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	25-19 / in Starts: 24-18
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	21 games
Most Games w/o HR	6 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	6

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 193 PAs	36
Actual Runners on Base	143 (88-34-21)
Avg. MLBer w/ 193 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	126 (65-40-20)

Most Driven In
Self	13
S Stirnweiss	8
T Henrich	7
B Brown	2
P Rizzuto	2
J Lindell	1
J DiMaggio	1
Y Berra	1

Most Driven In By
Self	13
B Johnson	5
Y Berra	3
J DiMaggio	3
G McQuinn	3
S Stirnweiss	1
P Rizzuto	1
R Houk	1

1947 Batting Game Log

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1947 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	877	1	Apr 15	NYY		PHA	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	4	1.16	0.003	3.03	0.01%	0.73	LF
2	878	2	Apr 17	NYY		PHA	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.375	.333	.708	4	1.16	-0.071	2.63	-0.10%	-0.49	LF
3	879	3	Apr 18	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.385	.727	1.112	4	.59	0.139	1.41	0.20%	1.92	LF
4	880	4	Apr 19	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.353	.571	.924	4	.97	-0.031	2.70	-0.05%	-0.28	LF
5	881	5	Apr 20 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.333	.471	.804	5	.58	0.022	1.43	0.03%	0.16	LF
6	882	6	Apr 20 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG(10)	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.385	.450	.835	4	.81	0.019	2.18	0.03%	0.31	LF
7	883	7	Apr 22	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.433	.609	1.042	5	2.60	0.473	8.34	0.91%	3.57	LF
8	884	8	Apr 23	NYY		BOS	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.424	.560	.984	5	.98	-0.044	3.20	-0.09%	-0.36	LF
9	885	9	Apr 24	NYY		BOS	L,0-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.405	.500	.905	5	2.51	-0.157	9.09	-0.34%	-0.49	LF
10	886	10	Apr 26	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.439	.645	1.084	5	.93	0.264	2.94	0.50%	2.17	LF
11	887	11	Apr 27	NYY		WSH	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.400	.571	.971	5	1.93	-0.194	7.06	-0.43%	-1.38	LF
12	888	12	Apr 30	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-15	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.367	.513	.880	5	.28	-0.029	.92	-0.06%	-0.73	LF
May		Gtm	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
13	889	13	May 2	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.186	.340	.465	.805	5	.39	-0.039	1.21	-0.07%	-1.02	LF
14	890	14	May 3 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.196	.351	.522	.873	5	1.06	0.066	3.58	0.13%	0.26	LF
15	891	15	May 3 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-10	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.344	.490	.834	5	1.23	-0.106	3.81	-0.20%	-0.84	LF
16	892	16	May 4	NYY	@	DET	T,2-2	CG(6)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.344	.471	.814	5	1.43	-0.103	4.14	-0.18%	-0.67	LF
17	893	17	May 6	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.167	.338	.444	.783	5	1.31	-0.184	3.79	-0.32%	-1.15	LF
18	894	18	May 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.172	.342	.431	.774	3	.66	0.098	1.82	0.16%	0.81	LF
19	895	19	May 11	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.164	.346	.410	.756	3	1.23	0.059	3.78	0.11%	0.12	LF
20	896	20	May 12	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.159	.361	.397	.758	3	1.47	-0.071	4.05	-0.12%	0.00	LF
21	897	21	May 13	NYY		SLB	W,9-1	CG	5	4	2	3	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.386	.507	.894	3	.62	0.151	1.31	0.19%	3.24	LF
22	898	22	May 15	NYY		CHW	L,2-8	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.391	.493	.884	3	.82	0.034	1.97	0.05%	0.26	LF
23	899	23	May 17 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.381	.486	.868	3	1.94	-0.139	4.56	-0.20%	-1.15	LF
24	900	24	May 17 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.376	.468	.844	3	1.92	-0.012	4.75	-0.02%	-0.28	LF
25	901	25	May 18	NYY		CLE	L,3-5	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.198	.387	.469	.856	3	1.45	0.135	4.06	0.23%	1.20	LF
26	902	26	May 19	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.198	.378	.488	.867	3	1.62	-0.073	3.91	-0.11%	0.84	LF
27	903	27	May 20	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.202	.383	.517	.899	3	1.70	0.094	3.86	0.13%	0.07	LF
28	904	28	May 21	NYY		DET	W,5-0	CG	5	4	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.204	.383	.527	.910	3	.60	0.085	1.32	0.11%	1.74	LF
29	905	29	May 23	NYY		BOS	W,9-0	CG	4	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.403	.579	.982	3	.70	0.236	1.63	0.33%	3.25	LF
30	906	30	May 24	NYY		BOS	W,5-0	CG	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.414	.573	.987	3	1.06	0.085	2.65	0.13%	0.86	LF
31	907	31	May 25	NYY		BOS	W,17-2	CG	6	4	4	2	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.230	.425	.600	1.025	3	.26	0.188	.74	0.32%	3.87	LF
32	908	32	May 26	NYY		BOS	W,9-3	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.417	.577	.994	3	.97	-0.019	2.91	-0.03%	-0.56	LF
33	909	33	May 27	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.410	.560	.969	3	1.02	-0.065	3.07	-0.12%	-0.48	LF
34	910	34	May 28	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	5	4	4	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.239	.423	.575	.998	3	.95	0.241	2.57	0.39%	2.49	LF
35	911	35	May 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.409	.551	.960	3	.66	-0.102	2.04	-0.19%	-1.24	LF
36	912	36	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.411	.545	.957	3	1.09	0.043	3.92	0.09%	0.10	LF
37	913	37	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.399	.524	.923	3	1.17	-0.150	3.80	-0.29%	-1.37	LF
38	914	38	May 31	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.405	.573	.977	3	.87	0.429	2.79	0.82%	4.21	LF
Jun		Gtm	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
39	915	39	Jun 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-9	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.410	.593	1.003	3	2.24	0.376	7.90	0.79%	2.35	LF
40	916	40	Jun 3	NYY	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.410	.580	.990	3	.72	0.003	3.20	0.01%	0.33	LF
41	917	41	Jun 4 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.401	.563	.964	3	.82	-0.078	4.17	-0.24%	-1.14	LF
42	918	42	Jun 4 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,17-8	CG	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.231	.399	.551	.950	3	.68	0.011	3.12	0.03%	0.08	LF
43	919	43	Jun 5	NYY	@	DET	W,7-0	GS-5	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.408	.557	.965	3	.67	0.133	3.17	0.38%	1.41	LF
44	920	44	Jun 6	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.406	.553	.960	8	4.63	-0.105	19.60	-0.27%	-0.35	PH
45	921	61 (16)	Jun 23	NYY		CLE	W,8-5	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.404	.550	.954	9	.84	-0.021	5.09	-0.08%	-0.15	PH
							25-19		193	151	36	36	6	1	13	36	41	3	18	1	0		3	3	0	0	.238	.404	.550	.954		1.11	1.594	3.39	2.61%	22.21

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