Bill Kelso

William Eugene Kelso

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: February 19, 1940 in Kansas City, MO
High School: North Kansas City HS (Kansas City, MO)
School: Whitworth College (Spokane, WA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1964
Teams (by GP): Angels/Reds 1964-1968

Final Game: September 28, 1968
Died: May 11, 2009 in North Kansas City, MO
Buried: White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Kansas City, MO
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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
1959	19	LAD-min	D	23	58	58		10	2	1	3						.172	.172	.397	.569		23							ORL · FLOR
1960	20	LAD-min	D	97	327	327		87	15	1	16						.266	.266	.465	.731		152							PNC · ALFL
1961	21	LAD-min	B,D	100	315	315		72	19	1	19						.229	.229	.476	.705		150							SLM,ORL,KOK · NORW,FLOR,MIDW
1962	22	LAD-min	B	106	337	298	43	83	15	0	12	51	5	2	34	71	.279	.354	.450	.804		134		1	4	0			SLM · NORW
1963	23	LAD-min	A	50	53	53		13	4	0	3						.245	.245	.491	.736		26							SLM · NORW
1964	24	HOU-ANA-min	AAA	55	94	85	6	11	1	0	4	12	0	0	7	26	.129	.194	.282	.476		24		0	1	1			OKC,HAW · PCL
1964	24	LAA	AL	10	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.143	.000	.143	-54	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1965	25	ANA-min	AA	33	49	47	3	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	13	.149	.184	.213	.396		10							ELP · TL
1966	26	ANA-min	AAA	60	61	60	6	8	2	3	2	6	0	0	0	19	.133	.148	.367	.514		22		1	0	0			SLE · PCL
1966	26	CAL	AL	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1967	27	CAL	AL	69	21	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.105	.105	.105	.211	-36	2	0	0	2	0	0	1
1968	28	CIN-min	AAA	20	13	12	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	.167	.231	.417	.647		5		0	0	0			INA · PCL
1968	28	CIN	NL	35	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1969	29	KCR-OAK-MIN-min	AAA	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000		1		0	0	0			OMA,IWA,DEN · AA
1970	30	OAK-min	AA	26	64	64		16	2	0	3						.250	.250	.422	.672		27							BIR · SOUL
1971	31	OAK-min	AAA	24	43	40	5	13	1	0	2	8	0	0	2	9	.325	.349	.500	.849		20		0	0	1			IWA · AA
1972	32	CHC-OAK-WSN-min	AAA	34	86	79	9	17	2	0	5	15	0	0	6	26	.215	.267	.430	.698		34		0	0	1			WCH,IWA,PNS · AA,IL
4 Yrs				119	37	34	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	.059	.086	.059	.145	-56	2	0	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	50	46	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	29	.059	.086	.059	.145	-56	3	0	0	3	0	0

CAL (3 yrs)				84	29	26	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	.077	.111	.077	.188	-43	2	0	0	2	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				35	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				84	29	26	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	.077	.111	.077	.188	-43	2	0	0	2	0	0
NL (1 yr)				35	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1964	24	LAA	AL	10	7	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.495	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1

1966	26	CAL	AL	5	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/1
1967	27	CAL	AL	69	21	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$10,000	1
1968	28	CIN	NL	35	8	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	1
4 Seasons				119	37	-6	0	0	0	4	-2	-0.3	1	-1	-0.3	.498	.500	-0.3	-0.0	-1	$10,000

CAL (3 yrs)				84	29	-5	0	0	0	3	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$10,000
CIN (1 yr)				35	8	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1	$

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
1964	24	LAA	AL	7	6	0	0.0	87	.000	.000	.244	.143	.311	.000	.379	.143	.690	-54	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.167	.167	.000

1966	26	CAL	AL	1	1	0	0.0	87	.000	.000	.245	.000	.311	.000	.378	.000	.689	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1967	27	CAL	AL	21	19	0	0.0	80	.333	.105	.238	.105	.306	.105	.357	.211	.663	-36	.000	-3.2	-0.4	.118	.000	.000
1968	28	CIN	NL	8	8	0	0.0	86	.000	.000	.259	.000	.318	.000	.365	.000	.682	-100	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				37	34	0	0.0	83	.154	.059	.244	.086	.310	.059	.363	.145	.673	-56	.000	-6.6	-0.7	.094	.029	.000
162 Game Avg.				50	46	0	0.0	83	.154	.059	.244	.086	.310	.059	.363	.145	.673	-56	.000	-6.6	-0.7	.094	.029	.000

CAL (3 yrs)				29	26	0	0.0	82	.250	.077	.239	.111	.307	.077	.363	.188	.670	-43	.000	-4.6	-0.5	.125	.038	.000
CIN (1 yr)				8	8	0	0.0	86	.000	.000	.259	.000	.318	.000	.365	.000	.682	-100	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

AL (3 yrs)				29	26	0	0.0	82	.250	.077	.239	.111	.307	.077	.363	.188	.670	-43	.000	-4.6	-0.5	.125	.038	.000
NL (1 yr)				8	8	0	0.0	86	.000	.000	.259	.000	.318	.000	.365	.000	.682	-100	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1964	24	LAA	AL	7	0.0%	71.4%	14.3%	0.0%		5.00	1.2			0.00	14%

1966	26	CAL	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1967	27	CAL	AL	21	0.0%	61.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.5			5.00	29%
1968	28	CIN	NL	8	0.0%	37.5%	0.0%	0.0%			2.7			4.00	63%
4 Yrs				37	0.0%	56.8%	2.7%	0.0%	0%	21.00	1.6			3.33	35%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.7%	7.8%	6.1%	28%	2.01	5.7	43.8	9.5	1.11	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1964	24	LAA	AL	-1.2	-0.1	7	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.46	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.69	-1.0		0

1966	26	CAL	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.92	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.2		0
1967	27	CAL	AL	-3.2	-0.4	21	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.47	-0.3	-0.1	-2.8	-0.3	0.79	-3.5	0.74	1
1968	28	CIN	NL	-2.0	-0.2	8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.65	-0.2	0.0	-1.7	-0.2	1.10	-1.6		0
4 Yrs				-6.6	-0.7	37	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	.52	-0.6	-0.1	-5.2	-0.6	0.84	-6.4	0.74	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1964	24	LAA	AL	0	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1966	26	CAL	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	27	CAL	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	28	CIN	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				0	0	33%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1964	24	LAA	AL	7	14%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1966	26	CAL	AL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1967	27	CAL	AL	21	38%	2			1	0	0	0	0.74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	4	1	25%	7	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1968	28	CIN	NL	8	25%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	1	50%	5	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
4 Yrs				37	30%	2			1	0	0	0	0.74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	5	0	0%	6	2	33%	13	0	0%	0	0		3	1	33%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			79%			11%			30%			13%			47%			51%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1964	24	10	7	6	1	0	1	5	.000	.143	.000	.143	-54	0	0
1965	25	10	7	6	1	0	1	5	.000	.143	.000	.143	-54	0	0
1966	26	15	8	7	1	0	1	5	.000	.125	.000	.125	-60	0	0
1967	27	84	29	26	1	2	1	18	.077	.111	.077	.188	-43	2	2
1968	28	119	37	34	1	2	1	21	.059	.086	.059	.145	-56	2	2

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
1964	24	10	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	10

1966	26	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
1967	27	69	21	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	69
1968	28	35	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	35
4 Yrs		119	37	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	.000	.029	.000	.029	0	119
162 Game Avg.		162	50	46	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	29	.000	.029	.000	.029	0	119

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