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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1964 24 LAA AL 2 0 1.000 2.28 10 1 2 1 1 0 23.2 19 6 6 3 9 0 21 1 0 1 97 143 1.183 7.2 1.1 3.4 8.0 2.33
1966 26 CAL AL 1 1 .500 2.38 5 0 1 0 0 0 11.1 11 3 3 1 6 1 11 1 0 0 52 140 1.500 8.7 0.8 4.8 8.7 1.83
1967 27 CAL AL 5 3 .625 2.97 69 1 32 0 0 11 112.0 85 41 37 6 63 10 91 4 2 5 471 104 1.321 6.8 0.5 5.1 7.3 1.44
1968 28 CIN NL 4 1 .800 4.00 35 0 6 0 0 1 54.0 56 26 24 6 15 5 39 3 0 5 233 79 1.315 9.3 1.0 2.5 6.5 2.60
4 Seasons 12 5 .706 3.13 119 2 41 1 1 12 201.0 171 76 70 16 93 16 162 9 2 11 853 101 1.313 7.7 0.7 4.2 7.3 1.74
162 Game Avg. 7 3 .706 3.13 67 1 23 1 1 7 113 96 43 39 9 52 9 91 5 1 6 479 101 1.313 7.7 0.7 4.2 7.3 1.74
CAL (3 yrs) 8 4 .667 2.82 84 2 35 1 1 11 147.0 115 50 46 10 78 11 123 6 2 6 620 112 1.313 7.0 0.6 4.8 7.5 1.58
CIN (1 yr) 4 1 .800 4.00 35 0 6 0 0 1 54.0 56 26 24 6 15 5 39 3 0 5 233 79 1.315 9.3 1.0 2.5 6.5 2.60
AL (3 yrs) 8 4 .667 2.82 84 2 35 1 1 11 147.0 115 50 46 10 78 11 123 6 2 6 620 112 1.313 7.0 0.6 4.8 7.5 1.58
NL (1 yr) 4 1 .800 4.00 35 0 6 0 0 1 54.0 56 26 24 6 15 5 39 3 0 5 233 79 1.315 9.3 1.0 2.5 6.5 2.60

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1964 24 LAA AL 10 97 87 6 19 1 1 3 0 0 9 21 .218 .299 .356 .655 .254 31 1 1 0 0 0
1966 26 CAL AL 5 52 45 3 11 0 1 1 2 0 6 11 .244 .346 .356 .702 .303 16 0 1 0 0 1
1967 27 CAL AL 69 472 388 41 85 18 1 6 7 10 63 91 .219 .330 .317 .647 .266 123 5 4 11 6 10
1968 28 CIN NL 35 233 202 26 56 14 1 6 2 2 15 39 .277 .325 .446 .770 .303 90 2 3 5 8 5
4 Seasons 119 854 722 76 171 33 4 16 11 12 93 162 .237 .326 .360 .686 .278 260 8 9 16 14 16
162 Game Avg. 67 480 406 43 96 19 2 9 6 7 52 91 .237 .326 .360 .686 .278 146 4 5 9 8 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1964 24 LAA AL 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 1 1 100% 80 80 80 3 0 0 1 2.3 2.3 9.0
1967 27 CAL AL 69 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 52 52 52 31 10 1 0 1.0 1.3 6.3
2 Seasons 79 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 1 1 50% 66 80 52 34 10 1 1 1.6 1.8 7.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1964 24 LAA AL 10 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0% 5 0.763 1 2 6 1 1 7 5 4 4 3 5 2 4.9
1966 26 CAL AL 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0% 3 1.108 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 4 3 2 3 0 6.8
1967 27 CAL AL 69 68 32 5 2 15 11 4 73% 20 3 51 21 41% 9 0.990 20 21 26 24 5 39 26 42 32 12 34 26 4.7
1968 28 CIN NL 35 35 6 4 1 3 1 2 33% 4 1 37 13 35% 6 0.617 9 6 20 4 5 26 19 16 24 10 24 12 4.7
4 Seasons 119 117 41 11 4 18 12 6 67% 25 4 97 34 35% 0.871 32 30 54 30 12 75 51 66 63 27 66 40 4.8

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1964 24 LAA AL 97 31% 3.1% 21.7% 9.3% 5.2% 26% 0.50 65% 14 1 7%
1966 26 CAL AL 52 31% 1.9% 21.2% 11.5% 3.9% 18% 0.44 63% 11 0 0%
1967 27 CAL AL 472 35% 1.3% 19.3% 13.4% 5.3% 29% 0.57 63% 90 5 6%
1968 28 CIN NL 233 36% 2.6% 16.7% 6.4% 9.0% 38% 0.65 71% 34 2 6%
4 Seasons 854 34% 1.9% 19.0% 10.9% 6.2% 31% 0.58 65% 149 8 5%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1964 24 LAA AL 97 19 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
1966 26 CAL AL 52 11 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0% 0 0 0 25 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 27 CAL AL 472 85 6 0 21 4 2 4 2 33 18 1 55% 5 5 1 180 7 10 41% 6 8 1 1 0 1 2 0 19 0
1968 28 CIN NL 230 56 6 0 8 3 3 6 0 25 12 7 48% 2 5 3 82 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 19 3
4 Seasons 851 171 16 0 30 11 5 11 5 60 30 10 50% 7 11 4 324 11 12 48% 9 10 2 1 0 1 6 0 39 3
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1964 24 2 0 1.000 2.28 10 1 2 1 1 0 23.2 19 6 6 3 9 0 21 1 0 1 97 143 1.183 7.2 1.1 3.4 8.0 2.33 143
1965 25 2 0 1.000 2.28 10 1 2 1 1 0 23.2 19 6 6 3 9 0 21 1 0 1 97 143 1.183 7.2 1.1 3.4 8.0 2.33 143
1966 26 3 1 .750 2.31 15 1 3 1 1 0 35.0 30 9 9 4 15 1 32 2 0 1 149 142 1.286 7.7 1.0 3.9 8.2 2.13 142
1967 27 8 4 .667 2.82 84 2 35 1 1 11 147.0 115 50 46 10 78 11 123 6 2 6 620 112 1.313 7.0 0.6 4.8 7.5 1.58 112
1968 28 12 5 .706 3.13 119 2 41 1 1 12 201.0 171 76 70 16 93 16 162 9 2 11 853 101 1.313 7.7 0.7 4.2 7.3 1.74 101

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1964 24 1 1 .500 2.86 22.0 20 8 7 3 9 19 1 1.318 8.2 3.7 7.8 2.11 1.2 10
1966 26 1 0 1.000 2.45 11.0 12 3 3 1 7 11 1 1.727 9.8 5.7 9.0 1.57 0.8 5
1967 27 5 6 .455 4.19 101.0 95 52 47 7 70 82 4 1.634 8.5 6.2 7.3 1.17 0.6 69
1968 28 2 3 .400 5.22 50.0 62 32 29 7 17 36 3 1.580 11.2 3.1 6.5 2.12 1.3 35
4 Seasons 9 10 .474 4.21 184.0 189 95 86 18 103 148 9 1.587 9.2 7.2 1.44 0.9 119

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1967 AL--69--3rd

Games Finished s c a p y
1967 AL--32--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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