Leo Kiely
Leo Patrick Kiely (Kiki)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 30, 1929 in Hoboken, NJ
High School: Hoboken (Hoboken, NJ)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1951
Final Game: June 20, 1960
Died: January 18, 1984 in Montclair, NJ
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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
1951 21 BOS AL 7 7 .500 3.34 17 16 0 4 0 0 113.1 106 48 42 9 39 46 2 0 3 474 133 1.279 8.4 0.7 3.1 3.7 1.18
1954 24 BOS AL 5 8 .385 3.50 28 19 0 4 1 0 131.0 153 74 51 12 58 59 1 1 0 589 118 1.611 10.5 0.8 4.0 4.1 1.02
1955 25 BOS AL 3 3 .500 2.80 33 4 13 0 0 6 90.0 91 31 28 5 37 5 36 0 1 1 384 154 1.422 9.1 0.5 3.7 3.6 0.97
1956 26 BOS AL 2 2 .500 5.17 23 0 16 0 0 3 31.1 47 25 18 1 14 5 9 2 0 0 155 89 1.947 13.5 0.3 4.0 2.6 0.64
1958 28 BOS AL 5 2 .714 3.00 47 0 35 0 0 12 81.0 77 31 27 3 18 3 26 2 0 0 332 133 1.173 8.6 0.3 2.0 2.9 1.44
1959 29 BOS AL 3 3 .500 4.20 41 0 23 0 0 7 55.2 67 26 26 8 18 3 30 1 0 1 249 96 1.527 10.8 1.3 2.9 4.9 1.67
1960 30 KCA AL 1 2 .333 1.74 20 0 12 0 0 1 20.2 21 4 4 1 5 0 6 1 0 0 86 229 1.258 9.1 0.4 2.2 2.6 1.20
7 Seasons 26 27 .491 3.37 209 39 99 8 1 29 523.0 562 239 196 39 189 16 212 9 2 5 2269 125 1.436 9.7 0.7 3.3 3.6 1.12
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .491 3.37 57 11 27 2 0 8 143 154 66 54 11 52 58 2 1 1 622 125 1.436 9.7 0.7 3.3 3.6 1.12
BOS (6 yrs) 25 25 .500 3.44 189 39 87 8 1 28 502.1 541 235 192 38 184 16 206 8 2 5 2183 123 1.443 9.7 0.7 3.3 3.7 1.12
KCA (1 yr) 1 2 .333 1.74 20 0 12 0 0 1 20.2 21 4 4 1 5 0 6 1 0 0 86 229 1.258 9.1 0.4 2.2 2.6 1.20

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
1954 24 BOS AL 28 590 518 74 153 17 7 12 1 4 58 59 .295 .365 .425 .790 .313 220 20 1 9 4
1955 25 BOS AL 33 383 338 31 91 16 2 5 1 2 37 36 .269 .341 .373 .714 .290 126 16 0 8 0 5
1956 26 BOS AL 23 155 130 25 47 4 2 1 0 0 14 9 .362 .429 .446 .875 .380 58 4 2 8 1 5
1958 28 BOS AL 47 332 303 31 77 10 2 3 2 2 18 26 .254 .299 .330 .629 .269 100 8 2 8 1 3
1959 29 BOS AL 41 249 225 26 67 6 2 8 1 0 18 30 .298 .352 .449 .801 .316 101 8 1 5 0 3
1960 30 KCA AL 20 86 79 4 21 4 0 1 1 1 5 6 .266 .318 .354 .672 .278 28 4 1 1 0 0
6 Seasons 192 1795 1593 191 456 57 15 30 6 9 150 166 .286 .349 .397 .746 .304 633 60 7 39 6 16
162 Game Avg. 61 568 504 60 144 18 5 9 2 3 47 53 .286 .349 .397 .746 .304 200 19 2 12 2
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
1954 24 BOS AL 28 19 5 8 6 1 3 7 12 .368 0 3 4 1 8 42% 44 73 26 20 5 3 7 4.2 4.7 5.9
1955 25 BOS AL 33 4 0 1 3 0 1 2 2 .500 1 0 0 0 2 50% 46 63 35 11 4 1 3 4.1 4.3 5.9
2 Seasons 61 23 5 9 9 1 4 9 14 .391 1 3 4 1 10 43% 44 73 26 31 9 4 10 4.2 4.6 5.9
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
1954 24 BOS AL 28 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 6 1.047 1 2 6 0 0 9 4 5 4 3 4 0 6.0
1955 25 BOS AL 33 29 13 3 2 7 6 1 86% 8 0 38 13 34% 6 1.140 12 5 12 11 4 14 20 9 22 7 23 3 6.9
1956 26 BOS AL 23 23 16 2 2 0 3 0 2 2 15 8 53% 8 1.124 6 4 13 5 4 14 8 15 8 6 8 3 4.1
1958 28 BOS AL 47 47 35 5 2 13 12 1 92% 14 1 40 8 20% 9 1.109 18 8 20 15 8 24 22 25 22 14 22 13 5.2
1959 29 BOS AL 41 41 23 3 3 10 7 3 70% 11 1 37 14 38% 9 1.005 17 4 17 12 6 22 19 21 16 12 16 10 4.1
1960 30 KCA AL 20 20 12 1 2 4 1 3 25% 4 0 19 7 37% 9 1.303 10 1 8 4 6 10 10 10 4 10 5 9 3.1
6 Seasons 192 169 99 14 11 34 29 8 85% 39 4 158 52 33% 1.092 64 24 76 47 28 93 83 85 76 52 78 38 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%
1951 21 BOS AL
1954 24 BOS AL 590 79% 2.0% 10.0% 9.8% 6.1% 24% 1.54 76% 136 20 15%
1955 25 BOS AL 383 72% 1.3% 9.4% 9.7% 6.0% 25% 1.90 78% 90 16 18%
1956 26 BOS AL 154 66% 0.7% 5.8% 9.0% 4.5% 15% 1.27 78% 45 4 9%
1958 28 BOS AL 332 69% 0.9% 7.8% 5.4% 4.5% 20% 2.01 83% 70 8 11%
1959 29 BOS AL 249 65% 3.2% 12.1% 7.2% 6.4% 24% 1.89 75% 58 8 14%
1960 30 KCA AL 86 56% 1.2% 7.0% 5.8% 5.8% 24% 3.58 84% 16 4 25%
7 Seasons 1794 72% 2.2% 11.8% 10.5% 5.7% 18% 1.79 78% 415 60 14%
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
1951 21 BOS AL 106 9 3
1954 24 BOS AL 590 153 12 1 16 11 1 1 11 35 19 3 54% 13 0 1 243 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 0
1955 25 BOS AL 379 91 5 0 18 5 0 3 2 24 9 3 38% 8 1 0 158 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4
1956 26 BOS AL 154 47 1 0 10 1 0 0 1 16 11 1 69% 3 0 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1958 28 BOS AL 332 77 3 0 10 1 2 2 1 20 8 3 40% 6 0 1 134 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1959 29 BOS AL 234 67 8 0 15 5 3 2 6 22 10 2 45% 1 1 0 103 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 15
1960 30 KCA AL 86 21 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 7 2 0 29% 1 0 0 38 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1775 562 39 1 75 24 6 9 21 124 59 12 48% 32 5 2 756 6 9 40% 6 8 0 1 0 0 4 0 17 19
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+
1951 21 7 7 .500 3.34 17 16 0 4 0 0 113.1 106 48 42 9 39 46 2 0 3 474 133 1.279 8.4 0.7 3.1 3.7 1.18 133
1952 22 7 7 .500 3.34 17 16 0 4 0 0 113.1 106 48 42 9 39 46 2 0 3 474 133 1.279 8.4 0.7 3.1 3.7 1.18 133
1953 23 7 7 .500 3.34 17 16 0 4 0 0 113.1 106 48 42 9 39 46 2 0 3 474 133 1.279 8.4 0.7 3.1 3.7 1.18 133
1954 24 12 15 .444 3.43 45 35 0 8 1 0 244.1 259 122 93 21 97 105 3 1 3 1063 125 1.457 9.5 0.8 3.6 3.9 1.08 125
1955 25 15 18 .455 3.26 78 39 13 8 1 6 334.1 350 153 121 26 134 5 141 3 2 4 1447 132 1.448 9.4 0.7 3.6 3.8 1.05 132
1956 26 17 20 .459 3.42 101 39 29 8 1 9 365.2 397 178 139 27 148 10 150 5 2 4 1602 126 1.490 9.8 0.7 3.6 3.7 1.01 126
1957 27 17 20 .459 3.42 101 39 29 8 1 9 365.2 397 178 139 27 148 10 150 5 2 4 1602 126 1.490 9.8 0.7 3.6 3.7 1.01 126
1958 28 22 22 .500 3.34 148 39 64 8 1 21 446.2 474 209 166 30 166 13 176 7 2 4 1934 127 1.433 9.6 0.6 3.3 3.5 1.06 127
1959 29 25 25 .500 3.44 189 39 87 8 1 28 502.1 541 235 192 38 184 16 206 8 2 5 2183 123 1.443 9.7 0.7 3.3 3.7 1.12 123
1960 30 26 27 .491 3.37 209 39 99 8 1 29 523.0 562 239 196 39 189 16 212 9 2 5 2269 125 1.436 9.7 0.7 3.3 3.6 1.12 125

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
1951 21 8 5 .615 3.08 117.0 106 44 40 9 39 48 2 1.239 8.2 3.0 3.7 1.23 0.7 17
1954 24 8 6 .571 3.36 134.0 155 56 50 12 59 60 1 1.597 10.4 4.0 4.0 1.02 0.8 28
1955 25 7 3 .700 2.67 91.0 90 30 27 5 37 36 0 1.396 8.9 3.7 3.6 0.97 0.5 33
1956 26 1 2 .333 4.24 34.0 45 18 16 1 13 10 2 1.706 11.9 3.4 2.6 0.77 0.3 23
1958 28 6 3 .667 3.07 82.0 80 31 28 3 19 26 2 1.207 8.8 2.1 2.9 1.37 0.3 47
1959 29 3 3 .500 4.11 57.0 69 29 26 8 19 31 1 1.544 10.9 3.0 4.9 1.63 1.3 41
1960 30 2 0 1.000 1.71 21.0 22 4 4 1 5 6 1 1.286 9.4 2.1 2.6 1.20 0.4 20
7 Seasons 35 22 .614 3.21 536.0 567 212 191 39 191 217 9 1.414 9.5 3.6 1.14 0.7 209

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1958 AL  47 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1955 AL  6 (10th)
1958 AL  12 (3rd)
1959 AL  7 (8th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1958 AL  35 (2nd)
1959 AL  23 (6th)

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 10 (1445), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Stan Baumgartner (960)
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  5. Ed Klieman (956)
  6. Harry Eisenstat (954)
  7. Jim Roland (953)
  8. Satchel Paige (952) *
  9. Bob Lacey (951)
  10. Marshall Bridges (951)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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