Bio
- Age
- 32 yearsJul 14, 1994
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 212 lbs
- Experience
- 11 yearsDebut 2016
- Birthplace
- Chicago, IL
- Draft
- 2012Rd 2, Pk 86
Stats
Standard
Cubs- GP
- 116
- AB
- 368
- R
- 57
- H
- 97
- HR
- 10
- RBI
- 58
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .264
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | STL | 10 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .154 |
| 2017 | STL | 34 | 69 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .174 |
| 2018 | STL | 19 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .114 |
| 2019 | ARI | 111 | 314 | 46 | 77 | 18 | 47 | 0 | .245 |
| 2020 | ARI | 39 | 122 | 11 | 27 | 5 | 19 | 0 | .221 |
| 2021 | ARI | 98 | 304 | 41 | 73 | 13 | 46 | 0 | .240 |
| 2022 | ARI | 104 | 317 | 40 | 67 | 7 | 35 | 2 | .211 |
| 2023 |  ARI/DET | 50 | 136 | 13 | 28 | 2 | 13 | 1 | .206 |
| 2024 |  DET/TEX | 91 | 281 | 32 | 67 | 9 | 37 | 0 | .238 |
| 2025 | CHC | 111 | 369 | 48 | 92 | 17 | 50 | 2 | .249 |
| 2026 | CHC | 116 | 368 | 57 | 97 | 10 | 58 | 0 | .264 |
Career regular season
- GP
- 783
- AB
- 2,328
- R
- 295
- H
- 546
- HR
- 81
- RBI
- 315
- SB
- 5
- AVG
- .235
Career Postseason
- GP
- 8
- AB
- 28
- R
- 2
- H
- 5
- HR
- 1
- RBI
- 1
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .179
Expanded
- PA
- 413
- TB
- 142
- XBH
- 25
- HBP
- 5
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 10
- P/PA
- 3.88
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | STL | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 |
| 2017 | STL | 75 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 2018 | STL | 42 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 |
| 2019 | ARI | 365 | 150 | 37 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4.4 |
| 2020 | ARI | 129 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 2021 | ARI | 359 | 125 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 4.1 |
| 2022 | ARI | 354 | 106 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | ARI/DET | 151 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | DET/TEX | 313 | 105 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | CHC | 421 | 158 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4.0 |
| 2026 | CHC | 413 | 142 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 3.9 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Career regular season
- PA
- 2,636
- TB
- 894
- XBH
- 183
- HBP
- 30
- IBB
- 11
- GIDP
- 67
- P/PA
- 3.98
Advanced
- WAR
- 2.0
- RC
- 48.2
- RC/27
- 4.60
- ISOP
- .122
- SECA
- .228
- BB/K · 46th
- 0.61
- AB/HR
- 36.8
- GO/FO
- 0.80
Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | STL | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | .077 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 |
| 2017 | STL | -0.4 | 2.2 | 1 | .043 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1.3 |
| 2018 | STL | -0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | .000 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 1.6 |
| 2019 | ARI | 0.0 | 50.8 | 5.5 | .232 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 17.4 | 0.6 |
| 2020 | ARI | -0.5 | 11.1 | 3 | .164 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 24.4 | 0.7 |
| 2021 | ARI | 2.2 | 43.5 | 4.8 | .171 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 23.4 | 0.5 |
| 2022 | ARI | 0.9 | 28.8 | 2.9 | .123 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 45.3 | 0.7 |
| 2023 | ARI/DET | -0.1 | 10.9 | 2.6 | .081 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 68 | 0.7 |
| 2024 | DET/TEX | 0.5 | 32.9 | 4 | .135 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 31.2 | 0.9 |
| 2025 | CHC | 3.6 | 52.5 | 4.9 | .179 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 21.7 | 0.6 |
| 2026 | CHC | 2.0 | 48.2 | 4.6 | .122 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 36.8 | 0.8 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
Career regular season
- WAR
- 7.7
- RC
- 281.2
- RC/27
- 4.10
- ISOP
- .149
- SECA
- .262
- BB/K
- 0.50
- AB/HR
- 28.7
- GO/FO
- 0.70
Against other centers
2026 regular season, 72 MLB centers with 25+ games.
- Home Runs10
Higher than 65% of the other 71 MLB centers.
- Batting Average.264
Higher than 80% of the other 71 MLB centers.
- RBI58
Higher than 89% of the other 71 MLB centers.
Latest performance
Carson Kelly
Sep 19 · @ CIN · W 5-2
- AB
- 4
- R
- 0
- H
- 0
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- BB
- 0
- SO
- 0
- AVG
- .264
Games
All gamesNext
vs MIATue, Sep 22
vs MIA since 2022
- 11
- GP
- 38
- AB
- 3
- R
- 9
- H
- 0
- HR
- 1
- RBI
| Date | Opponent | AB | R | H | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Sep 19 | at CINW 5-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fri, Sep 18 | atCINL 6-4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Wed, Sep 16 | vs ATLW 8-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tue, Sep 15 | vsATLL 6-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mon, Sep 14 | vsATLW 7-3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sun, Sep 13 | vs PITL 4-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What are Carson Kelly's career stats?
Carson Kelly has played 11 seasons for the Cardinals, the Diamondbacks and the Cubs. He is a career .235 hitter with 546 hits, 81 home runs and 315 RBI. His best season so far is 2026: a .264 batting average, 10 home runs and 58 RBI.
Best single games
- Hits: 4 vs SD on Aug 12, 2021, W 12-3
- Home Runs: 2 @ LAD on Aug 9, 2019, W 3-2 F/11
- RBI: 6 vs TOR on Jun 19, 2026, W 16-2
- Runs: 3 @ TEX on Jul 17, 2019, W 19-4
- Stolen Bases: 1 @ HOU on Sep 28, 2022, W 5-2 F/10
- Walks: 3 @ CHW on Aug 27, 2022, W 10-5
Regular season only, from MLB game logs since 2016.
More on Carson Kelly
Playoff series
Carson Kelly played 8 games across 1 MLB postseason in 2 series — 1 won, 1 lost.
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  SD | Won 2-1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 |  MIL | Lost 2-3 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Carson Kelly against each club
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (36)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (28)
- vs San Francisco Giants (28)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (27)
- vs San Diego Padres (26)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (25)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (22)
- vs New York Mets (19)
- vs Chicago White Sox (18)
- vs Colorado Rockies (18)
- vs Minnesota Twins (18)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (17)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (16)
- vs Washington Nationals (16)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (15)
- vs Houston Astros (15)
- vs Atlanta Braves (13)
- vs New York Yankees (12)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (12)
- vs Athletics (11)
- vs Miami Marlins (11)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (10)
- vs Kansas City Royals (10)
- vs Boston Red Sox (8)
- vs Seattle Mariners (8)
- vs Detroit Tigers (7)
- vs Texas Rangers (7)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (6)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (5)
- vs Chicago Cubs (1)
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