# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/king-kelly
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:50:16.005Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/king-kelly"
name: "King Kelly"
slug: "king-kelly"
description: "Michael Joseph \"King\" Kelly, also commonly known as \"$10,000 Kelly\", was an American baseball outfielder, catcher, and player-manager in various professional American baseball leagues including the National League, International Association, Players' League, and the American Association. He spent the majority of his 16-season playing career with the Chicago White Stockings and the Boston Beaneaters. Kelly was a player-manager three times in his career – in 1887 for the Beaneaters, in 1890 leading the Boston Reds to the pennant in the only season of the Players' League's existence, and in 1891 for the Cincinnati Kelly's Killers – before his retirement in 1893. He is also often credited with helping to popularize various strategies as a player such as the hit and run, the hook slide, and the catcher's practice of backing up first base. In 1945, Kelly was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame."
tagline: "Major League Baseball player and manager (1857–1894)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%2410%2C000_Kelly%2C_Boston%2C_from_the_Old_Judge_series_(N172)_for_Old_Judge_Cigarettes_MET_DP824623.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1857-12-31"
deathDate: "1894-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.42
  momentum:             0.7776962582538519
  historical:           9.652884
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%86%DA%AF_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "کنگ کیلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "كينغ كيلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "كينج كيلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kelly"
    title: "King Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kelly"
    title: "King Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kelly"
    title: "King Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kelly"
    title: "King Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC"
    title: "キング・ケリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%82%B9_%EC%BC%88%EB%A6%AC"
    title: "킹 켈리"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kelly"
    title: "King Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kelly"
    title: "King Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1527827"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump