Joe Kelly

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2012-2024)

W–L 54–38
ERA 3.98
WHIP 1.37
SO 767
Pitcher PIV 4017.8
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'1" / 174 lb
Born
6/9/1988 in Anaheim, CA, USA
MLB Debut
2012-06-10
Last Game
2024-09-27

Full name: Joseph William Kelly

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
54 38 485 81 0 0 7 839.0 793 371 73 355 767 3.98 4017.8

Career ERA 3.98 vs. league average 4.13 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2012 SLN NL 5 7 24 16 0 0 0 107.0 112 42 36 75 3.53 4.01 (+12%) 36.5
2013 SLN NL 10 5 37 15 0 0 0 124.0 124 37 44 79 2.69 3.87 (+31%) -440.4
2014 SLN NL 2 2 7 7 0 0 0 35.0 41 17 10 25 4.37 3.74 (-17%) -167.7
2014 BOS AL 4 2 10 10 0 0 0 61.3 47 28 32 41 4.11 3.74 (-10%) -1342.1
2015 BOS AL 10 6 25 25 0 0 0 134.3 145 72 49 110 4.82 3.96 (-22%) -719.6
2016 BOS AL 4 0 20 6 0 0 0 40.0 44 23 24 48 5.17 4.19 (-24%) -131.7
2017 BOS AL 4 1 54 0 0 0 0 58.0 42 18 27 52 2.79 4.36 (+36%) 1280.6
2018 BOS AL 4 2 73 0 0 0 2 65.7 57 32 32 68 4.39 4.15 (-6%) 960.1
2019 LAN NL 5 4 55 0 0 0 1 51.3 49 26 22 62 4.56 4.51 (-1%) 941.6
2020 LAN NL 0 0 12 1 0 0 0 10.0 8 2 7 9 1.80 4.45 (+60%) 241.0
2021 LAN NL 2 0 48 0 0 0 2 44.0 28 14 15 50 2.86 4.27 (+33%) 1316.9
2022 CHA AL 1 3 43 1 0 0 1 37.0 36 25 23 53 6.08 3.97 (-53%) 848.1
2023 CHA AL 1 5 31 0 0 0 1 29.0 26 16 12 41 4.97 4.33 (-15%) 810.4
2023 LAN NL 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 10.3 3 2 6 19 1.74 4.33 (+60%) 779.8
2024 LAN NL 1 1 35 0 0 0 0 32.0 31 17 16 35 4.78 4.08 (-17%) -395.7
Career · 15 seasons 54 38 485 81 0 0 7 839.0 793 371 355 767 3.98 — 4,018

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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
493 92 7 15 4 0 0 5 1 0 27 .163 .179 .207 .385 0

Career AVG .163 vs. league average .250 across their career seasons — 34.8% below league average.

Career OBP .179 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 43.7% below league average.

Career SLG .207 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 49.5% below league average.

Career OPS .385 vs. league average .727 across their career seasons — 46.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2012 SLN NL 29 33 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 13 .152 — — — — 0.0
2013 SLN NL 40 33 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 .152 — — — — 0.0
2014 SLN NL 7 12 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 — — — — 0.0
2014 BOS AL 10 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .500 — — — — 0.0
2015 BOS AL 25 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .200 — — — — 0.0
2016 BOS AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2017 BOS AL 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2018 BOS AL 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2019 LAN NL 55 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2020 LAN NL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2021 LAN NL 48 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2022 CHA AL 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2023 CHA AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2023 LAN NL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2024 LAN NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 15 seasons 493 92 7 15 4 0 0 5 1 0 27 .163 — — — — 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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
41 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 .125

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2023 NLDS2 LAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2021 NLCS LAN 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2021 NLDS2 LAN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2021 NLWC LAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2020 NLCS LAN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2020 NLDS1 LAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2020 WS LAN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2019 NLDS1 LAN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2018 ALCS BOS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2018 ALDS1 BOS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2018 WS BOS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2017 ALDS2 BOS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2016 ALDS2 BOS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2013 NLCS SLN 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250
2013 NLDS1 SLN 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
2013 WS SLN 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
2012 NLCS SLN 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2012 NLDS1 SLN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
4 3 41 5 1 60.0 54 23 22 56 3.45

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2023 NLDS2 LAN 0 0 1 0 0 1.7 2 0 1 3 0.00
2021 NLCS LAN 0 0 4 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 4 6.00
2021 NLDS2 LAN 1 0 2 0 0 1.7 3 1 1 0 5.40
2021 NLWC LAN 0 0 1 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 1 0.00
2020 NLCS LAN 0 0 2 0 0 1.3 2 0 0 0 0.00
2020 NLDS1 LAN 0 0 1 0 1 0.3 0 0 2 0 0.00
2020 WS LAN 0 0 2 0 0 2.0 2 1 0 3 4.50
2019 NLDS1 LAN 0 1 3 0 0 2.3 5 6 5 4 23.14
2018 ALCS BOS 1 1 3 0 0 3.0 3 1 0 2 3.00
2018 ALDS1 BOS 0 0 1 0 0 2.3 1 0 0 1 0.00
2018 WS BOS 1 0 5 0 0 6.0 4 0 0 10 0.00
2017 ALDS2 BOS 1 0 2 0 0 2.7 4 0 0 1 0.00
2016 ALDS2 BOS 0 0 3 0 0 3.7 0 0 0 3 0.00
2013 NLCS SLN 0 1 2 2 0 11.0 13 6 2 8 4.91
2013 NLDS1 SLN 0 0 1 1 0 5.3 5 2 4 5 3.38
2013 WS SLN 0 0 1 1 0 5.3 2 2 3 6 3.38
2012 NLCS SLN 0 0 4 0 0 4.0 6 2 3 2 4.50
2012 NLDS1 SLN 0 0 3 0 0 3.7 0 0 1 3 0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home239475602.128
Away254452903.200

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home234417.04031851753793.99
Away251422.03901861803883.97

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2024-09-27 LADCOL — 1.1000010
2024-09-22 LADCOL — 1.0000020
2024-09-20 LADCOL — 1.0111220
2024-09-18 LADMIA — 1.0000000
2024-08-30 LADAZ — 1.2322210
2024-08-24 LADTBR L 1.0221001
2024-08-20 LADSEA W 1.0000110
2024-08-19 LADSEA — 1.0000010
2024-08-16 LADSTL — 1.0000110
2024-08-12 LADMIL — 0.1311011

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 485 81 71 109 18 9

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2012 SLN P 24 16 11 19 2 3
2013 SLN P 37 15 13 16 3 2
2014 SLN P 7 7 2 3 0 0
2014 BOS P 10 10 3 3 0 0
2015 BOS P 25 25 20 23 4 1
2016 BOS P 20 6 2 3 1 0
2017 BOS P 54 0 3 3 1 0
2018 BOS P 73 0 3 8 2 0
2019 LAN P 55 0 4 8 4 0
2020 LAN P 12 1 0 2 0 1
2021 LAN P 48 0 2 4 0 0
2022 CHA P 43 1 3 4 0 1
2023 CHA P 31 0 3 6 0 0
2023 LAN P 11 0 0 2 1 1
2024 LAN P 35 0 2 5 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 485

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2016 BOS AL $2,600,000
2015 BOS AL $603,000
2014 SLN NL $523,000
2013 SLN NL $493,000
Total Career Earnings $4,219,000

College History

School Name City State Years Attended
University of California - Riverside Riverside CA 2007, 2008, 2009

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Joe Kelly (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Michael Lorenzen
    57-66, 4.40 ERA
  2. 97
    Brandon Morrow
    51-43, 3.96 ERA
  3. 96
    David Phelps
    34-40, 3.80 ERA
  4. 95
    Joe Hesketh
    60-47, 3.78 ERA
  5. 95
    Brett Cecil
    44-47, 4.29 ERA
  6. 95
    Mike Remlinger
    53-55, 3.90 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about Joe Kelly

What years did Joe Kelly play?
Joe Kelly played in Major League Baseball from 2012 to 2024.
Was Joe Kelly a pitcher?
Yes. Joe Kelly pitched in the major leagues, recording 54 wins and 767 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Joe Kelly hit?
Joe Kelly hit 0 career home runs with 15 hits.