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Bill Kelly	Nickname: Big Bill   Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6' 0'' Weight: 200   Born: December 28, 1898 in Usa, NY, SYRACUSE

Awards & Accomplishments
Rookie of the Year Award	1923
Gold Glove Award	1925    1926    1927    1928

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
1920	21	PIT	NL					4	4	4	8	6	7	9	7	7	4	2	3	4	4	4
1921	22	PIT	NL					4	4	5	9	7	7	9	7	8	5	3	3	4	4	4
1922	23	PIT	NL	$ 300,000				6	6	7	10	9	9	10	8	8	7	5	6	5	5	5
1923	24	PIT	NL	$ 300,000				6	6	8	10	10	10	10	8	9	8	6	6	5	5	5
1924	25	PIT	NL	$ 300,000				6	6	7	10	10	10	10	8	9	8	6	6	5	5	5
1925	26	PIT	NL	$ 300,000				7	7	8	10	10	10	10	8	9	8	6	7	5	5	5
1926	27	PIT	NL	$ 4,064,286				6	6	8	10	10	10	10	8	9	8	6	7	5	5	5
1927	28	PIT	NL	$ 4,064,286				6	6	7	10	10	10	10	8	9	8	6	7	6	6	6
1928	29	PIT	NL	$ 4,064,286				6	6	7	10	10	10	10	9	10	8	6	7	6	6	6
1929	30	PIT	NL	$ 9,000,000				6	6	7	10	10	10	10	9	10	8	6	6	6	6	6
OOTP6 Min Ratings								4	4	4	8	6	7	9	7	7	4	2	3	4	4	4
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 9,000,000				7	7	8	10	10	10	10	9	10	8	6	7	6	6	6

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
1920	21	A		129	506	84	133	21	1	52	111	0	1	63	122	.263	.344	.617	.961	105.8
1921	22	AAA		117	435	74	118	30	0	32	115	0	0	34	98	.271	.324	.561	.885	76.8
1922	23	PIT	NL	50	105	20	32	10	1	7	26	0	0	16	31	.305	.384	.619	1.003	22.4	3.9
		AAA		59	231	42	62	24	0	13	44	0	0	22	58	.268	.332	.541	.873	39.8
1923	24	PIT	NL	147	576	94	178	35	0	26	111	0	0	53	114	.309	.365	.505	.870	96.0	15.0
1924	25	PIT	NL	152	579	102	177	41	0	28	125	1	0	64	84	.306	.372	.522	.894	102.8	18.9
1925	26	PIT	NL	149	566	104	171	38	2	30	127	0	0	68	66	.302	.375	.535	.910	106.1	18.9
1926	27	PIT	NL	148	534	80	161	42	2	17	70	0	0	72	73	.301	.384	.483	.867	89.4	20.2
1927	28	PIT	NL	146	519	90	131	38	0	26	105	0	0	83	77	.252	.355	.476	.830	87.0	17.0
1928	29	PIT	NL	152	553	79	153	41	5	20	104	2	0	66	58	.277	.351	.477	.828	90.1	18.9
1929	30	PIT	NL	148	553	94	145	50	3	25	101	1	0	66	54	.262	.339	.499	.838	90.6	16.7
8 Years Sim				1092	3985	663	1148	295	13	179	769	4	0	488	557	.288	.363	.503	.867	684.3	129.5
2 Years AAA				176	666	116	180	54	0	45	159	0	0	56	156	.270	.324	.554	.878	116.6
1 Years A				129	506	84	133	21	1	52	111	0	1	63	122	.263	.346	.617	.962	105.8
3 Years Minors				305	1172	200	313	75	1	97	270	0	1	119	278	.267	.334	.581	.915	222.4
162 Game Average					591	98	170	43	1	26	114	0	0	72	82	.288	.363	.503	.867	101.5
Career Highs				152	579	104	178	50	5	30	127	2	0	83	114	.309	.384	.619	1.003	106.1

Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		2978	466	812	194	10	138	570	4	0	324	411	.273	.342	.484	.825	486.7
vs LH		1007	197	336	101	3	41	199	0	0	164	146	.334	.425	.562	.987	221.7
Home	545	1962	325	572	136	10	81	367	1	0	220	282	.292	.360	.495	.855	339.0
Away	547	2023	338	576	159	3	98	402	3	0	268	275	.285	.366	.512	.878	369.5
RISP		1165	0	366	99	5	62	572	0	0	194	161	.314	.402	.567	.969	255.0
Pinch Hitting		63	6	17	4	0	1	13	0	0	14	11	.270	.392	.381	.773	10.7
Close/Late		388	50	96	25	0	17	67	0	0	69	49	.247	.357	.443	.800	64.9
Mar/Apr	111	434	78	136	41	3	22	88	1	0	49	57	.313	.381	.574	.955	87.6
May	191	715	113	207	49	6	39	154	1	0	77	96	.290	.356	.538	.894	131.8
June	184	657	120	202	39	1	31	144	2	0	95	77	.307	.391	.511	.902	128.2
July	213	766	128	204	57	1	27	131	0	0	86	124	.266	.339	.449	.788	115.7
August	199	716	111	201	46	1	32	120	0	0	94	101	.281	.364	.482	.845	123.8
Sep/Oct	194	697	113	198	63	1	28	132	0	0	87	102	.284	.360	.498	.858	121.4

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
1922	23	PIT	NL	1B	30	26	226.7	289	15	2	21	.993	12.07					0.5
1923	24	PIT	NL	1B	143	139	1226.3	1635	116	9	121	.995	12.85					3.5
1924	25	PIT	NL	1B	148	144	1272.0	1734	151	8	150	.996	13.34					4.1
1925	26	PIT	NL	1B	147	143	1242.7	1727	138	11	162	.994	13.51					3.2
1926	27	PIT	NL	1B	147	138	1232.0	1755	115	12	150	.994	13.66					3.8
1927	28	PIT	NL	1B	141	138	1213.3	1728	149	12	168	.994	13.92					3.4
1928	29	PIT	NL	1B	147	143	1247.7	1773	119	15	151	.992	13.65					3.4
1929	30	PIT	NL	1B	144	140	1237.3	1629	130	17	159	.990	12.79					2.4
Career Totals					1047	1011	8898.0	12270	933	86	1082	.994	13.35					24.3
Career Highs					148	144	1272.0	1773	151	17	168	.996	13.92

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.

Slugging Pct 1923-8-.505 1924-5-.522 1925-7-.535 1926-7-.483 1927-6-.476 1928-5-.477 1929-7-.499 CAR-5-.503 OPS 1924-6-.894 1925-7-.910 1926-7-.867 1927-9-.830 CAR-8-.867 XR 1923-9-96.0 1924-6-102.8 1925-6-106.1 1926-8-89.4 1927-10-87.0 1928-6-90.1 1929-9-90.6 Games 1924-2-152 1925-3-149 1926-5-148 1928-1-152 1929-7-148 At-Bats 1923-9-576 1924-8-579 1925-7-566 1928-9-553 1929-9-553 Runs 1924-8-102 1925-6-104 1929-9-94 Hits 1923-7-178 1924-8-177 1925-9-171 Total Bases 1923-7-291 1924-5-302 1925-5-303 1926-8-258 1928-4-264 1929-8-276 Doubles 1923-5-35 1924-2-41 1925-4-38 1926-3-42 1927-3-38 1928-2-41 1929-1-50 CAR-50-295 Homeruns 1923-3-26 1924-3-28 1925-3-30 1926-4-17 1927-2-26 1928-3-20 1929-3-25 CAR-3-179 RBIs 1923-7-111 1924-1-125 1925-3-127 1927-6-105 1928-3-104 1929-4-101 Walks 1924-8-64 1925-10-68 1926-7-72 1927-6-83 1928-8-66 1929-9-66 Strikeouts 1923-1-114 1924-1-84 1925-4-66 1926-2-73 1927-1-77 1928-1-58 1929-2-54

Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)    Gray Ink Test: 127    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)    Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1920

Had first career hit on 6/21/1922, off Ray Francis (BSN)

Hit first career homerun on 8/3/1922, off Roy Moore (BRO)

Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Philadelphia (N) on 6/22/1923

Drove in 7 runs against Chicago (N) on 9/21/1923

Won Rookie of the Year Award in 1923, hitting .309 with 26 HR, 111 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1924, hitting .387 with 3 HR, 9 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/1924, hitting .522 with 4 HR, 15 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/1924, hitting .444 with 3 HR, 7 RBI

Had 6 hits with 3 RBI against Cincinnati on 6/6/1925

Hit 3 homeruns against St. Louis (N), driving in 5 runs on 6/25/1925

Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1925, hitting .389 with 2 HR, 30 RBI

Had 31-game hitting streak snapped on 10/3/1925

Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 1925

2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,064,286 through salary arbitration

Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1926, hitting .414 with 3 HR, 14 RBI

Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 1926

2/12/1927: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,064,286 through salary arbitration

Won Player of the Week award on 4/26/1927, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 10 RBI

Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia (N) on 9/9/1927

Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 1927

2/12/1928: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,064,286 through salary arbitration

10/3/1928: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $9,000,000 per year, for 5 years

Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 1928

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