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Roberto Kelly

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Full Name: Roberto Conrado (Gray) Kelly Primary Position: OF,CF
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/180 First Game: July 29, 1987
Birthdate: October 1, 1964 Final Game: April 18, 2000
Birthplace: Panama City, Panama MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Roberto Kelly (Roberto Conrado (Gray) Kelly) was born on October 1, 1964 in Panama City, Panama. He made his Major League debut on July 29, 1987 for the New York Yankees. Most people believe that Roberto Kelly's best season was 1990, when he slugged 15 home runs, stole 42 bases, hit for a .285 average and knocked in 61 runs. Kelly played for the New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, Atlanta Braves, Montreal Expos, Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers over the course of his 14 year career.

Kelly was signed directly out of high school in 1982 as an amateur free agent by the New York Yankees. After brief call-ups in 1987 and 1988 Kelly won the Yankees starting centerfield job in 1989 taking over for Claudell Washington. In 1989, his rookie year, he hit .302 with 9 home runs, 48 RBI and 35 stolen bases. In 1991 Kelly became the fifth Yankee to have atleast 20 home runs and 20 steals in the same season. In 1992, Kelly was named to the American League All-Star Team. However, during the '92 season Kelly started to lose playing time to a young Bernie Williams and was traded to the Reds in November in a deal including Paul O'Neill.

In his first year with the Reds, Kelly had a 14-game hitting streak and was named to the 1993 National League All-Star Team. Unfortunately, in June, Kelly separated his shoulder and missed the remainder of the season. The following May he was traded to the Atlanta Braves in a deal involving Deion Sanders. He lasted less than a year in Atlanta, being traded twice in 1995. First, in April, the Braves shipped him to the Expos. Then, just one month later in May, the Expos traded him to the Dodgers.

After stops in Minnesota, Seattle and Texas, Kelly finished his career in 2000 where it had began, with the Yankees (He did sign with the Colorado Rockies in 2001, but never played with them). Kelly made the playoffs four times in his career, with the Dodgers in 1995, the Mariners in 1997, and the Rangers in 1998 and 1999. Throughout his career Roberto Kelly was considered an effective and valuable fourth outfielder. Kelly had speed, the ability to play all three outfield positions and he excelled at hitting left handed pitching. In 2006, Kelly was named the South Atlantic League Manager of the Year and on November 16, 2007 he was named the San Francisco Giants new first base coach and hitting instructor.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1987 NY A 23 52 12 14 1 7 .269 .328 .385 3 0 5 15 0 1 9 0 0
1988 NY A 38 77 9 19 1 7 .247 .272 .364 4 1 3 15 0 3 5 0 0
1989 NY A 137 441 65 133 9 48 .302 .369 .417 18 3 41 89 6 8 35 3 9
1990 NY A 162 641 85 183 15 61 .285 .323 .418 32 4 33 148 4 4 42 0 7
1991 NY A 126 486 68 130 20 69 .267 .333 .444 22 2 45 77 5 2 32 2 14
1992 NY A 152 580 81 158 10 66 .272 .322 .384 31 2 41 96 4 1 28 4 19
1993 CIN N 78 320 44 102 9 35 .319 .354 .475 17 3 17 43 2 0 21 0 10
1994 CIN N 47 179 29 54 3 21 .302 .351 .397 8 0 11 35 3 0 9 1 3
1994 ATL N 63 255 44 73 6 24 .286 .345 .439 15 3 24 36 0 0 10 0 5
1994 TOT N 110 434 73 127 9 45 .293 .347 .422 23 3 35 71 3 0 19 1 8
1995 MON N 24 95 11 26 1 9 .274 .337 .347 4 0 7 14 2 0 4 1 4
1995 LA N 112 409 47 114 6 48 .279 .306 .379 19 2 15 65 4 0 15 5 10
1995 TOT N 136 504 58 140 7 57 .278 .312 .373 23 2 22 79 6 0 19 6 14
1996 MIN A 98 322 41 104 6 47 .323 .375 .457 17 4 23 53 7 0 10 0 17
1997 SEA A 30 121 19 36 7 22 .298 .328 .529 7 0 5 17 1 1 2 0 2
1997 MIN A 75 247 39 71 5 37 .287 .336 .441 19 2 17 50 2 1 7 0 4
1997 TOT A 105 368 58 107 12 59 .291 .333 .470 26 2 22 67 3 2 9 0 6
1998 TEX A 75 257 48 83 16 46 .323 .349 .560 7 3 8 46 3 1 0 0 4
1999 TEX A 87 290 41 87 8 37 .300 .355 .448 17 1 21 57 5 0 6 0 5
2000 NY A 10 25 4 3 1 1 .120 .185 .280 1 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 0
Total NL 324 1258 175 369 25 137 .293 .335 .416 63 8 74 193 11 0 59 7 32
Total AL 1013 3539 512 1021 99 448 .288 .338 .435 178 22 243 669 38 22 176 9 81
Total 1337 4797 687 1390 124 585 .290 .337 .430 241 30 317 862 49 22 235 16 113

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1987 NY A CF 16 12 122.2 43 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .956
1987 NY A DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1987 NY A OF 17 12 124.2 42 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1987 NY A RF 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1988 NY A OF 30 19 189 70 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1988 NY A RF 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1988 NY A CF 28 19 185 68 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1988 NY A LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1988 NY A DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1989 NY A CF 137 133 1161.2 354 9 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1989 NY A OF 137 133 1161.2 353 9 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1990 NY A LF 11 11 95.1 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1990 NY A OF 160 155 1389.2 420 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1990 NY A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1990 NY A CF 151 144 1294.1 397 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1991 NY A CF 73 72 641 167 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1991 NY A LF 52 52 452 101 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1991 NY A OF 125 124 1093 268 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1992 NY A CF 99 99 877.2 287 6 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1992 NY A LF 47 43 391.1 103 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1992 NY A OF 146 142 1269 389 8 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1993 CIN N CF 77 76 663.1 197 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1993 CIN N OF 77 76 663.1 198 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1994 CIN N OF 47 47 394 118 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1994 CIN N CF 47 47 394 118 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1994 ATL N OF 63 63 545.2 128 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1994 ATL N CF 63 63 545.2 127 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1994 TOT N CF 110 110 939.2 245 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1994 TOT N OF 110 110 939.2 246 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1995 MON N CF 24 24 210.1 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1995 MON N OF 24 24 210.1 42 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1995 LA N LF 61 59 490 86 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1995 LA N CF 48 48 405.1 95 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1995 LA N OF 110 107 907.1 183 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1995 LA N RF 2 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1995 TOT N OF 134 131 1117.2 225 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1995 TOT N CF 72 72 615.2 136 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1996 MIN A OF 93 88 772.2 203 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1996 MIN A LF 6 6 48 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1996 MIN A RF 54 48 422.1 105 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1996 MIN A DH 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1996 MIN A CF 40 34 302.1 87 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1997 SEA A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1997 SEA A OF 29 27 240 53 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1997 SEA A CF 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1997 SEA A LF 28 27 238 52 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1997 MIN A RF 57 50 433.1 100 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1997 MIN A CF 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1997 MIN A DH 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1997 MIN A OF 59 51 443.1 101 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1997 MIN A LF 1 1 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1997 TOT A DH 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1997 TOT A LF 29 28 246 55 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1997 TOT A CF 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1997 TOT A OF 88 78 683.1 154 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1998 TEX A CF 41 32 264 87 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1998 TEX A DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1998 TEX A RF 31 17 167 53 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1998 TEX A OF 71 57 501 155 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1998 TEX A LF 14 8 70 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1999 TEX A CF 37 27 246.2 59 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1999 TEX A OF 85 68 655.2 155 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1999 TEX A LF 18 14 136 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1999 TEX A RF 37 27 273 66 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .971
2000 NY A LF 7 7 57 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2000 NY A CF 3 1 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2000 NY A OF 10 8 67 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 1283 1201 10627.1 2895 57 44 12 0 0 0 0 0 .985
Total DH 23 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 184 142 1312.2 328 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .991
Total LF 246 228 1986.2 432 13 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 .982
Total CF 886 831 7328 2131 38 33 10 0 0 0 0 0 .985

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as a non-drafted free agent by the New York Yankees (February 21, 1982).
  • Traded by the New York Yankees to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Paul O'Neill and Joe DeBerry (November 3, 1992).
  • Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Roger Etheridge to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Deion Sanders (May 29, 1994).
  • Traded by the Atlanta Braves with Tony Tarasco and Esteban Yan to the Montreal Expos in exchange for Marquis Grissom (April 6, 1995).
  • Traded by the Montreal Expos with Joey Eischen to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Henry Rodriguez and Jeff Treadway (May 23, 1995).
  • Granted free agency (November 6, 1995).
  • Signed by the Minnesota Twins (January 29, 1996).
  • Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for 2 players to be named later (August 20, 1997); Minnesota received Joe Mays and Jeromy Palki (October 9, 1997).
  • Granted free agency (October 31, 1997).
  • Signed by the Texas Rangers (December 9, 1997).
  • Granted free agency (October 28, 1999).
  • Signed by the New York Yankees (January 26, 2000).
  • Granted free agency (October 30, 2000).
  • Signed by the Colorado Rockies (January 12, 2001).

[edit] Trivia

  • Kelly once had two balls ricochet off his head in one week while attempting to make diving catches.
  • Had the nickname of "La Sombra" (The Shadow) during his playing days in Panama.
  • Broke up Dave Stieb's perfect game in 1989 with a 2 out, bottom of the ninth double.
  • Had the scoreboard operator and program editor at Riverfront change his name to "Bobby" when he struggled early in 1993. He immediately went on a 14-game hitting streak.

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