Jack
Kelly
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: May 9, 1943 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 1974   
All-Star Selections 1973    1978   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 30 CLG FL $ 6,980,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 12 12 12 4 4 4 4 4 4
1974 31 CLG FL $ 6,980,000 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 11 11 11 4 4 4 5 5 5
1975 32 BIR FL $ 6,980,000 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 9 9 4 4 4 4 4 4
1976 33 JAX JL $ 6,980,000 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5
1977 34 JAX JL $ 7,000,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
1978 35 AUS FL $ 7,000,000 7 6 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1979 36 AUS FL $ 7,000,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1980 37 AUS FL $ 5,500,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 5,500,000 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000 7 6 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 12 12 12 4 4 4 8 8 8
                                             
  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
1981 38 CLG FL $ 5,500,000   14 14 14 15 15 15 12 12 12 8 8 8 18 18 18
1982 39 CLG FL $ 2,710,001   14 14 14 15 15 15 12 12 12 8 8 8 17 17 17
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,710,001   14 14 14 15 15 15 12 12 12 8 8 8 17 17 17
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,500,000   14 14 14 15 15 15 12 12 12 8 8 8 18 18 18
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 30 CLG FL 155 601 109 189 30 5 43 128 4 1 54 95 .314 .370 .596 .966 118.3 19.8
1974 31 CLG FL 155 589 80 160 31 8 27 104 7 1 43 121 .272 .321 .489 .810 89.9 15.3
1975 32 CLG FL 19 72 16 19 0 0 11 16 1 0 7 11 .264 .325 .722 1.047 17.1 3.7
  BIR FL 132 466 66 123 24 4 17 61 3 1 51 90 .264 .332 .442 .774 69.7 12.3
  TOT   151 538 82 142 24 4 28 77 4 1 58 101 .264 .331 .480 .811 86.8 16.0
1976 33 BIR FL 78 295 31 83 10 4 14 47 0 0 26 64 .281 .340 .485 .824 45.2 8.7
  JAX JL 80 304 53 86 18 2 22 70 1 0 20 55 .283 .328 .572 .901 52.9 9.9
  TOT   158 599 84 169 28 6 36 117 1 0 46 119 .282 .334 .529 .863 98.1 18.7
1977 34 JAX JL 162 614 93 153 27 5 25 97 3 0 60 103 .249 .313 .432 .744 81.4 12.6
1978 35 JAX JL 107 423 64 115 19 2 18 64 2 1 42 31 .272 .340 .454 .794 63.8 9.5
  AUS FL 49 176 27 56 7 2 10 27 1 0 11 6 .318 .360 .551 .911 31.7 7.5
  TOT   156 599 91 171 26 4 28 91 3 1 53 37 .285 .346 .482 .828 95.5 17.0
    AAA   1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000 1.0  
1979 36 AUS FL 157 572 86 158 25 6 28 96 1 0 57 38 .276 .343 .488 .830 91.7 17.3
1980 37 AUS FL 92 367 54 100 23 1 16 63 1 0 16 32 .272 .304 .471 .776 47.9 7.9
1981 38 AUS FL 102 392 63 105 23 0 19 78 1 1 32 34 .268 .322 .472 .794 56.9 8.8
  CLG FL 46 155 25 44 8 0 5 27 0 0 13 6 .284 .335 .432 .768 21.6 3.6
  TOT   148 547 88 149 31 0 24 105 1 1 45 40 .272 .326 .461 .786 78.5 12.3
1982 39 CLG FL 130 345 51 96 27 0 11 55 2 1 35 23 .278 .342 .452 .794 50.3 8.6
10 Years Sim 1464 5371 818 1487 272 39 266 933 27 6 467 709 .277 .334 .491 .824 838.2 145.5
1 Years AAA 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000 1.0  
162 Game Average 594 90 164 30 4 29 103 2 0 51 78 .277 .334 .491 .824 92.8  
Career Highs 162 614 109 189 31 8 43 128 7 1 60 121 .314 .370 .596 .966 118.3  
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   3609 533 981 188 30 164 599 18 4 282 495 .272 .324 .477 .800 547.8
vs LH   1762 285 506 84 9 102 334 9 2 185 214 .287 .354 .519 .873 315.5
Home 731 2656 381 705 108 17 135 459 16 2 222 359 .265 .320 .471 .792 402.8
Away 733 2715 437 782 164 22 131 474 11 4 245 350 .288 .347 .509 .856 460.5
RISP   1461 0 403 87 8 75 646 0 0 205 195 .276 .356 .500 .856 263.6
Pinch Hitting   90 18 29 11 1 3 19 0 1 16 7 .322 .426 .567 .993 19.5
Close/Late   648 96 194 40 3 39 123 0 0 91 78 .299 .385 .551 .936 131.4
Mar/Apr 256 927 144 234 42 9 54 155 6 1 101 124 .252 .325 .492 .817 150.4
May 229 870 128 237 46 3 48 151 2 2 63 124 .272 .322 .498 .820 135.7
June 221 799 119 226 42 4 36 138 4 1 79 108 .283 .345 .481 .825 130.5
July 243 899 140 253 58 4 36 175 3 0 73 111 .281 .335 .475 .810 138.6
August 257 890 139 254 46 8 48 157 4 2 84 126 .285 .346 .517 .862 154.1
Sep/Oct 258 986 148 283 38 11 44 157 8 0 67 116 .287 .332 .482 .814 153.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1973 30 CLG FL 1B 154 145 1279.3 1480 93 17 178 .989 11.07   0.8
1974 31 CLG FL 1B 153 147 1305.3 1553 115 11 153 .993 11.50   1.5
1975 32 CLG FL 1B 17 17 158.9 168 14 1 14 .995 10.31   0.3
    2B 0 0 3.2 1 1 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.0
    LF 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  BIR FL 1B 121 120 1046.5 1105 89 9 95 .993 10.27   1.9
    2B 3 3 20.8 6 3 1 0 .900 3.89   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   1B 138 137 1205.4 1273 103 10 109 .993 10.27   2.1
      2B 3 3 24.0 7 4 1 0 .917 4.13   0.0
      LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1976 33 BIR FL 1B 75 74 658.0 633 43 4 58 .994 9.25   1.1
  JAX JL 1B 76 76 668.3 643 44 5 58 .993 9.25   2.3
  TOT   1B 151 150 1326.3 1276 87 9 116 .993 9.25   3.4
1977 34 JAX JL 1B 162 162 1427.0 1291 89 17 103 .988 8.70   2.3
1978 35 JAX JL 1B 104 102 955.5 997 69 10 83 .991 10.04   1.3
  AUS FL 1B 47 46 381.8 398 28 4 33 .991 10.04   1.0
  TOT   1B 151 148 1337.3 1395 97 14 116 .991 10.04   2.3
1979 36 AUS FL 1B 154 146 1317.3 1349 84 13 113 .991 9.79   2.8
1980 37 AUS FL 1B 92 90 789.7 824 66 10 71 .989 10.14   0.5
1981 38 AUS FL 1B 72 68 635.3 680 54 6 59 .992 10.40   0.2
    3B 26 26 243.5 18 34 4 6 .929 1.92   0.4
  CLG FL 1B 33 30 251.7 270 21 3 24 .990 10.41   0.9
    3B 12 12 96.5 7 13 2 2 .909 1.87   0.2
  TOT   1B 105 98 887.0 950 75 9 83 .991 10.40   1.1
      3B 38 38 340.0 25 47 6 8 .923 1.91   0.6
1982 39 CLG FL 3B 73 73 644.0 49 90 9 7 .939 1.94   0.6
    1B 13 12 101.0 103 4 0 4 1.000 9.53   0.2
  1B 1273 1235 10975.7 11494 813 110 1046 .991 10.09   17.0
  3B 111 111 984.0 74 137 15 15 .934 1.93   1.2
  2B 3 3 24.0 7 4 1 0 .917 4.13   0.0
  LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1388 1349 11986.7 11575 954 126 1061 .990 9.41   18.3
Career Highs   162 162 1427.0 1553 122 17 178 .993 11.50    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1979 36 AUS FL 14 55 6 13 2 0 0 9 0 0 2 2 .236 .259 .273 .531
1980 37 AUS FL 5 19 3 5 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .263 .286 .526 .812
1981 38 CLG FL 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167
1982 39 CLG FL 10 38 7 11 4 0 2 9 1 0 2 6 .289 .317 .553 .870
Career Post-Season Batting 32 117 16 29 8 0 3 20 1 0 6 9 .248 .278 .393 .671
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
1973-2-.596
1979-10-.488
OPS
1973-4-.966
XR
1973-8-118.3
Games
1977-1-162
1979-6-157
At-Bats
1974-5-589
1977-3-614
Runs
1973-7-109
1977-9-93
Total Bases
1973-4-358
1979-9-279
Homeruns
1973-4-43
1975-8-28
1979-4-28
1981-9-24
CAR-47-266
RBIs
1973-4-128
1974-4-104
1977-4-97
1979-5-96
1981-4-105
Strikeouts
1974-6-121
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 52    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 33rd overall pick, by New Orleans in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/1/1973, off Mo Ostin (LEX)
Hit first career homerun on 4/2/1973, off Snicker Doane (LEX)
Traded from New Orleans to Calgary on 4/11/1973 (Going to CLG: 1B J. Kelly, RF P. Messlin, LF J. Dion, 2B C. Jovanich, P J. Gomer. Going to NO: 2B B. Kengos, RF J. Gillstrom)
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 5/27/1973
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Lexington on 8/17/1973
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Lexington on 5/26/1974
Won Slick Fielder Award at First Base in 1974.Hit 3 homeruns against Salt Lake City, driving in 3 runs on 4/9/1975
Traded from Calgary to Birmingham on 4/21/1975 (Going to CLG: 2B B. Zzyzzy, 1B X. Consolo. Going to BIR: 1B J. Kelly)
Injured on 8/18/1975 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Birmingham to Jacksonville on 7/1/1976 (Going to BIR: P J. Riles, P J. Guillerma, P R. Wockenfuss, 2B M. Buzzell, P D. Slayback. Going to JAX: 1B J. Kelly, LF B. Davis)
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Traded from Jacksonville to Austin on 7/31/1978 (Going to AUS: 1B J. Kelly, P J. Furlow, LF N. Ortiz. Going to JAX: 1B B. Malbrough, P P. Hutson, LF K. Stroudt, 1B L. Reynolds, P O. Desjardins)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/17/1978, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Traded from Birmingham to Jacksonville on 7/1/1976 (Going to BIR: P J. Riles, P J. Guillerma, P R. Wockenfuss, 2B M. Buzzell, P D. Slayback. Going to JAX: 1B J. Kelly, LF B. Davis)
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Traded from Jacksonville to Austin on 7/31/1978 (Going to AUS: 1B J. Kelly, P J. Furlow, LF N. Ortiz. Going to JAX: 1B B. Malbrough, P P. Hutson, LF K. Stroudt, 1B L. Reynolds, P O. Desjardins)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/17/1978, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Injured on 4/25/1980 with a Strained Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 9 weeks
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1981, hitting .323 with 7 HR, 26 RBI
Traded from Austin to Calgary on 7/31/1981 (Going to AUS: P Victor Ramirez, LF Marc Stroum. Going to CLG: 1B Jack Kelly)