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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 Pitching

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
1962	22	LAD-min	B	0	1	.000	9.00	3	1		0	0		8.0	10	9	8	1	5	0	12	0	0	2			1.875	11.2	1.1	5.6	13.5	2.40	SLM · NORW
1963	23	LAD-min	A	14	7	.667	2.75	50	3					144.0	98	56	44	10	76								1.208	6.1	0.6	4.8			SLM · NORW
1964	24	HOU-ANA-min	AAA	9	11	.450	5.22	30	29		7	0		169.0	180	101	98	29	85	5	159	3	1	4			1.568	9.6	1.5	4.5	8.5	1.87	OKC,HAW · PCL
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	147	1.183	7.2	1.1	3.4	8.0	2.33

1965	25	ANA-min	AA	4	9	.308	6.50	29	11					108.0	125	80	78	11	61		90						1.722	10.4	0.9	5.1	7.5	1.48	ELP · TL
1966	26	ANA-min	AAA	8	5	.615	2.09	54	0		0	0		142.0	89	41	33	6	71	12	123	2	0	10			1.127	5.6	0.4	4.5	7.8	1.73	SLE · PCL
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	146	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	105	1.321	6.8	0.5	5.1	7.3	1.44
1968	28	CIN-min	AAA	1	5	.167	6.07	20	5		0	0		43.0	45	30	29	6	26	4	33	1	0	3			1.651	9.4	1.3	5.4	6.9	1.27	INA · PCL
1968	28	CIN	NL	4	1	.800	3.98	35	0	6	0	0	1	54.1	56	26	24	6	15	5	39	3	0	5	233	80	1.307	9.3	1.0	2.5	6.5	2.60
1969	29	KCR-OAK-MIN-min	AAA	3	4	.429	6.80	29	3		0	0	5	49.0	70	40	37	7	22	2	22	0	0	5			1.878	12.9	1.3	4.0	4.0	1.00	OMA,IWA,DEN · AA
1970	30	OAK-min	AA	10	6	.625	2.94	26	19					144.0	136	65	47	7	40								1.222	8.5	0.4	2.5			BIR · SOUL
1971	31	OAK-min	AAA	5	7	.417	3.94	19	12		4	0	0	96.0	83	46	42	10	36	4	78	3	0	3			1.240	7.8	0.9	3.4	7.3	2.17	IWA · AA
1972	32	CHC-OAK-WSN-min	AAA	12	8	.600	3.17	28	26		10	2	0	190.0	182	80	67	23	72	5	139	9	0	6			1.337	8.6	1.1	3.4	6.6	1.93	WCH,IWA,PNS · AA,IL
4 Yrs				12	5	.706	3.13	119	2	41	1	1	12	201.1	171	76	70	16	93	16	162	9	2	11	853	102	1.311	7.6	0.7	4.2	7.2	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	102	1.311	7.6	0.7	4.2	7.2	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	113	1.313	7.0	0.6	4.8	7.5	1.58
CIN (1 yr)				4	1	.800	3.98	35	0	6	0	0	1	54.1	56	26	24	6	15	5	39	3	0	5	233	80	1.307	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	113	1.313	7.0	0.6	4.8	7.5	1.58
NL (1 yr)				4	1	.800	3.98	35	0	6	0	0	1	54.1	56	26	24	6	15	5	39	3	0	5	233	80	1.307	9.3	1.0	2.5	6.5	2.60

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1964	24	LAA	AL	23.2	10	1	6	2.28	4.28	0.29	-0.08	89.9	3.51	4	0.4	.6	-0.1	0.5	5	.541	.503	$

1966	26	CAL	AL	11.1	5	0	3	2.38	4.18	0.03	-0.17	104.3	4.15	2	0.3	1.1	-0.0	0.4	3	.558	.502	$
1967	27	CAL	AL	112.0	69	1	41	3.29	3.70	0.22	-0.14	98.8	3.30	2	0.2	1.2	-0.2	0.9	9	.503	.501	$10,000
1968	28	CIN	NL	54.1	35	0	26	4.31	3.39	-0.24	-0.15	106.1	3.69	-4	-0.6	.8	-0.0	-0.1	1	.484	.497	$
4 Seasons				201.1	119	2	76	3.40	3.71	0.09	-0.14	100.0	3.48	3	0.4	1.0	-0.3	1.7	18	.503	.501	$10,000

CAL (3 yrs)				147.0	84	2	50	3.06	3.83	0.21	-0.13	97.8	3.40	8	0.9	1.1	-0.3	1.8	17	.511	.502	$10,000
CIN (1 yr)				54.1	35	0	26	4.31	3.39	-0.24	-0.15	106.1	3.69	-4	-0.6	.8	-0.0	-0.1	1	.484	.497	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	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	0
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	5
1968	28	CIN	NL	35	230	202	26	56	14	1	6	2	2	15	39	.277	.325	.446	.770	.303	90	2	3	5	8	5	2
4 Yrs				119	851	722	76	171	33	4	16	11	12	93	162	.237	.326	.360	.686	.278	260	8	9	16	14	16	7
162 Game Avg.				67	478	406	43	96	19	2	9	6	7	52	91	.237	.326	.360	.686	.278	146	4	5	9	8	9	4
MLB Averages																.245	.308	.364	.672	.274

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1964	24	LAA	AL	3.4	0.4	100	0.6	1.3	-0.7	.68	0.2	0.7	3.8	0.4	0.68	2.4	1	2	6

1966	26	CAL	AL	1.6	0.2	55	-0.1	0.8	-0.9	1.05	-0.1	-0.1	2.0	0.2	1.05	0.0	2	0	3
1967	27	CAL	AL	2.4	0.3	497	-0.5	6.8	-7.3	.93	0.2	-0.7	2.4	0.3	0.93	0.5	18	18	30
1968	28	CIN	NL	-3.8	-0.4	246	-0.1	2.2	-2.3	.51	-0.5	0.3	-5.0	-0.6	0.52	-7.4	9	3	21
4 Yrs				3.6	0.4	898	-0.1	11.2	-11.3	.80	-0.2	0.1	3.2	0.4	0.80	-4.4	30	23	60

Starting Pitching*

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
1964	24	LAA	AL	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	1	1	1	100%	80.0	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%	52.0	52	52	31	10	1	0	1.0	1.3	6.3
2 Yrs				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													.500						56%	54	116	0					3.8	3.8	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1964	24	LAA	AL	10	9	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	7	0	0%	5	.681	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	1.046	2	0	3	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	.933	18	18	30	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	.511	9	3	21	4	5	26	19	16	24	10	24	12	4.7
4 Yrs				119	117	41	11	4	18	12	6	67%	25	4	97	34	35%		.797	30	23	60	30	12	75	51	66	63	27	66	40	4.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1964	24	LAA	AL	97	69%	3.1%	21.7%	9.3%	5.2%	26%	0.50	65%	14	1	7%

1966	26	CAL	AL	52	69%	1.9%	21.2%	11.5%	3.9%	18%	0.44	63%	11	0	0%
1967	27	CAL	AL	472	65%	1.3%	19.3%	13.4%	5.3%	29%	0.57	63%	90	5	6%
1968	28	CIN	NL	233	64%	2.6%	17.0%	6.5%	9.1%	38%	0.65	72%	34	2	6%
4 Yrs				854	66%	1.9%	19.0%	10.9%	6.2%	31%	0.58	66%	149	8	5%
MLB Averages					47%	2.1%	15.9%	7.9%	6.1%	27%	1.11	73%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	1	0	19	3
4 Yrs				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	5	0	39	3
MLB Averages																		49%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

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	147	1.183	7.2	1.1	3.4	8.0	2.33	147
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	147	1.183	7.2	1.1	3.4	8.0	2.33	147
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	147	1.286	7.7	1.0	3.9	8.2	2.13	147
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	113	1.313	7.0	0.6	4.8	7.5	1.58	113
1968	28	12	5	.706	3.13	119	2	41	1	1	12	201.1	171	76	70	16	93	16	162	9	2	11	853	102	1.311	7.6	0.7	4.2	7.2	1.74	102

Neutralized Pitching

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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	20	1	1.318	8.2	3.7	8.2	2.22	1.2	10

1966	26	1	0	1.000	3.27	11.0	12	4	4	1	7	10	1	1.727	9.8	5.7	8.2	1.43	0.8	5
1967	27	5	6	.455	4.10	101.0	94	51	46	7	70	82	4	1.624	8.4	6.2	7.3	1.17	0.6	69
1968	28	2	3	.400	5.12	51.0	61	32	29	7	16	36	3	1.510	10.8	2.8	6.4	2.25	1.2	35
4 Yrs		9	10	.474	4.18	185.0	187	95	86	18	102	148	9	1.562	9.1		7.2	1.45	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)

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

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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