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.

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 20	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 21	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 23	DET		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
5	5	Apr 24	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
6	6	Apr 25	DET		CLE	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 26	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 27	DET	@	SLB	L,8-9	CG	50	10.1	1	1	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 28	DET	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 29	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 30	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	DET	@	CLE	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
13	13	May 2	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
14	14	May 4	DET	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
15	15	May 5	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	10.1	2	4	0	6	0
16	16	May 6	DET	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
17	17	May 8 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 8 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-9	GS	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	38 (19)	May 31 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
20	39	May 31 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-9	GS	0	7.0	1	3	1	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	40	Jun 2	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
22	41	Jun 3	DET	@	NYY	W,6-2	GS	37	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
23	42	Jun 4	DET	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
24	43	Jun 6 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	8.1	3	1	0	4	0
25	44	Jun 6 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-12	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
26	45	Jun 8	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	46	Jun 9	DET	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
28	47	Jun 10	DET	@	PHA	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
29	48	Jun 11	DET	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	45	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	49	Jun 12	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
31	50	Jun 13 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	51	Jun 13 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
33	52	Jun 15	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
34	53	Jun 16	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	54	Jun 17	DET		PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
36	55	Jun 19	DET		BOS	L,7-9	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	56	Jun 20	DET		BOS	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	57	Jun 22	DET		WSH	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
39	58	Jun 23	DET		WSH	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	59	Jun 25	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
41	60	Jun 26	DET		NYY	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
42	61	Jun 27	DET		NYY	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
43	62	Jun 29	DET		CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
44	63	Jun 30	DET		CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	64	Jul 1	DET		CLE	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	65	Jul 2	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
47	66	Jul 3	DET	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
48	67	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
49	68	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-12	CG	45	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
50	69	Jul 5 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
51	70	Jul 5 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	71	Jul 6	DET	@	CLE	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
53	72	Jul 7	DET		SLB	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	7	0	7	1
54	73	Jul 8	DET		SLB	W,12-2	GS	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
55	77 (3)	Jul 15 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-13	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
56	78	Jul 15 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	79	Jul 16	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	80	Jul 17	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
59	81	Jul 18 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
60	82	Jul 18 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-12	GS	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	83	Jul 20	DET	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	84	Jul 21	DET	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
63	85	Jul 22	DET	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	54	11.1	1	3	0	4	0
64	86	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
65	87	Jul 24	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
66	88	Jul 25 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	89	Jul 25 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
68	90	Jul 27	DET		BOS	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
69	91	Jul 28	DET		BOS	W,13-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
70	92	Jul 29	DET		BOS	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	93	Jul 30	DET		PHA	W,17-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
72	94	Jul 31	DET		PHA	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	95	Aug 1	DET		PHA	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
74	96	Aug 3	DET		NYY	L,3-15	GS	36	6.0	0	0	1	1	0
75	97	Aug 5	DET		NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	98	Aug 6	DET		WSH	W,1-0	CG	34	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
77	99	Aug 7	DET		WSH	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	100	Aug 8 (1)	DET		WSH	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
79	101	Aug 8 (2)	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
80	105 (3)	Aug 13	DET	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	106	Aug 14	DET	@	SLB	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
82	107	Aug 15	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
83	108	Aug 17	DET		CHW	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
84	109	Aug 20	DET		SLB	L,4-5	CG	45	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	110	Aug 21	DET		SLB	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
86	111	Aug 22	DET		SLB	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
87	112	Aug 24	DET	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
88	113	Aug 25	DET	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	114	Aug 26	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
90	115	Aug 27	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
91	116	Aug 28	DET	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	45	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	117	Aug 29 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,9-6	GS	22	5.2	2	1	0	3	0
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