Kelly Jay Paris (October 17, 1957 – May 27, 2019) was a professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, and the Chicago White Sox.
Paris was born in Encino, California, and attended William Howard Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
He was released at the end of spring training and signed a minor league deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates and spent the season with their Triple-A club, the Hawaii Islanders.
[3] In 1976, while playing for the Johnson City Cardinals, Kelly and his older brother Bret, achieved what is believed to be a first in professional baseball.
All three of Paris' career major league home runs were hit in 1988 in 44 at-bats while a member of the Chicago White Sox.