2009 Baseball Roster

17 Joseph Kelly

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Corona, CA
  • High School Corona HS

Biography



2009
Named to the Baseball America Preseason All-American Third Team ...

2008 His 17 appearances on the year were third-most for a relief pitcher ... Led the team with six saves.

2007
Appeared in 22 games, all in relief ... Named Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball and Ping! ... Named to Second Team All-American Team by Rivals.com ... Named Big West Conference Freshman Pitcher of the Year and First Team All-Conference ... Played for USA National Team in Summer of 2007 ... Led the Highlanders with a 1.32 ERA and six saves ... Earned first career save with 3.1 innings work against Santa Clara on March 18 ... Gained save in Big West Championship-clinching win over #10 UC Irvine on May 27 ... Threw one inning in NCAA Regional vs Arizona State on June 2.

High School Three-year letter winner at Corona HS ... Named first team all-league.

Personal Joseph William Kelly, Junior, is the son of Joseph Kelly, Sr. and Andrea Valencia … Father played football at Vanderbilt University and for the San Diego Chargers … Nickname is “JK” … Distant relative of notorious gangster “Machine Gun” Kelly … Majoring in psychology … Roots for the Oakland A’s and San Diego Chargers ... Favorite athlete is Johnathan Papelbon … Favorite writer is C.S. Lewis …  Enjoys eating Mexican food and sushi … Watches South Park, SNL, and SportsCenter … Favorite movies are “Tombstone”, "Bull Durham" and “Crash” … Listens to the music of Lil Wayne … Hobbies include playing ping pong, video games, and extreme sports … Most memorable sports moment was playing for Team USA … Cites his father as his biggest athletic influence ... Career goal is to become a professional baseball player.

Joe Kelly Career Pitching Statistics

Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB Avg WP HBP SF SH BK
2007 1.32 3 1 22 0 0 0 0 6 27.1 28 7 4 11 19 1 1 1 104 .269 5 2 2 1 0
2008 9.35 2 1 17 1 0 0 0 6 17.1 24 23 18 10 8 3 1 5 77 .312 2 5 0 1 2
2009 5.65 1 1 23 0 0 0 1 12 28.2 33 18 18 6 23 6 1 2 120 .275 4 5 2 0 1
Totals 4.92
6 3 62 1 0 0 1 23 73.1 85 48 40 27 50 10 3 8 301 .282
11 12 4 2 3

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2008Sophomore

    RHP
    6'1" 150 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2009Junior

    RHP
    6'1" 178 lbs
    17