Pat Kelly (outfielder), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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outfielder, born 1944
Date of Birth: 30-Jul-1944
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 02-Oct-2005
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Pat Kelly (outfielder)
- Harold Patrick Kelly (July 30, 1944 – October 2, 2005) was an American Major League Baseball right fielder with the Minnesota Twins, Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Indians between 1967 and 1981.
- He batted and threw left-handed.
- He is the brother of Leroy Kelly, a Pro Football Hall of Fame running back.A native of Philadelphia, Kelly debuted with the Twins in 1967.
- He played in 20 games over two seasons with Minnesota before spending two years with the Royals.Kelly made the American League All-Star team as a member of the White Sox in 1973, during a season in which he hit .280 in a career-high 144 games.
- Some of his best seasons were as a clutch-hitting, platoon player for the powerful Orioles' teams of 1977-80, including an appearance in the 1979 World Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- Kelly made the last out of the 1979 World Series, flying out to Pirates outfielder Omar Moreno. Kelly finished his major league career when he hit .213 (16-for-75) in 48 games for the Cleveland Indians during the strike-shortened 1981 season.In a 15-season career, Kelly was a .264 hitter with 76 home runs and 418 runs batted in in 1,385 games played.
- He added 1,147 hits, 189 doubles, 35 triples and 250 stolen bases.Following his retirement as a player, Kelly moved to Towson, Maryland, and became an ordained minister for Lifeline Ministries.
- He died suddenly from a heart attack in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, at age 61 and is buried at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.
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