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Bob Kelly
Robert Edward Kelly

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.
Schools Case Western Reserve University, Purdue University

Debut May 4, 1951
Final Game June 4, 1958
Born October 4, 1927 in Cleveland, OH

Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1951 23 CHC NL   7   4  35  11   4   0  10  0  123.7  130   70   64   8   55   48   1   7   534       0  4.66  4.08   88 1.496
 1952 24 CHC NL   4   9  31  15   3   2  10  0  125.3  114   62   50   7   46   50   3   7   544       0  3.59  3.84  107 1.277
 1953 25 TOT NL   1   3  42   5   0   0  17  2   83.3   98   55   50   9   35   35   1   3   368       0  5.40  4.35   81 1.596
         CHC NL   0   1  14   0   0   0   6  0   17.0   27   19   18   2    9    6   1   0    83       0  9.53  4.45   47 2.118
         CIN NL   1   2  28   5   0   0  11  2   66.3   71   36   32   7   26   29   0   3   285       0  4.34  4.32  100 1.462
 1958 30 TOT      0   2  15   4   0   0   3  0   29.7   32   19   17   4   16   13   1   1   130   1   0  5.16  3.72   72 1.618
         CIN NL   0   0   2   1   0   0   1  0    2.0    3    1    1   0    3    1   0   0    11   1   0  4.50  4.15   92 3.000
         CLE AL   0   2  13   3   0   0   2  0   27.7   29   18   16   4   13   12   1   1   119   0   0  5.20  3.69   71 1.518
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .400  12  18 123  35   7   2  40  2  362.0  374  206  181  28  152  146   6  18  1576   1   0  4.50  4.03   90 1.453
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5   7  52  15   3   0  17  0  155.7  160   88   77  12   65   62   2   7   678   0   0  4.50  4.03   90 1.453
 Career High      7   9  42  15   4   2  17  2  125.3  130   70   64   9   55   50   3   7   544   1   0  3.59  4.35  107 1.277

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1951 23 CHC NL  35   31    1    5   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   8  .161  .188  .161   -6    5   3           0   0
 1952 24 CHC NL  31   37    2    8   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   7  .216  .216  .216   20    8   1           0   2
 1953 25 TOT NL  42   18    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .111  .111  .111  -42    2   1           0   0
         CHC NL  14    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
         CIN NL  28   17    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .118  .118  .118  -38    2   1           0   0
 1958 30 TOT     15    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .250  .400  .250   85    1   0   0   0   0   0
         CLE AL  13    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .250  .400  .250   85    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      123   90    3   16   0  0   0    1   0  0   2  22  .178  .196  .178    1   16   5   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        119    4   21   0  0   0    1   0  0   3  29  .178  .196  .178    1   21   7   0   0   0   3
 Career High     42   37    2    8   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   8                           8   3   0   0   0   2
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1951 23 CHC NL   35   29    1   0.9   105| .161  .270| .188  .344| .161  .409| .349  .753|  -6  .052  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 1952 24 CHC NL   38   32    2   1.7    98| .216  .263| .216  .336| .216  .391| .432  .727|  20  .159  -4.2  -0.4   0%
 1953 25 TOT NL   19   17    0   0.0   110| .111  .274| .111  .346| .111  .427| .222  .773| -42  .000  -3.8  -0.3   0%
         CHC NL    1    1    0   0.0   112| .000  .276| .000  .348| .000  .431| .000  .779|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         CIN NL   18   16    0   0.0   110| .118  .274| .118  .345| .118  .427| .236  .773| -38  .000  -3.5  -0.3   0%
 1958 30 TOT       5    3    1   8.9    97| .250  .260| .400  .329| .250  .396| .650  .725|  85  .792  -0.0   0.0   0%
         CLE AL    5    3    1   8.9    97| .250  .260| .400  .329| .250  .396| .650  .725|  85  .792  -0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons        97   81    4   1.3   103| .178  .267| .196  .340| .178  .405| .374  .745|   1  .099 -12.7  -1.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1951 23 CHC NL P 35 13 20 2 1 .943 .962 0.94 0.96 2.40 2.14 11 123.7 1952 24 CHC NL P 31 8 27 2 1 .946 .954 1.13 0.98 2.51 2.18 15 125.3 1953 25 TOT NL P 42 3 18 1 2 .955 .955 0.50 0.87 2.27 2.06 5 83.3 CHC NL P 14 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.43 0.87 3.18 2.06 0 17.0 CIN NL P 28 2 13 1 2 .938 .955 0.54 0.87 2.04 2.06 5 66.3 1958 30 TOT P 15 0 6 0 1 1.000 .968 0.40 0.81 1.82 1.94 4 29.7 CIN NL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.75 4.50 1.80 1 2.0 CLE AL P 13 0 5 0 1 1.000 .962 0.38 0.82 1.62 1.95 3 27.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1951 23 CHC NL P 35 13 20 2 1 .943 .962 0.94 0.96 2.40 2.14 11 123.7 1952 24 CHC NL P 31 8 27 2 1 .946 .954 1.13 0.98 2.51 2.18 15 125.3 1953 25 TOT NL P 42 3 18 1 2 .955 .955 0.50 0.87 2.27 2.06 5 83.3 CHC NL P 14 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.43 0.87 3.18 2.06 0 17.0 CIN NL P 28 2 13 1 2 .938 .955 0.54 0.87 2.04 2.06 5 66.3 1958 30 TOT P 15 0 6 0 1 1.000 .968 0.40 0.81 1.82 1.94 4 29.7 CIN NL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.75 4.50 1.80 1 2.0 CLE AL P 13 0 5 0 1 1.000 .962 0.38 0.82 1.62 1.95 3 27.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 123 24 71 5 5 .950 .958 0.77 0.92 2.36 2.12 35 362.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 123 24 71 5 5 .950 .958 0.77 0.92 2.36 2.12 35 362
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Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Wild Pitches
1951 NL-7-5
1952 NL-7-2

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

August 1, 1947: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

June 12, 1953: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Fred Baczewski to the Cincinnati Reds for Bubba Church.

April 23, 1958: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs to the Cleveland Indians for Fred Hatfield.


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