Pat Kelly
Minnesota Twins 1967–1968; Kansas City Royals 1969–1970; Chicago White Sox 1971–1976; Baltimore Orioles 1977–1980; Cleveland Indians 1981
Percentile snapshot
1975 season — qualified batters
of 128 qualified 1975 batters (min 499 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -137.4 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 1968 | 12 | 40 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | .114 | .205 | .257 | .462 | 32.1 | 37.3 | .225 | -0.2 |
| 1969 | 112 | 473 | 417 | 61 | 110 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 49 | 70 | 40 | 13 | .264 | .348 | .388 | .737 | 109.1 | 105.7 | .345 | 1.8 |
| 1970 | 136 | 531 | 452 | 56 | 106 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 76 | 105 | 34 | 16 | .235 | .347 | .314 | .661 | 90.5 | 84.2 | .318 | 0.6 |
| 1971 | 67 | 252 | 213 | 32 | 62 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 36 | 29 | 14 | 9 | .291 | .394 | .390 | .784 | 127.7 | 121.0 | .369 | 1.3 |
| 1972 | 119 | 464 | 402 | 57 | 105 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 55 | 69 | 32 | 9 | .261 | .355 | .368 | .723 | 123.6 | 114.7 | .348 | 2.3 |
| 1973 | 144 | 625 | 550 | 77 | 154 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 65 | 91 | 22 | 15 | .280 | .355 | .347 | .703 | 101.0 | 96.6 | .334 | 1.5 |
| 1974 | 122 | 476 | 424 | 60 | 119 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 46 | 58 | 18 | 11 | .281 | .354 | .361 | .715 | 110.2 | 104.5 | .341 | 1.1 |
| 1975 | 133 | 538 | 471 | 73 | 129 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 58 | 69 | 18 | 10 | .274 | .353 | .406 | .759 | 115.6 | 112.7 | .353 | 2.1 |
| 1976 | 107 | 366 | 311 | 42 | 79 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 45 | 45 | 15 | 7 | .254 | .349 | .386 | .735 | 119.0 | 114.7 | .348 | 1.1 |
| 1977 | 120 | 426 | 360 | 50 | 92 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 49 | 53 | 75 | 25 | 7 | .256 | .353 | .375 | .728 | 106.6 | 105.7 | .331 | 1.1 |
| 1978 | 100 | 315 | 274 | 38 | 75 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 40 | 34 | 58 | 10 | 8 | .274 | .357 | .445 | .802 | 134.8 | 132.5 | .367 | 1.9 |
| 1979 | 68 | 177 | 153 | 25 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 4 | 5 | .288 | .367 | .536 | .903 | 143.8 | 146.3 | .395 | 1.3 |
| 1980 | 89 | 237 | 200 | 38 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 34 | 54 | 16 | 2 | .260 | .363 | .365 | .728 | 109.6 | 103.0 | .343 | 0.6 |
| 1981 | 48 | 90 | 75 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | .213 | .333 | .307 | .640 | 87.5 | 86.6 | .303 | -0.1 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977-05-01 | LAA @ BAL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 1971-08-02 | MIN @ CWS Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1972-04-18 | TEX @ CWS Gameday | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 1978-08-16 | BAL @ SEA Gameday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 1978-10-01 | BAL @ DET Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.