Kelly Paris

Kelly Jay Paris

Positions: Third Baseman, First Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 17, 1957 in Encino, CA
High School: Taft (Woodland Hills, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1982
Teams (by GP): Reds/WhiteSox/Cardinals/Orioles 1982-1988

Final Game: August 18, 1988
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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More Stats

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
1975	17	STL-min	Rk	34	138	123	14	29	2	0	2	13	7	2	15	18	.236	.319	.301	.620		37	1	0	0	0	0	CDS · GULF
1976	18	STL-min	Rk	70	292	247	40	68	7	3	5	30	20	8	37	28	.275	.368	.389	.756		96		2	1	5		JOH · APPY
1977	19	STL-min	Rk,A	95	347	293	46	75	11	1	2	37	10	5	40	41	.256	.344	.321	.665		94		3	4	7		JOH,SPT · APPY,FLOR
1978	20	STL-min	A	121	468	452	14	107	15	3	3	12	5	1	14	17	.237	.259	.303	.562		137		0	1	1		GST,SPT · WCRS,FLOR
1979	21	STL-min	A	118	388	388		110	15	3	2						.284	.284	.353	.637		137						SPT · FLOR
1980	22	STL-min	AA	116	446	399	63	120	28	3	4	49	17	11	38	59	.301	.360	.416	.776		166		2	1	6		ARK · TL
1981	23	STL-min	AAA	90	323	292	38	78	10	1	6	31	4	3	26	48	.267	.328	.370	.698		108		1	3	1	2	SPR · AA
1982	24	STL-min	AAA	129	518	482	71	158	32	5	11	83	20	8	24	52	.328	.364	.483	.848		233		6	2	4	1	LOU · AA
1982	24	STL	NL	12	30	29	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.103	.100	.103	.203	-43	3	1	0	0	1	0	/56
1983	25	CIN-min	AAA	8	40	35	9	11	1	0	2	9	0	0	5	7	.314	.400	.514	.914		18		0	0	0	0	INA · AA
1983	25	CIN	NL	56	138	120	13	30	6	0	0	7	8	2	15	22	.250	.336	.300	.636	76	36	3	1	1	1	1	54/63

1985	27	BAL-min	AAA	126	508	440	69	121	25	2	18	67	11	3	59	56	.275	.359	.464	.823		204		1	4	4	1	ROC · IL
1985	27	BAL	AL	5	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/4D
1986	28	BAL-min	AAA	87	339	309	43	77	16	2	11	48	9	8	22	35	.249	.297	.421	.717		130		1	2	5	2	ROC · IL
1986	28	BAL	AL	5	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	/5

1988	30	CHW-min	AAA	89	409	359	41	102	32	3	5	52	9	8	43	48	.284	.359	.432	.790		155		1	2	4	2	VAN · PCL
1988	30	CHW	AL	14	44	44	6	11	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	6	.250	.250	.455	.705	93	20	1	0	0	0	0	/35
1989	31	CHW-KCR-min	AAA	117	471	411	55	97	25	1	9	54	9	3	44	71	.236	.305	.367	.673		151		1	6	9	2	VAN,OMA · PCL,AA
5 Seasons				92	231	212	20	46	6	0	3	14	8	3	15	39	.217	.270	.288	.557	54	61	6	1	1	2	1
162 Game Avg.				162	407	373	35	81	11	0	5	25	14	5	26	69	.217	.270	.288	.557	54	107	11	2	2	4	2

BAL (2 yrs)				10	19	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	.105	.105	.105	.211	-41	2	1	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				12	30	29	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.103	.100	.103	.203	-43	3	1	0	0	1	0
CIN (1 yr)				56	138	120	13	30	6	0	0	7	8	2	15	22	.250	.336	.300	.636	76	36	3	1	1	1	1
CHW (1 yr)				14	44	44	6	11	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	6	.250	.250	.455	.705	93	20	1	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				24	63	63	6	13	0	0	3	6	0	1	0	10	.206	.206	.349	.556	52	22	2	0	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				68	168	149	14	33	6	0	0	8	8	2	15	29	.221	.293	.262	.555	54	39	4	1	1	2	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1982	24	STL	NL	30	-6	0	0	0	0	0	1	-5	-0.6	-5	-0.5	-0.1	$	/56
1983	25	CIN	NL	138	-3	0	1	0	-4	1	4	0	0.0	3	0.3	-0.3	$	54/63

1985	27	BAL	AL	9	-3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-4	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$	/4D
1986	28	BAL	AL	10	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/5

1988	30	CHW	AL	44	-1	0	0	0	2	-1	1	1	0.1	-1	-0.1	0.2	$62,500	/35
5 Seasons				231	-14	0	1	0	-2	0	6	-9	-1.0	-7	-0.7	-0.3	$62,500

BAL (2 yrs)				19	-4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-5	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$
STL (1 yr)				30	-6	0	0	0	0	0	1	-5	-0.6	-5	-0.5	-0.1	$
CIN (1 yr)				138	-3	0	1	0	-4	1	4	0	0.0	3	0.3	-0.3	$
CHW (1 yr)				44	-1	0	0	0	2	-1	1	1	0.1	-1	-0.1	0.2	$62,500

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1982	STL	NL	24	3B	5	3	2	29.0	15	5	8	2	2	.867	-1	-37	4.03	2.60	.951	2.76	2.78
1982	STL	NL	24	SS	4	4	4	33.1	23	4	17	2	2	.913	1	47	5.67	5.25	.967	5.00	5.03
1983	CIN	NL	25	3B	16	13	9	110.2	40	13	27	0	0	1.000	1	9	3.25	2.50	.949	2.70	2.69
1983	CIN	NL	25	2B	10	8	7	75.0	40	18	21	1	2	.975	-2	-35	4.68	3.90	.978	5.33	5.31
1983	CIN	NL	25	SS	7	6	5	53.0	24	7	14	3	3	.875	-1	-32	3.57	3.00	.967	4.86	4.83
1983	CIN	NL	25	1B	3	2	2	21.0	24	22	0	2	2	.917	-1	-80	9.43	7.33	.992	9.94	9.93
1985	BAL	AL	27	2B	2	2	0	14.0	7	3	3	1	0	.857	-1	-86	3.86	3.00	.981	5.27	5.25
1985	BAL	AL	27	DH	1	1
1986	BAL	AL	28	3B	3	3	2	21.0	7	0	6	1	1	.857	0	23	2.57	2.00	.949	2.74	2.70
1988	CHW	AL	30	1B	9	8	7	66.1	63	59	4	0	9	1.000	1	20	8.55	7.00	.992	9.57	9.49
1988	CHW	AL	30	3B	4	3	3	28.0	10	1	8	1	0	.900	1	39	2.89	2.25	.954	2.70	2.70
	4 Seasons			3B	28	22	16	188.2	72	19	49	4	3	.944	1	8	3.24	2.43	.950	2.71	2.71
	2 Seasons			2B	12	10	7	89.0	47	21	24	2	2	.957	-3	-43	4.55	3.75	.979	5.32	5.30
	2 Seasons			1B	12	10	9	87.1	87	81	4	2	11	.977	-0	-4	8.76	7.08	.992	9.66	9.60
	2 Seasons			SS	11	10	9	86.1	47	11	31	5	5	.894	-0	-1	4.38	3.82	.967	4.91	4.90
	5 Seasons			TOT	63	52	41	451.1	253	132	108	13	21	.949	-2	-6	4.79	3.81	.973	4.99	4.90

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 3, 1975: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft.
March 31, 1983: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Jim Strichek (minors).
November 28, 1983: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Cincinnati Reds.
March 21, 1984: Released by the Chicago White Sox.
March 28, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
October 15, 1984: Granted Free Agency.
November 12, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
October 15, 1986: Granted Free Agency.
December 24, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
November 8, 1988: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1988	30	Chicago White Sox	$62,500	12/13/88 NYT

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$62,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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