Joe Kelly

Positions: Relief Pitcher and Leftfielder

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)

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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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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2009	21	-0.4	Batavia	NYPL	A-	STL	2	3	.400	4.75	6.82	16	2	6	0	0	1	30.1	33	23	16	0	11	0	30	3	0	3	138	1.451	9.8	0.0	3.3	8.9	2.73
2010	22	0.3	Quad Cities	MIDW	A	STL	6	8	.429	4.62	5.75	26	18	3	0	0	1	103.1	103	66	53	3	45	0	92	7	2	12	444	1.432	9.0	0.3	3.9	8.0	2.04
2011	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	STL	11	6	.647	3.68	4.50	23	22	0	0	0	0	132.0	126	66	54	8	59	2	113	13	1	7	569	1.402	8.6	0.5	4.0	7.7	1.92
2011	23	-0.7	Springfield	TL	AA	STL	6	4	.600	5.01	6.07	11	11	0	0	0	0	59.1	70	40	33	7	25	2	51	5	1	2	264	1.601	10.6	1.1	3.8	7.7	2.04
2011	23	0.1	Palm Beach	FLOR	A+	STL	5	2	.714	2.60	3.22	12	11	0	0	0	0	72.2	56	26	21	1	34	0	62	8	0	5	305	1.239	6.9	0.1	4.2	7.7	1.82
2012	24	-2.7	Memphis	PCL	AAA	STL	2	5	.286	2.86	3.61	12	12	0	0	0	0	72.1	75	29	23	2	21	1	45	4	0	2	299	1.327	9.3	0.2	2.6	5.6	2.14
2012	24	-4.5	STL	NL	Maj	STL	5	7	.417	3.53	4.21	24	16	4	0	0	0	107.0	112	50	42	10	36	2	75	3	0	4	457	1.383	9.4	0.8	3.0	6.3	2.08
2013	25	-3.1	STL	NL	Maj	STL	10	5	.667	2.69	3.05	37	15	8	0	0	0	124.0	124	42	37	10	44	4	79	5	0	3	532	1.355	9.0	0.7	3.2	5.7	1.80
2014	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	STL	6	4	.600	4.20	4.48	17	17	0	0	0	0	96.1	88	48	45	8	42	0	66	7	0	3	415	1.349	8.2	0.7	3.9	6.2	1.57
2014	26	-0.8	Memphis	PCL	AAA	STL	0	0		2.61	2.61	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.1	8	3	3	1	6	0	4	0	1	0	42	1.355	7.0	0.9	5.2	3.5	0.67
2014	26	-2.5	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	4	2	.667	4.11	4.26	10	10	0	0	0	0	61.1	47	29	28	5	32	0	41	4	0	0	259	1.288	6.9	0.7	4.7	6.0	1.28
2014	26	-2.5	STL	NL	Maj	STL	2	2	.500	4.37	4.89	7	7	0	0	0	0	35.0	41	19	17	3	10	0	25	3	0	3	156	1.457	10.5	0.8	2.6	6.4	2.50
2015	27	0.0	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	1	1	.500	2.84	3.32	4	4	0	0	0	0	19.0	14	7	6	1	6	0	18	1	0	1	75	1.053	6.6	0.5	2.8	8.5	3.00
2015	27	-1.3	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	10	6	.625	4.82	5.09	25	25	0	0	0	0	134.1	145	76	72	15	49	0	110	6	0	9	587	1.444	9.7	1.0	3.3	7.4	2.24
2016	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A-	BOS	1	1	.500	1.85	1.85	20	4	12	0	0	2	39.0	33	8	8	1	7	0	51	1	0	2	153	1.026	7.6	0.2	1.6	11.8	7.29
2016	28	1.3	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	1	1	.500	1.54	1.54	17	4	11	0	0	2	35.0	29	6	6	1	6	0	46	1	0	2	136	1.000	7.5	0.3	1.5	11.8	7.67
2016	28	6.7	Lowell	NYPL	A-	BOS	0	0		4.50	4.50	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	17	1.250	9.0	0.0	2.3	11.3	5.00
2016	28	-0.6	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	4	0	1.000	5.18	5.18	20	6	6	0	0	0	40.0	44	23	23	5	24	0	48	2	0	0	188	1.700	9.9	1.1	5.4	10.8	2.00
2017	29	2.6	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2017	29	0.4	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	4	1	.800	2.79	2.95	54	0	14	0	0	0	58.0	42	19	18	3	27	1	52	1	0	4	238	1.190	6.5	0.5	4.2	8.1	1.93
2018	30	1.4	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	4	2	.667	4.39	4.66	73	0	9	0	0	2	65.2	57	34	32	4	32	0	68	5	0	4	285	1.355	7.8	0.5	4.4	9.3	2.13
2019	31	2.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	5	4	.556	4.56	5.44	55	0	13	0	0	1	51.1	49	31	26	6	22	2	62	3	0	10	226	1.383	8.6	1.1	3.9	10.9	2.82
2020	32	3.6	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	0	0		1.80	2.70	12	1	2	0	0	0	10.0	8	3	2	0	7	0	9	0	0	3	42	1.500	7.2	0.0	6.3	8.1	1.29
2021	33	11.1	Rancho Cucamonga	LAW	A	LAD	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	6	1.500	0.0	0.0	13.5	13.5	1.00
2021	33	4.1	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	2	0	1.000	2.86	3.27	48	0	7	0	0	2	44.0	28	16	14	3	15	1	50	4	1	0	182	0.977	5.7	0.6	3.1	10.2	3.33
2022	34	7.0	Charlotte	IL	AAA	CHW	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	11	0.333	0.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
2022	34	5.6	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	1	3	.250	6.08	6.32	43	1	4	0	0	1	37.0	36	26	25	2	23	0	53	3	0	4	170	1.595	8.8	0.5	5.6	12.9	2.30
2023	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	LAD	2	5	.286	4.12	5.03	42	0	6	0	0	1	39.1	29	22	18	3	18	0	60	2	2	6	168	1.195	6.6	0.7	4.1	13.7	3.33
2023	35	13.1	Rancho Cucamonga	CALL	A	LAD	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.00
2023	35	6.3	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	1	5	.167	4.97	5.90	31	0	4	0	0	1	29.0	26	19	16	3	12	0	41	2	2	4	128	1.310	8.1	0.9	3.7	12.7	3.42
2023	35	5.8	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	1	0	1.000	1.74	2.61	11	0	2	0	0	0	10.1	3	3	2	0	6	0	19	0	0	2	40	0.871	2.6	0.0	5.2	16.5	3.17
2024	36	6.5	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	0	0		5.87	7.04	8	0	1	0	0	0	7.2	7	6	5	0	3	0	9	2	1	0	34	1.304	8.2	0.0	3.5	10.6	3.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (13 seasons)					Majors		53	37	.589	3.97	4.37	458	81	74	0	0	7	814.2	769	396	359	69	342	10	741	43	4	50	3524	1.364	8.5	0.8	3.8	8.2	2.17
Minors (11 seasons)					Minors		24	24	.500	3.55	4.40	112	66	21	0	0	4	413.1	393	202	163	16	159	4	359	30	4	27	1746	1.335	8.6	0.3	3.5	7.8	2.26
All Levels (16 Seasons)							77	61	.558	3.83	4.38	570	147	95	0	0	11	1228.0	1162	598	522	85	501	14	1100	73	8	77	5270	1.354	8.5	0.6	3.7	8.1	2.20

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		4	7	.364	2.43	2.88	40	23	11	0	0	2	140.2	126	45	38	5	40	1	117	7	1	5	566	1.180	8.1	0.3	2.6	7.5	2.93
AA (1 season)					Minors		6	4	.600	5.01	6.07	11	11	0	0	0	0	59.1	70	40	33	7	25	2	51	5	1	2	264	1.601	10.6	1.1	3.8	7.7	2.04
A+ (1 season)					Minors		5	2	.714	2.60	3.22	12	11	0	0	0	0	72.2	56	26	21	1	34	0	62	8	0	5	305	1.239	6.9	0.1	4.2	7.7	1.82
A (3 seasons)					Minors		7	8	.467	4.49	5.59	30	19	3	0	0	1	106.1	104	66	53	3	48	1	94	7	2	12	456	1.429	8.8	0.3	4.1	8.0	1.96
A- (2 seasons)					Minors		2	3	.400	4.72	6.55	19	2	7	0	0	1	34.1	37	25	18	0	12	0	35	3	0	3	155	1.427	9.7	0.0	3.1	9.2	2.92