Joseph J Kelley was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1971 along with David Bancroft, Jacob Beckley, Chick Hafey, Harry Hooper, Rube Marquard, Satchel Paige and George Weiss. Kelley was an OF\1B with 17 seasons MLB experience playing with the Boston Beaneaters (1891), Pittsburgh Pirates (1892), Baltimore Orioles (1892-1898, 1902), Brooklyn Superbas (1899-1901), Cincinnati Reds (1902-1906) and Boston Doves (1908). For his MLB career he hit .317/.402/.451 with 65 HR, 1194 RBI, 1421 R, 443 SB in 1853 games.
I believe his three best seasons were 1895 when he hit .365/.456/.546 with 10 HR, 134 RBI, 148 R, 54 SB in 131 games, 1894 when he hit .393/.502/.602 with 6 HR, 111 RBI, 165 R, 46 SB in 129 games and 1896 when he hit .364/.469/.543 with 8 HR, 100 RBI, 148 R, 87 SB in 131 games.
He led the National League in stolen bases in 1896.
He also served as manager with the Reds (1902-1905) with a 275-230 record and Doves (1908) with a 62-91 record. His career total was 337-321.
Hall of Fame page
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