King Kelly stats
Last played for the San Francisco Giants, 1893
Bio
- Debut
- 1878
Bio
- Debut
- 1878
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,455
- AB
- 5,894
- R
- 1,357
- H
- 1,813
- HR
- 69
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 368
- AVG
- .308
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878 | — | 60 | 237 | 29 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 |
| 1879 | — | 77 | 345 | 78 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .348 |
| 1880 |  CHC | 84 | 344 | 72 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .291 |
| 1881 | CHC | 82 | 353 | 84 | 114 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .323 |
| 1882 | CHC | 84 | 377 | 81 | 115 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .305 |
| 1883 | CHC | 98 | 428 | 92 | 109 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .255 |
| 1884 | CHC | 108 | 452 | 120 | 160 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .354 |
| 1885 | CHC | 107 | 438 | 124 | 126 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .288 |
| 1886 | CHC | 118 | 451 | 155 | 175 | 4 | 0 | 53 | .388 |
| 1887 | ATL | 116 | 484 | 120 | 156 | 8 | 0 | 84 | .322 |
| 1888 | ATL | 107 | 440 | 85 | 140 | 9 | 0 | 56 | .318 |
| 1889 | ATL | 125 | 507 | 120 | 149 | 9 | 0 | 68 | .294 |
| 1890 | — | 89 | 340 | 83 | 111 | 4 | 0 | 51 | .326 |
| 1891 | — | 102 | 350 | 65 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 29 | .286 |
| 1892 | ATL | 78 | 281 | 40 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 24 | .189 |
| 1893 | SF | 20 | 67 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .269 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 15
- AB
- 58
- R
- 13
- H
- 14
- HR
- 1
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 2
- AVG
- .241
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 6,455
- TB
- 2,583
- XBH
- 530
- HBP
- 12
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878 | — | 244 | 76 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1879 | — | 353 | 170 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1880 | CHC | 356 | 138 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1881 | CHC | 369 | 153 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1882 | CHC | 387 | 163 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1883 | CHC | 444 | 166 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1884 | CHC | 498 | 237 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1885 | CHC | 484 | 191 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1886 | CHC | 534 | 241 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1887 | ATL | 540 | 236 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1888 | ATL | 475 | 211 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889 | ATL | 574 | 227 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1890 | — | 394 | 153 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1891 | — | 410 | 136 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1892 | ATL | 320 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1893 | SF | 73 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 42.4
- RC
- 1053.6
- RC/27
- 7.00
- ISOP
- .131
- SECA
- .286
- BB/K
- 1.31
- AB/HR
- 85.4
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878 | — | 1.1 | 23.6 | 3.7 | .038 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1879 | — | 4.1 | 60.1 | 7.2 | .145 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 172.5 | 0 |
| 1880 | CHC | 1.6 | 44.1 | 4.9 | .110 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 344 | 0 |
| 1881 | CHC | 2.7 | 54.4 | 6.1 | .110 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 176.5 | 0 |
| 1882 | CHC | 2.6 | 52.8 | 5.4 | .127 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 377 | 0 |
| 1883 | CHC | 0.9 | 47.7 | 4 | .133 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 142.7 | 0 |
| 1884 | CHC | 5.3 | 96.5 | 8.9 | .170 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 34.8 | 0 |
| 1885 | CHC | 3.3 | 70.8 | 6.1 | .148 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 48.7 | 0 |
| 1886 | CHC | 7.1 | 127.3 | 12.4 | .146 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 112.8 | 0 |
| 1887 | ATL | 3.4 | 110.7 | 9.1 | .165 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 60.5 | 0 |
| 1888 | ATL | 4.3 | 89.2 | 8 | .161 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 48.9 | 0 |
| 1889 | ATL | 2.8 | 103.1 | 7.8 | .154 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 56.3 | 0 |
| 1890 | — | 2.5 | 77.9 | 9.2 | .124 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 85 | 0 |
| 1891 | — | 1.6 | 64.7 | 7 | .103 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 175 | 0 |
| 1892 | ATL | -0.5 | 25.7 | 3 | .046 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 140.5 | 0 |
| 1893 | SF | -0.4 | 7.5 | 4.1 | .015 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were King Kelly's career stats?
King Kelly played 16 seasons for the Cubs, the Braves and the Giants. He was a career .308 hitter with 1,813 hits, 69 home runs and 0 RBI. His best season was 1886: a .388 batting average, 4 home runs and 0 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
16 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1878 to 1893
All-time career rank
- 96th in stolen bases (368)
Among the 10,340 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.