Harry Kelley
[edit] Biography
Born on February 13, 1906 in Parkin, Arkansas, Harry Kelley (Harry Leroy Kelley) played for the Washington Senators and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 6 year career. Kelley broke into the bigs on April 16, 1925 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 3.86 ERA in 235.1 innings pitched in 1936, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Harry Kelley's best season was 1936, when he posted a 3.86 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 82 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1925
| WAS
| A
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 9.00
| 7
| 23
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 30
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1926
| WAS
| A
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 8.10
| 6
| 10
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 17
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1936
| PHI
| A
| 35
| 27
| 15
| 12
| 3.86
| 82
| 112
| 101
| 20
| 1
| 3
| 235.1
| 250
| 21
| 75
| 0
| 8
| 2
|
| 1937
| PHI
| A
| 41
| 29
| 13
| 21
| 5.36
| 68
| 154
| 122
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 205
| 267
| 16
| 79
| 0
| 6
| 3
|
| 1938
| WAS
| A
| 38
| 14
| 9
| 8
| 4.49
| 44
| 90
| 74
| 7
| 2
| 1
| 148.1
| 162
| 12
| 46
| 0
| 6
| 1
|
| 1938
| PHI
| A
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 16.88
| 3
| 16
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 17
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| TOT
| A
| 42
| 17
| 9
| 10
| 5.12
| 47
| 106
| 89
| 7
| 2
| 1
| 156.1
| 179
| 12
| 56
| 0
| 6
| 1
|
| 1939
| WAS
| A
| 15
| 3
| 4
| 3
| 4.70
| 20
| 32
| 28
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 53.2
| 69
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 146
| 78
| 42
| 47
| 4.86
| 230
| 437
| 365
| 43
| 3
| 5
| 676.1
| 812
| 51
| 244
| 0
| 24
| 10
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1925
| WAS
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1926
| WAS
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1936
| PHI
| A
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 36
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
| 1937
| PHI
| A
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 32
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1938
| WAS
| A
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 30
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .911
|
| 1938
| PHI
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1938
| TOT
| A
| P
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 30
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .911
|
| 1939
| WAS
| A
| P
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 146
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 114
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1925
| WAS
| A
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| WAS
| A
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| PHI
| A
| 36
| 91
| 5
| 18
| 0
| 9
| .198
| .207
| .242
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| PHI
| A
| 41
| 71
| 6
| 16
| 0
| 8
| .225
| .257
| .296
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| WAS
| A
| 38
| 48
| 4
| 12
| 0
| 8
| .250
| .265
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| PHI
| A
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| TOT
| A
| 42
| 50
| 4
| 12
| 0
| 8
| .240
| .255
| .240
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| WAS
| A
| 15
| 15
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .267
| .313
| .267
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 147
| 232
| 16
| 50
| 0
| 25
| .216
| .235
| .254
| 9
| 0
| 5
| 14
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Philadelphia Athletics from Atlanta (Southern Association) in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 1, 1935).
- Claimed on waivers by Washington Senators from Philadelphia Athletics (May 4, 1938).
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