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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 14	CHW		KCA	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	3B
3	3	Apr 16	CHW		CLE	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
4	4	Apr 17 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
5	5	Apr 17 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
6	6	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
7	7	Apr 22	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
8	8	Apr 23	CHW	@	KCA	W,29-6	GS	24	5.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
9	9	Apr 24	CHW	@	KCA	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
10	10	Apr 26	CHW		NYY	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
11	11	Apr 27	CHW		NYY	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
12	12	Apr 28	CHW		BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
13	13	Apr 29	CHW		BOS	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
14	14	Apr 30	CHW		BOS	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,8-9	GF	22	5.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
16	16	May 1 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,6-3	GS	33	7.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
17	17	May 3	CHW		WSH	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
18	18	May 4	CHW		WSH	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
19	19	May 6	CHW		DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
20	21 (1)	May 8 (1)	CHW		DET	W,5-4	CG	43	11.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
21	22	May 8 (2)	CHW		DET	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	3B
22	23	May 10	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
23	24	May 11	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
24	25	May 12	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
25	26	May 15 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
26	27	May 15 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
27	28	May 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
28	29	May 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-11	GS	18	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
29	34 (4)	May 24	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-1	GS	20	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	36 (1)	May 26 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,9-10	GS	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	3B 1B
31	37	May 27	CHW	@	DET	L,0-1	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
32	38	May 28	CHW	@	DET	W,16-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
33	39	May 29	CHW	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
34	40	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,1-9	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
35	41	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	42	Jun 1	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
37	43	Jun 2	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
38	44	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
39	46 (1)	Jun 5 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
40	48 (1)	Jun 8	CHW		BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
41	49	Jun 11	CHW		WSH	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
42	50	Jun 12 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
43	53 (2)	Jun 15 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B 1B
44	55 (1)	Jun 16	CHW	@	BAL	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
45	56	Jun 17	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
46	57	Jun 18	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-3	GS	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	1B 3B
47	58	Jun 19 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
48	59	Jun 19 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
49	60	Jun 21	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
50	61	Jun 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
51	62	Jun 23	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
52	63	Jun 24	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
53	64	Jun 25	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-3	GS	14	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
54	67 (2)	Jun 28	CHW		DET	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
55	68	Jun 29	CHW		DET	L,2-8	GS	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
56	69	Jun 30	CHW		DET	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	70	Jul 1	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
58	71	Jul 2	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	GS	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B 3B
59	72	Jul 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,9-14	GS	37	6.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
60	73	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
61	74	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
62	75	Jul 6	CHW	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
63	76	Jul 7	CHW	@	DET	W,12-1	GS	16	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
64	77	Jul 8	CHW		CLE	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
65	78	Jul 9	CHW		CLE	W,6-0	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
66	79	Jul 10 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
67	80	Jul 10 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
68	81	Jul 14 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,13-4	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
69	82	Jul 14 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
70	83	Jul 15	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
71	84	Jul 16	CHW		BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
72	85	Jul 17 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
73	86	Jul 17 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
74	88 (1)	Jul 19	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GS	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B 1B
75	89	Jul 20	CHW		NYY	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
76	90	Jul 21	CHW		NYY	W,9-6	GS	35	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
77	91	Jul 22	CHW		BOS	W,10-7	GS	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
78	92	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
79	93	Jul 24 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
80	95 (1)	Jul 26	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
81	96	Jul 27	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	102 (5)	Aug 2	CHW	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
83	103	Aug 3	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
84	104	Aug 4	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-7	GS	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
85	105	Aug 5	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS	44	10.1	5	1	0	6	0	3B 1B
86	107 (1)	Aug 7	CHW	@	BAL	T,2-2	GS	44	12.0	8	2	0	10	1	3B 1B
87	110 (2)	Aug 11	CHW	@	KCA	W,14-1	GS	17	5.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
88	111	Aug 12	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	GS	18	5.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
89	112	Aug 13	CHW	@	DET	L,8-9	GS	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
90	113	Aug 14	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
91	114	Aug 16	CHW		KCA	W,5-4	GS	22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
92	116 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
93	118 (1)	Aug 20	CHW		DET	W,8-7	GS	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
94	119	Aug 21 (1)	CHW		DET	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
95	122 (2)	Aug 23 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
96	124 (1)	Aug 24 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
97	127 (2)	Aug 27	CHW		WSH	W,11-1	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
98	128	Aug 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
99	129	Aug 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
100	130	Aug 30	CHW		BOS	W,7-5	GS	33	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
101	131	Aug 31	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	132	Sep 2	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-1	GS	25	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
103	133	Sep 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
104	134	Sep 4 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	GS	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	3B 1B
105	135	Sep 4 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
106	138 (2)	Sep 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
107	139	Sep 8	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
108	141 (1)	Sep 10	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-8	GS	33	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
109	143 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-2	GS	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B 3B
110	145 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-6	GS	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
111	146	Sep 14 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-8	GS	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B 1B
112	147	Sep 14 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-0	GS	24	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
113	148	Sep 16	CHW	@	KCA	L,7-13	GS	39	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
114	149	Sep 17	CHW	@	KCA	W,12-8	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
115	150	Sep 18	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-8	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
116	151	Sep 20	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
117	152	Sep 21	CHW		CLE	W,7-2	GS	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B 1B
118	153	Sep 23	CHW		KCA	W,12-4	GS	35	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
119	154	Sep 24	CHW		KCA	W,4-0	GS	28	8.0	9	1	1	11	2	1B
							130gm		965.1	216	170	7	393	20