John "Mac" Wellington McKelvey (1847–1944) was a shortstop for the Rochester Alert amateur baseball team for a number of years and played one year for the professional
New Haven Elm Citys The Elm City baseball club, or New Haven Elm Citys in modern nomenclature, were a professional baseball team based in New Haven, Connecticut ("The Elm City"). They existed for one season, in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players ...
in 1875.
Baseball career
John McKelvey was born in 1847 in
Rochester, New York
Rochester () is a City (New York), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, the county seat, seat of Monroe County, New York, Monroe County, and the fourth-most populous in the state after New York City, Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, ...
and raised in the city. He played on a number of amateur teams in Rochester. In 1869, he joined the Rochester Alerts, an amateur baseball club. The Alerts played a number of regional and national teams and McKelvey gained a reputation for excellent defense.
In 1875, McKelvey joined the
New Haven Elm Citys The Elm City baseball club, or New Haven Elm Citys in modern nomenclature, were a professional baseball team based in New Haven, Connecticut ("The Elm City"). They existed for one season, in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players ...
where he played for the entire season batting .229 with 10 RBIs.
The next year, he rejoined the Rochester amateur team where he played for the remainder of his amateur career.
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1847 births
1944 deaths
Major League Baseball outfielders
New Haven Elm Citys players
19th-century baseball players
Baseball players from Rochester, New York
Burials at Mount Hope Cemetery (Rochester)
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