John Kelly

John Francis Kelly (March 3, 1859 – April 13, 1908) was an American Major League Baseball player. As a player, he was primarily a catcher, but also played 17 games as an outfielder and one game as a first baseman. He played for the Cleveland Blues of the National League in 1879 and 1882, both the National League Philadelphia Quakers and the American Association's Baltimore Orioles in 1883 and the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds and Washington Nationals, both of the Union Association in 1884, so that he played in three different Major Leagues in his four-year career. In 1883 he played in 30 games for the Blues, all at catcher, and had 14 hits in 104 at-bats for a batting average of .135. He played 48 games for the Orioles in 1883, with 38 at catcher and 13 in the outfield. He had 46 hits in 202 at-bats for a batting average of .228. He only played one game for the Quakers in 1883, going hitless in three at-bats. Some sources list John F. Kelly as the manager of the Louisville Colonels in 1888 and 1889. But others claim John O. Kelly, also known as Kick Kelly, was the Colonels' manager in those seasons. He was born and died in Paterson, New Jersey and is buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Totowa, New Jersey.