Bill Kelso
[edit] Biography
Born on February 19, 1940 in Kansas City, Missouri, Bill Kelso (William Eugene Kelso) played for the Los Angeles Angels, California Angels and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 4 year career. Kelso broke into the bigs on July 31, 1964 with the Los Angeles Angels, and put up a 2.97 ERA in 112 innings pitched in 1967, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bill Kelso's best season was 1967, when he posted a 2.97 ERA, notched 11 saves and struck out 91 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1964
| LA
| A
| 10
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2.28
| 21
| 6
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 23.2
| 19
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1966
| CAL
| A
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2.38
| 11
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11.1
| 11
| 1
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1967
| CAL
| A
| 69
| 1
| 5
| 3
| 2.97
| 91
| 41
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 112
| 85
| 6
| 63
| 10
| 5
| 4
|
| 1968
| CIN
| N
| 35
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 4.00
| 39
| 26
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 54
| 56
| 6
| 15
| 5
| 5
| 3
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 35
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 4.00
| 39
| 26
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 54
| 56
| 6
| 15
| 5
| 5
| 3
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 84
| 2
| 8
| 4
| 2.82
| 123
| 50
| 46
| 1
| 1
| 11
| 147
| 115
| 10
| 78
| 11
| 6
| 6
|
| Total
|
|
| 119
| 2
| 12
| 5
| 3.13
| 162
| 76
| 70
| 1
| 1
| 12
| 201
| 171
| 16
| 93
| 16
| 11
| 9
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1964
| LA
| A
| P
| 10
| 1
| 23.2
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1966
| CAL
| A
| P
| 5
| 0
| 11.1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1967
| CAL
| A
| P
| 69
| 1
| 112
| 5
| 20
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 10
| 1
| .926
|
| 1968
| CIN
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 54.1
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 119
| 2
| 201.1
| 7
| 32
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 11
| 12
| 1
| .951
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1964
| LA
| A
| 10
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .143
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| CAL
| A
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| CAL
| A
| 69
| 19
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .105
| .105
| .105
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| CIN
| N
| 35
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 35
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 84
| 26
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .077
| .111
| .077
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 18
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 119
| 34
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .059
| .086
| .059
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 21
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Los Angeles Dodgers (1962).
- Selected by Los Angeles Angels from Los Angeles Dodgers in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 2, 1963).
- Traded by California Angels with Jorge Rubio to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Sammy Ellis (November 29, 1967).
- Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Boston Red Sox (March 18, 1969).
- Returned to Cincinnati Reds (March 29, 1969).
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