Roberto Kelly

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Roberto Conrado (Gray) Kelly (born October 1, 1964 in Panama City, Panama) is a former Outfielder in Major League Baseball. He was signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1982 and went on to play for the New York Yankees (1987-92 and 2000), Cincinnati Reds (1993-94), Atlanta Braves (1994), Montreal Expos (1995), Los Angeles Dodgers (1995), Minnesota Twins (1996-97), Seattle Mariners (1997) and Texas Rangers (1998-99). Known as "La Sombra", spanish for Shadow during his playing days in Panama.

He helped the Reds win the 1994 National League Central Division, the Dodgers win the 1995 NL Western Division, the Mariners win the 1997 American League Western Division, the Rangers win the 1998 and 1999 AL Western Division and the Yankees win the 2000 World Series.

He was named to the 1992 American League All-Star Team and the 1993 National League All-Star Team.

He played in all 162 Games in 1990.

In 14 seasons he played in 1,337 Games and had 4,797 At Bats, 687 Runs, 1,390 Hits, 241 Doubles, 30 Triples, 124 Home Runs, 585 RBI, 235 Stolen Bases, 317 Walks, .290 Batting Average, .337 On-base percentage, .430 Slugging Percentage, 2,063 Total Bases, 22 Sacrifice Hits, 41 Sacrifice Flies and 16 Intentional Walks.

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