Leo Kiely

Leo Patrick Kiely (Kiki)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 30, 1929 in Hoboken, NJ
High School: Hoboken HS (Hoboken, NJ)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1951
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Athletics 1951-1960

Final Game: June 20, 1960
Died: January 18, 1984 in Montclair, NJ
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ
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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
1948	18	BOS-min	D	46	93	93		25	3	2	1						.269	.269	.376	.645		35							WVL · PONY
1949	19	BOS-min	A	17	29	29		8	1	1	0						.276	.276	.379	.655		11							SCR · EL
1950	20	BOS-min	AA	35	93	93		20	1	1	0						.215	.215	.247	.462		23							BIR · SOUA
1951	21	BOS-min	AAA	16	46	45	5	12	0	0	1	3	0		0	5	.267	.283	.333	.616		15	1	1	0				LOU · AA
1951	21	BOS	AL	18	42	35	1	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	7	9	.143	.286	.143	.429	14	5	2	0	0			1
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953	23	MNC	Fgn																										MNC · JPPL
1953		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954	24	BOS	AL	28	53	50	5	9	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	17	.180	.212	.260	.472	24	13	0	0	1	0		1
1955	25	BOS	AL	33	28	26	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.192	.222	.231	.453	18	6	0	0	1	0	0	1
1956	26	BOS-min	Opn	13	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250		4	0	0	0	0			SFR · PCL
1956	26	BOS	AL	23	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

1957	27	BOS-min	Opn	59	47	42	5	9	1	0	0	4	0		3	15	.214	.267	.238	.505		10	1	0	2	0			SFR · PCL
1958	28	BOS	AL	47	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
1959	29	BOS	AL	41	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1960	30	KCA	AL	20	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	97	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
7 Yrs				210	155	139	8	20	2	0	1	7	0	0	12	43	.144	.212	.180	.392	4	25	2	0	4	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	120	107	6	15	2	0	1	5	0	0	9	33	.144	.212	.180	.392	4	19	2	0	3

BOS (6 yrs)				190	152	138	8	20	2	0	1	7	0	0	10	42	.145	.203	.181	.384	1	25	2	0	4	0	0
KCA (1 yr)				20	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	97	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
1951	21	BOS	AL	18	42	-4	0	-0	0	4	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1

1954	24	BOS	AL	28	53	-5	0	0	0	6	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$	1
1955	25	BOS	AL	33	28	-3	0	0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1956	26	BOS	AL	23	6	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1

1958	28	BOS	AL	47	15	-4	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.3	.494	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-2	$	1
1959	29	BOS	AL	41	8	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
1960	30	KCA	AL	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
7 Seasons				210	155	-20	1	1	0	16	-2	-0.2	4	2	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.0	2	$

BOS (6 yrs)				190	152	-20	1	1	0	16	-2	-0.2	4	2	-0.2	.499	.500	-0.2	-0.0	2	$
KCA (1 yr)				20	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.1	-0.0	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	PwrSpd
1951	21	BOS	AL	42	32	1	0.8	110	.192	.143	.279	.286	.362	.143	.409	.429	.771	14	.044	-4.3	-0.4	.375	.200	.000

1954	24	BOS	AL	53	42	3	1.9	108	.250	.180	.278	.212	.355	.260	.406	.472	.762	24	.189	-5.8	-0.6	.366	.120	.080	.0
1955	25	BOS	AL	28	22	1	1.2	110	.294	.192	.277	.222	.358	.231	.412	.453	.770	18	.082	-3.2	-0.3	.333	.077	.038
1956	26	BOS	AL	6	5	0	0.0	116	.167	.167	.281	.167	.365	.167	.429	.333	.794	-15	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.200	.000	.000

1958	28	BOS	AL	15	15	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.268	.000	.338	.000	.408	.000	.746	-100	.000	-3.7	-0.4	.000	.000	.000
1959	29	BOS	AL	8	8	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.265	.000	.337	.000	.405	.000	.742	-100	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1960	30	KCA	AL	3	1	0	0.0	102		.000	.265	.667	.338	.000	.405	.667	.743	97	.000	0.4	0.0	2.000	2.000	.000
7 Yrs				155	125	5	1.1	108	.200	.144	.276	.212	.355	.180	.409	.392	.764	4	.069	-19.9	-2.0	.306	.122	.036	.0
162 Game Avg.				120	96	4	1.1	108	.200	.144	.276	.212	.355	.180	.409	.392	.764	4	.069	-19.9	-2.0	.306	.122	.036

BOS (6 yrs)				152	124	5	1.1	108	.200	.145	.276	.203	.356	.181	.409	.384	.765	1	.071	-20.3	-2.1	.292	.109	.036	.0
KCA (1 yr)				3	1	0	0.0	102		.000	.265	.667	.338	.000	.405	.667	.743	97	.000	0.4	0.0	2.000	2.000	.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%
1951	21	BOS	AL	42	0.0%	21.4%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	1.29	3.9		8.8	0.92	62%

1954	24	BOS	AL	53	1.9%	32.1%	3.8%	3.8%	22%	8.50	2.9	50.0	16.7	0.79	60%
1955	25	BOS	AL	28	0.0%	32.1%	3.6%	3.6%	20%	9.00	2.9			1.17	61%
1956	26	BOS	AL	6	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					4.00	100%

1958	28	BOS	AL	15	0.0%	26.7%	0.0%	0.0%			3.3			2.33	60%
1959	29	BOS	AL	8	0.0%	37.5%	0.0%	0.0%			2.7			4.00	63%
1960	30	KCA	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	66.7%	0.0%		0.50	1.0				0%
7 Yrs				155	0.7%	27.7%	7.7%	1.9%	15%	3.58	3.2	139.0	19.9	1.18	61%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.8%	9.1%	6.5%	29%	1.29	7.5	40.3	8.3	0.99	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1951	21	BOS	AL	-4.3	-0.4	42	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	.99	-0.4	0.0	-2.7	-0.3	0.97	-4.2	0

1954	24	BOS	AL	-5.8	-0.6	53	-0.5	0.6	-1.1	1.02	-0.4	-0.1	-7.2	-0.7	1.07	-5.2	0
1955	25	BOS	AL	-3.2	-0.3	28	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.70	-0.4	0.0	-3.2	-0.3	0.80	-3.6	0
1956	26	BOS	AL	-1.1	-0.1	6	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.58	-0.1	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.75	-1.2	0

1958	28	BOS	AL	-3.7	-0.4	15	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.55	-0.3	-0.0	-2.6	-0.3	0.84	-3.3	0
1959	29	BOS	AL	-2.2	-0.2	8	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.87	-0.2	0.0	-1.5	-0.2	0.70	-2.2	0
1960	30	KCA	AL	0.4	0.0	3	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.85	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.1	0.70	0.5	0
7 Yrs				-20.0	-2.0	155	-1.7	1.3	-3.0	.92	-1.8	-0.0	-17.5	-1.7	0.93	-19.3	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1951	21	BOS	AL	0	0	8%	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

1954	24	BOS	AL	1	0	40%	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	3	2	1	3	1	2	0	0	0
1955	25	BOS	AL	0	0	33%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1956	26	BOS	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1958	28	BOS	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
1959	29	BOS	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
1960	30	KCA	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
7 Yrs				1	0	23%	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	44%	4	3	1	4	2	2	1	0	1

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
1951	21	BOS	AL	42	71%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	2	40%	6	0	0%	28	4	14%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

1954	24	BOS	AL	53	66%	9			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	50%	17	0	0%	13	2	15%	45	2	4%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1955	25	BOS	AL	28	89%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	4	1	25%	12	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1956	26	BOS	AL	6	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1958	28	BOS	AL	15	67%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	3	0	0%	9	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1959	29	BOS	AL	8	63%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1960	30	KCA	AL	3	67%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				155	73%	20			0	0	0	0		1	0	8	0	1	0	1	0	5	4	80%	29	2	7%	26	3	12%	101	6	6%	3	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			80%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1951	21	18	42	35	1	5	0	0	4	7	9	.143	.286	.143	.429	14	5	2	0
1952	22	18	42	35	1	5	0	0	4	7	9	.143	.286	.143	.429	14	5	2	0
1953	23	18	42	35	1	5	0	0	4	7	9	.143	.286	.143	.429	14	5	2	0
1954	24	46	95	85	6	14	1	1	7	9	26	.165	.245	.212	.456	20	18	2	1	0
1955	25	79	123	111	8	19	2	1	7	10	35	.171	.240	.216	.456	20	24	2	2	0	0
1956	26	102	129	117	8	20	2	1	7	10	35	.171	.236	.214	.450	18	25	2	2	0	0
1957	27	102	129	117	8	20	2	1	7	10	35	.171	.236	.214	.450	18	25	2	2	0	0
1958	28	149	144	130	8	20	2	1	7	10	39	.154	.214	.192	.407	7	25	2	4	0	0
1959	29	190	152	138	8	20	2	1	7	10	42	.145	.203	.181	.384	1	25	2	4	0	0
1960	30	210	155	139	8	20	2	1	7	12	43	.144	.212	.180	.392	4	25	2	4	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1951	21	19	42	36	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	6	9	.111	.238	.111	.349	1	18

1954	24	29	56	53	6	10	1	0	1	3	0	2	18	.189	.218	.264	.482	3	28
1955	25	34	28	26	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	9	.154	.185	.192	.377	1	33
1956	26	24	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	23

1958	28	49	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	47
1959	29	43	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	41
1960	30	21	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	20
7 Yrs		219	159	144	9	18	2	0	1	6	0	11	44	.125	.187	.160	.347	5	210
162 Game Avg.		162	118	107	7	13	1	0	1	4	0	8	33	.125	.187	.160	.347	4	210

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Youngest s c a p y 1951 AL born 1929-11-30 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1951 AL born 1929-11-30 (9th)

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