Following Christian Kelley in Altoona

2018 Altoona Curve

Former Black Bears catcher Christian Kelley had a big day on Sunday in a losing cause for the Eastern League Altoona Curve. Kelley had three hits including his first home run at the AA level and three RBI in the Curve's 5-4 loss to the Richmond Flying Squirrels.

Kelley was an 11th round pick by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2015 ($100,000 signing bonus) and played in 56 games for the league champions Black Bears. He spent most of the 2016 season with the West Virginia Power before being called up the Bradenton Marauders in August. Kelley played in 92 games for the Marauders in 2017 and was a mid-season All Star. He has been a non-roster invitee to Pirates Spring Training for the last two seasons.

Year	Age		Tm		Lev		G		AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB		BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2015	21		West Virginia		A-		56		194	30	45	2	0	0	21	0		25	43	.232	.330	.242	.573
2016	22		2 Teams		A-A+		86		290	33	72	14	0	2	33	0		27	64	.248	.317	.317	.634
2016	22		Bradenton		A+		9		31	7	11	2	0	0	5	0		2	9	.355	.371	.419	.791
2016	22		West Virginia		A		77		259	26	61	12	0	2	28	0		25	55	.236	.310	.305	.615
2017	23		Bradenton		A+		92		325	27	79	11	0	2	39	1		39	80	.243	.340	.295	.635
2018	24		Altoona		AA		10		37	4	6	1	0	0	2	0		2	8	.162	.205	.189	.394
All Levels (4 Seasons)							244		846	94	202	28	0	4	95	1		93	195	.239	.324	.286	.610
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		101		356	34	90	13	0	2	44	1		41	89	.253	.342	.306	.648

Photo Credits: MiLB.com

Stats: Baseball Reference

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