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unusual facts about Joe Kelley


Joe Kelly

Joe Kelley (1871–1943), American left fielder in Major League Baseball, played for the Baltimore Orioles


John T. Brush

As chairman of the NL's executive committee, Brush took a lead role in combating the AL, joining with Giants majority owner Andrew Freedman to sabotage the AL's Baltimore club by offering the managing jobs of the New York and Cincinnati teams to John McGraw and Joe Kelley respectively; Baltimore was forced to relocate to New York after 1902, eventually becoming the New York Yankees.


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