotte, NC
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 13, 1969
Final Game: June 12, 1970
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1969 SDP NL 23 3B 49 46 388.1 137 42 91 4 10 .971 -4.3 -13.3 -4.3 -2.5 -1.8 0 3.08 2.71 .945 2.92 2.63
1969 SDP NL 23 2B 10 4 44.2 20 5 13 2 0 .900 -2.6 -69.9 -2.6 -2.0 -0.7 0 3.63 1.80 .975 5.20 4.65
1970 SDP NL 24 3B 27 21 190.0 68 22 44 2 2 .971 2.6 16.4 2.6 1.5 1.0 0 3.13 2.44 .944 2.91 2.58
1970 SDP NL 24 2B 1 0 3.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 3.00 .967 5.40 4.70
2 Seasons 3B 76 67 578.1 205 64 135 6 12 .971 -1.7 -3.5 -1.7 -1.0 -0.8 0 3.10 2.62 .944 2.92 2.61
2 Seasons 2B 11 4 47.2 23 6 15 2 1 .913 -2.6 -65.5 -2.6 -2.0 -0.7 0 3.97 1.91 .974 5.21 4.65
2 Seasons TOT 87 71 626.0 228 70 150 8 13 .965 -4.3 -8.2 -4.3 -3.0 -1.5 0 3.16 2.53 .912 3.09 2.87

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
1969 SDP NL 23 73 50 73 73 0 0 0 10 49 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1970 SDP NL 24 38 21 38 38 0 0 0 1 27 0 0 0 0 0 15 1
2 Seasons 111 71 111 111 0 0 0 11 76 0 0 0 0 0 35 1
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.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1969 SDP NL 23 1609 59% 77% 24% 104 86% 0 39 25 7 7 67 51 12 0 3 4 0 2 2 4 9 5 1 8 1 1 0 3 33%
1970 SDP NL 24 833 59% 74% 24% 63 94% 0 19 15 2 2 42 34 8 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
2 Seasons 2442 59% 76% 24% 167 89% 0 58 40 9 9 109 85 20 0 3 6 0 4 2 6 12 8 1 11 1 1 0 4 50%
MLB Averages 62% 76% 26% 89% 61%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1969 SDP NL 23 226 53% 73% 27% 16 88% 0 6 1 3 2 13 13 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 SDP NL 24 17 65% 82% 6% 2 50% 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 243 54% 73% 25% 18 83% 0 7 1 3 3 15 13 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 76% 26% 93%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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