Catcher's Battery Mates


King Kelly's Pitchers


King Kelly caught for Cincinnati (NL) 1878-1879; Chicago (NL) 1880-1886; Boston (NL) 1887-1889, 1891-1892; Boston (PL) 1890; Cincinnati (AA) 1891; Boston (AA) 1891; and New York (NL) 1893. He played in 1,455 games, caught 583 games, and caught 28 shutouts. One of Kelly's shutouts was with more than one pitcher.


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HALL-OF-FAME
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PITCHERS IN KELLY'S STARTS
(Not all of Kelly's battery starts are shown; only those with a Pitcher with a battery career SHO)
John Clarkson 73   Harry Staley 21
Jim McCormick 53   Jack Stivetts 18
Charley Radbourn 39   Mark Baldwin 10
Larry Corcoran 36   Bobby Mitchell 9
Kid Madden 27   John Hibbard 2
Kid Nichols 24      

 

PITCHERS IN KELLY'S SHUTOUTS
John Clarkson 9   John Hibbard 1
Jim McCormick 5   Bobby Mitchell 1
Kid Madden 3   Charley Radbourn 1
Larry Corcoran **2   Harry Staley 1
Kid Nichols 2   Jack Stivetts 1
Mark Baldwin 1   Shared w/Silver Flint for pitcher Corcoran **1


** Indicates 1 Shutout was a NO-HITTER

HALL OF FAME PITCHERS are in RED



Source: Walt Wilson, Member of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)
Coordinator: Lyle Spatz, Chairman SABR's Records Committee
Webpages by: Chuck Rosciam, Member of SABR


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