Joseph J. Kelley

Joseph James Kelley (1871–1943) played left field for the rough-and-tumble Baltimore Orioles of the 1890s — the John McGraw and Hugh Jennings teams that won three straight National League pennants by playing the rule book like a fiddle. A right-handed hitter and thrower, Kelley was a steady .300 bat with speed and a strong throwing arm, and he later managed in the National League for several seasons. By the close of his career he had moved on from Baltimore through stops with Brooklyn, Cincinnati, and Boston. He appears on the E97 Briggs Lozenges issue, a smaller confectionery card set from the late dead-ball era. Kelley died August 14, 1943 in Baltimore, Maryland — the city of his playing prime. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1971 by the Veterans Committee.