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Diamondbacks – No. 29</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">Pitcher</a></b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Born:</b> <span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1988-10-14</span>) </span>October 14, 1988<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 36)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston, Texas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Bats:</b> Right</div><div><b>Throws:</b> Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color: #A71930 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Professional debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>KBO:</b> April 2, 2015, for the SK Wyverns</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>MLB:</b> April 1, 2019, for the Arizona Diamondbacks</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="background-color: #3EC1CD !important; color: #000000 !important;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">KBO statistics <br />(through 2018 season)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">Win–loss record</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">48–32</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">Earned run average</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">3.86</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">Strikeouts</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">641</td></tr><tr style="background-color: #3EC1CD !important; color: #000000 !important;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB statistics <br />(through 2024 season)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">Win–loss record</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">53–44</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">Earned run average</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">3.82</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">Strikeouts</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">744</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kellyme01.shtml">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Reference" title="Baseball Reference">Baseball Reference</a></b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18621033#P1825" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 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class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Series" title="Korean Series">Korean Series</a> champion (<a href="/wiki/2018_Korean_Series" title="2018 Korean Series">2018</a>)</li> <li>KBO Strikeout leader (2017)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header borderless"><div class="mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"> <div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="line-height:1.6em; background-color:#ccf; font-size:105%; background-color:transparent;"><div style="margin:0 4em;">Medals</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size:105%"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151960987">body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox table{display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox caption{display:table-caption}</style> <table class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; background-color:#f9f9f9; color:#000000; font-weight:normal"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;">Men's <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;" class="adr">Representing <span class="country-name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/World_Baseball_Classic" title="World Baseball Classic">World Baseball Classic</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Silver medal – second place"><img alt="Silver medal – second place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"> <a href="/wiki/2023_World_Baseball_Classic" title="2023 World Baseball Classic">2023 Miami</a> </span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_national_baseball_team" title="United States national baseball team">Team</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div></th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kenneth Merrill Kelly</b> (born October 14, 1988) is an <a href="/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">American</a> <a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball" title="Professional baseball">professional baseball</a> <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Diamondbacks" title="Arizona Diamondbacks">Arizona Diamondbacks</a> of <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB). He made his MLB debut on April 1, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-bbrefkellymaj_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbrefkellymaj-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kelly formerly played for the <a href="/wiki/SK_Wyverns" class="mw-redirect" title="SK Wyverns">SK Wyverns</a> of the <a href="/wiki/KBO_League" title="KBO League">KBO League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbrefkellymin_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbrefkellymin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merrill_Kelly&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kelly lived in <a href="/wiki/Lake_Forest,_Illinois" title="Lake Forest, Illinois">Lake Forest, Illinois</a> from grades three to eight.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also spent early years in <a href="/wiki/Bryn_Mawr,_Pennsylvania" title="Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania">Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> suburb before relocating to <a href="/wiki/Scottsdale,_Arizona" title="Scottsdale, Arizona">Scottsdale, Arizona</a> and attending <a href="/wiki/Desert_Mountain_High_School" title="Desert Mountain High School">Desert Mountain High School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> selected Kelly in the 37th round of the <a href="/wiki/2007_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2007 Major League Baseball draft">2007 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft</a>, but he did not sign a contract. He attended <a href="/wiki/Yavapai_College" title="Yavapai College">Yavapai College</a>. After playing <a href="/wiki/College_baseball" title="College baseball">college baseball</a> at Yavapai for two years, the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> took him in the 22nd round of the <a href="/wiki/2009_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2009 Major League Baseball draft">2009 MLB draft</a>, but again, he did not sign. He transferred to <a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_University" title="Arizona State University">Arizona State University</a>, where he played for the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_Sun_Devils_baseball" title="Arizona State Sun Devils baseball">Arizona State Sun Devils</a> in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merrill_Kelly&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tampa_Bay_Rays">Tampa Bay Rays</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merrill_Kelly&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tampa Bay Rays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays">Tampa Bay Rays</a> selected Kelly in the eighth round (251st overall) of the <a href="/wiki/2010_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2010 Major League Baseball draft">2010 MLB draft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbrefkellymin_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbrefkellymin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kelly advanced about one minor league level each season, beginning his career at Low-A in 2010 and reaching Triple-A for the first time in 2013. He split his first professional season between the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_Valley_Renegades" title="Hudson Valley Renegades">Hudson Valley Renegades</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_Hot_Rods" title="Bowling Green Hot Rods">Bowling Green Hot Rods</a>. He was 8–7 with a 3.28 ERA for the 2011 <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Stone_Crabs" title="Charlotte Stone Crabs">Charlotte Stone Crabs</a>. He had an 8–3 record and a 3.57 ERA for the 2012 <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Biscuits" title="Montgomery Biscuits">Montgomery Biscuits</a> after being used primarily in relief. In 2013, he went 13–8 with 111 strikeouts and a 3.64 ERA in 28 games (26 starts) for the Biscuits and Triple-A <a href="/wiki/Durham_Bulls" title="Durham Bulls">Durham Bulls</a>. He allowed only 128 hits in 158 1/3 innings. He was a non-roster invitee to 2014 spring training, but did not make the Opening Day roster.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He pitched the 2014 season for Durham, going 9–4 with a 2.76 ERA, but remained in the minor leagues. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="SK_Wyverns">SK Wyverns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merrill_Kelly&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: SK Wyverns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kelly signed with the <a href="/wiki/SK_Wyverns" class="mw-redirect" title="SK Wyverns">SK Wyverns</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Korea_Baseball_Organization" title="Korea Baseball Organization">Korea Baseball Organization</a> (KBO) ahead of the 2015 season. In four seasons with SK Wyverns, Kelly pitched to a 48–32 record and a 3.86 ERA<sup id="cite_ref-bbrefkellymin_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbrefkellymin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while winning the <a href="/wiki/2018_Korean_Series" title="2018 Korean Series">2018 Korean Series</a>. In Game 3 of the series, he pitched seven innings allowing two runs to earn the win.<sup id="cite_ref-game3_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-game3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became a free agent after the 2018 season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arizona_Diamondbacks">Arizona Diamondbacks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merrill_Kelly&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Arizona Diamondbacks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 4, 2018, MLB's <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Diamondbacks" title="Arizona Diamondbacks">Arizona Diamondbacks</a> signed Kelly to a two-year major league contract.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 1, 2019, Kelly made his major league debut in a start versus the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a>. He earned a win and recorded a <a href="/wiki/Quality_start" title="Quality start">quality start</a> by totaling six innings, while allowing three runs and striking out three.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After struggling for much of the season, Diamondbacks' manager <a href="/wiki/Torey_Lovullo" title="Torey Lovullo">Torey Lovullo</a> called Kelly into his office and issued a warning that he was considering sending him down. When Kelly asked why, Lovullo responded by saying, "You are statistically the worst pitcher in the National League." Kelly took this as a challenge to improve. He made some mechanical adjustments and flourished in September by going 4-1 with a 2.18 ERA in his last five starts.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Overall in his first season with Arizona, Kelly led the National league in losses with 14 but led the team in wins (13) and innings (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">183<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span>). Kelly began the 2020 season in the rotation before being shut down on September 1 after 5 starts due to a shoulder injury. He returned healthy in 2021 but posted a 7–11 record over 27 starts on a Diamondbacks squad that lost 110 games. </p><p>On April 1, 2022, Kelly signed a two-year, $18 million contract extension with the Diamondbacks.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He started the 2022 season with a 15-inning scoreless streak, three short of the franchise record to begin a season.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kelly won the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Pitcher_of_the_Month_Award" title="Major League Baseball Pitcher of the Month Award">National League Pitcher of the Month Award</a> for July 2022 after pitching to a 1.31 ERA in six starts.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also won the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Player_of_the_Week_Award" title="Major League Baseball Player of the Week Award">National League Player of the Week Award</a> for the week of July 25–31.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Game 2 of the 2023 World Series, Kelly pitched a historic game. He pitched seven innings, striking out nine batters without allowing a walk. He only allowed three hits and one run. Only seven other pitchers in World Series history had ever pitched seven or more innings with that many strike outs and no walks. With the Diamondbacks eventually winning the game, Kelly became the first player to win a game in both the World Series and Korean Series. Kelly finished the 2023 postseason with a 3–1 record in four starts with a 2.25 ERA. <sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2024, Kelly once more began the year as part of Arizona's rotation, logging a 2.19 ERA across his first four starts. He was placed on the injured list with a <a href="/wiki/Teres_major_muscle" title="Teres major muscle">teres major muscle</a> strain in his right shoulder in April 23, 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kelly was transferred to the 60–day injured list on May 2, after it was announced that he would miss more than a month as a result of the injury.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was activated on August 11.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_career">International career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merrill_Kelly&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: International career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On October 6, 2022, Kelly announced that he would represent the <a href="/wiki/United_States_national_baseball_team" title="United States national baseball team">United States national baseball team</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2023_World_Baseball_Classic" title="2023 World Baseball Classic">2023 World Baseball Classic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He started for the United States in the <a href="/wiki/2023_World_Baseball_Classic_championship" title="2023 World Baseball Classic championship">championship game</a> against <a href="/wiki/Japan_national_baseball_team" title="Japan national baseball team">Japan</a> and was credited with the loss.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merrill_Kelly&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kelly's wife Bre gave birth to their first child, a daughter, Hadley, in February 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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.cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kellyme01.shtml">"Merrill Kelly Stats"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Baseball-Reference.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball-Reference.com">Baseball-Reference.com</a></i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 17,</span> 2023</span>. <q>It was a rough homecoming-of-sorts for the 30-year-old rookie, who lived in suburban Lake Forest from grades three to eight.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ESPN+%28AU%29&rft.atitle=Diamondbacks+1-5+Cubs+%2820+Apr%2C+2019%29+Game+Recap&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com.au%2Fmlb%2Frecap%2F_%2FgameId%2F401075014&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMerrill+Kelly" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://arizonasports.com/story/3536277/d-backs-merrill-kelly-ready-face-electric-philly-crowd/">"D-backs' Merrill Kelly ready to face 'electric' Philly crowd"</a>. <i>Arizona Sports</i>. 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