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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	NYY	@	WSH	W,12-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 20	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	5 (2)	Apr 24	NYY		BOS	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	7 (1)	Apr 27	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	8	Apr 29	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	10 (1)	May 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	11	May 2	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	12	May 4	NYY		SLB	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	13	May 6	NYY		SLB	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	14	May 8 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	16 (1)	May 9	NYY		CHW	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	17	May 10	NYY		CHW	W,9-3	GF	14	3.1	1	0	0	1	0
13	18	May 11	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	19	May 14	NYY		PHA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	22 (2)	May 18	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	23	May 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	24	May 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,13-2	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	26 (1)	May 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	27	May 23 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	28	May 23 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	29	May 25	NYY	@	DET	W,16-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	30	May 26	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	32 (1)	May 29	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	33	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	42	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
25	34	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	35	May 31 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	36	May 31 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	37	Jun 1	NYY		WSH	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	38	Jun 2	NYY		DET	W,1-0	GS	13	3.1	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	85 (46)	Jul 22	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
31	86	Jul 24 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	88 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	95 (6)	Aug 1 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	96	Aug 3	NYY	@	DET	W,15-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	97	Aug 5	NYY	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	98	Aug 6	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	99	Aug 7	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	101 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	102	Aug 10	NYY		BOS	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
40	103	Aug 11	NYY		BOS	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	104	Aug 13	NYY		PHA	W,8-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	105	Aug 14	NYY		PHA	W,14-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	106	Aug 15 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,3-5	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	107	Aug 15 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,3-5	CG	45	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
45	108	Aug 17	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	110 (1)	Aug 19	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	111	Aug 20	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
48	112	Aug 21	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	113	Aug 22	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	114	Aug 23	NYY		CHW	W,11-1	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	115	Aug 24	NYY		CHW	L,5-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	116	Aug 25	NYY		CHW	W,8-2	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
53	117	Aug 26	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	118	Aug 27 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	121 (2)	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		DET	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	124 (2)	Aug 31	NYY		SLB	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	125	Sep 1	NYY		SLB	W,5-4	CG	48	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	127 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	128	Sep 4	NYY		WSH	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	129	Sep 5	NYY		WSH	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	137 (7)	Sep 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-5	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	139 (1)	Sep 16 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	142 (2)	Sep 19 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	144 (1)	Sep 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-7	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	147 (2)	Sep 24	NYY		BOS	W,9-6	GS	22	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	148	Sep 25	NYY		BOS	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
							66gm		526.0	125	0	3	128	0