What years did Shawn Kelley play?

Shawn Kelley played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2019.

Was Shawn Kelley a pitcher?

Yes. Shawn Kelley pitched in the major leagues, recording 32 wins and 521 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Shawn Kelley hit?

Shawn Kelley hit 0 career home runs.

What was Shawn Kelley's career batting average?

Shawn Kelley batted .000 over his career, with 0 hits in 2 at bats.

What was Shawn Kelley's career ERA?

Shawn Kelley finished with a 3.80 career ERA, going 32-25 with 521 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Shawn Kelley have?

Shawn Kelley recorded 521 career strikeouts.

Shawn Kelley

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2009-2019)

Shawn Kelley was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2019 for 6 teams, including the Seattle Mariners, a span of 11 seasons. Across 493 career appearances, he went 32-25 with a 3.80 ERA, 521 strikeouts, and 26 saves. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 1476.0.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 32–25

ERA 3.80

WHIP 1.19

SO 521

Pitcher PIV 1476.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 237 lb
Born: 4/26/1984 in Louisville, KY, USA
MLB Debut: 2009-04-10
Last Game: 2019-09-27

Full name: Shawn Andrew Kelley

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Career Pitching Statistics

Shawn Kelley — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
32	25	493	0	0	0	26	464.2	412	196	76	141	521	3.80	1476.0

Career ERA 3.80 vs. league average 4.10 across their career seasons — 7.5% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Shawn Kelley Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2009	SEA	AL	5	4	41	0	46.0	45	23	9	41	4.50	4.32 (-4%)	-366.6
2010	SEA	AL	3	1	22	0	25.0	26	11	12	26	3.96	4.08 (+3%)	-674.5
2011	SEA	AL	0	0	10	0	12.2	7	0	3	10	0.00	3.94 (+100%)	566.9
2012	SEA	AL	2	4	47	0	44.1	43	16	15	45	3.25	4.01 (+19%)	524.3
2013	NYA	AL	4	2	57	0	53.1	47	26	23	71	4.39	3.87 (-13%)	318.6
2014	NYA	AL	3	6	59	4	51.2	45	26	20	67	4.53	3.74 (-21%)	945.8
2015	SDN	NL	2	2	53	0	51.1	41	14	15	63	2.45	3.96 (+38%)	1806.3
2016	WAS	NL	3	2	67	7	58.0	41	17	11	80	2.64	4.19 (+37%)	1783.9
2017	WAS	NL	3	2	33	4	26.0	29	21	11	25	7.27	4.36 (-67%)	-2769.8
2018	WAS	NL	1	0	35	0	32.1	26	12	5	32	3.34	4.15 (+20%)	-326.2
2018	OAK	AL	1	0	19	0	16.2	7	4	6	18	2.16	4.15 (+48%)	864.7
2019	TEX	AL	5	2	50	11	47.1	55	26	11	43	4.94	4.51 (-10%)	-1197.4
Career · 12 seasons			32	25	493	26	464.2	412	196	141	521	3.80	—	1,476

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Shawn Kelley — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
494	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .254 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .321 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .730 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Shawn Kelley Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2009	SEA	AL	41	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	SEA	AL	22	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	SEA	AL	10	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	SEA	AL	47	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	NYA	AL	57	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	NYA	AL	59	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	SDN	NL	53	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	WAS	NL	67	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	WAS	NL	33	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	WAS	NL	35	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	OAK	AL	19	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	TEX	AL	51	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			494	2	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Shawn Kelley — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Shawn Kelley — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2018	ALWC	OAK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2016	NLDS2	WAS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Shawn Kelley — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	3	0	0	2.2	2	0	0	3	0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Shawn Kelley — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2018	ALWC	OAK	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0.00
2016	NLDS2	WAS	0	0	2	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	3	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Shawn Kelley — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	257	2	0	0	0	0	.000
Away	237	0	0	0	0	0	—

Pitching — Home / Away

Shawn Kelley — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	257	245.2	212	106	73	280	3.88
Away	236	219.0	200	90	68	241	3.70

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Shawn Kelley — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2019-09-27	TEX	NYY	—	1.0	3	3	3	1	1	1
2019-09-24	TEX	BOS	—	0.2	1	1	1	2	0	0
2019-09-21	TEX	OAK	—	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	2
2019-09-14	TEX	OAK	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2019-09-13	TEX	OAK	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0
2019-09-11	TEX	TBR	—	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	0
2019-09-10	TEX	TBR	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-09-07	TEX	BAL	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2019-09-02	TEX	NYY	—	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-08-30	TEX	SEA	—	1.0	1	1	0	0	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Shawn Kelley — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	493	0	32	28	3	4

Season-by-Season Fielding

Shawn Kelley — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
2009	SEA	P	41	1	3	0	0
2010	SEA	P	22	2	1	0	0
2011	SEA	P	10	0	0	1	0
2012	SEA	P	47	2	8	0	0
2013	NYA	P	57	6	3	0	1
2014	NYA	P	59	6	4	0	1
2015	SDN	P	53	3	0	1	0
2016	WAS	P	67	2	2	0	0
2017	WAS	P	33	0	0	1	0
2018	WAS	P	35	3	1	0	0
2018	OAK	P	19	1	1	0	0
2019	TEX	P	50	6	5	0	2

Career Games by Position

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Shawn Kelley Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	494

Salary History

Shawn Kelley — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	WAS	NL	$4,000,000
2015	SDN	NL	$2,835,000
2014	NYA	AL	$1,765,000
2013	NYA	AL	$935,000
2011	SEA	AL	$420,000
2010	SEA	AL	$412,500
2009	SEA	AL	$400,000
Total Career Earnings			$10,767,500

College History

Shawn Kelley — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Austin Peay State University	Clarksville	TN	2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

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Shawn Kelley: the record in brief

According to the bio, Shawn Kelley debuted on April 10, 2009 and played a final game on September 27, 2019. Club by club, the record runs the Seattle Mariners (2009 through 2012), the New York Yankees (2013 to 2014), the San Diego Padres (2015), the Washington Nationals (2016 to 2018), the Oakland Athletics (2018), and the Texas Rangers (2019). Kelley played primarily as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. Born on April 26, 1984, in Louisville, KY, USA, Kelley was listed at 6'2" and 237 pounds. Shawn Kelley was the playing name; the full given name is Shawn Andrew.

Kelley's career pitching line is 32 wins, 25 losses and a 3.80 ERA over 493 appearances. Also on Kelley's record: 521 strikeouts and 26 saves. The leagues Kelley pitched in allowed 4.10 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 7.5% better than average. Kelley won 5 games in 2009, the most of any season listed. 2016 produced Kelley's most strikeouts, 80.

Frequently Asked Questions about Shawn Kelley

What years did Shawn Kelley play?: Shawn Kelley played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2019.
Was Shawn Kelley a pitcher?: Yes. Shawn Kelley pitched in the major leagues, recording 32 wins and 521 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Shawn Kelley hit?: Shawn Kelley hit 0 career home runs.
What was Shawn Kelley's career batting average?: Shawn Kelley batted .000 over his career, with 0 hits in 2 at bats.
What was Shawn Kelley's career ERA?: Shawn Kelley finished with a 3.80 career ERA, going 32-25 with 521 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Shawn Kelley have?: Shawn Kelley recorded 521 career strikeouts.