Hal
Kelleher
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: June 24, 1913 in Usa, PA, PHILADELPHIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1940   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1935 22 CLE AL   6 4 5 4 3 4 3 7 7 7
1936 23 CLE AL   6 4 5 4 3 4 3 7 7 7
1937 24 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 4 5 4 3 4 4 7 7 7
1938 25 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 3 4 4 7 7 7
1939 26 CLE AL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 9 8
1940 27 CLE AL $ 1,908,571 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 9 9
1941 28 CLE AL $ 1,908,571 7 5 6 6 3 4 4 8 9 9
1942 29 CLE AL $ 1,908,571 7 6 6 6 3 4 4 9 9 9
1943 30 CLE AL $ 500,000 7 6 6 6 3 4 4 9 9 9
1944 31 CLE AL $ 500,000 7 6 6 6 4 5 4 9 9 9
1945 32 MON NL $ 500,000 7 6 6 6 3 4 4 9 9 9
1946 33 DET AL $ 500,000 7 6 6 6 3 4 4 8 9 9
1947 34 NYA AL $ 500,000 6 5 5 5 3 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 5 4 3 4 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,908,571 7 6 6 6 4 5 4 9 9 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1935 22 CLE AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1936 23 CLE AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1937 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1938 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1939 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1940 27 CLE AL $ 1,908,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 28 CLE AL $ 1,908,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 29 CLE AL $ 1,908,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 30 CLE AL $ 500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 31 CLE AL $ 500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 32 MON NL $ 500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 33 DET AL $ 500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 34 NYA AL $ 500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,908,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1935 22 AA   2 1 .667 59 0 0 0 2 52.0 47 26 1 32 48 4.50 .246 .354 .314 .668  
1936 23 AAA   3 6 .333 34 3 0 0 21 55.7 53 28 4 26 41 4.53 .252 .335 .376 .711  
1937 24 CLE AL 8 1 .889 42 2 1 0 0 63.7 51 28 3 37 21 3.96 .224 .338 .325 .663 6.0
1938 25 CLE AL 3 4 .429 34 2 0 0 10 52.3 57 21 5 22 21 3.61 .282 .357 .416 .772 5.6
1939 26 CLE AL 3 5 .375 31 0 0 0 17 36.0 36 11 3 8 12 2.75 .257 .293 .357 .650 8.7
1940 27 CLE AL 9 8 .529 50 0 0 0 20 53.3 46 26 5 34 19 4.39 .231 .343 .377 .720 7.6
1941 28 CLE AL 4 13 .235 35 0 0 0 12 37.7 60 30 7 20 12 7.17 .366 .439 .549 .987 0.0
1942 29 CLE AL 4 10 .286 42 0 0 0 21 39.7 48 25 2 27 19 5.67 .304 .403 .386 .789 2.1
1943 30 CLE AL 4 3 .571 57 0 0 0 6 57.7 77 39 6 27 18 6.09 .328 .390 .477 .866 0.0
    AAA   3 1 .750 22 0 0 0 2 30.7 19 8 0 10 21 2.35 .181 .252 .200 .452  
1944 31 CLE AL 1 1 .500 37 0 0 0 1 41.7 45 30 5 27 26 6.48 .269 .367 .407 .775 0.3
    AAA   1 1 .500 26 1 0 0 4 35.7 26 5 1 15 26 1.26 .210 .295 .258 .553  
1945 32 MON NL 13 8 .619 29 21 4 0 0 161.0 142 70 12 95 82 3.91 .237 .341 .331 .672 11.9
1946 33 SEM AL 2 3 .400 23 5 0 0 2 22.0 33 19 2 16 17 7.77 .351 .451 .511 .962 0.0
  DET AL 2 0 1.000 6 1 0 0 0 36.7 38 19 3 23 21 4.66 .273 .382 .424 .806 1.7
  TOT   4 3 .571 29 6 0 0 2 58.7 71 38 5 39 38 5.83 .305 .410 .459 .869 1.7
    AAA   2 2 .500 5 5 0 0 0 32.7 34 13 1 19 21 3.58 .264 .358 .372 .730  
1947 34 NYA AL 0 2 .000 12 0 0 0 8 11.3 20 10 1 15 9 7.94 .400 .522 .580 1.102 0.0
11 Years Sim 53 58 .477 398 31 5 0 97 613.0 653 328 54 351 277 4.82 .275 .368 .399 .767 43.9
4 Years AAA 9 10 .474 87 9 0 0 27 154.6 132 54 6 70 109 3.14 .232 .317 .317 .634  
1 Years AA 2 1 .667 59 0 0 0 2 52.0 47 26 1 32 48 4.50 .246 .354 .314 .668  
5 Years Minors 11 11 .500 146 9 0 0 29 206.6 179 80 7 102 157 3.48 .236 .326 .316 .643  
Season Average 4 5 .444 36 2 0 0 8 55.7 59 29 4 31 25 4.82 .275 .368 .399 .767  
Career Highs 13 13 .889 57 21 4 0 21 161.0 142 70 12 95 82 7.94 .400 .522 .580 1.102  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   301 142 25 154 141   .273 .362 .392 .754
vs LH   352 186 29 197 136   .277 .373 .405 .779
Home 30 22 .577 191 13 2 0 38 298.3 312 167 26 183 143 5.04 .270 .370 .395 .765
Away 23 36 .390 207 18 3 0 59 314.6 341 161 28 168 134 4.61 .280 .367 .403 .770
Mar/Apr 2 14 .125 61 5 3 0 18 98.3 103 55 6 54 32 5.04 .274 .365 .380 .745
May 18 12 .600 103 7 0 0 19 152.3 157 70 11 95 76 4.14 .268 .370 .374 .744
June 6 8 .429 76 5 0 0 19 105.6 116 66 9 68 42 5.62 .284 .386 .413 .799
July 9 9 .500 64 0 0 0 14 69.0 92 48 10 38 46 6.26 .316 .395 .471 .866
August 9 6 .600 46 5 1 0 13 82.7 84 41 10 39 37 4.46 .261 .341 .410 .751
Sep/Oct 9 9 .500 48 9 1 0 14 105.0 101 48 8 57 44 4.12 .258 .353 .379 .731
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1937 24 CLE AL 42 9 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.3 0.0
1938 25 CLE AL 34 9 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.2 0.0
1939 26 CLE AL 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1940 27 CLE AL 50 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
1941 28 CLE AL 35 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
1942 29 CLE AL 42 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
1943 30 CLE AL 57 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1944 31 CLE AL 37 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.2
1945 32 MON NL 29 52 3 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 19 .135 .151 .154 .305 0.2 0.0
1946 33 SEM AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  DET AL 6 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .154 .214 .154 .368 0.5 0.0
  TOT   29 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .154 .214 .154 .368 0.5 0.0
10 Years Sim 386 95 4 16 1 0 0 9 0 0 2 33 .168 .186 .179 .365 0.6 0.6
162 Game Average 39 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 .168 .186 .179 .365 0.2  
Career Highs 57 52 3 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 19 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
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   65 0 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 23 .092 .092 .092 .185 -2.7
vs LH   30 4 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 10 .333 .375 .367 .742 4.0
Home 186 42 1 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 16 .214 .233 .238 .471 1.9
Away 88 53 3 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 17 .132 .148 .132 .280 -0.6
RISP   31 0 6 1 0 0 9 0 0 1 13 .194 .219 .226 .445 1.2
Close/Late   13 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .231 .231 .231 .462 0.5
Mar/Apr 12 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .118 .118 .118 .235 -0.4
May 45 17 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .176 .176 .176 .353 0.2
June 20 15 1 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 .267 .267 .333 .600 1.2
July 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
August 26 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .053 .000 .053 -1.4
Sep/Oct 34 27 1 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 9 .259 .286 .259 .545 1.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1937 24 CLE AL P 42 2 63.7 1 11 0 2 1.000 1.70    
1938 25 CLE AL P 34 2 52.3 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.55    
1939 26 CLE AL P 31 0 36.0 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.75    
1940 27 CLE AL P 50 0 53.3 7 10 0 0 1.000 2.87    
1941 28 CLE AL P 35 0 37.7 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.15    
1942 29 CLE AL P 42 0 39.7 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.04    
1943 30 CLE AL P 57 0 57.7 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.56    
1944 31 CLE AL P 37 0 41.7 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.73    
1945 32 MON NL P 29 21 161.0 5 19 0 0 1.000 1.34    
1946 33 SEM AL P 23 5 22.0 1 5 0 1 1.000 2.45    
  DET AL P 6 1 36.7 2 7 0 2 1.000 2.21    
  TOT   P 29 6 58.7 3 12 0 3 1.000 2.30    
1947 34 NYA AL P 12 0 11.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.79    
Career Totals   398 31 613.0 33 88 0 5 1.000 1.78    
Career Highs   57 21 161.0 7 19 0 3 1.000 2.87    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Winning Pct
1945-7-.619
Saves
1938-7-10
1939-3-17
1940-3-20
1941-5-12
1942-2-21
1947-7-8
CAR-47-97
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 21    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 65th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1935
Earned first career win on 5/4/1937
Had first career hit on 9/20/1937, off Lum Davenport (CIN)
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,908,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,908,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,908,571 through salary arbitration
10/13/1942: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $500,000 per year, for 5 years
Traded from Cleveland to Montreal on 4/2/1945 (Going to CLE: SS Al Cuccinello. Going to MON: P Hal Kelleher)
Traded from Montreal to Seattle on 2/1/1946 (Going to MON: P Van Mungo. Going to SEM: P Early Wynn, P Hal Kelleher)
Traded from Seattle to Detroit on 7/31/1946 (Going to SEM: SS Ham Schulte. Going to DET: P Jake Mooty, P Hal Kelleher, P Lee Stine)
Injured on 9/14/1946 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Traded from Detroit to New York (A) on 5/1/1947 (Going to DET: LF Frank Secory. Going to NYA: P Hal Kelleher)
Injured on 7/5/1947 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 7 weeks