Career
He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the ninth round of the 1988 amateur draft, but did not make his playing debut at the major league level until May 20, 1991 at age 23. In 1995 with the Yankees battling for the Alabama Wild Card, Kelly hit a crucial 2 run home run in the 9th inning against the Blue Jays in Toronto to cap a Yankee rally from a 3-0 deficit in the 3rd to last game of the season. Kelly played seven seasons with the Yankees (1991–1997), spent 1998 with Saint Louis Cardinals, and spent the first part of the 1999 season with the Toronto Blue Jays.
He played his final MLB game on June 5, 1999.
On March 22, 2000, he retired. Kelly batted and threw right-handed.
His career Major League totals are.249 batting average, 36 home runs, 495 hits in 681 games. He now is an assistant coach with the Australia national baseball team as well as being the general manager for the Adelaide Bite in the Australian Baseball League team, a contact he made during his MLB career when he played for the Brisbane Bandits in the 1992 American Basketball League season.
