Carson Kelly
Carson Franklin Kelly (born July 14, 1994) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals and Arizona Diamondbacks.
| Carson Kelly | |
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Kelly with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2021 | |
| Detroit Tigers – No. 15 | |
| Catcher | |
| Born: July 14, 1994 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 5, 2016, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| MLB statistics (through April 18, 2024) | |
| Batting average | .220 |
| Home runs | 46 |
| Runs batted in | 176 |
| Teams | |
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Born in Chicago, Kelly was raised in Beaverton, Oregon. After a standout amateur career at Westview High School, he was selected by the Cardinals in the second round of the 2012 MLB draft. By his second professional season, he had switched from playing third base to catching. In the coming years, Baseball America rated him among the Cardinals' top prospects, twice naming him St. Louis's best defensive catcher. Kelly made his MLB debut in 2016 and saw limited playing time before being traded to the Diamondbacks after the 2018 season. He became Arizona's starting catcher in 2019, tying Miguel Montero's Diamondbacks record for the most home runs hit by a catcher in a season with 18.