Bill Kelso
William Eugene Kelso
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: February 19, 1940 in Kansas City, MO
High School: North (Kansas City, MO)
School: Whitworth College
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1964
Final Game: September 28, 1968
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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 Awards
1964 LAA AL 24 P 10 1 23.2 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.90 0.50 .960 1.90 0.72
1966 CAL AL 26 P 5 0 11.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.59 0.40 .950 1.99 0.76
1967 CAL AL 27 P 69 1 112.0 27 5 20 2 1 .926 2.01 0.36 .959 1.96 0.74
1968 CIN NL 28 P 35 0 54.1 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.16 0.20 .957 2.00 0.85
4 Seasons P 119 2 201.1 41 7 32 2 1 .951 1.74 0.33 .959 1.97 0.77
4 Seasons TOT 119 2 201.1 41 7 32 2 1 .951 1.74 0.33 .910 1.97 0.77

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
1964 LAA AL 24 10 1 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CAL AL 26 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CAL AL 27 69 1 69 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1968 CIN NL 28 35 0 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 119 2 119 119 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1964 LAA AL 24 100 69% 15% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CAL AL 26 55 67% 13% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CAL AL 27 497 68% 15% 21 90% 1 5 2 1 19 16 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 83%
1968 CIN NL 28 243 77% 16% 9 100% 2 1 0 0 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
4 Seasons 895 71% 15% 37 95% 3 7 3 1 33 25 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 90%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 85%

* 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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