Roberto Kelly Stats

Roberto Kelly was born on Thursday, October 1, 1964, in Panama City, Panama, Panama. Kelly was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 29, 1987, with the New York Yankees. 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 Roberto Kelly baseball stats page.

"I rely on my speed and instincts to get to balls that other outfielders can't reach. I play shallow in center field because I want to take away hits from batters and, to me, that's rewarding. I take as much pride in making a great defensive play to save a game as I do in getting two or three hits in a game." - Roberto Kelly (Capezzuto, Tom. Baseball Digest: Roberto Kelly on the Road to Stardom with Yankees. September 1992.)

Birth Name:	Roberto Conrado Kelly
Nickname:	La Sombra (The Shadow)
Born On:	10-01-1964 (Libra)
Born In:	Panama City, Panama, Panama
Died On:	Still Living (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

High School:	Instituto Jose Dolores Moscote (Panama City, Panama)
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	6-02	Weight:	200
First Game:	07-29-1987 (Age 22)
Last Game:	04-18-2000
Draft:	Undrafted Free Agent

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Roberto Kelly Roberto Kelly Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1987	23	Yankees	23	52	12	14	3	0	1	0	7	5	0	15	1	1	0	0	.269	.328	.385
1988	24	Yankees	38	77	9	19	4	1	1	0	7	3	0	15	3	1	0	0	.247	.272	.364
1989	25	Yankees	137	441	65	133	18	3	9	0	48	41	3	89	8	0	6	9	.302	.369	.417
1990	26	Yankees	162	641	85	183	32	4	15	0	61	33	0	148	4	4	4	7	.285	.323	.418
1991	27	Yankees	126	486	68	130	22	2	20	0	69	45	2	77	2	5	5	14	.267	.333	.444
1992	28	Yankees	152	580	81	158	31	2	10	0	66	41	4	96	1	6	4	19	.272	.322	.384
1993	29	Reds	78	320	44	102	17	3	9	1	35	17	0	43	0	3	2	10	.319	.354	.475
1994	30	Reds	47	179	29	54	8	0	3	0	21	11	1	35	0	1	3	3	.302	.351	.397
1994	30	Braves	63	255	44	73	15	3	6	0	24	24	0	36	0	2	0	5	.286	.345	.439
1995	31	Expos	24	95	11	26	4	0	1	0	9	7	1	14	0	0	2	4	.274	.337	.347
1995	31	Dodgers	112	409	47	114	19	2	6	0	48	15	5	65	0	7	4	10	.279	.306	.379
1996	32	Twins	98	322	41	104	17	4	6	0	47	23	0	53	0	5	7	17	.323	.375	.457
1997	33	Twins	75	247	39	71	19	2	5	0	37	17	0	50	1	2	2	4	.287	.336	.441
1997	33	Mariners	30	121	19	36	7	0	7	0	22	5	0	17	1	1	1	2	.298	.328	.529
1998	34	Rangers	75	257	48	83	7	3	16	0	46	8	0	46	1	1	3	4	.323	.349	.560
1999	35	Rangers	87	290	41	87	17	1	8	1	37	21	0	57	0	2	5	5	.300	.355	.448
2000	36	Yankees	10	25	4	3	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	0	.120	.185	.280
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
14 Years			1,337	4,797	687	1,390	241	30	124	2	585	317	16	862	22	41	49	113	.290	.337	.430

Roberto Kelly Roberto Kelly Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1987 Yankees	CF	16	12	366	45	2.8	43	43	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.956	3.17
1987 Yankees	RF	1	0	6	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	4.50
1988 Yankees	CF	28	19	555	70	2.5	69	68	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	3.36
1988 Yankees	LF	1	0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1988 Yankees	RF	2	0	9	2	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	6.00
1989 Yankees	CF	137	133	3,483	369	2.7	363	354	9	6	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	2.81
1990 Yankees	CF	151	144	387	404	2.7	400	397	3	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.990	27.91
1990 Yankees	LF	11	11	285	20	1.8	19	19	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.950	1.80
1991 Yankees	CF	73	72	1,923	171	2.3	168	167	1	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.982	2.36
1991 Yankees	LF	52	52	1,356	109	2.1	108	101	7	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.991	2.15
1992 Yankees	CF	99	99	2,631	298	3.0	293	287	6	5	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.983	3.01
1992 Yankees	LF	47	43	1,173	107	2.3	105	103	2	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.981	2.42
1993 Reds	CF	77	76	1,989	201	2.6	200	197	3	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.995	2.71
1994 Reds	CF	47	47	1,182	121	2.6	120	118	2	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.992	2.74
1994 Braves	CF	63	63	1,635	132	2.1	130	127	3	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	2.15
1995 Expos	CF	24	24	630	42	1.8	42	41	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.80
1995 Dodgers	CF	48	48	1,215	99	2.1	96	95	1	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.970	2.13
1995 Dodgers	LF	61	59	1,470	90	1.5	87	86	1	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.967	1.60
1995 Dodgers	RF	2	0	36	1	0.5	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.75
1996 Twins	CF	40	34	906	89	2.2	89	87	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.65
1996 Twins	LF	6	6	144	12	2.0	11	11	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.917	2.06
1996 Twins	RF	54	48	1,266	108	2.0	107	105	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.991	2.28
1997 Twins	CF	1	0	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1997 Twins	LF	1	1	24	3	3.0	3	3	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.38
1997 Twins	RF	57	50	1,299	100	1.8	100	99	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.08
1997 Mariners	CF	1	0	6	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	4.50
1997 Mariners	LF	29	27	714	53	1.8	53	52	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.00
1998 Rangers	CF	41	32	792	93	2.3	89	87	2	4	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.957	3.03
1998 Rangers	LF	14	8	210	16	1.1	16	14	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.06
1998 Rangers	RF	31	17	501	55	1.8	55	54	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.96
1999 Rangers	CF	37	27	738	64	1.7	63	60	3	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	2.30
1999 Rangers	LF	18	14	408	29	1.6	29	29	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.92
1999 Rangers	RF	37	27	819	69	1.9	67	66	1	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.971	2.21
2000 Yankees	CF	3	1	30	3	1.0	3	3	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.70
2000 Yankees	LF	7	7	171	14	2.0	14	14	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.21
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
CF Totals		886	831	18,474	2,202	2.5	2,169	2,132	37	33	10	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	3.17
LF Totals		247	228	5,958	453	1.8	445	432	13	8	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.982	2.02
RF Totals		184	142	3,936	336	1.8	333	328	5	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.991	2.28
14 Years		1,317	1,201	28,368	2,991	2.3	2,947	2,892	55	44	12	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	2.80

Roberto Kelly Roberto Kelly Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1987 Yankees	9	3	.750	0	7	2	52.0	3.5	7.4	-	-	-
1988 Yankees	5	2	.714	1	9	3	77.0	5.1	11.0	-	-	-
1989 Yankees	35	12	.745	2	1	0	49.0	5.0	9.2	-	-	-
1990 Yankees	42	17	.712	5	2	1	42.7	4.3	10.5	-	-	-
1991 Yankees	32	9	.780	2	0	0	24.3	6.3	7.0	-	-	-
1992 Yankees	28	5	.848	7	1	0	58.0	6.0	8.8	-	-	-
1993 Reds	21	5	.808	0	0	n/a	35.6	7.4	9.1	-	-	-
1994 Reds	9	8	.529	0	0	n/a	59.7	5.1	8.5	-	-	-
1994 Braves	10	3	.769	0	0	n/a	42.5	7.1	10.6	-	-	-
1995 Expos	4	3	.571	0	0	n/a	95.0	6.8	10.6	-	-	-
1995 Dodgers	15	7	.682	3	0	n/a	68.2	6.3	8.5	-	-	-
1996 Twins	10	2	.833	4	2	2	53.7	6.1	6.9	-	-	-
1997 Twins	7	4	.636	14	0	12	49.4	4.9	6.7	-	-	-
1997 Mariners	2	1	.667	3	0	1	17.3	7.1	5.5	-	-	-
1998 Rangers	0	2	.000	12	2	2	16.1	5.6	5.6	-	-	-
1999 Rangers	6	1	.857	8	2	0	36.3	5.1	7.8	-	-	-
2000 Yankees	0	0	.000	0	0	0	25.0	4.2	25.0	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
14 Years	235	84	.737	61	26	23	38.7	5.6	8.2	-	-	-

Roberto Kelly Roberto Kelly Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1987 New York Yankees	39	$60,000.00	-	-
1988 New York Yankees	39	$67,000.00	-	-
1989 New York Yankees	39	$80,000.00	-	-
1990 New York Yankees	39	$265,000.00	-	-
1991 New York Yankees	39	$900,000.00	-	-
1992 New York Yankees	39	$2,150,000.00	Stats	-
1993 Cincinnati Reds	30	$3,133,333.00	Stats	-
1994 Cincinnati Reds	30	$3,133,333.00	-	n/a
1994 Atlanta Braves	14, 25	" "	-	n/a
1995 Montreal Expos	28	$3,133,333.00	-	-
1995 Los Angeles Dodgers	21	$600,000.00	-	-
1996 Minnesota Twins	5	$550,000.00	-	-
1997 Minnesota Twins	5	$750,000.00	-	-
1997 Seattle Mariners	10	" "	-	-
1998 Texas Rangers	39	$1,625,000.00	-	-
1999 Texas Rangers	39	$2,225,000.00	-	-
2000 New York Yankees	39	$800,000.00	-	-
Roberto Kelly Stats by Baseball Almanac

Roberto Conrado Kelly was a Major League Baseball player with the New York Yankees (1987�1992), Cincinnati Reds (1993�1994), Atlanta Braves (1994), Montreal Expos (1995), Los Angeles Dodgers (1995), Minnesota Twins (1996�1997), Seattle Mariners (1997), Texas Rangers (1998�1999) and New York Yankees (2000).

During the 1990s, the Bronx Bombers only had two players steal forty-or-more bases during a season. Roberto Kelly (42 SB) and Steve Sax (43 SB) were the history making pair, and both of them did it when they were on the same roster during the same season! [1990 New York Yankees]

On August 4, 1989, Dave Stieb was literally one strike, just one-out away from a perfect game, but surrendered a double in the ninth inning. Why mention that here? The batter was Roberto Kelly!

Dave Stieb Perfect Game Bid | The Skydome | 4 August 1989

Did you know that Roberto Kelly set a new American League record when he reached first base on a catcher's interference call eight times in 1992? Do you know who broke that record in 2016? [Answer]

Did you know that Roberto Kelly (124 HRs) was the third player from Panama to collect more than one-hundred career home runs, joining fellow Panamanians: Hector Lopez (136 HRs) and Ben Oglivie (235 HRs)?

Roberto Kelly has seven sons, no daughters, with his wife Blanca Kelly. Her maiden name was Blanca Gonzalez, and she is the sister of Juan Gonzalez — the two-time American League Most Valuable Player Award winner!