Joe Kelly

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 174lb (185cm, 78kg)

Born: June 9, 1988 in Anaheim, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA).

High School: Corona HS (Corona, CA)

School: University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA)

Debut: June 10, 2012 (Age 24-001d, 20,216th in major league history)
vs. CLE 5.0 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2012 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$8M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 11.029 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: ACES

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Joseph William Kelly

Nicknames: JK, Jimmy B or 909

Twitter: @JosephKellyJr

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.2

5.6

ERA

5.87

3.97

458

7.2

814.2

741

WHIP

1.304

1.364

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Team Record in Appearances: 23-18 / in Starts: 3-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	2012	NLDS g2	Oct 8	STL		WSN	W,12-4	6-6		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.09	3	8	5	1	0	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.029	5.56	0.23%	0.47	6t --- 0 out a4	6t 3 out a4
2	2012	NLDS g3	Oct 10	STL	@	WSN	W,8-0	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.59	4	18	10	1	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.10	0.01%	0.48	9b --- 0 out a8	9b end a 8
3	2012	NLDS g5	Oct 12	STL	@	WSN	W,9-7	3-4		1	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	2.28	5	29	17	3	3	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.012	4.00	0.28%	0.73	3b --- 1 out d6	4b 3 out d5
4	2012	NLCS g1	Oct 14	STL	@	SFG	W,6-4	4-5		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	3.09	5	13	8	2	0	3	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	0.056	53.80	0.93%	0.42	4b 12- 2 out a2	5b 12- 2 out a2
5	2012	NLCS g2	Oct 15	STL	@	SFG	L,1-7	5-5		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.09	5	17	13	2	1	2	3	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.009	7.29	0.13%	0.42	5b --- 0 out d4	5b 3 out d4
6	2012	NLCS g5	Oct 19	STL		SFG	L,0-5	4-5		3	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.81	5	12	8	0	2	3	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.031	7.11	0.48%	0.88	4t 12- 2 out d4	5t 3 out d4
7	2012	NLCS g7	Oct 22	STL	@	SFG	L,0-9	3-3		2	0.2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.35	3.35	7	26	14	3	4	4	0	0	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.097	30.12	-4.48%	-3.49	3b 123 0 out d2	3b 123 2 out d7
2013 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	2013	NLDS g3	Oct 6	STL	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS-6		6	5.1	5	3	2	4	5	0	0	3.38	3.42	24	85	46	17	8	8	7	4	1	0	49			0	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.01	-0.172	21.17	-2.00%	-0.95	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out tie
9	2013	NLCS g1	Oct 11	STL		LAD	W,3-2	GS-6		4	6.0	6	2	2	2	5	0	1	3.18	3.14	27	95	57	16	10	11	8	4	1	0	55			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.092	36.55	0.89%	0.68	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
10	2013	NLCS g5	Oct 16	STL	@	LAD	L,4-6	GS-5	L(0-1)	4	5.0	7	4	4	0	3	2	0	4.41	4.33	21	82	52	14	6	9	9	5	1	0	40			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	-0.274	16.31	-2.70%	-1.87	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
11	2013	WS g3	Oct 26	STL		BOS	W,5-4	GS-6		9	5.1	2	2	2	3	6	0	0	4.15	3.88	21	89	53	17	7	8	4	2	1	0	59			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.138	77.55	4.78%	1.21	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out a1
2016 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	2016	ALDS g1	Oct 6	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	7-7		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	-2.85	1	6	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.013	6.90	0.11%	0.25	7b 1-- 2 out d2	7b 3 out d2
13	2016	ALDS g2	Oct 7	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-6	7-8		0	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.15	5	18	12	1	3	2	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.32	0.02%	0.99	7b --- 0 out d6	8b --- 2 out d6
14	2016	ALDS g3	Oct 10	BOS		CLE	L,3-4	6-7		2	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.51	5	29	17	2	5	2	2	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.053	4.27	0.35%	0.83	6t --- 1 out d3	7t 3 out d2
2017 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	2017	ALDS g1	Oct 5	BOS	@	HOU	L,2-8	6-6		3	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.16	5	25	18	4	1	1	3	2	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	-0.028	6.71	-0.24%	-0.51	6b 12- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d5
16	2017	ALDS g3	Oct 8	BOS		HOU	W,10-3	2-3	W(1-0)	2	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.41	6	22	13	1	0	2	4	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.098	9.19	0.65%	1.52	2t 12- 1 out d3	3t 3 out d2
2018 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	2018	ALDS g2	Oct 6	BOS		NYY	L,2-6	2-4		5	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.30	8	25	20	9	1	2	5	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.094	8.94	0.95%	1.58	2t 1-3 2 out d3	4t 3 out d3
18	2018	ALCS g1	Oct 13	BOS		HOU	L,2-7	5-6	L(0-1)	6	1.2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.00	2.91	8	33	16	6	1	2	4	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.61	-0.114	42.11	-1.91%	-0.46	5t --- 0 out d2	6t 1-3 2 out d1
19	2018	ALCS g3	Oct 16	BOS	@	HOU	W,8-2	8-8		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.93	1	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.002	2.04	0.05%	0.23	8b 1-- 2 out a6	8b 3 out a6
20	2018	ALCS g4	Oct 17	BOS	@	HOU	W,8-6	5-5	W(1-1)	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.69	2.60	5	25	17	4	4	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.095	36.40	-1.62%	-0.49	5b --- 0 out tie	5b 3 out d1
21	2018	WS g1	Oct 23	BOS		LAD	W,8-4	6-6	H(1)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.42	2.05	3			2	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.068	45.61	1.98%	0.53	6t --- 0 out a2	6t 3 out a2
22	2018	WS g2	Oct 24	BOS		LAD	W,4-2	7-7	H(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.23	1.66	3	11	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.074	50.25	2.18%	0.53	7t --- 0 out a2	7t 3 out a2
23	2018	WS g3	Oct 26	BOS	@	LAD	L,2-3	6-6		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	1.84	4			0	2	1	3	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.045	26.98	1.04%	0.47	6b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d1
24	2018	WS g4	Oct 27	BOS	@	LAD	W,9-6	7-8	W(2-1)	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.87	1.51	9			7	4	2	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	0.144	100.86	4.92%	0.95	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out tie
25	2018	WS g5	Oct 28	BOS	@	LAD	W,5-1	8-8		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.79	1.13	3	16	10	2	5	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.052	26.07	1.21%	0.85	8b 1-- 0 out a4	8b 3 out a4
2019 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	2019	NLDS g1	Oct 3	LAD		WSN	W,6-0	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	-0.79	4	16	11	6	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.003	1.25	0.02%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 6
27	2019	NLDS g3	Oct 6	LAD	@	WSN	W,10-4	6-6		2	0.0	1	2	2	3	0	0	0	18.00	8.21	4			5	1	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.157	21.43	-2.11%	-2.85	6b --- 0 out a6	6b 123 0 out a5
28	2019	NLDS g5	Oct 9	LAD		WSN	L,3-7	9-10	L(0-1)	2	1.1	3	4	4	2	2	1	0	23.14	11.79	9			4	7	1	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.87	-0.345	77.92	-9.68%	-3.51	9t --- 0 out tie	10t 1-- 1 out d4
2020 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	2020	NLDS g2	Oct 7	LAD		SDP	W,6-5	9-GF	S(1)	10	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	21.19	3	19	10	3	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.83	0.081	93.26	0.73%	0.24	9t 1-- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
30	2020	NLCS g2	Oct 13	LAD		ATL	L,7-8	8-8		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	12.19	1			1	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.004	4.12	0.07%	0.24	8t 1-- 2 out d4	8t 3 out d4
31	2020	NLCS g5	Oct 16	LAD	@	ATL	W,7-3	3-3		2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6.79	4	14	8	4	0	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.036	22.68	0.48%	0.53	3b --- 0 out d2	3b 3 out d2
32	2020	WS g1	Oct 20	LAD		TBR	W,8-3	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	4.69	3	10	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	4.53	0.20%	0.53	9t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
33	2020	WS g2	Oct 21	LAD		TBR	L,4-6	6-6		0	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.45	3.19	5			1	2	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.48	-0.039	25.39	-1.33%	-0.47	6t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d4
2021 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
34	2021	NLWC g1	Oct 6	LAD		STL	W,3-1	5-5		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.17	2	11	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	0.116	49.65	1.44%	0.94	5t 12- 1 out tie	5t 3 out tie
35	2021	NLDS g2	Oct 9	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-2	6-6		2	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.40	3.77	5	17	8	1	1	1	3	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.003	11.00	-0.02%	-0.50	6b --- 0 out a5	6b 3 out a4
36	2021	NLDS g4	Oct 12	LAD		SFG	W,7-2	5-5	W(1-0)	2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	3.60	3	14	9	1	2	3	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	0.021	39.78	0.24%	-0.06	5t 12- 1 out a4	5t 3 out a3
37	2021	NLCS g1	Oct 16	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-3	7-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.70	2.27	3	12	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.090	30.55	1.32%	0.53	7b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out tie
38	2021	NLCS g2	Oct 17	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-5	6-6		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.08	2.02	3			4	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.077	26.43	1.15%	0.53	6b --- 0 out tie	6b 3 out tie
39	2021	NLCS g3	Oct 19	LAD		ATL	W,6-5	6-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.93	1.67	1			0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.022	17.71	0.29%	0.45	6t 12- 2 out d3	6t 3 out d3
40	2021	NLCS g5	Oct 21	LAD		ATL	W,11-2	GS-1		1	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	5.06	4.30	4	24	14	4	0	2	2	1	0	0	40			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.154	14.24	-1.78%	-1.58	1t start tie	1t --- 2 out d2
2023 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
41	2023	NLDS g2	Oct 9	LAD		ARI	L,2-4	7-8		9	1.2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	1.46	8	31	16	6	5	2	2	2	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.055	11.48	0.53%	0.84	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 1-- 2 out d2
											60.0	54	25	23	22	56	4	2	3.45		255																			2

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