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Kelly, ‘King’

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Kelly, ‘King’ (Michael Joseph) (1857–1894)

US baseball player. One of baseball's first superstars, he combined power and speed during his 16-year career as an outfielder/catcher (1878–93), mostly with the Chicago White Stockings and Boston Red Stockings.

He was born in Troy, New York. The once-popular song, ‘Slide, Kelly, Slide!’ 1889 was inspired by the fans' chanting that accompanied his frequent stolen bases. Handsome and flamboyant, he was known as baseball's ‘king of the diamond’. In 1945 he was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame.



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