Bill Kelso Trades and Transactions

The Bill Kelso trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Bill Kelso has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"Big strong right-hander. Could be better as a movie star than as a ballplayer. Used to be a catcher. His marks are not good at all." - Official Scouting Reports on Major League Rookies (Baseball Digest, March 1967)

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Bill Kelso

Bill Kelso Autograph on a 1965 Topps (#194)

Bill Kelso Autograph on a 1965 Topps (#194)
 

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Birth Name:   William Eugene Kelso
Nickname:   Bill
Born On:   02-19-1940  (Aquarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Kansas City, Missouri
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-11-2009
Place of Death Data Died In:   North Kansas City, Missouri
Cemetery:   White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Kansas City, Missouri
High School:   North High School (Kansas City, MO)
College:   Whitworth College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-04   Player Weight Chart Weight:   215
First Game:   07-31-1964 (Age 24)
Last Game:   09-28-1968
Draft:   Not Applicable
Bill Kelso

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1962: Signed as an amateur free agent by Los Angeles Dodgers.
12-02-1963: Selected by Los Angeles Angels from Los Angeles Dodgers in the Rule 5 major league draft.
11-29-1967: Traded by California Angels (with Jorge Rubio) to Cincinnati Reds for Sammy Ellis.
03-18-1969: Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Boston Red Sox.
03-29-1969: Returned to Cincinnati Reds.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Bill Kelso trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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