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Joe Kelley

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Full name Joseph James Kelley
Born December 9, 1871, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Died August 14, 1943, Baltimore, Maryland
Buried at New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland (Section MM- Lot 319)
First Game: July 27, 1891; Final Game: October 3, 1908
Managed First Game: July 31, 1902; Managed Final Game: October 7, 1908
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 190
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1971
Ejections as player: 1895 (3), 1896 (1), 1897 (4), 1898 (5), 1899 (2), 1900 (4), 1901 (1), 1902 (4), 1903 (1), 1908 (1). Total: 26
Ejections as coach: 1926 (1)
Ejections as manager: 1903 (6), 1904 (6), 1905 (5), 1908 (6). Total: 23
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups

Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH XI SB AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1891 BOS N 12 45 7 11 1 1 0 3 2 7 0 0 .244 .277 .311 -0.3 1891 BOS N 1892 PIT N 56 205 26 49 7 7 0 28 17 21 0 8 .239 .297 .341 -0.4 1892 PIT N 1892 BAL N 10 33 3 7 0 0 0 4 4 7 1 2 .212 .316 .212 -0.3 1892 BAL N 1892 TOT N 66 238 29 56 7 7 0 32 21 28 1 10 .235 .300 .324 -0.7 1892 TOT N 1893 BAL N 125 502 120 153 27 16 9 76 77 44 4 33 .305 .401 .476 1.6 1893 BAL N 1894 BAL N 129 507 165 199 48 20 6 111 107 36 5 19 46 .393 .502 .602 3.4 1894 BAL N 1895 BAL N 131 518 148 189 26 19 10 134 77 29 10 12 54 .365 .456 .546 2.6 1895 BAL N 1896 BAL N 131 519 148 189 31 19 8 100 91 19 12 5 87 .364 .469 .543 3.8 1896 BAL N 1897 BAL N 131 505 113 183 31 9 5 118 70 19 7 9 44 .362 .447 .489 2.3 1897 BAL N 1898 BAL N 124 464 71 149 18 15 2 110 56 24 3 7 24 .321 .398 .438 1.5 1898 BAL N 1899 BRO N 143 538 108 175 21 14 6 93 70 23 7 11 31 .325 .410 .450 2.2 1899 BRO N 1900 BRO N 121 454 90 145 23 17 6 91 53 18 6 0 26 .319 .398 .485 1.4 1900 BRO N 1901 BRO N Daily Splits 120 492 77 151 22 12 4 65 40 26 3 4 0 18 .307 .363 .425 1.9 1901 BRO N 1902 BAL A Daily Splits 60 222 50 69 17 7 1 34 34 16 1 6 0 12 .311 .405 .464 0.9 1902 BAL A 1902 CIN N Daily Splits 40 156 24 50 9 2 1 12 15 17 0 1 0 3 .321 .380 .423 1.1 1902 CIN N 1902 Total 100 378 74 119 26 9 2 46 49 33 1 7 0 15 .315 .395 .447 2.0 1902 Total 1903 CIN N Daily Splits 105 383 85 121 22 4 3 45 51 24 4 7 0 18 .316 .402 .418 0.5 1903 CIN N 1904 CIN N Daily Splits 123 449 75 126 21 13 0 63 49 25 6 15 0 15 .281 .359 .385 1.0 1904 CIN N 1905 CIN N Daily Splits 90 321 43 89 7 6 1 37 27 23 7 11 0 8 .277 .346 .346 -0.9 1905 CIN N 1906 CIN N Daily Splits 129 465 43 106 19 11 1 53 44 27 4 27 0 9 .228 .300 .323 -1.9 1906 CIN N 1908 BOS N Daily Splits 73 228 25 59 8 2 2 17 27 25 2 6 0 5 .259 .342 .338 0.3 1908 BOS N Total NL (17 Years) 1793 6784 1371 2151 341 187 64 1160 877 414 81 134i 0i 431 .317 .402 .451 19.8 Total NL Total AL ( 1 Year ) 60 222 50 69 17 7 1 34 34 16 1 6 0 12 .311 .405 .464 0.9 Total AL Total (17 Years) Splits 1853 7006 1421 2220 358 194 65 1194 911 430 82 140i 0i 443 .317 .402 .451 20.7 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH XI SB AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

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                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1891 BOS N OF 12 21 2 4 0 0 .852 12 1 0 1892 PIT N OF 56 101 13 10 4 .919 0 56 0 1892 BAL N OF 10 14 0 3 0 .824 0 10 0 1892 TOT N CF - 1892 TOT N OF 66 115 13 13 4 .908 0 66 0 1893 BAL N OF 125 307 22 21 4 .940 18 107 1 1894 BAL N OF 129 276 16 15 3 0 .951 129 0 0 1895 BAL N OF 131 260 20 16 5 0 .946 130 1 0 1896 BAL N OF 131 280 20 13 3 .958 129 0 2 1897 BAL N OF 130 240 15 11 3 0 .959 130 0 0 1897 BAL N SS 3 2 7 1 0 0 .900 1897 BAL N 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1898 BAL N OF 122 235 18 8 4 0 .969 39 83 0 1898 BAL N 3B 2 0 1 1 0 0 .500 1899 BRO N OF 143 307 26 8 7 .977 143 0 0 1900 BRO N OF 77 174 12 8 2 .959 77 0 0 1900 BRO N 1B 32 259 12 6 13 0 .978 1900 BRO N 3B 13 17 25 4 3 .913 1901 BRO N Daily Splits 1B 115 115 112 997 i 984 82 27 63 1 .975 1901 BRO N 3B 5 5 5 41.1 4 10 2 0 0 .875 1902 BAL A Daily Splits OF 47 47 42 370.2 101 7 3 2 0 .973 1 46 0 1902 BAL A CF 46 46 42 370.2i 98 6 1 2 0 .990 1902 BAL A 3B 9 9 8 68.2i 15 14 3 1 0 .906 1902 BAL A 1B 5 4 4 34 i 37 4 0 4 0 1.000 1902 BAL A LF 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1902 CIN N Daily Splits OF 20 20 18 158 30 4 1 1 0 .971 18 2 0 1902 CIN N LF 18 18 17 150 i 27 4 1 1 0 .969 1902 CIN N 2B 10 9 9 76 i 35 31 2 7 0 .971 1902 CIN N 3B 9 8 8 72 i 12 20 3 0 0 .914 1902 CIN N CF 2 2 1 8 i 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 1902 CIN N SS 2 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 1.000 1902 Total 3B 18 17 16 140.2i 27 34 6 1 0 .910 1902 Total LF 19 19 17 150 i 28 5 1 1 0 .971 1902 Total CF 48 48 43 378.2i 101 6 1 2 0 .991 1902 Total OF 67 67 60 528.2 131 11 4 3 0 .973 19 48 0 1903 CIN N Daily Splits OF 68 65 60 523.2 117 8 7 0 0 .947 61 7 0 1903 CIN N LF 61 60 56 487.2i 109 7 6 0 0 .951 1903 CIN N SS 12 12 12 101 17 30 9 5 0 .839 1903 CIN N 2B 11 11 10 86.2i 25 26 4 4 0 .927 1903 CIN N 3B 8 8 7 63 i 12 14 1 0 0 .963 1903 CIN N 1B 7 6 6 57 i 68 8 1 2 1 .987 1903 CIN N CF 7 5 4 36 i 8 1 1 0 0 .900 1904 CIN N Daily Splits 1B 117 116 106 950.2i 1049 76 14 48 0 .988 1904 CIN N OF 7 5 4 35.2 9 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 4 1904 CIN N RF 4 2 2 18 i 4 0 0 0 0 1.000 1904 CIN N CF 3 3 2 17.2i 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 1904 CIN N 2B 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1905 CIN N Daily Splits OF 85 84 80 713.2 137 11 4 0 0 .974 84 0 1 1905 CIN N LF 84 84 80 713.2i 139 11 4 1 0 .974 1905 CIN N 1B 3 1 1 9 i 14 0 0 2 0 1.000 1905 CIN N RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1906 CIN N Daily Splits OF 123 122 120 1063.1 184 13 7 5 0 .966 123 0 0 1906 CIN N LF 123 122 120 1063.1 184 17 9 3 0 .957 1906 CIN N 1B 3 3 3 23 25 1 0 2 0 1.000 1906 CIN N SS 1 1 1 10 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1906 CIN N 3B 1 0 0 9 2 3 1 0 0 .833 1908 BOS N Daily Splits OF 52 48 44 390 71 5 5 1 0 .938 38 13 1 1908 BOS N LF 38 35 32 286 i 71 5 5 0 0 .938 1908 BOS N CF 13 13 12 104 i 20 4 0 1 0 1.000 1908 BOS N 1B 11 9 8 75 i 118 15 3 2 0 .978 1908 BOS N RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Total (16 Years) Splits OF 1468 391i 368i 3255 i 2864 212 144 44 0i .955 1132 329 9 Total ( 5 Years) LF 325i 320i 305i 2700.2i 531i 45i 25i 5i 0i .958 Total ( 8 Years) 1B 293 254i 240i 2145.2i 2554 198 51 136 2 .982 Total ( 4 Years) CF 71i 69i 61i 536.1i 134i 11i 2i 3i 0i .986 Total ( 7 Years) 3B 49 30i 28i 254 i 62 88 15 4 0i .909 Total ( 3 Years) 2B 22 20 19 162.2i 61 59 6 11 0 .952 Total ( 4 Years) SS 18 13i 13i 111 i 21 44 10 6 0 .867 Total ( 3 Years) RF 6i 2i 2i 18 i 4i 0i 0i 0i 0i1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

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                       Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1902 CIN N 60 34 26 .567 270 235 7-31 5 4 1903 CIN N 141 74 65 .532 765 656 4 1904 CIN N 157 88 65 .575 695 547 3 1905 CIN N 155 79 74 .516 736 698 5 1908 BOS N 156 63 91 .409 537 622 6 Total ( 5 Years) 669 338 321 .513 3003 2758 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

   Coaching Record

Year Team START END 1926 BRO N 4-13 9-26 Total ( 1 Year )

Ejection Information

As player: Date Team Umpire Reason 6-21-1895 BAL N Miah Murray Balls and strikes 6-25-1895 BAL N Bob Emslie Interference non-call 9-12-1895 BAL N Tim Hurst Call at 2B 6-12-1896 BAL N Jack Sheridan Balls and strikes 5-30-1897 BAL N Tim Hurst Call at 1B 6-30-1897 BAL N Hank O'Day Balk non-call 8-12-1897 BAL N Kick Kelly Protest use of 'old' ball 9-20-1897 BAL N Tim Hurst Balls and strikes 6-13-1898 BAL N Charlie Cushman Balls and strikes 7-23-1898 BAL N Tom Lynch Balls and strikes 7-29-1898(2) BAL N Ed Andrews Call at 1B 9-14-1898 BAL N Ed Andrews Call at 1B 9-29-1898 BAL N John Hunt Call at HP 5-20-1899 BRO N Ed Swartwood Obscene language 5-27-1899 BRO N Hank O'Day Called third strike 7- 8-1900 BRO N Bob Emslie Call at 1B 7-16-1900 BRO N Ed Swartwood Call at 1B (Reversed) 9-27-1900 BRO N Tim Hurst Call at 1B 10- 2-1900 BRO N Tim Hurst Call at HP 5-13-1901 BOX BRO N Hank O'Day Timing of third out (Game forfeited) Date Team Umpire Reason 5- 2-1902 BOX BAL A Jack Sheridan Call at 2B 5-21-1902 BOX BAL A Silk O'Loughlin Call at 2B 5-24-1902 BOX BAL A Silk O'Loughlin Call at 3B 7-11-1902 BOX BAL A Bob Caruthers Call at 2B 6-22-1903(2) BOX CIN N Augie Moran Constant kicking and language abuse 9-12-1908(1) BOX BOS N Bob Emslie Interference non-call

As manager: Date Team Umpire Reason 4-19-1903 BOX CIN N Bob Emslie Obscene language 5-13-1903 BOX CIN N Hank O'Day Call at 1B 5-19-1903 BOX CIN N Augie Moran Balls and strikes 5-20-1903 BOX CIN N Augie Moran Call at 1B 5-22-1903 BOX CIN N Bob Emslie Called third strike 6-26-1903 BOX CIN N Jim Johnstone Call at 2B 4-20-1904 BOX CIN N Jim Johnstone Call at HP 4-29-1904 BOX CIN N Hank O'Day Balls and strikes 5-15-1904 BOX CIN N Bob Emslie Call at 1B 7-15-1904 BOX CIN N Bob Emslie Call at 1B 7-30-1904 BOX CIN N Jim Johnstone Call at 2B 8-12-1904(2) BOX CIN N Bob Emslie Call at 1B 5- 1-1905 BOX CIN N Bob Emslie Unknown reason 5- 9-1905 BOX CIN N Jim Johnstone Bench jockeying 7- 3-1905 BOX CIN N George Bausewine Bench jockeying 8-24-1905(2) BOX CIN N George Bausewine Argued too dark to continue 9-29-1905 BOX CIN N Bill Klem Call at 3B (Appeal play) 4-28-1908 BOX BOS N Bob Emslie HBP call 6-23-1908(2) BOX BOS N Cy Rigler Fair/foul call 7-24-1908 BOX BOS N Frank Rudderham Call at 1B Date Team Umpire Reason 8- 6-1908 BOX BOS N Jim Johnstone Balls and strikes 8-15-1908 BOX BOS N Bob Emslie Call at 1B 9- 8-1908 BOX BOS N Bill Klem Call at 2B

As coach: Date Team Umpire Reason 8-11-1926 BOX BRO N Monroe Sweeney Balls and strikes

Transaction Information

Released by Boston Beaneaters (August, 1891).

Sold by Omaha (Western) to Pittsburgh Pirates for $500 (July 2, 1892).

Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with cash to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for George Van Haltren (@September 5, 1892).

Assigned to Brooklyn Superbas by Baltimore Orioles with Bill Dahlen, Mike Heydon, Jay Hughes, Hughie Jennings, Willie Keeler, Al Maul, Dan McGann and Doc McJames (March 11, 1899).

Released by Baltimore Orioles (@July 17, 1902).

Signed by Cincinnati Reds (@July 17, 1902).

Released by Cincinnati Reds (December, 1906).

Selected by Boston Doves from Toronto (Eastern) in the major league draft (September 3, 1907).

Released by Boston Doves (December 16, 1908).

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