Carson Franklin Kelly was born on July 14,1994 and is an American professional baseball catcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball.
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Carson Franklin Kelly was born on July 14,1994 and is an American professional baseball catcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball.
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Carson Kelly played in MLB for the St Louis Cardinals from 2016 through 2018.
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Carson Kelly became Arizona's starting catcher in 2019, tying Miguel Montero's Diamondbacks record for the most home runs hit by a catcher in a season with 18.
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Carson Kelly attended Stoller Middle School and Westview High School in Beaverton, Oregon.
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Carson Kelly was a star player for Westview's baseball team, where he played the infield and pitched.
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Carson Kelly won gold medals in the 2011 World Youth Baseball Championship and an under-18 international tournament.
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Carson Kelly began his professional career that year with the Johnson City Cardinals of the Rookie-level Appalachian League, batting.
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Carson Kelly struggled with Peoria, and was demoted to the State College Spikes of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League.
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Carson Kelly won the 2015 minor leagues Rawlings Gold Glove Award for catchers.
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Carson Kelly was ranked the fourth-best prospect in the Cardinals system in 2016 by Baseball America.
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Carson Kelly began the 2016 season with the Springfield Cardinals of the Class AA Texas League.
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Carson Kelly was selected to the 2016 Texas League All-Star Game and to the 2016 All-Star Futures Game.
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Carson Kelly spent the remainder of the season with the Cardinals.
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Carson Kelly began the season with Memphis and received his first 2018 promotion to the major leagues on May 6 when Molina was placed on the disabled list.
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Carson Kelly appeared in a majority of games at the catching position in 2020, splitting time with Stephen Vogt but getting most of the September starts.
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