Brian Kelly saw College WS title game, one pro season

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With the 1990 College World Series title on the line, Oklahoma State's Brian Kelly broke for home and got thrown out, The Associated Press wrote.

The seventh inning play would have tied the game. His coach Gary Ward, however, couldn't fault Kelly, The AP wrote.

"It's good baseball," Ward told The AP afterward. "He made the decision. We live with that. In 2-1 games, you can find all kinds of hairs to split."

Kelly went on from that game to play professionally. His pro career, though, proved brief, a single season.

Kelly's career began and ended that year in 1990, signed by the independent Salt Lake City Trappers out of Oklahoma State. He also played at Seminole State College.

With Salt Lake City, Kelly tripled and scored in a July game, knocked in four on a home run and a double in another July game and knocked in a run on a double in a third July contest as he went 3 for 4, The Salt Lake Tribune wrote.

"We put guys in there like Danny Montes, Brian Kelly and Butch Harris and they picked up the slack," Salt Lake City manager Nick Belmonte told The Tribune after the third contest.

Overall, Kelly saw 28 games with the Trappers. He hit .281, with one home run and 12 RBI to mark the extent of his pro career.


1990 Minor League Tally 
Players/Coaches Featured:4,481
Made the Majors:1,426-31.8
Never Made Majors:3,055-68.2%-X
5+ Seasons in the Majors:577
10+ Seasons in the Minors:357

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