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Tim Kennelly (baseball)

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Tim Kennelly
Perth Heat ? No. 23
Third baseman / Outfielder / Catcher
Born: ( 1986-12-05 ) 5 December 1986 (age 37)
Perth , Australia
Bats: Right
Throws: Right

Timothy James Kennelly (born 5 December 1986) is an Australian professional baseball player for the Perth Heat of the Australian Baseball League . Primarily an outfielder and third baseman, Kennelly spent a significant portion of his career also at catcher.

He is the current all-time hits (426), runs (275), runs batted in (226), plate appearances (1637) and at-bats (1432) leader of the Australian Baseball League as of 1 January 2023.

Career [ edit ]

Kennelly signed to the Philadelphia Phillies in 2005 as a third baseman through the Major League Baseball Australian Academy Program where he had a good debut season with the GCL Phillies batting .295 and slugging .420. [1]

He debuted as a 19-year-old for the Western Australia Heelers in 2006 Claxton Shield as a utility. Due to a torn labrum , he missed the 2006 minor league season. In the 2008 Claxton Shield Final , Tim and his brother starred for Western Australia as they won the Claxton Shield . They made it two in a row the following year in the 2009 Claxton Shield . Back in America, Kennelly had a break-out year, being promoted to the Reading Phillies, and batted .256/.338/.393 and named as the DH for the Florida State League postseason All-Star team.

Australian national team [ edit ]

Kennelly was selected for the Australia national baseball team at the 2009 Baseball World Cup , 2013 World Baseball Classic , 2017 World Baseball Classic , 2018 exhibition games against Japan , 2019 WBSC Premier12 , and the 2023 World Baseball Classic .

His efforts were recognised by being selected on the roster for the 2009 Baseball World Cup for the Australia. [2]

On 20 February 2018, he was selected exhibition series against Japan. [3]

On 8 October, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 WBSC Premier12 . [4]

Personal life [ edit ]

He is the son of Mike Kennelly, a 16-year PGA veteran and also the older brother of Matt Kennelly , who plays minor league baseball for the Atlanta Braves organisation. [5] Kennelly is a keen supporter of Australian Rules Football , which he had to give up playing to chase his dream of professional baseball. [6]

Off of the field, Kennelly works as a firefighter. [7]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Tim Kennelly Baseball Cube
  2. ^ Sedgman, Cassandra (3 September 2009). "ABF Announce 2009 World Cup Team" . Australian Baseball Federation. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012 . Retrieved 2 July 2010 .
  3. ^ Baseball Australia Media (20 February 2018). "Team Australia Roster Announced" . Baseball Australia Southern Thunder . Archived from the original on 8 December 2019 . Retrieved 22 February 2018 .
  4. ^ DAVID PENROSE (8 October 2019). "BORAL TEAM AUSTRALIA'S PREMIER12 ROSTER ANNOUNCED" . baseball.com.au . Retrieved 15 October 2019 .
  5. ^ Baseball America ? Matthew Kennelly
  6. ^ Britton, Tim. "Kennelly comfortable half a world away" . MLB.com . Retrieved 4 July 2010 .
  7. ^ "The best WA athlete you've never heard of" . 9 September 2021.

External links [ edit ]

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