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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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.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-6	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	3B
2	2	Apr 17	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
3	3	Apr 19	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
4	4	Apr 20 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
5	5	Apr 20 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,11-4	GS	33	7.0	4	1	1	6	0	3B
6	6	Apr 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
7	7	Apr 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
8	8	Apr 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	40	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
9	9	Apr 24	BOS		PHA	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
10	10	Apr 25	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
11	11	Apr 28	BOS	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
12	12	Apr 29	BOS	@	DET	W,10-4	GS	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
14	14	May 2	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
15	15	May 3 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,14-5	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
16	16	May 3 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
17	19 (2)	May 8	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	40	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
18	20	May 9	BOS		NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
19	21	May 10	BOS		NYY	L,4-7	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
20	22	May 12	BOS		CHW	L,7-9	CG	48	10.0	2	6	0	8	0	3B
21	23	May 13	BOS		CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
22	24	May 14	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
23	25	May 16	BOS		CLE	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
24	26	May 18 (1)	BOS		DET	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
25	28 (1)	May 19	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
26	30 (1)	May 21	BOS		PHA	L,0-9	GS	33	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
27	31	May 22 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	7	1	9	0	3B
28	32	May 22 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	GF	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
29	33	May 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
30	34	May 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
31	35	May 25	BOS	@	NYY	W,14-10	CG	51	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
32	36	May 27	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
33	37	May 28	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-6	GS	32	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
34	38	May 29	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-4	GS	28	6.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	43 (4)	Jun 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
36	44	Jun 3	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
37	45	Jun 4	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS	32	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
38	47 (1)	Jun 6 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,1-0	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
39	48	Jun 7	BOS	@	DET	W,4-1	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
40	49	Jun 8	BOS	@	DET	L,3-6	GS	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
41	51 (1)	Jun 10 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-2	GS	27	6.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
42	55 (3)	Jun 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
43	56	Jun 14 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
44	58 (1)	Jun 16	BOS		DET	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
45	59	Jun 17	BOS		DET	W,17-1	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	60	Jun 18	BOS		DET	W,23-3	GF	16	4.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
47	61	Jun 19	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	GF	15	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 3B
48	64 (2)	Jun 21 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
49	65	Jun 23 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
50	66	Jun 23 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	3	3	0	6	2	3B
51	68 (1)	Jun 25	BOS		CLE	L,4-15	CG	51	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
52	69	Jun 26	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
53	70	Jun 27	BOS		CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
54	71	Jun 28	BOS		CHW	L,4-13	GS	48	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B LF
55	72	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	73	Jul 1	BOS		NYY	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
57	74	Jul 2	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	CG	44	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
58	75	Jul 3	BOS		WSH	L,4-9	GF	21	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 3B
59	76	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,7-2	GS	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
60	77	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,4-8	GS	23	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
61	78	Jul 5	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-2	GS	19	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
62	79	Jul 6	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
63	80	Jul 7	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
64	81	Jul 8	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
65	82	Jul 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	0	8	1	9	2	3B
66	83	Jul 10	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	CG	46	12.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
67	84	Jul 11	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	GF	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
68	85	Jul 12 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,9-5	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
69	86	Jul 12 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,1-4	GF	21	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
70	87	Jul 16	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
71	88	Jul 17	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	3B
72	89	Jul 18	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
73	90	Jul 19 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
74	91	Jul 19 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-5	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
75	92	Jul 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
76	93	Jul 23	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
77	94	Jul 24 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-0	GS	26	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
78	95	Jul 24 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
79	96	Jul 25	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
80	97	Jul 26 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-5	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
81	99 (1)	Jul 28	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
82	100	Jul 29	BOS		CHW	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
83	101	Jul 30	BOS		CHW	L,1-17	CG	54	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	106 (4)	Aug 4	BOS		SLB	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	3B
85	107	Aug 5	BOS		SLB	W,5-0	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
86	108	Aug 6	BOS		SLB	L,7-8	GS	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
87	109	Aug 7	BOS		CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
88	110	Aug 8	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
89	111	Aug 9	BOS		CLE	L,3-9	GS	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
90	112	Aug 10	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
91	113	Aug 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
92	114	Aug 11 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
93	115	Aug 12	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
94	116	Aug 13	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
95	117	Aug 15 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
96	118	Aug 15 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-4	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
97	119	Aug 16 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
98	120	Aug 16 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
99	121	Aug 18	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
100	122	Aug 19	BOS		PHA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
101	123	Aug 21 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-9	GS	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B LF
102	124	Aug 21 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
103	125	Aug 22	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
104	126	Aug 23	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
105	127	Aug 27	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
106	128	Aug 28	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
107	129	Aug 29	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
108	130	Aug 30 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
109	131	Aug 30 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-8	GS	37	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
110	132	Aug 31	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	133	Sep 1	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-13	GS	43	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
112	134	Sep 2	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
113	135	Sep 3	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
114	136	Sep 6 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
115	137	Sep 6 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
116	138	Sep 7 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
117	139	Sep 7 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
118	140	Sep 9	BOS		CLE	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
119	141	Sep 10	BOS		CLE	W,14-4	GS	29	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
120	142	Sep 11	BOS		SLB	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
121	143	Sep 12	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	CG	51	12.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
122	144	Sep 13	BOS		CHW	W,7-6	GS	37	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
123	145	Sep 14	BOS		CHW	L,6-10	CG	46	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
124	146	Sep 15	BOS		CHW	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	3B
125	148 (1)	Sep 17	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
126	149	Sep 19	BOS		NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
127	150	Sep 20	BOS		NYY	L,8-10	CG	49	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
128	151	Sep 25	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-0	GS	14	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
129	153 (1)	Sep 27	BOS	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
							131gm		1038.2	118	231	10	359	23