Kick Kelly Stats

Kick Kelly was born on Friday, October 31, 1856, in New York, New York. Kelly was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 1, 1879, with the Syracuse Stars. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Kick Kelly baseball stats page.

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Kick Kelly



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Birth Name:   John O. Kelly
Nickname:   Diamond John or Kick
Born On:   10-31-1856  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   New York, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   03-27-1926 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Malba, New York
Cemetery:   Cremated
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   05-01-1879 (Age 22)
Last Game:   08-07-1879
Draft:   Not Applicable

Kick Kelly

Kick Kelly Pitching Stats

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Kick Kelly Hitting Stats

1879 23 Stars 10 36 4 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 - - 0 - .111 .111 .139
1879 23 Trojans 6 22 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 0 0 - .227 .227 .227
1 Year 16 58 5 9 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 - 0 0 - .155 .155 .172

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Kick Kelly Fielding Stats

1879 Stars 1B 2 - - 14 7.0 13 13 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 0.00
1879 Stars C 8 - - 52 6.5 43 33 10 9 1 12 - - .827 0.00
1879 Trojans 3B 1 - - 3 3.0 1 1 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .333 0.00
1879 Trojans C 3 - - 19 6.3 15 9 6 4 0 10 - - .789 0.00
1879 Trojans RF 2 - - 5 2.5 3 2 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .600 0.00
C Totals 11 0 0 71 6.5 58 42 16 13 1 22 n/a n/a .817 0.00
1B Totals 2 0 0 14 7.0 13 13 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 0.00
RF Totals 2 0 0 5 2.5 3 2 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .600 0.00
3B Totals 1 0 0 3 3.0 1 1 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .333 0.00
1 Year 16 - - 93 5.8 75 58 17 18 1 22 n/a n/a .806 0.00

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Kick Kelly Miscellaneous Stats

1879 Stars - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.0 18.0 - - -
1879 Trojans - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 22.0 0.0 - - -
1 Year - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 8.3 29.0 - - -

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Kick Kelly Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1879 Syracuse Stars n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1879 Troy Trojans n/a Undetermined n/a n/a

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