Joe Kelley Quotes


We never went into a game that we did not feel sure of winning, and when we lost, we blamed it on hard luck or the umpires. We never gave any other team credit for being able to play ball, and the result was that we were hard to beat. If I could get my team to be confident, I think we would work our way to the front pretty quickly.


Citations

Keenan, Jimmy. "Joe Kelley." SABR BioProject, Society for American Baseball Research, sabr.org/bioproj/person/joe-kelley.

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Joe Kelley
Joe Kelley
  • Born: December 9, 1871
  • Died: August 14, 1943
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Athlete

Joseph James Kelley was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) who starred in the outfield of the Baltimore Orioles teams of the 1890s. Making up the nucleus of the Orioles along with John McGraw, Willie Keeler, and Hughie Jennings, Kelley received the nickname "Kingpin of the Orioles".