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.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	BAL	@	WSH	W,7-6	GS	47	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B 3B
2	2	Apr 16	BAL		BOS	L,2-4	GS	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 18	BAL	@	WSH	L,4-6	GS	32	5.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
4	4	Apr 20	BAL	@	WSH	L,4-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
5	5	Apr 21 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	W,11-9	GS	50	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B 3B
6	6	Apr 21 susp	BAL	@	WSH	L,2-3	GF	22	5.2	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
7	7	Apr 22	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS	34	7.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
8	8	Apr 23	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
9	9	Apr 24	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	5	0	5	2	3B
10	10	Apr 26	BAL		WSH	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
11	11	Apr 27	BAL		WSH	W,4-0	GS	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B 3B
12	12	Apr 28 (1)	BAL		WSH	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
13	14 (1)	Apr 30	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	15	May 1	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-9	GS	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B 3B
15	16	May 4	BAL	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
16	17	May 5	BAL	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
17	18	May 6	BAL	@	DET	W,8-6	GS	30	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
18	25 (6)	May 16	BAL		CLE	L,3-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
19	26	May 17	BAL		CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
20	27	May 18	BAL		CHW	T,4-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
21	28	May 19 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,10-2	GS	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
22	29	May 19 (2)	BAL		KCA	T,0-0	CG	19	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
23	30	May 20	BAL		KCA	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
24	32 (1)	May 22	BAL		DET	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
25	33	May 24	BAL		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
26	34	May 25	BAL		BOS	W,12-0	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
27	35	May 26 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,0-9	GS	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
28	36	May 26 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
29	37	May 27	BAL	@	WSH	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
30	38	May 29	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
31	39	May 30 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
32	40	May 30 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-16	GS	36	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
33	41	May 31	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	42	Jun 1	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
35	43	Jun 2 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
36	44	Jun 2 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
37	45	Jun 4	BAL	@	KCA	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
38	46	Jun 5	BAL	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
39	47	Jun 6	BAL	@	KCA	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
40	48	Jun 7	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
41	49	Jun 8	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
42	50	Jun 9 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
43	51	Jun 9 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-0	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
44	59 (7)	Jun 18	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
45	60	Jun 19	BAL		CHW	L,1-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
46	63 (2)	Jun 22	BAL		DET	L,1-2	GF	16	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
47	64	Jun 23	BAL		DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
48	70 (5)	Jun 29 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
49	71	Jun 30	BAL		CLE	W,12-3	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	72	Jul 1	BAL		NYY	L,2-3	GF	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 3B
51	73	Jul 2	BAL		NYY	L,4-6	GS	22	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
52	75 (1)	Jul 4	BAL		WSH	W,3-2	CG	46	11.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
53	76	Jul 5	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B 3B
54	77	Jul 6	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-11	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
55	81 (3)	Jul 12	BAL	@	CLE	L,6-8	GF	6	1.1	2	0	0	2	1	PH 1B
56	82	Jul 13	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B 3B
57	83	Jul 14 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	3B
58	86 (2)	Jul 17	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-3	GF	18	4.0	1	2	1	4	0	PH 3B
59	87	Jul 18	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
60	90 (2)	Jul 21 (1)	BAL	@	KCA	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
61	91	Jul 21 (2)	BAL	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
62	92	Jul 23	BAL		DET	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
63	95 (2)	Jul 26 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
64	96	Jul 26 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
65	97	Jul 27	BAL		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
66	98	Jul 28	BAL		CHW	L,3-4	GS	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B 3B
67	99	Jul 29	BAL		CHW	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
68	100	Jul 30	BAL		CLE	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	3B
69	101	Jul 31	BAL		CLE	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	102	Aug 2 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,5-4	GS	53	13.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B 3B
71	103	Aug 2 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,10-2	GF	23	5.0	1	0	1	2	0	PR 3B
72	104	Aug 3	BAL		KCA	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
73	105	Aug 4	BAL		KCA	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
74	106	Aug 6	BAL		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
75	107	Aug 7	BAL		BOS	L,2-5	GS	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
76	109 (1)	Aug 9	BAL		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
77	110	Aug 10	BAL		NYY	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
78	112 (1)	Aug 13	BAL	@	WSH	W,5-3	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
79	114 (1)	Aug 16	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
80	115	Aug 17	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
81	119 (3)	Aug 21	BAL	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
82	121 (1)	Aug 23	BAL	@	KCA	W,2-1	GS	17	5.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
83	124 (2)	Aug 25 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	130 (5)	Sep 1	BAL		BOS	W,2-1	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
85	131	Sep 2 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,8-7	CG	49	11.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
86	132	Sep 2 (2)	BAL		NYY	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
87	133	Sep 3	BAL		NYY	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
88	134	Sep 4	BAL		WSH	W,1-0	CG	34	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
89	135	Sep 5	BAL		WSH	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
90	136	Sep 6	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	26	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
91	138 (1)	Sep 8	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
92	139	Sep 11 (1)	BAL		KCA	L,3-7	GS	20	4.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
93	140	Sep 11 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,6-2	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
94	141	Sep 14 (1)	BAL		DET	W,3-1	GS	16	5.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
							102gm		694.2	212	127	4	343	25