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.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	PHA		NYY	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 17	PHA		NYY	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
3	3	Apr 18	PHA		NYY	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
4	4	Apr 20	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 21 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,11-12	CG	48	9.1	1	3	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 21 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 22	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 23	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	9	Apr 24	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
10	10	Apr 26	PHA		BOS	L,0-7	CG	47	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
11	13 (2)	Apr 30	PHA		SLB	W,12-8	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	14	May 1	PHA		SLB	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
13	15	May 2	PHA		SLB	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	16	May 3	PHA		CHW	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
15	17	May 5 (1)	PHA		DET	W,10-2	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	18	May 5 (2)	PHA		DET	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
17	19	May 6	PHA		DET	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	20	May 7	PHA		DET	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
19	21	May 8	PHA		CLE	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
20	22	May 9	PHA		CLE	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
21	23	May 10	PHA		WSH	T,5-5	CG	67	15.0	3	4	0	7	0
22	24	May 11	PHA		WSH	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
23	25	May 12 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	27 (1)	May 15 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	28	May 15 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	29	May 17	PHA	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
				Player went from Philadelphia Athletics to Detroit Tigers
27	30	May 19 (1)	DET		BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
28	31	May 19 (2)	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	32	May 21	DET		BOS	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
30	33	May 22	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
31	34	May 23	DET		NYY	L,6-12	CG	48	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
32	35	May 24	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	36	May 26 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	37	May 26 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	38	May 28	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	39	May 29	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	40	May 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	41	May 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	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	42	Jun 1	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	43	Jun 2	DET	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	44	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	45	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
43	46	Jun 5	DET	@	PHA	W,2-0	GS	18	5.0	0	1	0	1	1
44	47	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	L,4-15	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
45	53 (5)	Jun 14	DET		WSH	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	54	Jun 15	DET		WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
47	55	Jun 16	DET		WSH	L,3-6	CG	35	7.0	2	2	0	4	0
48	56	Jun 19	DET		PHA	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	57	Jun 20	DET		PHA	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
50	58	Jun 21	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
51	59	Jun 22	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	72 (12)	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,8-9	GF	22	5.0	1	3	0	4	2
53	73	Jul 5	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
54	74	Jul 6	DET		SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
55	75	Jul 7	DET		SLB	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
56	76	Jul 11	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	42	9.2	3	3	0	6	1
57	77	Jul 12	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
58	78	Jul 13	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
59	79	Jul 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
60	80	Jul 14 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
61	81	Jul 15	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	82	Jul 17	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	44	12.0	1	5	0	6	0
63	83	Jul 18	DET	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	84	Jul 19	DET	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
65	85	Jul 20	DET	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
66	86	Jul 21 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	2	2	0	4	0
67	87	Jul 21 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,11-7	CG	0	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
68	88	Jul 23	DET		WSH	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	89	Jul 24	DET		WSH	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
70	90	Jul 25	DET		WSH	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	2
71	91	Jul 26	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
72	92	Jul 27	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
73	93	Jul 28 (1)	DET		PHA	L,0-2	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
74	94	Jul 28 (2)	DET		PHA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
75	95	Jul 29	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
76	96	Jul 30	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	97	Jul 31	DET		NYY	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	98	Aug 1	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
79	99	Aug 2	DET		BOS	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
80	100	Aug 3	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
81	101	Aug 4	DET		BOS	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
82	102	Aug 6	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
83	103	Aug 7	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
84	104	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
85	105	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
86	106	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	49	11.1	2	3	0	5	0
87	107	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
88	108	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
89	109	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	0	11.2	1	5	1	7	0
90	110	Aug 15	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	112 (1)	Aug 17	DET		SLB	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
92	113	Aug 18 (1)	DET		SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
93	114	Aug 18 (2)	DET		SLB	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	115	Aug 20	DET	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
95	116	Aug 21	DET	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	117	Aug 23 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	118	Aug 23 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
98	119	Aug 24	DET	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
99	120	Aug 25	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
100	121	Aug 26	DET	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	122	Aug 27	DET	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	46	10.0	2	6	0	8	0
102	123	Aug 28	DET	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
103	124	Aug 29	DET	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	64	14.0	0	5	0	5	0
104	125	Aug 31	DET	@	SLB	W,11-3	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	126	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
106	127	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
107	128	Sep 3	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	15.1	0	2	0	2	0
108	129	Sep 4	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
109	130	Sep 5	DET		CLE	W,10-0	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
110	131	Sep 6	DET		CLE	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
111	132	Sep 7	DET		CHW	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
112	133	Sep 8 (1)	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
113	134	Sep 8 (2)	DET		CHW	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
114	135	Sep 10	DET		BOS	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
115	136	Sep 11	DET		BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
116	137	Sep 12	DET		NYY	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	2
117	138	Sep 13	DET		NYY	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
118	139	Sep 14	DET		NYY	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
119	140	Sep 15	DET		WSH	L,5-15	CG	48	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
120	141	Sep 16	DET		WSH	W,11-7	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
121	142	Sep 17	DET		WSH	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
122	143	Sep 18	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
123	144	Sep 19	DET		PHA	W,14-7	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
124	145	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	W,15-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	146	Sep 21	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	47	11.0	1	4	0	5	0
126	147	Sep 22 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
127	148	Sep 22 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	34	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
128	149	Sep 24 (1)	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	5	1	9	0
129	150	Sep 24 (2)	DET		SLB	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
130	154 (3)	Sep 28	DET		CLE	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
131	155	Sep 29	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
							132gm		1167.0	143	267	7	417	27