Joe Kelley
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1910
label: date made
content: 1909-1911
name: label: thru person
content: Rinsland, George
label: maker
content: American Tobacco Company
notes: label: Description
content: <i> Sweet Caporal </i> Cigarette Card featuring Joe Kelley of the International League’s Toronto Maple Leafs. Prior to joining the International League, the outfielder played Major League Baseball for 17 seasons, spending time with the Boston Beaneaters (1891), Pittsburgh Pirates (1892), the National League’s Baltimore Orioles (1892-1898), the Brooklyn Superbas (1899-1901), the American League’s Orioles (1902) before serving as both player and manager for the Cincinnati Reds (1902-1906) and the Boston Doves (1908). Consistently amongst the League leaders in numerous categories, Kelley had a lifetime .317 batting average with 2,200 hits, 1,194 runs batted in, 443 stolen bases and 65 home runs. As a manager he compiled a 338–321 record. Keeley played for the International League’s Toronto franchise in 1907, returning to the team after leaving for one season with the NL’s Doves. He returned to the Maple Leafs where he played from 1909-1910, later managing the club. In 1971 he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame
place: label: Associated Place
content: Canada: Ontarian, Toronto
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.310547.024.05
label: accession number
content: 310547
label: catalog number
content: 310547.024.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Card, Baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 3.81 cm