Ty Kelly

Ty Kelly
Kelly with the New York Mets in 2016
Philadelphia Phillies – No. 15
Utility player
Born: (1988-07-20) July 20, 1988 (age 28) Dallas, Texas
Bats: Switch Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 24, 2016, for the New York Mets
MLB statistics (through 2016 season)
Batting average	.241
Hits	14
Home runs	1
Runs batted in	7
Teams
New York Mets (2016–2017) Philadelphia Phillies (2017–present)

Tyler Patrick "Ty" Kelly (born July 20, 1988) is an American professional baseball utility player for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the New York Mets.

At the University of California, Davis, Kelly led the Big West Conference with a .397 batting average as a sophomore in 2008. That summer he was a 2008 Cape Cod League All Star. The Baltimore Orioles selected Kelly in the 13th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft.

Kelly was a 2009 New York-Penn League All Star, and a 2011 South Atlantic League All Star. In 2012 he led Orioles minor leaguers in hits, batting, and total bases (and was third in RBIs), and was a Carolina League All Star as well as an MiLB.com Organization All Star for both Baltimore and Seattle. He was a 2013 Eastern League All Star, Baseball America High Class A All Star, and MiLB.com Seattle Organization All-Star, and his 102 walks that season were second in the minors, as he led the minor leagues in fewest swings-per-at-bat (at 30.8%). In 2014, he was named an MiLB.com Seattle Organization All-Star, and ranked in the top 5 in the minor leagues in fewest swings-per-at-bat (at 36.4)%.

In 2016 with the Las Vegas 51s of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League, he batted .328/.409/.435. The Mets promoted Kelly to the major leagues in his eighth pro season (after 855 minor league games, and 3,063 minor league at bats) on May 23, 2016, while he was leading the minor leagues with a .391 batting average and a .478 on base percentage.