Kinsella was born in Lexington, Illinois, and attended Illinois State University. He pitched for the school\'s baseball team. He then started his professional baseball career in 1904 with the Bloomington Bloomers of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League. During his second season, he went 17–14 on the mound and was then purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Kinsella made his major league debut in September and pitched 17 innings for the National League club during the final month of the campaign. He was the first player to make the major leagues from Illinois State University. In 1905, Kinsella was fired from his offseason job as a machinist when he took a day off to watch a baseball game.\n', '

Kinsella was purchased by Toledo of the American Association in December. The following March, the Toledo News-Bee reported that he was a "most likely looking young fellow." However, Kinsella did not pitch for Toledo that year, instead going to the Springfield Senators.\n', '

In 1906, Kinsella joined the Pacific Coast League\'s Portland Beavers. He made an immediate impact, winning 21 games with a 2.29 earned run average and leading the team in both categories. The following season, he pitched well again; he won 23 games and set a career-high with 380.2 innings pitched in the long Pacific Coast League schedule. Kinsella then went to the Northwestern League\'s Portland Colts for 1909. He won over 20 games for the third straight season and went 23–10.\n', '

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