Harry Leroy Kelley (February 13, 1906 – March 23, 1958) was an American

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. He played in

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(MLB) from 1925 to 1926 and again from 1936 to 1939 for the Washington Senators and

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. In between, he pitched mainly for the

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of the

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. He was born in 1906 in the town of

Parkin, Arkansas Parkin is a city in Cross County, Arkansas, United States, along the St. Francis River. The population was 1,105 at the 2010 census, down from 1,602 in 2000. Due to the recent population loss, a large segment of the downtown area has many abando ...

, and died there in 1958.

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1906 births 1958 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Washington Senators (1901–1960) players Philadelphia Athletics players Baseball players from Arkansas Greenwood Indians players Spartanburg Spartans players Memphis Chickasaws players New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players Birmingham Barons players Atlanta Crackers players Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players Indianapolis Indians players People from Parkin, Arkansas {{US-baseball-pitcher-1900s-stub