Leo Kiely
[edit] Biography
Born on November 30, 1929 in Hoboken, New Jersey, Leo Kiely (Leo Patrick Kiely) played for the Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 7 year career. Kiely broke into the bigs on June 27, 1951 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 3.34 ERA in 113.1 innings pitched in 1951, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Leo Kiely's best season was 1958, when he posted a 3.00 ERA and notched 12 saves.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1951
| BOS
| A
| 17
| 16
| 7
| 7
| 3.34
| 46
| 48
| 42
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 113.1
| 106
| 9
| 39
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
| 1954
| BOS
| A
| 28
| 19
| 5
| 8
| 3.50
| 59
| 74
| 51
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 131
| 153
| 12
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1955
| BOS
| A
| 33
| 4
| 3
| 3
| 2.80
| 36
| 31
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 90
| 91
| 5
| 37
| 5
| 1
| 0
|
| 1956
| BOS
| A
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 5.17
| 9
| 25
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 31.1
| 47
| 1
| 14
| 5
| 0
| 2
|
| 1958
| BOS
| A
| 47
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 3.00
| 26
| 31
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 81
| 77
| 3
| 18
| 3
| 0
| 2
|
| 1959
| BOS
| A
| 41
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 4.20
| 30
| 26
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 55.2
| 67
| 8
| 18
| 3
| 1
| 1
|
| 1960
| KC
| A
| 20
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1.74
| 6
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 20.2
| 21
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 209
| 39
| 26
| 27
| 3.37
| 212
| 239
| 196
| 8
| 1
| 29
| 523
| 562
| 39
| 189
| 16
| 5
| 9
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1951
| BOS
| A
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 29
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .943
|
| 1954
| BOS
| A
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 20
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .844
|
| 1955
| BOS
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 19
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1956
| BOS
| A
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| BOS
| A
| P
| 47
| 0
| 81
| 4
| 19
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| .958
|
| 1959
| BOS
| A
| P
| 41
| 0
| 55.2
| 7
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1960
| KC
| A
| P
| 20
| 0
| 20.2
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 209
| 0
| 157.1
| 33
| 113
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 3
| 0
| .948
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1951
| BOS
| A
| 18
| 35
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 4
| .143
| .286
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1954
| BOS
| A
| 28
| 50
| 5
| 9
| 1
| 3
| .180
| .212
| .260
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| BOS
| A
| 33
| 26
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .192
| .222
| .231
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| BOS
| A
| 23
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .167
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| BOS
| A
| 47
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| BOS
| A
| 41
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| KC
| A
| 20
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .667
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 210
| 139
| 8
| 20
| 1
| 7
| .144
| .212
| .180
| 2
| 0
| 12
| 43
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1948).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Ray Webster (January 8, 1960).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Bob Grim (April 5, 1960).
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