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- Kel's pitcher Frank Dwyer went on to
play for the National League Cincinnati
Reds for eight seasons, ending his
career with 133 victories. His 133
victories ranks eighth on the Reds
all-time wins list. Three games ahead of
Joe Nuxhall and two games behind of Jim
Maloney. Of the Reds top fifteen
winningest pitchers, only Frank Dwyer
and Tony Mullane have not been honored
in the Reds Hall of Fame. Mullane ranks
second. |
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- Mike Kelly had a pet dog that he kept
chained up by East End Park's clubhouse
during games. |
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- Before Reds games Mike Kelly
frequently would swim from one side of
the Ohio River to another and back
again. One time following a loss Mike
downed some whiskey and decided to take
a night swim. Over doing his exercises
he nearly drowned. |
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- Lefty Marr & Ed Crane are the only players to play
on two different major league teams in
Cincinnati within one season. Marr
& Crane both played for the National
League Reds and Mike Kelly's Association
Reds during the 1891 season. |
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- Billy Clingman was the last Kelly
"killer" to pass on. He died on May 14th
1958 in Cincinnati. |
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- Before the July 25th game against the
Louisville Colonels, Reds pitcher Frank
Dwyer asked team captain Mike Kelly for
a three day leave of absence from the
team. Mike Kelly promptly responded "You
can go if you go in and pitch the game
today and win it." Dwyer agreed and
proceeded to lead his team to victory
with a final score of 12-3. Dwyer took
his leave of absence and returned to the
club on July 29th a married man. The
nuptials between Dwyer and his new
bride, Maggie Broderick, took place in
her home town of Geneva New York. |
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- Mike Kelly played for two different
Cincinnati Reds franchises but somehow
missed playing for the Reds franchise
that we know and love today. Kelly
played for the first National League
Reds team during the 1878 & 1879 season.
That franchise folded after the 1880
season. He then went on to manage and
play for the Reds franchise that this
website commemorates. |
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- The St. Louis Cardinals are the only
franchise the Kel's played that
survived to modern times. The Cardinals
were called the Browns when Kelly's men
played them. |
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- While predominantly a catcher for his
club, Mike Kelly went on to play every
position for the Reds over the course of
the season. |
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- Reds pitcher Frank Dwyer went on to
umpire in the major leagues briefly.
Dwyer was the home plate umpire for Cy
Young's perfect game pitched on May 5th
1904. |
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- Hall of Famer Clark Griffith made his
major league debut on April 11th 1891
against Kelly's Reds with the St. Louis
Browns. |
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- A not so fun fact. The young Reds
pitcher Willie McGill was taken in by
Reds pitcher Cannonball Crane. Crane was
not the best influence on the young lad
and both of them were getting in a bit
of trouble with the police. Willie
McGill's father heard of his son's
behavior and decided to hop a train and
meet up with the boy in Cincinnati to
straighten him out. The train Mr. McGill
was riding in crashed outside of
Indianapolis, injuring him. Willie
McGill's father died shortly after from
his injuries. |
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- Mike Kelly had a shoe polish named in
honor of him called "Slide". They
marketed the white shoe polish as "very
speedy". |
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