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King Kelly

Eligible in 1899.

John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy Posted: March 24, 2007 at 02:28 PM | 2 comment(s)
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1. John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy Posted: March 24, 2007 at 02:35 PM (#2317179)

The King of baseball's case was made on these threads:

1899 Ballot Discussion

Right Fielder Positional Thread

If you know of any others, please let me know.

2. Paul Wendt Posted: May 09, 2008 at 09:56 PM (#2775365)

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Full Seasons Equivalent games
Mike Kelly, 1878-1893, by fielding position

OF 7.38 (rf 7.31)
C_ 5.09
3B 1.04
SS 0.89
2B 0.45
1B 0.21
P_ 0.10

Kelly played catcher more at the end of his career, when teams played more games. Career fielding games, without adjustment, slightly overstates his career share at catcher.

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