Mike Kelly (baseball, born 1896)

Mike Kelly
Catcher
Born: May 1, 1896(1896-05-01) Indianapolis
Died: October 23, 1968(1968-10-23) (aged 72) Indianapolis
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
Professional debut
IL: 1916 for the St Mary's
CL: 1917 for the South Bend/Peoria Benders/Distillers
AA: 1918 for the Toledo
Last professional appearance
1929 for the Spartanburg Spartans
Teams
St Mary's (1916) South Bend/Peoria Benders/Distillers (1917) Toledo (1918 – 1920) Spartanburg Pioneers (1921) Spartanburg Spartans (1922 – 1929)

Bernard Francis "Mike" Kelly (born May 1, 1896 Indianapolis, Indiana - died October 23, 1968 in Indianapolis, Indiana) was an American baseball player, coach and manager.

Career

Player

Kelly mading his playing debut in 1916 for St Mary's in the Interstate League. He played the one season there before moving in 1917 to the Central League team South Bend/Peoria Benders/Distillers. He again lasted the one year before moving to Toledo in the American Association. He played at Toledo until 1920.^[1]

Player/Manager

In 1921 Kelly began his management career at the Spartanburg Pioneers while still a player.^[1][2]

A year later Kelly he moved to the Spartanburg Spartans in the South Atlantic League and between 1922 and 1929 Kelly played and managed the Spartans where he won a league championship in 1925.^[1][2]

Coach and manager

After retiring as a player, Kelly coached for the Chicago White Sox between 1930 and 1931.^[3]

In 1931 Kelly left the White Sox to coach the Newark Bears.^[2]

Kelly managed the Jersey City Skeeters in 1933.^[2][4]

In 1934 he moved to the Chicago Cubs where served as a coach.^[2][5][6]

Between 1936 and 1937 Kelly managed the Syracuse Chiefs.^[2][7]

He later coached at the Boston Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates.^{[2][8][9][10]}

In 1944 he managed the Indianapolis Indians in the American Association.^[2]

Scout

Between 1948 and 1950 he was a scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Mike Kelly". Baseball-reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=kelly-001ber. Retrieved 2009-04-08. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} "Bernard Kelly". Baseball-reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bernard_Kelly. Retrieved 2009-04-09. 
3. ^ "White Sox Coaches". Chicago White Sox. http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/history/coaches.jsp. Retrieved 2009-04-09. 
4. ^ "Jersey City Picks Kelly". New York Times. March 25, 1933. 
5. ^ "Cubs Coaches". Chicago Cubs. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/chc/history/coaches.jsp. Retrieved 2009-04-09. 
6. ^ "Kelly to Coach Cubs". New York Times. November 18, 1933. 
7. ^ "Kelly New Syracuse Manager". New York Times. July 11, 1936. 
8. ^ "Kelly New Aide to Frisch". New York Times. October 6, 1939. 
9. ^ Balinger, Edward F. (October 16, 1941). "Buccos Drop Mike Kelly As Coach". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19411016&id=NdoOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MmoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3297,4189713. Retrieved 2009-04-08. 
10. ^ Caruso, Gary (1995). The Braves Encyclopedia. Temple University Press. pp. 496. ISBN 1566393841. 

Persondata
Name	Kelly, Mike
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1896-05-01
Place of birth	Indianapolis
Date of death	1968-10-23
Place of death	Indianapolis