Leo Kiely, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 30-Nov-1929
Place of Birth: Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
Date of Death: 18-Jan-1984
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Leo Kiely
- Leo Patrick Kiely (November 30, 1929 – January 18, 1984) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1951 and 1960 for the Boston Red Sox (1951, 1954–56, 1958–59) and Kansas City Athletics (1960).
- Listed at 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m), 180 pounds (82 kg), Kiely batted and threw left-handed.
- He was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. Kiely entered the majors in the 1951 midseason with the Red Sox.
- He finished with a 7–7 record and a 3.34 ERA in 16 starts before joining the military during Korean War.
- In 1953, he pitched for the Mainichi Orions of the Pacific League to become the first major leaguer to play in Japanese baseball, while going 6–0 with a 1.80 ERA for Mainichi.
- He returned to Boston in 1954.
- After beginning in long relief, he ended up as a set-up man for closers Ellis Kinder (1955) and Ike Delock (1956). In 1957 Kiely was demoted to Triple-A.
- He finished with a 21–6 record and a 2.22 ERA for the PCL San Francisco Seals, leading the league in wins.
- 20 of them came in relief, including 14 in consecutive games, to set two PCL records.
- The 1958 TSN Guide also credited Kiely with 11 saves during the 14-game winning streak. Kiely led the Red Sox with 12 saves in 1958, while going 5–2 with a 3.00 ERA in 47 relief appearances.
- He also pitched with the Athletics in 1960, his last major league season. In a seven-season career, Kiely posted a 26–27 record with a 3.37 ERA in 209 games, including 39 starts, eight complete games, one shutout, 29 saves, and 523.0 innings of work.
- He went 63–36 during his minor league career. Kiely died from cancer in Montclair, New Jersey at age 54.
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