Early career

Kelly was drafted per Cleveland Indians in the 1st around (10th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft but did non view period sustaining a team. In December 5, 1983, the Toronto Blue Jays picked him up in the Rule 5 draft. Kelly saw his number one Major League actiin shortly when, swimming around his number one game on April 20, 1984. On top a next tercet seasons, he split period between a Majors & a child, yet earning an daily spot in the Toronto line-higher by 1987.

Best years

Kelly got his better year around 1990, hitting .290 sustaining 31 HRs, 118 RBIs and 14 SBs. the amounts remain among a virtually all telling ever posted by a Blue Jay.

A relationship between Kelly & a team soured across a next couple years, but. Fallowing a Blue Jays won the World Series in 1992 -- thanks in prominent the portion to a Game Three, game-tying zero in the Globe Series -- Kelly was traded to the California Angels for Luis Sojo and cash. Kelly appeared within interviews to exist as super bitterly all about a move, feeling that he deserved better professional assistance from either a team he got been therefore firm to.

Kelly's career was tragically cut short around 1993 due to a bone spur in his spinal cord.

Accomplishments

100%-star (1989, 1990) Gold Glove winner, third base (1990) Quaternary around Our contries League MVP vote (1990) Number one Blue Jay to hit for the cycle (April 16, 1990) Our contries Superstars multi-sport competition champion in 1991

Teams

Toronto Blue Jays (1984-1992) California Angels (1993)