Keone Kela

Keone Kela [Keone Cole Kela] is currently a free agent who was last active in 2026. His date of birth is April 16th, 1993 and he is currently 33 years old. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He attended high school in Seattle, Washington where he played for the Chief Sealth Seahawks. He played College Baseball for the Everett Community College Trojans. He was drafted and signed in the 12th round (396th overall) of the 2012 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the Texas Rangers, receiving a $100,000 signing bonus. Ranked by Baseball America as the Texas Rangers No. 18 MLB prospect in 2026 pre-season Prospect rankings. Made his Major League Debut on April 7th, 2015 at the age of 21. Debuted as a relief pitcher for Texas Rangers against the Oakland Athletics, throwing 1 ...

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inning, allowing 0 runs, 1 walks and striking out 1 batters. He did not factor in the decision. He allowed a single to Billy Butler, the first batter he faced. His most frequent teammates throughout his career, based on statistics listed below were Nomar Mazara, Joey Gallo and Alex Claudio. Kela has played 7 seasons with the Texas Rangers organization, 3 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1 season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, 1 season with the Arizona Diamondbacks, 1 season with the Chicago White Sox and 1 season with the San Diego Padres. He played in the Arizona Fall League (Prospect League) in 2013. Participated in the MLB Division Series 2x [2015,2016]. Finished 9th in Texas League with 23 Games Finished in 2014. Finished 10th in American League with 24 Saves in 2018. He was also drafted in the 29th round of the 2011 Draft by the Seattle Mariners but did not sign.

Career Transactions: Traded from Rangers to Pirates for Taylor Hearn on July 31st, 2018. Signed a 1-year contract worth $4m with the Arizona Diamondbacks on January 10th, 2020. IL-10 Undisclosed *Unknown* on July 17th, 2020. Signed a 1-year free agent contract for 2021 worth $1m with the San Diego Padres on February 18th, 2021Signed a minor league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks on March 19th, 2022. Signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 1st, 2022. Signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox on April 16th, 2025.

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	tbc+	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
2012	Arizona Rangers	Ariz	Rk	TEX	43	19	173*	0	1	1.59	9	0	0	0	9	1	0	11.1	4	4	2	0	4	15	0	0	1	0.71	3.18	0.00	3.18	11.91	3.18	3.75
2013	Arizona Rangers	Ariz	Rk	TEX	-	20		2	0	7.36	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.2	8	3	3	0	3	6	1	1	1	3.00	19.64	0.00	7.36	14.73	7.36	2.00
2013	Spokane Indians	Nwst	A-	TEX	32	20	115*	1	2	3.78	12	0	0	0	12	6	2	16.2	17	8	7	1	6	26	3	3	3	1.38	9.18	0.54	3.24	14.04	4.32	4.33
2013	Hickory Crawdads	SAL	A	TEX	7	20	110*	2	2	2.41	12	0	0	0	12	3	1	18.2	18	6	5	0	6	20	3	0	2	1.29	8.68	0.00	2.89	9.64	2.89	3.33
2014	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Caro	A+	TEX	35	21		0	1	2.61	8	0	0	0	8	8	5	10.1	9	3	3	0	4	13	3	0	0	1.26	7.84	0.00	3.48	11.32	2.61	3.25
2014	Frisco RoughRiders	Tex	AA	TEX	35	21	126	2	1	1.86	36	0	0	0	36	23	5	38.2	22	14	8	1	27	55	4	0	2	1.27	5.12	0.23	6.28	12.80	3.26	2.04
2015	Frisco RoughRiders	Tex	AA	TEX	35	22		1	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.50	4.50	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00
2015	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	TEX	50	22	121	7	5	2.39	68	0	0	0	68	11	1	60.1	52	18	16	4	18	68	6	1	0	1.16	7.76	0.60	2.69	10.14	2.69	3.78
2016	Frisco RoughRiders	Tex	AA	TEX	22	23		0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0.33	3.00	0.00	0.00	12.00	0.00	0.00
2016	Round Rock Express	PCL	AAA	TEX	51	23		0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	27.00	0.00	0.00
2016	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	TEX	50	23	108*	5	1	6.09	35	0	0	0	35	2	0	34.0	30	23	23	6	17	45	2	1	3	1.38	7.94	1.59	4.50	11.91	6.09	2.65
2017	Round Rock Express	PCL	AAA	TEX	44	24		0	0	2.25	4	0	0	0	4	1	1	4.0	5	1	1	0	1	8	0	0	0	1.50	11.25	0.00	2.25	18.00	2.25	8.00
2017	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	TEX	50	24	143*	4	1	2.79	39	0	0	0	39	13	2	38.2	18	12	12	4	17	51	1	1	1	0.91	4.19	0.93	3.96	11.87	2.79	3.00
2018	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	TEX	50	25	126	3	3	3.44	38	0	0	0	38	31	24	36.2	28	14	14	3	14	44	4	2	0	1.15	6.87	0.74	3.44	10.80	3.44	3.14
2018	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	35	25	126	0	1	2.93	16	0	0	0	16	5	0	15.1	10	5	5	2	5	22	2	0	0	0.98	5.87	1.17	2.93	12.91	2.93	4.40
2019	Indianapolis Indians	IL	AAA	PIT	-	26		0	0	13.50	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	3.1	5	5	5	2	1	7	0	0	0	1.80	13.50	5.40	2.70	18.90	13.50	7.00
2019	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	35	26	126*	2	0	2.12	32	0	0	0	32	8	1	29.2	19	7	7	3	11	33	1	0	1	1.01	5.76	0.91	3.34	10.01	2.12	3.00
2020	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	35	27		0	0	4.50	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	2.00	13.50	4.50	4.50	13.50	4.50	3.00
2021	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	SDN	27	28		2	2	5.06	12	0	0	0	12	2	0	10.2	11	8	6	3	3	13	2	0	0	1.31	9.28	2.53	2.53	10.97	6.75	4.33
2022	ACL Diamondbacks Reds	ACL	Rk	ARI	11	29		0	0	0.00	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0.67	0.00	0.00	6.00	12.00	0.00	2.00
2022	Oklahoma City Dodgers	PCL2	AAA	LAN	39	29	92*	1	1	6.75	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	6.2	7	6	5	0	10	5	0	0	0	2.55	9.45	0.00	13.50	6.75	8.10	0.50
2022	Reno Aces	PCL2	AAA	ARI	34	29	92*	0	1	5.00	9	0	0	0	9	2	1	9.0	7	5	5	2	5	11	0	0	0	1.33	7.00	2.00	5.00	11.00	5.00	2.20
2024	Dos Laredos Tecolotes	Mex	Intl			31	137	3	3	2.70	42	0	0	0	42	2	0	40.0	35	12	12	2	6	40	7	1	3	1.03	7.88	0.45	1.35	9.00	2.70	6.67
2025	Dos Laredos Tecolotes	Mex	Intl			32	162*	1	1	2.70	14	0	0	0	14	3	1	13.1	10	4	4	1	4	18	1	0	0	1.05	6.75	0.68	2.70	12.15	2.70	4.50
2025	Birmingham Barons	Sou2	AA	CHA	35	32		1	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	1.00	3.00	0.00	6.00	12.00	0.00	2.00
2025	Charlotte Knights	IL2	AAA	CHA	27	32	105*	0	2	8.44	14	0	0	0	14	3	1	16.0	17	15	15	3	9	23	1	0	0	1.63	9.56	1.69	5.06	12.94	8.44	2.56
2026	Tabasco Olmecas	Mex	Intl			33		2	2	2.37	29	0	0	0	29	0	0	30.1	26	9	8	2	13	30	3	1	0	1.29	7.71	0.59	3.86	8.90	2.67	2.31
Tot:	MLB (7 yrs)		MLB					23	13	3.33	243	0	0	0	243	73	28	227.1	171	88	84	26	86	279	18	5	5	1.13	6.77	1.03	3.40	11.05	3.48	3.24
Tot:	NL (4 yrs)		NL					4	3	2.97	63	0	0	0	63	16	1	57.2	43	21	19	9	20	71	5	0	1	1.09	6.71	1.40	3.12	11.08	3.28	3.55
Tot:	AL (4 yrs)		AL					19	10	3.45	180	0	0	0	180	57	27	169.2	128	67	65	17	66	208	13	5	4	1.14	6.79	0.90	3.50	11.03	3.55	3.15
Tot:	Minors (9 yrs)		Minors					10	11	3.53	129	3	0	0	126	49	16	150.1	123	70	59	9	80	206	17	4	10	1.35	7.36	0.54	4.79	12.33	4.19	2.58
Tot:	Rk (3 yrs)		Rk					2	1	2.50	15	2	0	0	13	1	0	18.0	12	7	5	0	9	25	1	1	2	1.17	6.00	0.00	4.50	12.50	3.50	2.78
Tot:	A- (1 yrs)		A-					1	2	3.78	12	0	0	0	12	6	2	16.2	17	8	7	1	6	26	3	3	3	1.38	9.18	0.54	3.24	14.04	4.32	4.33
Tot:	A (1 yrs)		A					2	2	2.41	12	0	0	0	12	3	1	18.2	18	6	5	0	6	20	3	0	2	1.29	8.68	0.00	2.89	9.64	2.89	3.33
Tot:	A+ (1 yrs)		A+					0	1	2.61	8	0	0	0	8	8	5	10.1	9	3	3	0	4	13	3	0	0	1.26	7.84	0.00	3.48	11.32	2.61	3.25
Tot:	AA (4 yrs)		AA					4	1	1.54	43	0	0	0	43	24	5	46.2	25	14	8	1	29	65	6	0	3	1.16	4.82	0.19	5.59	12.54	2.70	2.24
Tot:	AAA (5 yrs)		AAA					1	4	6.98	39	1	0	0	38	7	3	40.0	42	32	31	7	26	57	1	0	0	1.70	9.45	1.58	5.85	12.83	7.20	2.19
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Avg:	Minors - 162 Inning avg		Minors					🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒

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year	team name	league	category	age	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
2013	Surprise Saguaros	Arizona Fall League	AFL	20	0	0	0.00	7	0	0	0	7	2	2	8.2	5	1	0	0	5	10	0	0	0	1.15	5.19	0.00	5.19	10.38	1.04	2.00
2014	Texas Rangers	MLB Spring Training	Spring	21	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	18.00	0.00	0.00
2015	Texas Rangers	MLB Spring Training	Spring	22	0	0	2.79	10	0	0	0	10	2	0	9.2	6	3	3	0	2	11	0	1	0	0.83	5.59	0.00	1.86	10.24	2.79	5.50
2015	Texas Rangers	Division Series	Playoffs	22	1	0	3.00	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	3.0	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	1.00	3.00	3.00	6.00	6.00	3.00	1.00
2016	Texas Rangers	MLB Spring Training	Spring	23	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	0	5	1	1	5.0	1	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	0.40	1.80	0.00	1.80	14.40	0.00	8.00
2016	Texas Rangers	Division Series	Playoffs	23	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.40	0.00	0.00
2017	Texas Rangers	MLB Spring Training	Spring	24	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	0	4	1	1	5.0	3	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0.80	5.40	0.00	1.80	12.60	0.00	7.00
2018	Texas Rangers	MLB Spring Training	Spring	25	0	0	2.57	8	0	0	0	8	0	0	7.0	6	2	2	1	5	12	2	1	0	1.57	7.71	1.29	6.43	15.43	2.57	2.40
2019	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB Spring Training	Spring	26	0	0	11.37	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	6.1	8	8	8	3	4	8	0	0	0	1.89	11.37	4.26	5.68	11.37	11.37	2.00
2020	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB Spring Training	Spring	27	0	2	7.20	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	5.0	5	4	4	1	3	6	1	0	0	1.60	9.00	1.80	5.40	10.80	7.20	2.00
2021	San Diego Padres	MLB Spring Training	Spring	28	1	0	3.86	7	0	0	0	7	1	1	7.0	6	3	3	1	1	11	1	0	0	1.00	7.71	1.29	1.29	14.14	3.86	11.00
Tot:	AFL (1 Yrs)		AFL		0	0	0.00	7	0	0	0	2	7	2	8.2	5	1	0	0	5	10	0	0	0	1.15	5.19	0.00	5.19	10.38	1.04	2.00
Tot:	Spring (8 Yrs)		Spring		1	2	3.91	47	0	0	0	6	47	3	46.0	35	20	20	6	17	65	4	2	0	1.13	6.85	1.17	3.33	12.72	3.91	3.82
Tot:	Playoffs (2 Yrs)		Playoffs		1	0	1.93	4	0	0	0	1	4	0	4.2	1	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0.64	1.93	1.93	3.86	5.79	1.93	1.50

Strikeouts	Walks	Hittable	SO/BB	vs Power	Durability	Team Success
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