Pat Kelly
1967–1981 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins
1,385G
.264AVG
.354OBP
.377SLG
More career statistics
1,147H
76HR
418RBI
250SB
7Rare 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 · Caught stealing | 118 | 119 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 768 | 767 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,011 | 5,013 |
| Batting · Walks | 588 | 589 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,385 | 5,011 | 4,338 | 620 | 1,147 | 189 | 35 | 76 | 418 | 588 | 768 | 250 | 118 | 29 | 30 | 1,634 | .264 | .354 | .377 | .731 |
Streaks
19longest hitting streak · 1977-05-01 to 1977-05-23
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Four-Steal Game | 1969-05-30 | 1 in 894 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1972-08-06 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1973-04-28 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 685 | 2442 | 579 | 38 | 209 | 307 | 370 | .277 | .363 | .407 |
| Away | 700 | 2571 | 568 | 38 | 209 | 282 | 397 | .253 | .331 | .349 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 128 | 438 | 118 | 1 | 23 | 49 | 65 | .305 | .381 | .377 |
| May | 223 | 861 | 205 | 23 | 86 | 113 | 128 | .279 | .369 | .428 |
| June | 247 | 919 | 217 | 11 | 70 | 104 | 118 | .272 | .349 | .374 |
| July | 265 | 1015 | 219 | 8 | 77 | 114 | 163 | .249 | .328 | .325 |
| August | 255 | 907 | 197 | 18 | 79 | 100 | 134 | .249 | .327 | .390 |
| September | 256 | 841 | 181 | 13 | 75 | 103 | 155 | .250 | .338 | .364 |
| October | 11 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | .417 | .500 | .750 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| athletics | 142 | 481 | 114 | 4 | 34 | 46 | 60 | .268 | .333 | .359 |
| california-angels | 133 | 466 | 91 | 7 | 34 | 58 | 81 | .227 | .320 | .334 |
| minnesota-twins | 129 | 476 | 96 | 5 | 33 | 51 | 84 | .230 | .309 | .341 |
| boston-red-sox | 115 | 402 | 98 | 9 | 41 | 48 | 62 | .282 | .363 | .428 |
| new-york-yankees | 112 | 406 | 84 | 5 | 29 | 39 | 63 | .236 | .303 | .315 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 110 | 425 | 108 | 11 | 48 | 57 | 61 | .296 | .388 | .438 |
| cleveland-guardians | 109 | 412 | 93 | 8 | 39 | 61 | 59 | .270 | .374 | .384 |
| texas-rangers | 107 | 433 | 102 | 6 | 37 | 53 | 65 | .277 | .358 | .383 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 |  Minnesota Twins | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1968 | Minnesota Twins | 12 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 2 | – | .114 | – | – |
| 1969 |  Kansas City Royals | 112 | 417 | 110 | 8 | 32 | 40 | .264 | – | – |
| 1970 | Kansas City Royals | 136 | 452 | 106 | 6 | 38 | 34 | .235 | – | – |
| 1971 |  Chicago White Sox | 67 | 213 | 62 | 3 | 22 | 14 | .291 | – | – |
| 1972 | Chicago White Sox | 119 | 402 | 105 | 5 | 24 | 32 | .261 | – | – |
| 1973 | Chicago White Sox | 144 | 550 | 154 | 1 | 44 | 22 | .280 | – | – |
| 1974 | Chicago White Sox | 122 | 424 | 119 | 4 | 21 | 18 | .281 | – | – |
| 1975 | Chicago White Sox | 133 | 471 | 129 | 9 | 45 | 18 | .274 | – | – |
| 1976 | Chicago White Sox | 107 | 311 | 79 | 5 | 34 | 15 | .254 | – | – |
| 1977 |  Baltimore Orioles | 120 | 360 | 92 | 10 | 49 | 25 | .256 | – | – |
| 1978 | Baltimore Orioles | 100 | 274 | 75 | 11 | 40 | 10 | .274 | – | – |
| 1979 | Baltimore Orioles | 68 | 153 | 44 | 9 | 25 | 4 | .288 | – | – |
| 1980 | Baltimore Orioles | 89 | 200 | 52 | 3 | 26 | 16 | .260 | – | – |
| 1981 |  Cleveland Guardians | 48 | 75 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 2 | .213 | – | – |