Carson Kelly

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 212lb (188cm, 96kg)

Born: July 14, 1994 in Chicago, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Westview HS (Portland, OR).

High School: Westview HS (Portland, OR)

Debut: September 5, 2016 (Age 22-053d, 21,271st in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$3.5M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 5.161 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: CAA Sports

National Team: us USA (18U,16U)

Full Name: Carson Franklin Kelly

Nicknames: Cars

Twitter: @carskelly

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.1

3.5

1354

299

.205

.221

162

RBI

176

OBP

.239

.304

SLG

.296

.371

OPS

.535

.675

OPS+

Summary of 46 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 12 go ahead

2 Tms
ARI	44
DET	2

Platoon
vs RHP	25
vs LHP	21

Home/Road
Away	31
Home	15

Outs
0	19
1	17
2	10

22 Opps
COL	7
LAD	6
WSN	4
SFG	3
SDP	3
OAK	2
TEX	2
LAA	2
PIT	2
ATL	2
TOR	2
TBR	1
CIN	1
SEA	1
NYY	1
DET	1
BAL	1
NYM	1
PHI	1
CLE	1
MIA	1
MIL	1

43 Pitchers
Julio Urías	2
Kenley Jansen	2
Kyle Freeland	2
Seunghwan Oh	1
Ken Waldichuk	1
Jordan Lyles	1
Paolo Espino	1
Richard Rodríguez	1
Trevor Gott	1
Reid Detmers	1
Thomas Pannone	1
Alex Wood	1
Bailey Falter	1
Tony Gonsolin	1
Elvis Luciano	1
Anthony Banda	1
Antonio Senzatela	1
Jesús Luzardo	1
Aníbal Sánchez	1
Tim Federowicz	1
Nick Martinez	1
Tayron Guerrero	1
Marco Gonzales	1
Will Smith	1
Austin Gomber	1
Jacob Webb	1
John Means	1
Luis Cessa	1
Patrick Corbin	1
Cionel Pérez	1
Beau Brieske	1
Clayton Kershaw	1
Julio Teheran	1
Chad Bettis	1
Adam Kolarek	1
Brett Anderson	1
Wade Davis	1
Sean Manaea	1
Chris Paddack	1
Enyel De Los Santos	1
Huascar Ynoa	1
Michael Tonkin	1
Max Scherzer	1

20 Parks
Chase Field (PHO)	15
Coors Fld (DEN)	5
Dodger Stad (LOS)	4
Nationals Pk (WAS)	3
Oracle Park (SFO)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	1
loanDepot pk (MIA)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	1
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
Citi Field (NYC)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
Truist Pk (ATL)	1

Where Hit
7	29
78	8
8	4
9	3
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	11
3	10
4	9
5	7
6	3
1	3
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	44
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	27
1--	8
12-	4
--3	3
-2-	3
1-3	1

70 RBI
RISP	11
0 on	27
1 on	14
2 on	5
Any on	19

Inning
1	2
2	8
3	4
4	2
5	4
6	6
7	7
8	3
9	7
Extra	3

1-3	14
4-6	12
7-end	20

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	1
+2	7
+1	5
Tied	9
-1	5
-2	5
-3	3
-4..	5

Ahead	19
Tied	9
Behind	18

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-1	10
1-2	8
2-2	8
0-1	6
1-0	5
0-0	3
2-1	3
3-1	2
3-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	45
PH	1

OrderPos
8th	17
9th	11
7th	6
5th	5
4th	2
6th	2
3rd	1
1st	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	21

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2019-05-04	ARI	@	COL	Kyle Freeland	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	---	5,(2-2) BSFBX	1	8	2	0.082	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2	2	2	1	2019-05-07	ARI	@	TBR	Adam Kolarek	behind 2-6	t 9	2	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	9	2	0.003	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	2019-05-14	ARI		PIT	Richard Rodríguez	behind 0-6	b 8	2	---	7,(3-2) CBBFFBX	1	8	2	0.005	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	2019-05-18	ARI		SFG	Will Smith	behind 4-8	b 9	0	---	4,(1-2) .CBCX	1	8	2	0.025	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
5	5	5	1	2019-05-29	ARI	@	COL	Seunghwan Oh	behind 3-5	t 6	2	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	8	2	0.105	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	2019-06-07	ARI	@	TOR	Elvis Luciano	ahead 7-1	t 9	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	9	2	0.002	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	7	1	2019-06-09	ARI	@	TOR	Thomas Pannone	ahead 6-2	t 3	2	--3	1,(0-0) .X	2	9	2	0.078	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); T. Locastro Scores
8	8	8	1	2019-06-14	ARI	@	WSN	Max Scherzer	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.109	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	9	1	2019-06-27	ARI	@	SFG	Trevor Gott	ahead 2-1	t 7	0	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	8	2	0.164	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); N. Ahmed Scores
10	10	10	1	2019-07-03	ARI	@	LAD	Kenley Jansen	tied 3-3	t 9	1	---	6,(2-2) CBFBFX	1	8	2	0.378	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
11	11	11	1	2019-07-17	ARI	@	TEX	Tim Federowicz	ahead 18-4	t 9	0	---	3,(1-1) ..BCX	1	9	2	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	12	1	2019-07-24	ARI		BAL	John Means	behind 0-1	b 4	1	12-	7,(2-2) BFBCFFX	3	8	2	0.284	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Jones Scores; N. Ahmed Scores
13	13	13	1	2019-07-29	ARI	@	MIA	Tayron Guerrero	behind 5-11	t 9	1	---	4,(1-2) FFBX	1	8	2	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
14	14	14	1	2019-07-30	ARI	@	NYY	Luis Cessa	ahead 3-1	t 7	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	9	2	0.080	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
15	15	15	1	2019-08-09	ARI	@	LAD	Kenley Jansen	behind 0-2	t 9	0	1--	7,(2-2) B1FS*B1FFX	2	8	2	0.349	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); N. Ahmed Scores
16	16	16	2	2019-08-09	ARI	@	LAD	Julio Urías	tied 2-2	t 11	0	---	4,(1-2) BSFX	1	8	2	0.335	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	17	1	2019-08-12	ARI	@	COL	Chad Bettis	tied 6-6	t 6	0	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	8	2	0.142	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
18	18	18	1	2019-08-19	ARI		COL	Wade Davis	tied 2-2	b 8	0	---	2,(0-1) ...CX	1	8	2	0.253	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	2020-08-11	ARI	@	COL	Kyle Freeland	behind 1-2	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	0.169	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
20	20	2	1	2020-09-01	ARI	@	LAD	Julio Urías	behind 0-1	t 3	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	9	2	0.109	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
21	21	3	1	2020-09-10	ARI		LAD	Tony Gonsolin	ahead 3-2	b 6	1	--3	2,(0-1) FX	2	9	2	0.112	90%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); D. Varsho Scores
22	22	4	1	2020-09-15	ARI	@	LAA	Julio Teheran	ahead 3-0	t 2	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	2	0.070	82%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
23	23	5	1	2020-09-22	ARI		TEX	Jordan Lyles	ahead 4-0	b 6	0	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	9	2	0.020	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); N. Ahmed Scores; P. Smith Scores
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	2021-04-13	ARI		OAK	Jesús Luzardo	tied 0-0	b 2	1	12-	4,(1-2) CBTX	3	7	2	0.221	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Cabrera Scores; D. Peralta Scores
25	25	2	1	2021-04-15	ARI	@	WSN	Patrick Corbin	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	2	2	0.102	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
26	26	3	1	2021-04-18	ARI	@	WSN	Paolo Espino	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	6,(1-2) BCFFFX	1	5	2	0.128	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
27	27	4	1	2021-04-22	ARI	@	CIN	Cionel Pérez	ahead 12-8	t 10	2	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	5	2	0.034	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Peralta Scores
28	28	5	1	2021-04-23	ARI	@	ATL	Huascar Ynoa	behind 0-3	t 5	1	1--	5,(3-1) BCB*BX	2	7	2	0.162	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Cabrera Scores
29	29	6	1	2021-04-27	ARI		SDP	Chris Paddack	ahead 3-1	b 6	1	1--	3,(1-1) FBX	2	5	2	0.100	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Peralta Scores
30	30	7	1	2021-06-03	ARI	@	MIL	Brett Anderson	behind 0-4	t 5	1	-2-	4,(2-1) FBBX	2	4	2	0.105	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); K. Marte Scores
31	31	8	1	2021-06-14	ARI	@	SFG	Alex Wood	behind 1-3	t 6	2	---	5,(2-2) CBCBX	1	5	2	0.110	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
32	32	9	1	2021-08-25	ARI	@	PIT	Anthony Banda	tied 2-2	t 7	1	---	3,(1-1) .BCX	1	9	PH	0.209	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
33	33	10	1	2021-08-26	ARI	@	PHI	Bailey Falter	ahead 6-2	t 8	2	1--	2,(1-0) ..BX	2	4	2	0.030	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); A. Cabrera Scores
34	34	11	1	2021-09-04	ARI		SEA	Marco Gonzales	behind 0-3	b 1	1	1--	5,(1-2) CCFBX	2	3	2	0.156	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Marte Scores
35	35	12	1	2021-09-23	ARI		ATL	Jacob Webb	behind 1-4	b 7	0	12-	2,(0-1) .CX	3	7	2	0.330	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. VanMeter Scores; I. Vargas Scores
36	36	13	1	2021-09-25	ARI		LAD	Clayton Kershaw	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	2	0.092	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	2022-06-26	ARI		DET	Beau Brieske	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	4,(1-2) BFFX	1	8	2	0.112	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
38	38	2	1	2022-07-01	ARI	@	COL	Antonio Senzatela	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.082	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
39	39	3	1	2022-07-07	ARI		COL	Austin Gomber	behind 0-2	b 2	1	-2-	6,(2-2) BS*BSFX	2	6	2	0.175	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Kennedy Scores
40	40	4	1	2022-07-16	ARI	@	SDP	Sean Manaea	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	1	2	0.166	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Perdomo Scores
41	41	5	1	2022-07-23	ARI		WSN	Aníbal Sánchez	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	5,(2-2) CBCBX	1	7	2	0.094	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
42	42	6	1	2022-08-02	ARI	@	CLE	Enyel De Los Santos	ahead 5-3	t 7	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	2	0.082	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
43	43	7	1	2022-09-15	ARI		SDP	Nick Martinez	ahead 2-0	b 7	1	---	5,(2-2) BFBFX	1	7	2	0.058	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	2023-07-02	ARI	@	LAA	Reid Detmers	behind 0-1	t 2	0	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	6	2	0.164	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Longoria Scores
45	45	2	1	2023-09-22	DET	@	OAK	Ken Waldichuk	behind 0-1	t 5	1	-2-	3,(1-1) FBX	2	8	2	0.244	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Báez Scores
2024	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	2024-04-01	DET	@	NYM	Michael Tonkin	ahead 2-0	t 10	2	12-	4,(2-1) CBBX	3	9	2	0.163	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); C. Keith Scores/unER; G. Urshela Scores/unER; C. Kelly Scores/unER