George Kell

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 175lb (175cm, 79kg)

Born: August 23, 1922 in Swifton, AR us

Died: March 24, 2009 in Swifton, AR

Buried: Swifton Cemetery, Swifton, AR

High School: Swifton HS (Swifton, AR)

School: Arkansas State University (Jonesboro, AR)

Debut: September 28, 1943 (Age 21-036d, 9,539th in major league history)
vs. SLB 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 14, 1957 (Age 35-022d)
vs. DET 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1983. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View George Kell's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1944 season

Full Name: George Clyde Kell

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View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Relatives: Brother of Skeeter Kell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

37.6

6702

2054

.307

880

RBI

870

OBP

.367

SLG

.414

OPS

.781

OPS+

112

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

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 20	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
3	3	Apr 22	PHA		BOS	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
4	4	Apr 25	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 26	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	4	5	0	9	0
6	6	Apr 28	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	63	16.0	1	4	1	6	0
7	7	Apr 29	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
8	8	Apr 30 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 30 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 2	PHA		NYY	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	11	May 3	PHA		NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
12	12	May 5	PHA		WSH	L,8-11	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
13	13	May 6	PHA		WSH	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
14	14	May 7 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	3	5	0	8	1
15	15	May 7 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
16	16	May 10	PHA		CHW	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
17	17	May 11	PHA		CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	16.0	3	3	0	6	0
18	18	May 12	PHA		CHW	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
19	19	May 13	PHA		SLB	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	20	May 14 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	1	5	1	7	0
21	21	May 14 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
22	22	May 15	PHA		DET	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	23	May 16	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	1	9	1	11	1
24	24	May 17	PHA		DET	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
25	25	May 18	PHA		DET	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	26	May 19	PHA		CLE	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
27	27	May 20	PHA		CLE	L,0-5	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	28	May 21 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,4-5	CG	49	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	29	May 21 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
30	30	May 24	PHA	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
31	31	May 25	PHA	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	32	May 26	PHA	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
33	33	May 27	PHA	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.2	1	4	0	5	1
34	34	May 28 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
35	35	May 28 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
36	36	May 29	PHA	@	CLE	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 2	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
40	40	Jun 3	PHA	@	SLB	L,8-18	CG	46	8.0	0	5	1	6	0
41	41	Jun 4 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
42	42	Jun 4 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	45	9.2	0	3	0	3	1
43	43	Jun 8	PHA		WSH	L,5-7	CG	0	11.0	1	3	1	5	1
44	44	Jun 9	PHA		WSH	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
45	45	Jun 11 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
46	46	Jun 11 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
47	47	Jun 13	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
48	48	Jun 14 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
49	49	Jun 14 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
50	50	Jun 15	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
51	51	Jun 16	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	52	Jun 17 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
53	53	Jun 17 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 18 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
55	55	Jun 18 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	56	Jun 20 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,5-4	CG	0	11.0	4	2	0	6	0
57	57	Jun 20 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
58	58	Jun 21	PHA		BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	59	Jun 22 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,4-5	CG	49	12.0	1	4	0	5	0
60	60	Jun 22 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
61	61	Jun 23	PHA		NYY	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	62	Jun 25 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
63	63	Jun 25 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
64	64	Jun 28	PHA		CLE	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
65	65	Jun 29	PHA		CLE	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
66	66	Jun 30	PHA		CLE	L,4-5	CG	48	12.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	67	Jul 1	PHA		DET	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
68	68	Jul 2 (1)	PHA		DET	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
69	69	Jul 2 (2)	PHA		DET	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
70	70	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
71	71	Jul 4 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
72	72	Jul 5	PHA		SLB	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
73	73	Jul 6	PHA		SLB	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
74	74	Jul 7	PHA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	75	Jul 8	PHA		CHW	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
76	76	Jul 9 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
77	77	Jul 9 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
78	78	Jul 14 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
79	79	Jul 14 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
80	80	Jul 15	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
81	81	Jul 16 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
82	82	Jul 16 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
83	83	Jul 18	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
84	84	Jul 19	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	85	Jul 20	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
86	86	Jul 21	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	87	Jul 22	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
88	88	Jul 23 (1)	PHA	@	DET	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
89	89	Jul 23 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
90	90	Jul 24	PHA	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
91	91	Jul 25	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
92	92	Jul 26	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
93	93	Jul 27	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	94	Jul 28	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
95	95	Jul 29	PHA	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	96	Jul 30 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
97	97	Jul 30 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
98	98	Jul 31	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	0	2	1	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	99	Aug 1	PHA	@	CHW	W,2-1	GS	0		1	1	0	2	0
100	107 (7)	Aug 9	PHA		CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
101	108	Aug 10	PHA		CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	109	Aug 11	PHA		CLE	W,6-3	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	114 (4)	Aug 15	PHA		DET	L,2-3	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
104	115	Aug 16	PHA		SLB	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	116	Aug 17	PHA		SLB	L,5-10	CG	47	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
106	117	Aug 18	PHA		SLB	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
107	118	Aug 19	PHA		SLB	W,4-3	CG	48	12.0	2	4	0	6	0
108	119	Aug 20 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
109	120	Aug 20 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,8-3	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	121	Aug 21	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	122	Aug 22	PHA		CHW	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
112	123	Aug 25 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
113	124	Aug 25 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	125	Aug 26	PHA		BOS	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
115	126	Aug 27 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,5-8	GS	29	6.0	0	3	0	3	1
116	127	Aug 27 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
117	128	Aug 29 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
118	129	Aug 29 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
119	130	Aug 30	PHA		WSH	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	131	Sep 1	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
121	132	Sep 2	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	43	8.1	1	1	1	3	0
122	133	Sep 3	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
123	134	Sep 4 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
124	135	Sep 4 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-14	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
125	136	Sep 8	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
126	137	Sep 9	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
127	138	Sep 10 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
128	139	Sep 10 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
129	140	Sep 16	PHA	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
130	141	Sep 17 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
131	142	Sep 17 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
132	143	Sep 19	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
133	144	Sep 20	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
134	145	Sep 22	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
135	151 (5)	Sep 29 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
136	152	Sep 29 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	T,1-1	GS	0		0	1	0	1	0
137	153	Sep 30	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
138	154	Oct 1 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
139	155	Oct 1 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	0	10.0	3	4	0	7	0
							139gm		1228.0	167	289	20	476	25