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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 29	NYY		WSH	L,1-3	GF	24	7.0	2	0	1	3	0
2	8	Apr 30	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	9	May 2	NYY	@	DET	W,22-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	10	May 3	NYY	@	DET	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	11	May 4	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-6	CG	47	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	12	May 5	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	39	10.1	2	0	0	2	0
7	13	May 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	14	May 7	NYY	@	CHW	W,15-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
9	15	May 8	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	16	May 9	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	17	May 10	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	18	May 11	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	19	May 14	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	20	May 15	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	21	May 16	NYY		SLB	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
16	22	May 17	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	23	May 18	NYY		SLB	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	24	May 19	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	25	May 20	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	26	May 21	NYY		CLE	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	27	May 23	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
22	28	May 24	NYY		DET	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	29	May 25	NYY		DET	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	30	May 26	NYY		PHA	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	31	May 27 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	32	May 27 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,11-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	33	May 28	NYY		PHA	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	34	May 29	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	35	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	36	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,17-9	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	37	Jun 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	38	Jun 2	NYY	@	CLE	W,17-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	39	Jun 3	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	40	Jun 4	NYY	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	41	Jun 5	NYY	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	42	Jun 6	NYY	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	45 (2)	Jun 11 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	63 (17)	Jun 29 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	67 (3)	Jul 2 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	68	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	69	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	70	Jul 5	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	71	Jul 7	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	72	Jul 8 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	73	Jul 8 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	74	Jul 9 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	75	Jul 9 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,3-5	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	83 (7)	Jul 18 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-3	GF	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	94 (10)	Aug 2	NYY		DET	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	95	Aug 3	NYY		DET	W,12-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	96	Aug 4	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	97	Aug 5	NYY		CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	98	Aug 6 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	99	Aug 6 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	100	Aug 8	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
56	101	Aug 9	NYY	@	WSH	W,13-8	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
57	102	Aug 10	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	103	Aug 11	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	104	Aug 12	NYY	@	PHA	W,18-4	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	105	Aug 13 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,9-12	CG	49	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
61	106	Aug 13 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,21-0	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	107	Aug 15	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	33	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	108	Aug 16	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	109	Aug 17	NYY		WSH	W,9-8	CG	49	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	110	Aug 18	NYY		PHA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	111	Aug 20 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	112	Aug 20 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	113	Aug 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,14-5	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	114	Aug 23 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	115	Aug 23 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,16-4	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
71	116	Aug 24	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	117	Aug 25 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	118	Aug 25 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	119	Aug 26	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
75	120	Aug 27	NYY	@	DET	W,13-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	121	Aug 28	NYY	@	DET	W,18-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	122	Aug 29	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	41	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
78	123	Aug 30	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	124	Sep 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	125	Sep 2	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-12	CG	43	8.0	3	0	2	5	0
81	126	Sep 3 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,11-12	CG	46	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
82	127	Sep 3 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	T,5-5	CG	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	128	Sep 4 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
84	129	Sep 4 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
85	130	Sep 6	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	131	Sep 7	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
87	132	Sep 8	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	133	Sep 9	NYY		WSH	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	134	Sep 10 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
90	135	Sep 10 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	136	Sep 12	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	CG	47	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	137	Sep 13	NYY		CLE	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	138	Sep 14	NYY		DET	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	139	Sep 15	NYY		DET	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	140	Sep 16	NYY		DET	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	141	Sep 17 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	142	Sep 17 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	143	Sep 18	NYY		SLB	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	144	Sep 19	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	145	Sep 20	NYY		CHW	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	146	Sep 21	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	147	Sep 23	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
103	148	Sep 24	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	149	Sep 28 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
105	151 (1)	Sep 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							105gm			204	4	8	216	1