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Bob
Kelly		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: October 4, 1927 in Usa, OH, CLEVELAND
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1951 23 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7
1952 24 CLE AL   6 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7
1953 25 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
1954 26 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 6
1955 27 CIN NL $ 300,000 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7
1956 28 CIN NL $ 300,000 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7
1957 29 CIN NL $ 350,000 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6
1958 30 CIN NL $ 350,000 6 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 6 6
1959 31 CIN NL $ 350,000 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
1960 32 CIN NL $ 350,000 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1951 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1952 24 CLE AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1953 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1954 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1955 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1956 28 CIN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1957 29 CIN NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1958 30 CIN NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1959 31 CIN NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1960 32 CIN NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
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
1951 23 NYA AL 1 3 .250 19 0 0 0 6 20.0 30 21 4 13 4 9.45 .349 .440 .547 .987 0.0
    AAA   1 2 .333 29 0 0 0 20 37.3 31 10 4 20 18 2.41 .233 .333 .361 .694  
1952 24 AAA   2 1 .667 10 0 0 0 3 18.0 10 3 1 6 16 1.50 .159 .232 .206 .438  
    AA   5 1 .833 30 0 0 0 16 36.7 22 7 0 12 32 1.72 .171 .241 .225 .466  
1953 25 CLE AL 3 4 .429 65 0 0 0 7 80.7 84 43 12 33 25 4.80 .272 .340 .469 .809 5.2
1954 26 CLE AL 12 5 .706 82 0 0 0 7 103.0 99 44 11 48 31 3.84 .258 .337 .406 .743 11.1
1955 27 CLE AL 2 0 1.000 8 0 0 0 3 7.3 11 6 1 4 3 7.36 .355 .429 .516 .945 0.1
  CIN NL 1 2 .333 17 0 0 0 0 17.7 28 11 2 8 6 5.61 .373 .429 .533 .962 0.2
  TOT   3 2 .600 25 0 0 0 3 25.0 39 17 3 12 9 6.12 .368 .429 .528 .957 0.3
    AAA   1 0 1.000 18 0 0 0 2 24.7 14 5 0 8 22 1.82 .169 .242 .217 .459  
1956 28 CIN NL 2 2 .500 42 0 0 0 0 73.3 91 50 16 38 26 6.14 .303 .381 .503 .885 0.1
1957 29 CIN NL 1 6 .143 49 0 0 0 3 60.7 65 29 11 31 41 4.30 .275 .358 .458 .816 2.6
1958 30 AAA   1 3 .250 37 0 0 0 2 68.3 76 33 9 35 54 4.35 .289 .372 .471 .844  
1959 31 AAA   7 3 .700 64 0 0 0 3 85.3 75 36 14 42 78 3.80 .241 .331 .408 .740  
1960 32 AAA   3 2 .600 41 0 0 0 2 56.3 53 18 8 21 46 2.88 .247 .314 .377 .690  
6 Years Sim 22 22 .500 282 0 0 0 26 362.7 408 204 57 175 136 5.06 .287 .364 .467 .830 19.3
6 Years AAA 15 11 .577 199 0 0 0 32 290.0 259 105 36 132 234 3.26 .243 .326 .385 .711  
1 Years AA 5 1 .833 30 0 0 0 16 36.7 22 7 0 12 32 1.72 .171 .241 .225 .466  
7 Years Minors 20 12 .625 229 0 0 0 48 326.6 281 112 36 144 266 3.09 .235 .317 .368 .685  
Season Average 3 3 .500 47 0 0 0 4 60.4 68 34 9 29 22 5.06 .287 .364 .467 .830  
Career Highs 12 6 .706 82 0 0 0 7 103.0 99 50 16 48 41 9.45 .368 .440 .547 .987  
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   220 102 36 85 98   .267 .336 .450 .786
vs LH   188 102 21 90 38   .315 .405 .489 .894
Home 18 6 .750 152 0 0 0 11 205.0 224 119 35 94 76 5.23 .279 .355 .468 .822
Away 4 16 .200 130 0 0 0 15 157.7 184 85 22 81 60 4.85 .297 .379 .465 .844
Mar/Apr 3 5 .375 52 0 0 0 8 64.3 74 40 15 31 28 5.60 .288 .365 .486 .851
May 1 6 .143 57 0 0 0 8 70.0 86 55 18 37 30 7.07 .304 .384 .572 .957
June 5 2 .714 41 0 0 0 4 45.0 46 26 10 26 17 5.20 .266 .362 .491 .853
July 5 3 .625 41 0 0 0 2 57.3 55 20 6 26 18 3.14 .258 .339 .418 .757
August 4 1 .800 51 0 0 0 3 74.7 77 24 3 25 28 2.89 .270 .329 .361 .690
Sep/Oct 4 5 .444 40 0 0 0 1 51.3 70 39 5 30 15 6.84 .333 .417 .471 .888
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
1951 23 NYA AL 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1954 26 CLE AL 82 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1955 27 CLE AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  CIN NL 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1956 28 CIN NL 42 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
1957 29 CIN NL 49 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0
5 Years Sim 217 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .059 .059 .059 .118 -0.9 0.0
162 Game Average 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .059 .059 .059 .118 -0.7  
Career Highs 82 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1  
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   7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1
vs LH   10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0
Home 94 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.4
Away 65 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
RISP   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Close/Late   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Mar/Apr 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
May 45 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
June 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
July 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
August 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Sep/Oct 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1951 23 NYA AL P 19 0 20.0 0 7 0 1 1.000 3.15    
1953 25 CLE AL P 65 0 80.7 3 18 0 1 1.000 2.34    
1954 26 CLE AL P 82 0 103.0 7 11 1 1 .947 1.57    
1955 27 CLE AL P 8 0 7.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.45    
  CIN NL P 17 0 17.7 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.04    
  TOT   P 25 0 25.0 4 2 0 0 1.000 2.16    
1956 28 CIN NL P 42 0 73.3 8 12 0 0 1.000 2.45    
1957 29 CIN NL P 49 0 60.7 4 11 1 1 .938 2.23    
Career Totals   282 0 362.7 26 61 2 4 .978 2.16    
Career Highs   82 0 103.0 8 18 1 1 1.000 3.15    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Winning Pct
1954-2-.706
 Games Pitched
1953-5-65
1954-3-82
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 28th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1951
Earned first career win on 5/21/1951
Traded from New York (A) to Cleveland on 2/1/1952 (Going to CLE: P Bob Kelly. Going to NYA: RF Buddy Lewis)
Injured on 8/19/1953 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Traded from Cleveland to Cincinnati on 5/1/1955 (Going to CIN: P Bob Kelly, P Art Fowler. Going to CLE: SS Jerry Coleman, P Tom Poholsky)
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Had first career hit on 4/7/1957, off Dick Donovan (SEM)
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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