Charlie Keller

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: September 12, 1916 in Middletown, MD us

Died: May 23, 1990 in Frederick, MD

Buried: Christ Reformed Cemetery, Middletown, MD

High School: Frederick HS (Frederick, MD)

School: University of Maryland (College Park, MD)

Debut: April 22, 1939 (Age 22-222d, 8,636th in major league history)
vs. WSH 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 14, 1952 (Age 36-002d)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Charles Ernest Keller

Nicknames: King Kong

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Relatives: Brother of Hal Keller

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

43.6

3790

1085

189

.286

725

RBI

760

OBP

.410

SLG

.518

OPS

.928

OPS+

152

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	13-6 / in Starts: 13-6
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	6 games
Most Games w/o RBI	3 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1939	WS g1	Oct 4	NYY		CIN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.750	1.000	3	1.06	0.184	55.47	5.16%	0.19	RF
2	1939	WS g2	Oct 5	NYY		CIN	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.750	1.125	3	.55	0.081	28.98	2.36%	0.85	RF
3	1939	WS g3	Oct 7	NYY	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	4	3	3	2	0	0	2	4	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.455	.500	1.273	1.773	3	.77	0.347	31.98	9.38%	3.28	RF
4	1939	WS g4	Oct 8	NYY	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG(10)	5	5	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.438	.471	1.188	1.658	3	1.45	0.372	27.33	4.47%	1.68	RF
1941 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	1941	WS g1	Oct 1	NYY		BRO	W,3-2	CG	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	5	.63	-0.003	33.11	-0.08%	-0.10	LF
6	1941	WS g2	Oct 2	NYY		BRO	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	5	1.47	0.050	78.38	0.94%	1.04	LF
7	1941	WS g3	Oct 4	NYY	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.417	.300	.717	5	1.80	-0.027	112.98	-0.45%	0.13	LF
8	1941	WS g4	Oct 5	NYY	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	5	5	1	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.467	.529	.600	1.129	5	2.23	0.829	135.65	30.88%	3.55	LF
9	1941	WS g5	Oct 6	NYY	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.389	.476	.500	.976	5	.87	0.001	29.98	0.04%	-0.45	LF
1942 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	1942	WS g1	Sep 30	NYY	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	5	.96	-0.116	50.14	-3.73%	-1.09	LF
11	1942	WS g2	Oct 1	NYY	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.625	.958	5	.91	0.319	46.56	8.93%	1.76	LF
12	1942	WS g3	Oct 3	NYY		STL	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.417	.647	6	1.16	-0.122	72.73	-4.92%	-0.73	LF
13	1942	WS g4	Oct 4	NYY		STL	L,6-9	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.563	.798	5	1.10	0.152	66.99	6.16%	1.79	LF
14	1942	WS g5	Oct 5	NYY		STL	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.238	.500	.738	5	1.04	-0.015	35.94	-0.28%	0.12	LF
1943 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	1943	WS g1	Oct 5	NYY		STL	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	4	1.54	-0.172	80.56	-5.04%	-1.20	LF
16	1943	WS g2	Oct 6	NYY		STL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	4	1.35	0.054	72.67	1.99%	0.85	LF
17	1943	WS g3	Oct 7	NYY		STL	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.364	.614	4	.79	-0.071	48.88	-2.75%	-0.26	LF
18	1943	WS g4	Oct 10	NYY	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	.200	.250	.333	.583	4	.79	-0.022	51.87	-0.65%	0.01	LF
19	1943	WS g5	Oct 11	NYY	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.333	.633	4	.81	-0.015	36.67	-0.28%	0.06	LF
									79	72	18	22	3	2	5	18	7	0	11	0	0			2	1	0	.306	.367	.611	.978

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