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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 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
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 3 474 134 1.279 8.4 0.7 3.1 3.7 1.18
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
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 1 384 155 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 90 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 0 332 134 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 86 233 1.258 9.1 0.4 2.2 2.6 1.20
7 Yrs 26 27 .491 3.37 209 39 99 8 1 29 523.0 562 239 196 39 189 16 212 9 2 5 2269 126 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 1 622 126 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 124 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 86 233 1.258 9.1 0.4 2.2 2.6 1.20

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 Awards
1951 21 BOS AL 113.1 17 16 48 3.81 4.70 0.01 0.00 106.0 4.96 14 1.5 1.8 -0.1 2.2 25 .587 .509 $
1954 24 BOS AL 131.0 28 19 74 5.08 4.23 0.05 0.00 105.6 4.42 -10 -1.0 .6 -0.1 -0.1 1 .464 .494 $
1955 25 BOS AL 90.0 33 4 31 3.10 4.42 0.27 0.00 107.5 4.47 13 1.4 1.6 0.1 2.2 22 .542 .509 $
1956 26 BOS AL 31.1 23 0 25 7.18 4.72 0.31 0.00 111.2 4.90 -8 -0.8 .9 -0.0 -0.6 -5 .465 .495 $
1958 28 BOS AL 81.0 47 0 31 3.44 4.15 0.04 0.00 104.0 4.27 8 0.8 1.6 0.1 1.5 14 .518 .505 $
1959 29 BOS AL 55.2 41 0 26 4.20 4.37 0.14 0.00 103.0 4.37 1 0.2 1.5 -0.1 0.5 6 .504 .501 $
1960 30 KCA AL 20.2 20 0 4 1.74 4.65 -0.21 -0.19 104.6 4.88 7 0.8 2.2 0.4 1.4 9 .540 .505 $
7 Seasons 523.0 209 39 239 4.11 4.41 0.09 -0.01 105.8 4.56 25 2.8 1.5 0.4 7.1 72 .514 .503 $
BOS (6 yrs) 502.1 189 39 235 4.21 4.40 0.10 0.00 105.8 4.55 18 2.0 1.4 0.0 5.7 63 .511 .502 $
KCA (1 yr) 20.2 20 0 4 1.74 4.65 -0.21 -0.19 104.6 4.88 7 0.8 2.2 0.4 1.4 9 .540 .505 $

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
1951 21 BOS AL 17 474 423 48 106 13 2 9 6 4 39 46 .251 .317 .355 .671 .264 150 15 2 10 0 7
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 13
1955 25 BOS AL 33 379 338 31 91 16 2 5 1 2 37 36 .269 .341 .373 .714 .290 126 16 0 8 0 5 8
1956 26 BOS AL 23 154 130 25 47 4 2 1 0 0 14 9 .362 .429 .446 .875 .380 58 4 2 8 1 5 3
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 6
1959 29 BOS AL 41 238 224 26 67 6 2 8 1 0 18 30 .299 .354 .451 .805 .317 101 8 1 5 0 3 2
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 1
7 Yrs 209 2253 2015 239 562 70 17 39 12 13 189 212 .279 .342 .389 .731 .295 783 75 9 49 6 16 40
162 Game Avg. 57 618 553 66 154 19 5 11 3 4 52 58 .279 .342 .389 .731 .295 215 21 2 13 2 11
MLB Averages .258 .329 .387 .716 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1951 21 BOS AL 13.3 1.4 487 0.6 9.7 -9.1 1.15 0.9 -0.4 10.0 1.0 1.15 11.9 1 0 0
1954 24 BOS AL 1.5 0.2 598 -2.5 9.9 -12.3 1.05 -1.8 -0.5 -10.3 -1.0 1.05 -16.7 1 1 7
1955 25 BOS AL 14.4 1.5 387 1.4 7.8 -6.4 1.13 0.4 0.8 13.1 1.3 1.14 7.0 12 5 12
1956 26 BOS AL -3.4 -0.3 154 0.3 2.8 -2.5 1.12 -0.6 0.8 -8.1 -0.7 1.12 -7.7 6 4 13
1958 28 BOS AL 8.3 0.9 336 0.4 6.1 -5.8 1.06 0.8 -0.5 11.9 1.2 1.06 12.9 18 8 19
1959 29 BOS AL 0.6 0.1 241 0.2 3.7 -3.5 .95 -0.1 0.3 -1.2 -0.1 0.95 -2.3 17 4 17
1960 30 KCA AL 5.4 0.6 89 -1.1 1.9 -3.0 1.32 -0.1 -0.7 3.7 0.4 1.30 1.8 10 0 8
7 Yrs 39.9 4.1 2292 -0.8 41.8 -42.6 1.09 -0.5 -0.2 19.2 2.0 1.09 6.7 65 22 76

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1951 21 BOS AL 17 16 7 6 3 0 2 10 6 .625 0 3 4 0 9 56% 54.3 79 32 15 3 5 7 3.6 3.8 7.1
1954 24 BOS AL 28 19 5 8 6 1 3 7 12 .368 1 3 4 1 8 42% 44.4 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% 46.2 63 35 11 4 1 3 4.1 4.3 5.9
3 Yrs 78 39 12 15 12 1 6 19 20 .487 2 6 8 1 19 49% 49 79 26 46 12 9 17 3.9 4.3 6.4
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -6 4.4 4.3 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

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
1951 21 BOS AL 17 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.154 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0
1954 24 BOS AL 28 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 6 1.053 1 1 7 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 1.130 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 1.121 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 1.063 18 8 19 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 .952 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 1.315 10 0 8 4 6 10 10 10 4 10 5 9 3.1
7 Yrs 209 170 99 14 12 34 29 8 85% 39 4 158 52 33% 1.093 65 22 76 47 29 93 83 86 76 53 78 38 4.8

Ratio Pitching*

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 474 25% 1.9% 9.7% 8.2% 5.1% 23% 1.62 78% 93 15 16%
1954 24 BOS AL 590 21% 2.0% 10.0% 9.8% 6.1% 24% 1.54 76% 136 20 15%
1955 25 BOS AL 383 28% 1.3% 9.5% 9.8% 6.1% 25% 1.90 78% 90 16 18%
1956 26 BOS AL 154 34% 0.7% 5.8% 9.1% 4.6% 15% 1.27 79% 45 4 9%
1958 28 BOS AL 332 31% 0.9% 7.8% 5.4% 4.5% 20% 2.01 83% 70 8 11%
1959 29 BOS AL 248 36% 3.4% 12.6% 7.6% 6.7% 24% 1.91 78% 58 8 14%
1960 30 KCA AL 86 44% 1.2% 7.0% 5.8% 5.8% 24% 3.58 84% 16 4 25%
7 Yrs 2267 28% 1.7% 9.4% 8.4% 5.6% 22% 1.75 79% 508 75 15%
MLB Averages 51% 2.3% 12.5% 9.7% 6.7% 28% 0.98 80% 11%

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
1951 21 BOS AL 474 106 9 0 2 7 2 6 3 14 10 1 71% 7 3 1 186 6 4 60% 5 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
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 0 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 238 67 8 0 15 5 3 2 6 22 10 2 45% 2 1 0 104 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 10
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 Yrs 2253 562 39 1 77 31 8 15 24 138 69 13 50% 40 5 3 943 12 13 48% 11 12 0 1 1 0 2 0 22 14
MLB Averages 52% 57%

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+
1951 21 7 7 .500 3.34 17 16 0 4 0 0 113.1 106 48 42 9 39 46 2 0 3 474 134 1.279 8.4 0.7 3.1 3.7 1.18 134
1952 22 7 7 .500 3.34 17 16 0 4 0 0 113.1 106 48 42 9 39 46 2 0 3 474 134 1.279 8.4 0.7 3.1 3.7 1.18 134
1953 23 7 7 .500 3.34 17 16 0 4 0 0 113.1 106 48 42 9 39 46 2 0 3 474 134 1.279 8.4 0.7 3.1 3.7 1.18 134
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 127 1.490 9.8 0.7 3.6 3.7 1.01 127
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 127 1.490 9.8 0.7 3.6 3.7 1.01 127
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 128 1.433 9.6 0.6 3.3 3.5 1.06 128
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 124 1.443 9.7 0.7 3.3 3.7 1.12 124
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 126 1.436 9.7 0.7 3.3 3.6 1.12 126

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1951 21 8 5 .615 2.97 118.0 105 43 39 9 39 48 2 1.220 8.0 3.0 3.7 1.23 0.7 17
1954 24 8 6 .571 3.45 133.0 156 57 51 12 59 60 1 1.617 10.6 4.0 4.1 1.02 0.8 28
1955 25 7 3 .700 2.67 91.0 91 30 27 5 37 36 0 1.407 9.0 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 5 4 .556 3.18 82.0 81 32 29 3 19 26 2 1.220 8.9 2.1 2.9 1.37 0.3 47
1959 29 3 3 .500 4.26 57.0 69 30 27 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 Yrs 34 23 .596 3.24 536.0 569 214 193 39 191 217 9 1.418 9.6 3.6 1.14 0.7 209

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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 (1481), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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