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Joe
Kelley		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 200
 
Born: December 9, 1871 in Cambridge, MA.
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1905   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1901 29 BOS AL $ 8,260,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 8 7 8 5 5 5 9 8 8
1902 30 BOS AL $ 8,260,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 8 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1903 31 BOS AL $ 8,260,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 8 7 7 5 5 5 10 9 10
1904 32 BOS AL $ 8,260,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 8 7 7 6 5 5 10 10 10
1905 33 BOS AL $ 8,333,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 8 7 7 6 5 5 10 9 10
1906 34 BOS AL $ 8,333,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1907 35 BOS AL $ 8,780,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 6 6 5 4 4 9 9 9
1908 36 BOS AL     4 4 5 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,780,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 8 7 8 6 5 5 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1892 20 PIT   66 238 29 56 7 7 0 32 10 0 21 28 .235 .297 .324 .621 24.8  
1893 21 BLN   125 502 120 153 27 16 9 76 33 0 77 44 .305 .397 .476 .873 98.2  
1894 22 BLN   129 507 165 199 48 20 6 111 46 0 107 36 .393 .498 .602 1.100 141.6  
1895 23 BLN   131 518 148 189 26 19 10 134 54 0 77 29 .365 .447 .546 .993 124.2  
1896 24 BLN   131 519 148 189 31 19 8 100 87 0 91 19 .364 .459 .543 1.002 134.0  
1897 25 BLN   131 505 113 183 31 9 5 118 44 0 70 0 .362 .440 .489 .929 108.7  
1898 26 BLN   124 464 71 149 18 15 2 110 24 0 56 0 .321 .394 .438 .832 81.6  
1899 27 BRO   143 538 108 175 21 14 6 93 31 0 70 0 .325 .403 .450 .853 99.9  
1900 28 BRO   121 454 90 145 23 17 6 91 26 0 53 0 .319 .391 .485 .875 85.4  
1901 29 BOS AL 134 517 91 160 19 17 7 70 66 22 48 37 .309 .368 .453 .821 85.9 21.5
1902 30 BOS AL 134 517 92 165 19 14 5 70 75 15 43 43 .319 .373 .439 .812 84.5 15.7
1903 31 BOS AL 135 528 109 169 39 15 11 108 60 21 63 48 .320 .400 .513 .913 104.3 22.1
1904 32 BOS AL 148 578 113 185 38 17 9 90 72 23 69 36 .320 .394 .491 .885 107.5 20.0
1905 33 BOS AL 147 580 107 195 49 13 9 80 56 20 45 46 .336 .387 .512 .899 104.1 25.3
1906 34 BOS AL 145 556 84 163 20 18 1 88 72 28 47 61 .293 .349 .399 .748 78.2 18.6
1907 35 BOS AL 142 541 72 143 20 10 4 76 61 16 50 80 .264 .327 .360 .687 68.1 17.4
1908 36 BOS AL 134 518 55 107 8 9 0 62 47 15 33 121 .207 .253 .257 .509 34.7 1.0
8 Years Sim 1119 4335 723 1287 212 113 46 644 509 160 398 472 .297 .358 .430 .787 667.4 141.5
17 Years Pro 2220 8580 1715 2725 444 249 98 1509 864 160 1020 628 .318 .390 .462 .852 1565.6  
162 Game Average 627 104 186 30 16 6 93 73 23 57 68 .297 .358 .430 .787 96.6  
Career Highs 148 580 113 195 49 18 11 108 75 28 69 121 .336 .400 .513 .913 107.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3142 525 889 141 82 34 482 356 103 292 371 .283 .346 .412 .759 465.9
vs LH   1193 198 398 71 31 12 162 153 57 106 101 .334 .388 .475 .863 211.7
Home 552 2108 354 635 107 61 25 346 253 76 167 237 .301 .354 .445 .800 334.1
Away 567 2227 369 652 105 52 21 298 256 84 231 235 .293 .361 .415 .776 343.5
RISP   1385 0 406 71 32 15 558 0 0 183 176 .293 .374 .423 .797 218.2
Pinch Hitting   17 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .235 .316 .294 .610 1.7
Close/Late   538 83 164 24 13 3 76 0 1 63 61 .305 .379 .414 .793 82.3
Mar/Apr 94 373 55 111 19 12 1 56 40 12 28 41 .298 .346 .421 .767 54.8
May 208 801 160 269 45 24 11 131 101 34 76 84 .336 .392 .493 .886 149.8
June 198 766 131 222 45 24 6 111 95 17 80 83 .290 .358 .435 .792 126.1
July 199 777 122 234 25 14 8 109 106 25 70 95 .301 .361 .400 .761 120.3
August 200 766 121 211 35 16 10 123 89 26 71 69 .275 .344 .402 .746 109.8
Sep/Oct 220 852 134 240 43 23 10 114 78 46 73 100 .282 .340 .421 .761 116.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1901 29 BOS AL 1B 132 132 1176.0 1694 136 10 106 .995 14.01   3.0
    3B 1 0 2.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1902 30 BOS AL 1B 130 129 1157.3 1657 129 13 113 .993 13.89   3.2
1903 31 BOS AL 1B 131 130 1187.3 1571 101 21 116 .988 12.67   1.9
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1904 32 BOS AL 1B 148 148 1306.3 1860 134 15 134 .993 13.74   3.2
1905 33 BOS AL 1B 143 143 1289.0 1909 141 26 127 .987 14.31   3.1
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
1906 34 BOS AL 1B 142 141 1279.7 1711 139 20 125 .989 13.01   3.1
    RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1907 35 BOS AL 1B 137 137 1239.3 1650 132 20 126 .989 12.94   2.1
    3B 4 0 11.0 1 5 0 1 1.000 4.91   0.2
1908 36 BOS AL 1B 134 133 1194.3 1572 101 26 105 .985 12.61   2.1
  1B 1097 1093 9829.3 13624 1013 151 952 .990 13.40   21.6
  3B 8 0 18.3 1 9 0 1 1.000 4.91   0.3
  RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1106 1093 9851.6 13625 1022 151 953 .990 13.38   21.8
Career Highs   148 148 1306.3 1909 144 26 134 .995 14.30    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1901-9-.309
1902-10-.319
1905-5-.336
 On-Base Pct
1901-10-.368
1902-10-.373
1904-9-.394
1905-4-.387
 Slugging Pct
1901-8-.453
1903-6-.513
1904-6-.491
1905-4-.512
1906-10-.399
 OPS
1901-9-.821
1903-6-.913
1904-6-.885
1905-4-.899
 XR
1901-5-85.9
1902-9-84.5
1903-3-104.3
1904-2-107.5
1905-2-104.1
1906-10-78.2
 Games
1903-3-135
1904-9-148
1905-10-147
At-Bats
1903-10-528
 Runs
1901-5-91
1902-10-92
1903-5-109
1904-3-113
1905-3-107
 Hits
1901-10-160
1903-9-169
1904-9-185
1905-3-195
 Total Bases
1901-8-234
1903-4-271
1904-4-284
1905-1-297
1906-10-222
 Singles
1901-10-117
1902-10-127
 Doubles
1905-6-49
Triples
1901-1-17
1902-4-14
1903-3-15
1904-3-17
1905-8-13
1906-1-18
1907-7-10
 Homeruns
1901-10-7
1903-3-11
1904-7-9
1905-5-9
1907-10-4
 RBIs
1903-1-108
1906-4-88
1907-7-76
 Stolen Bases
1901-4-66
1902-3-75
1903-5-60
1904-4-72
1905-8-56
1906-2-72
1907-8-61
CAR-34-509
 Caught Stealing
1901-10-22
1903-7-21
1904-8-23
1905-7-20
1906-4-28
 Walks
1903-3-63
1904-2-69
1905-10-45
Strikeouts
1902-4-43
1907-4-80
1908-1-121
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 119    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  6. Clint Thomas (904)
  7. Chick Stahl (898)
  8. Ray Blades (898)
  9. Joe Judge (897)
  10. Curt Walker (893)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 44th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1901
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/1901, hitting .423 with 1 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1902, hitting .462 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1903, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1903, hitting .333 with 5 HR, 26 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/24/1904, hitting .652 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 5/28/1904, off Al Orth (CHA)
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1904, hitting .443 with 3 HR, 15 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/17/1905 to a 2-year deal worth $8,333,000 per year
Hit for the cycle against St. Louis (A) on 5/16/1905
Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 1905
3/15/1906: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $8,780,000 per year, for 4 years
Released by Boston (A) on 10/11/1908
 
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