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	27-32 / in Starts: 18-7
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 144 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	118 (68-34-16) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 144 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	96 (50-31-15)

Most Driven In
G Woodling	4
Self	3
C Mapes	2
B Brown	2
J DiMaggio	2
T Henrich	1
Y Berra	1
P Rizzuto	1

Most Driven In By
Self	3
P Rizzuto	2
T Byrne	1
T Henrich	1
B Brown	1
Y Berra	1
J DiMaggio	1
G Woodling	1

1949 Batting Game Log

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1949 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	1005	53 (52)	Jun 16 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,6-10	2-GF	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	3	.50	0.040	2.67	0.13%	0.25	PH LF
2	1006	55 (1)	Jun 17	NYY		CLE	L,4-10	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.600	.333	.933	9	.48	0.014	2.90	0.05%	0.18	PH
3	1007	57 (1)	Jun 19	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	11-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	1	1.91	-0.049	11.76	-0.18%	-0.25	PH
4	1008	59 (1)	Jun 22 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,1-5	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.455	.333	.788	3	1.19	-0.050	6.15	-0.16%	-0.27	LF
5	1009	61 (1)	Jun 23	NYY		DET	W,12-0	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.308	.438	.385	.822	7	.26	0.025	1.75	0.10%	0.82	RF
6	1010	62	Jun 24	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	.286	.474	.357	.831	3	1.28	0.087	8.61	0.35%	0.61	RF
7	1011	63	Jun 25	NYY		DET	L,3-9	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.478	.313	.791	7						RF
8	1012	65 (1)	Jun 26 (2)	NYY		DET	L,4-12	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.211	.444	.263	.708	6	1.00	-0.053	6.62	-0.21%	-1.62	LF
9	1013	67 (1)	Jun 29	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-7	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.429	.250	.679	9	2.23	-0.053	14.94	-0.21%	-0.51	PH
Jul		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
10	1014	69 (1)	Jul 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.448	.381	.829	9	6.10	0.597	33.67	1.98%	2.03	PH
11	1015	70	Jul 2	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.448	.381	.829	4						RF
12	1016	71	Jul 3	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-2	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.433	.364	.797	9	2.39	-0.060	11.91	-0.18%	-0.32	PH
13	1017	74 (2)	Jul 5	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.419	.348	.767	9	2.66	-0.076	14.16	-0.24%	-0.37	PH
14	1018	76 (1)	Jul 8	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.208	.406	.333	.740	9	3.35	0.093	17.19	0.29%	0.39	PH
15	1019	77	Jul 9	NYY		WSH	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.394	.320	.714	9	.60	-0.016	2.91	-0.05%	-0.11	PH
16	1020	82 (4)	Jul 17 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-7	0-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.200	.412	.320	.732	1						PH
17	1021	84 (1)	Jul 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	7-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.417	.333	.750	9	2.74	0.067	21.78	0.32%	0.31	PH LF
18	1022	85	Jul 20	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.375	.290	.665	7	.34	-0.035	2.82	-0.18%	-1.04	LF
19	1023	86	Jul 21	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.364	.286	.649	7	.94	-0.094	7.07	-0.43%	-0.95	LF
20	1024	87	Jul 22	NYY	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	1	0	.231	.388	.385	.772	7	.71	0.202	3.65	0.63%	1.55	LF
21	1025	88	Jul 23	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	GS-9	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.396	.405	.801	5	1.66	0.114	7.91	0.32%	0.75	LF
22	1026	89	Jul 24	NYY	@	DET	W,6-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.389	.395	.784	8	5.51	-0.141	29.57	-0.46%	-0.79	PH
23	1027	90	Jul 25	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.382	.386	.768	8	3.63	-0.062	28.53	-0.29%	-0.32	PH
Aug		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
24	1028	96 (5)	Aug 2	NYY		DET	L,2-10	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.375	.378	.753	9	.30	-0.008	1.84	-0.03%	-0.45	PH
25	1029	98 (1)	Aug 4	NYY		DET	L,2-3	GS-11	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.367	.388	.754	5	1.26	-0.015	8.36	-0.06%	0.40	LF
26	1030	99	Aug 5 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,10-2	GS-6	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.359	.377	.737	2	.89	0.002	5.85	0.01%	-0.42	LF
27	1031	100	Aug 5 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,10-5	GS-6	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.246	.368	.439	.806	2	.74	0.180	4.65	0.69%	1.31	LF
28	1032	101	Aug 6	NYY		SLB	W,9-8	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.226	.342	.403	.746	2	1.44	-0.141	9.35	-0.55%	-0.59	LF
29	1033	102	Aug 7 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,20-2	GS-3	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.355	.431	.786	2	.71	0.033	4.34	0.12%	1.27	LF
30	1034	103	Aug 7 (2)	NYY		SLB	T,2-2	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.235	.350	.412	.762	5	1.35	-0.003	7.74	-0.01%	0.05	LF
31	1035	104	Aug 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.346	.406	.751	8	1.62	-0.039	12.00	-0.17%	-0.39	PH
32	1036	106 (1)	Aug 11	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-7	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.341	.400	.741	9	3.06	-0.072	22.80	-0.32%	-0.51	PH
33	1037	108 (1)	Aug 13	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-7	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.337	.394	.732	7	2.88	-0.065	18.13	-0.25%	-0.37	PH
34	1038	111 (2)	Aug 15	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-9	6-6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.345	.394	.740	7	2.27	0.048	14.37	0.18%	0.34	PH
35	1039	112	Aug 17	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.353	.403	.756	9	5.40	0.184	36.94	0.76%	0.62	PH
36	1040	116 (3)	Aug 21	NYY		PHA	L,7-8	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.349	.397	.746	9	2.16	-0.051	13.31	-0.19%	-0.37	PH
37	1041	117	Aug 23	NYY	@	DET	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.345	.392	.737	9	.18	-0.005	1.24	-0.02%	-0.17	PH
38	1042	118	Aug 24	NYY	@	DET	L,2-13	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.352	.390	.741	5	.32	-0.018	2.20	-0.08%	0.11	LF
39	1043	119	Aug 25	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.348	.385	.732	9	2.38	-0.072	20.81	-0.38%	-0.81	PH
40	1044	120	Aug 26	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.344	.380	.724	8	2.23	-0.055	16.86	-0.25%	0.03	PH
41	1045	124 (3)	Aug 30	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-6	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.351	.380	.731	9	.10	0.003	.56	0.01%	0.13	PH
42	1046	125	Aug 31	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-10	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.347	.375	.722	9	.93	-0.022	6.00	-0.09%	-0.38	PH
Sept		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
43	1047	129 (3)	Sep 5 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,13-4	GS-6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.354	.366	.719	6	.21	0.010	1.57	0.04%	-0.63	LF
44	1048	130	Sep 5 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG(7)	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.363	.369	.732	6	1.09	0.079	7.81	0.34%	0.87	LF
45	1049	131	Sep 7	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.362	.360	.722	6	1.41	-0.044	20.62	-0.39%	-0.54	LF
46	1050	132	Sep 9	NYY		BOS	L,1-7	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.368	.360	.728	9	.29	0.010	3.64	0.08%	0.21	PH
47	1051	133	Sep 10 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,3-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.218	.364	.356	.721	8	.64	0.023	5.29	0.11%	0.13	PH
48	1052	135 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,20-5	CG	6	4	1	2	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.381	.363	.743	6	.24	-0.012	2.18	-0.07%	2.70	LF
49	1053	138 (2)	Sep 14 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,13-7	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.377	.359	.736	5	1.01	-0.026	6.51	-0.10%	-0.45	PH
50	1054	139	Sep 15	NYY		CLE	L,6-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.374	.355	.729	8	.47	-0.012	2.99	-0.05%	-0.25	PH
51	1055	140	Sep 16	NYY		DET	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.370	.351	.720	6	.58	0.001	4.27	0.00%	-0.33	LF
52	1056	141	Sep 17	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.238	.374	.386	.760	6	.70	0.196	5.12	0.86%	2.39	LF
53	1057	142	Sep 18	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.386	.388	.774	5	1.07	0.043	7.91	0.19%	0.38	LF
54	1058	143	Sep 19	NYY		CLE	W,6-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.389	.387	.776	6	.90	0.031	6.70	0.14%	-0.09	LF
55	1059	146 (2)	Sep 23 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,8-9	10-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.394	.387	.781	8	3.06	0.080	26.60	0.42%	0.39	PH
56	1060	147	Sep 23 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG(7)	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.404	.394	.799	7	.34	0.017	3.38	0.10%	0.93	LF
57	1061	148	Sep 24	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.400	.389	.789	6	.75	-0.019	12.64	-0.19%	-0.24	LF
58	1062	149	Sep 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.397	.386	.783	9	1.24	-0.028	28.60	-0.38%	-0.23	PH
59	1063	150	Sep 26	NYY		BOS	L,6-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.394	.383	.777	6	.44	-0.011	13.81	-0.22%	-0.45	PH LF
60	1064	153 (2)	Sep 30	NYY		PHA	L,1-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.250	.392	.379	.771	2	2.71	-0.114	55.86	-1.42%	-0.94	PH LF
							27-32		144	116	17	29	4	1	3	16	25	0	15	2	1		6	3	2	0	.250	.392	.379	.771		1.12	0.658	8.31	0.44%	3.98

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