Jim Kelly
1914–1918 · bats L / throws R · Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Rebels
215G
.297AVG
.343OBP
.396SLG
More career statistics
212H
4HR
57RBI
42SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 714 | 717 |
| Batting · Hits | 212 | 211 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 4 | 3 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 58 | 60 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 786 | 785 |
| Batting · RBI | 57 | 56 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 42 | 44 |
| Batting · Triples | 22 | 23 |
| Batting · Walks | 46 | 45 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 215 | 786 | 714 | 91 | 212 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 57 | 46 | 58 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 283 | .297 | .343 | .396 | .739 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1915-05-03 to 1915-05-14
13longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1915-07-17 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 112 | 393 | 105 | 1 | 32 | 20 | 25 | .294 | .318 | .398 |
| Away | 103 | 392 | 106 | 3 | 24 | 25 | 35 | .294 | .334 | .394 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 16 | 55 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .275 | .327 | .275 |
| May | 34 | 103 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 6 | .303 | .369 | .416 |
| June | 29 | 91 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | .241 | .286 | .386 |
| July | 47 | 165 | 44 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | .289 | .321 | .454 |
| August | 57 | 246 | 74 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 20 | .330 | .350 | .388 |
| September | 30 | 116 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | .275 | .284 | .376 |
| October | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .444 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEW | 23 | 86 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | .266 | .279 | .354 |
| chicago-whales | 21 | 84 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | .308 | .321 | .487 |
| st-louis-terriers | 21 | 85 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | .272 | .306 | .296 |
| brooklyn-tip-tops | 21 | 83 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | .293 | .325 | .387 |
| baltimore-terrapins | 21 | 82 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | .247 | .305 | .384 |
| buffalo-blues | 21 | 83 | 28 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | .384 | .422 | .575 |
| kansas-city-packers | 20 | 73 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | .265 | .315 | .353 |
| chicago-cubs | 12 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .281 | .316 | .344 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 32 | 44 | 10 | – | 2 | – | .227 | – | – |
| 1915 | PRPittsburgh Rebels | 148 | 527 | 153 | 4 | 48 | 39 | .290 | – | – |
| 1918 |  Boston Braves | 35 | 146 | 48 | – | 6 | 5 | .329 | – | – |