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Mike "King" KELLY (HOF)

Biography

Cap Anson says: "He was a whole-souled, genial fellow, with a host of friends, and but one enemy, that one being himself. Time and time again I have heard him say that he would never be broke, and he died at just the right time to prevent such a contretemps from occurring. Money slipped through Mike's fingers as water slips through the meshes of a fisherman's net, and he was as fond of whisky as any representative of the Emerald Isle, but just the same he was a great ball player and one that became greater than he then was before ceasing to wear a Chicago uniform. He was as good a batter as anybody…"

Stats

Birth Date: December 31, 1857
Birth Location: Troy, NY
Death Date: November 8, 1894
Death Location: Boston MA, USA
Weight: 170 lb
Height: 5 ft 10 in
Bats: R
Throws: R
Debut Date: May 1, 1878
Final Game Date: September 2, 1893
Years Played: 18
Games Played: 1,456
At Bats: 5,896
Runs: 1,357
Hits: 1,813
Doubles: 359
Triples: 102
Home Runs: 69
RBIs: 950
Stolen Bases: 368
Base on Balls: 549
Batting Average: 0.307
Position: Right Fielder



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