Roberto Kelly

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