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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1988-10-14 · Played 2019–2022 · College: Yavapai College (drafted 2009), Arizona State University (drafted 2010) · Career WAR 15.5 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=kellyme01, LAHMAN=kellyme01, MLBAM=518876, RETROSHEET=kellm002

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
2019	ARI	NL	32	52	3	1	0	2	2	25	.019	.056	.019	.075	-0.6
2020	ARI	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	ARI	NL	27	47	1	3	1	1	4	27	.064	.137	.085	.222	-0.2
2022	ARI	NL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	ARI	NL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	ARI	NL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2025	ARI	NL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2025	TEX	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			172	99	4	4	1	3	6	52	.040	.095	.051	.146	-0.8

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
2019	ARI	NL	13	14	32	32	0	0	0	183.1	184	90	29	57	158	4.42	1.315	1.2
2020	ARI	NL	3	2	5	5	0	0	0	31.1	26	9	5	5	29	2.59	.989	1.3
2021	ARI	NL	7	11	27	27	0	0	0	158.0	163	78	21	41	130	4.44	1.291	2.5
2022	ARI	NL	13	8	33	33	0	0	0	200.1	167	75	21	61	177	3.37	1.138	3.8
2023	ARI	NL	12	8	30	30	0	0	0	177.2	143	65	20	69	187	3.29	1.193	4.0
2024	ARI	NL	5	1	13	13	0	0	0	73.2	67	33	11	19	63	4.03	1.167	1.1
2025	ARI	NL	9	6	22	22	0	0	0	128.2	98	46	14	38	121	3.22	1.057	2.7
2025	TEX	AL	3	3	10	10	0	0	0	55.1	59	26	9	10	46	4.23	1.247
2026	ARI	NL			27					152.0	155	84	27	67	102	4.97	1.461	-0.3
Total			65	53	199	172	0	0	0	1160.1	1062	506	157	367	1013	3.92	1.232	16.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
2019	ARI	NL	P	32	32	183.1	21	14	4	2
2020	ARI	NL	P	5	5	31.1	7	3	0	0
2021	ARI	NL	P	27	27	158.0	13	16	0	2
2022	ARI	NL	P	33	33	200.1	15	19	1	2
2023	ARI	NL	P	30	30	177.2	12	12	2	2
2024	ARI	NL	P	13	13	73.2	9	5	2	0
2025	ARI	NL	P	22	22	128.2	8	15	2	0
2025	TEX	AL	P	10	10	55.1	5	7	1	0
Total				172	172	1008.1	90	91	12	8

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
2022	Player of the Week	NL
2022	Pitcher of the Month	NL

Ejections (2)

Date	As	Reason
2023-05-15	Player	Check swing
2025-04-08	Player	Check swing

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