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Pat Kelly

Birthdate:

7/30/1944

Died:

10/2/2005

Height / Weight:

6' 1" / 185 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

An excellent all-around athlete Pat Kelly played ‘heads up baseball’ during a 15-year major league career. He attended Morgan State University prior to signing with the Minnesota Twins in 1962. After basically playing seven seasons in the minors and a little with the Twins, Pat Kelly was chosen by the Kansas City Royals in the 1968 expansion draft. In 1969 with the Royals he stole 40 bases and hit .264. Traded to the Chicago White Sox in October 1970, he was an All-Star in 1973, and pinch-hit in the game.

A well-regarded outfield ballhawk and a speedy base runner, Pat Kelly stole 250 career bases and led the AL outfielders in fielding pct. while with the White Sox in 1975. He batted .280 in 1973 and .281 in 1974. Traded to Baltimore prior to 1977 he helped the Orioles win the AL East and hit a robust .364, including a 3-run homer, in the 1979 AL Championship Series win over the Angels. In the World Series Pat Kelly pinch-hit in 5 games in a losing cause to Pittsburgh.

Pat Kelly was the brother of NFL football great LeRoy Kelly and the brother-in-law former major league first baseman, Andre Thornton.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
15 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1967	MIN (AL)	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1968	MIN (AL)	12	35	2	4	2	0	1	2	3	10	0	2	0	1	1	0	.114	.205	SLG
1969	KCR (AL)	112	417	61	110	20	4	8	32	49	70	40	13	3	5	2	0	.264	.348	SLG
1970	KCR (AL)	136	452	56	106	16	1	6	38	76	105	34	16	3	2	0	1	.235	.347	SLG
1971	CHW (AL)	67	213	32	62	6	3	3	22	36	29	14	9	4	1	1	1	.291	.394	SLG
1972	CHW (AL)	119	402	57	105	14	7	5	24	55	69	32	9	1	4	2	1	.261	.355	SLG
1973	CHW (AL)	144	550	77	154	24	5	1	44	65	91	22	15	1	2	3	5	.280	.355	SLG
1974	CHW (AL)	122	424	60	119	16	3	4	21	46	58	18	11	0	2	4	0	.281	.354	SLG
1975	CHW (AL)	133	471	73	129	21	7	9	45	58	69	18	10	2	2	3	4	.274	.353	SLG
1976	CHW (AL)	107	311	42	79	20	3	5	34	45	45	15	7	1	3	2	5	.254	.349	SLG
1977	BAL (AL)	120	360	50	92	13	0	10	49	53	75	25	7	6	4	4	5	.256	.353	SLG
1978	BAL (AL)	100	274	38	75	12	1	11	40	34	58	10	8	1	2	4	1	.274	.357	SLG
1979	BAL (AL)	68	153	25	44	11	0	9	25	20	25	4	5	1	1	0	3	.288	.367	SLG
1980	BAL (AL)	89	200	38	52	10	1	3	26	34	54	16	2	0	0	0	3	.260	.363	SLG
1981	CLE (AL)	48	75	8	16	4	0	1	16	14	9	2	4	2	0	0	1	.213	.333	SLG
15 years		1385	4338	620	1147	189	35	76	418	588	768	250	118	25	29	26	30	.264	.354	.SLG

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