Roberto
Kelly
 
Nickname: Bobby
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 207
 
Born: October 1, 1964 in Panama, , PANAMA CITY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1999   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1987 22 MON NL 17 28 4 8 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 .286 .286 .393 .679 2.3 0.1
1988 23 MON NL 48 58 17 13 2 0 0 2 12 5 1 12 .224 .237 .259 .496 3.0 0.0
1989 24 MON NL 104 283 41 80 12 3 0 23 30 4 7 29 .283 .298 .346 .644 30.4 4.7
1990 25 MON NL 143 384 65 122 14 9 2 38 40 10 11 36 .318 .335 .417 .752 52.9 10.3
1991 26 MON NL 148 468 44 124 22 9 0 40 39 10 13 47 .265 .282 .350 .633 46.4 5.0
1992 27 MON NL 150 611 85 170 35 4 6 61 54 18 26 60 .278 .307 .378 .685 70.7 10.4
1993 28 MON NL 124 492 66 149 32 7 4 38 38 22 20 37 .303 .329 .421 .750 61.2 8.8
1994 29 MON NL 156 568 61 173 22 7 8 76 40 10 31 44 .305 .339 .410 .749 76.3 11.4
1995 30 LAD NL 162 627 86 168 38 5 5 79 54 23 47 64 .268 .317 .368 .685 70.7 12.0
1996 31 LAD NL 137 482 76 130 18 8 7 58 52 16 45 56 .270 .330 .384 .714 64.8 12.1
1997 32 LAD NL 159 657 106 186 31 5 8 65 81 26 47 62 .283 .329 .382 .711 85.8 15.1
1998 33 LAD NL 150 628 99 191 31 7 7 59 49 23 50 78 .304 .353 .409 .762 88.9 12.8
1999 34 LAD NL 160 629 94 184 34 4 7 62 55 19 55 72 .293 .347 .393 .740 87.2 11.9
2000 35 LAD NL 148 568 73 157 19 6 5 54 44 24 35 84 .276 .318 .357 .675 64.1 5.5
2001 36 LAD NL 112 236 33 52 6 2 2 26 19 8 15 46 .220 .265 .288 .553 18.0 0.0
15 Years Sim 1918 6719 950 1907 317 77 61 682 607 220 403 730 .284 .323 .381 .704 822.5 120.0
162 Game Average 567 80 161 26 6 5 57 51 18 34 61 .284 .323 .381 .704 69.5  
Career Highs 162 657 106 191 38 9 8 79 81 26 55 84 .318 .353 .421 .762 88.9  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1987 22 MON NL CF 9 9 69.0 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.83 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1988 23 MON NL CF 19 16 140.0 28 1 1 0 .967 1.86 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 24 MON NL LF 28 27 244.0 26 0 4 0 .867 0.96 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    CF 27 18 200.7 32 0 1 0 .970 1.44 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 31 11 166.0 44 0 0 0 1.000 2.39 0 0 .000 0  
1990 25 MON NL RF 63 22 297.0 54 4 1 0 .983 1.76 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    LF 24 24 215.0 36 2 2 0 .950 1.59 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 22 21 197.0 43 2 1 0 .978 2.06 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 7 7 60.0 2 12 1 3 .933 2.10 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1991 26 MON NL LF 103 103 898.3 166 0 9 0 .949 1.66 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    CF 12 7 73.7 25 1 0 0 1.000 3.18 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 22 1 44.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.84 0 0 .000 0  
1992 27 MON NL RF 107 104 912.0 196 2 2 1 .990 1.95 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    LF 34 34 253.7 41 4 8 1 .849 1.60 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 6 4 34.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 8.0 10 1 1 1 .917 12.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1993 28 MON NL RF 116 112 968.7 197 7 1 0 .995 1.90 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1994 29 MON NL RF 152 146 1296.0 253 13 1 3 .996 1.85 0 0 .000 0 3.7
1995 30 LAD NL RF 162 162 1436.0 268 6 0 4 1.000 1.72 0 0 .000 0 5.4
1996 31 LAD NL RF 121 110 991.0 195 4 1 1 .995 1.81 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    CF 5 5 43.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.09 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1997 32 LAD NL RF 154 148 1354.7 274 9 2 1 .993 1.88 0 0 .000 0 5.1
    CF 2 2 18.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1998 33 LAD NL RF 148 145 1273.7 248 3 5 0 .980 1.77 0 0 .000 0 4.3
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1999 34 LAD NL RF 156 152 1352.7 290 7 0 1 1.000 1.98 0 0 .000 0 5.8
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2000 35 LAD NL RF 140 140 1158.0 210 10 0 1 1.000 1.71 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    CF 3 0 7.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2001 36 LAD NL CF 31 21 221.3 53 1 2 0 .964 2.20 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    LF 24 18 171.3 28 2 4 0 .882 1.58 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 15 9 103.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.92 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1387 1262 11352.6 2260 65 13 12 .994 1.84 0 0 .000 0 39.1
  LF 221 206 1794.7 299 8 27 1 .919 1.54 0 0 .000 0 3.1
  CF 137 103 1004.7 217 7 5 0 .978 2.01 0 0 .000 0 2.0
  3B 10 7 65.0 2 13 1 3 .938 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  1B 2 0 9.0 11 2 1 1 .929 13.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1760 1578 14228.9 2791 96 47 17 .984 1.83 0 0 .000 0 44.3
Career Highs   162 162 1436.0 290 20 11 4 1.000 2.01 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1995 30 LAD NL 10 43 2 12 4 0 0 6 5 2 1 4 .279 .295 .372 .668
1998 33 LAD NL 17 67 8 17 3 1 0 5 2 2 3 12 .254 .286 .328 .614
1999 34 LAD NL 15 59 8 12 1 0 1 8 5 4 4 12 .203 .254 .271 .525
2000 35 LAD NL 4 15 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .267 .267 .267 .533
Career Post-Season Batting 46 184 19 45 8 1 1 19 12 9 8 30 .245 .276 .315 .591
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1994-9-.305
Games
1995-1-162
1999-10-160
At-Bats
1992-6-611
1995-5-627
1997-2-657
1998-8-628
1999-10-629
Runs
1997-10-106
Hits
1997-8-186
1998-7-191
Singles
1994-6-136
1997-5-142
1998-1-146
1999-6-139
Triples
1990-5-9
1991-5-9
Stolen Bases
1992-9-54
1994-9-40
1995-4-54
1996-4-52
1997-1-81
1998-2-49
1999-2-55
2000-3-44
CAR-16-607
Caught Stealing
1992-10-18
1993-7-22
1995-3-23
1996-4-16
1997-2-26
1998-2-23
1999-2-19
2000-2-24
2001-7-8
CAR-19-220
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  6. Rudy Law (921)
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  8. Milt Thompson (910)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 31st overall pick, by New York (A) in 1987
Traded from New York (A) to Montreal on 3/2/1987 (Going to MON: CF R. Kelly. Going to NYY: C T. Player)
Had first career hit on 9/10/1987, off Fred Holdsworth (ATL)
Hit first career homerun on 8/29/1990, off Mike Henneman (CIN)
1/31/1992: Gets a new one-year contract worth $442,857 through salary arbitration
1/31/1993: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,807,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/30/1993 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
1/31/1994: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,107,143 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/2/1995 to a 4-year deal worth $6,000,001 per year
Injured on 7/29/1996 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
5/16/1998: Signed a contract extension with Los Angeles, $4,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 6/21/1998 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against St. Louis on 7/17/1999
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1999