Baseball player collector's card - Mathew Kennelly

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Overview

Rectangular baseball player collector's card featuring catcher Mathew Kennelly wearing an Atlanta Braves uniform. Details of his resumé, skills, personal history and minor league batting record are on the back of the card.

Historical information

Matthew Kennelly played for Australia in the 2006 World Junior Championship and was on the rosters for the 2009 Baseball World Cup and the 2013 World Baseball Classic. He played with the Australian Baseball League's Western Heelers team when they won the Claxton Shield in 2008. From 2010 he played with the Perth Heat and was part of the team that won four ABL Championships in six years (2010-11, 2011-12, 2013-14, 2014-15). In 2016 he was named Perth Heat's Manager for the 2016/17 ABL season.

Baseball Reference
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Matt_Kennelly]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=kennel001mat#]

Wikipedia
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Kennelly]

perth now
[https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/comment-news/matt-kennelly-named-new-perth-heat-manager-c-788530]

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.153

Item type

Collectibles

Themes

People
Social History
Sport

Material

Coated Paper

Width

6.4000 cm

Height or length

8.9000 cm

Inscriptions and markings

Front of card:
1st Bowman Chrome card
Braves
Matt Kennelly's signature
Mathew Kennelly
Back of card:
BCP148
Mathew Kennelly
Resumé
Skills
Up Close
Minor League Batting Record
topps ® & © 2009 The Topps Company Inc.
Facsimile signature is as appears on original (rookie) Topps contract.

Keywords

Mathew Kennelly

Atlanta Braves

Australian Baseball League

Western Heelers

Perth Heat

Claxton Shield 2008

Claxton Shield 2010-2011

Claxton Shield 2011-2012

Claxton Shield 2013-2014

Claxton Shield 2014-2015

Baseball World Cup 2009