George Kelly

Name Note: Name presented as High Pockets Kelly in some sources

Positions: First Baseman, Second Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 190lb (193cm, 86kg)

Born: September 10, 1895 in San Francisco, CA us

Died: October 13, 1984 in Burlingame, CA

Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, CA

Debut: August 18, 1915 (Age 19-342d, 4,384th in major league history)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 26, 1932 (Age 36-320d)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1973. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View George Kelly's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1916 season

Full Name: George Lange Kelly

Nicknames: High Pockets

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View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Relatives: Brother of Ren Kelly; Cousin of Rich Chiles; Nephew of Bill Lange

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.9

5993

1778

148

.297

819

RBI

1020

OBP

.342

SLG

.452

OPS

.795

OPS+

109

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-35 / in Starts: 24-30
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	1 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	6

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 236 PAs	21
Actual Runners on Base	148 (75-51-22)
Avg. MLBer w/ 236 PAs	26
Avg. Runners on Base	157 (78-49-30)

Most Driven In
C Dressen	5
Self	5
B Zitzmann	3
C Walker	2
R Bressler	2
R Kolp	1
C Sukeforth	1
J May	1

Most Driven In By
R Bressler	5
Self	5
H Ford	4
B Hargrave	3
C Walker	2
H Critz	1
W Pipp	1
W Christensen	1

1927 Batting Game Log

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1927 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1146	1	Apr 12	CIN		PIT	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	2.30	-0.249	6.39	-0.42%	-1.04	1B
2	1147	2	Apr 14	CIN		PIT	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	.97	-0.098	2.53	-0.16%	-1.01	1B
3	1148	3	Apr 15	CIN		PIT	L,6-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	.49	-0.052	1.10	-0.07%	-1.01	2B
4	1149	4	Apr 16	CIN		STL	W,5-4	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.375	.500	5	1.48	0.354	3.10	0.45%	1.48	2B
5	1150	5	Apr 17	CIN		STL	L,1-2	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.150	.350	.500	5	1.48	0.005	3.18	0.01%	-0.68	2B
6	1151	6	Apr 19	CIN		STL	L,1-9	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.130	.304	.435	5	.43	-0.033	.85	-0.04%	-0.50	2B
7	1152	7	Apr 21	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.259	.370	5	1.15	-0.137	2.29	-0.16%	-1.05	2B
8	1153	8	Apr 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.107	.107	.250	.357	2	1.51	-0.040	2.76	-0.04%	-0.26	PH 1B
9	1154	9	Apr 23	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.103	.103	.241	.345	7	1.56	-0.091	2.40	-0.08%	-0.93	PH 2B
10	1155	10	Apr 24	CIN		CHC	L,3-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.233	.333	7	1.50	-0.043	2.45	-0.04%	-0.23	PH 2B
11	1156	11	Apr 25	CIN		CHC	W,11-9	CG	5	4	2	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	1	.176	.200	.353	.553	4	1.03	0.266	1.33	0.21%	2.93	1B LF
12	1157	12	Apr 26	CIN		CHC	W,8-5	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	1	.211	.231	.395	.626	4	.89	0.208	1.35	0.19%	1.63	1B
13	1158	13	Apr 27	CIN		CHC	L,1-2	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.256	.390	.646	4	1.17	0.028	1.93	0.03%	-0.22	1B
14	1159	14	Apr 28	CIN	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.255	.378	.633	3	1.04	-0.076	1.65	-0.07%	-0.55	1B
15	1160	15	Apr 30 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.235	.347	.582	3	.84	-0.079	1.16	-0.07%	-0.96	1B
16	1161	16	Apr 30 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,9-8	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.250	.407	.657	3	1.11	0.299	1.38	0.22%	1.31	1B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	1162	17	May 1	CIN	@	STL	L,4-12	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.283	.500	.783	3	.12	-0.005	.16	0.00%	1.51	1B
18	1163	18	May 3	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.281	.475	.757	3	1.46	-0.148	1.81	-0.11%	-1.05	1B
19	1164	19	May 4	CIN	@	CHC	L,9-13	GS-9	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.290	.470	.760	3	.36	-0.035	.38	-0.02%	0.12	1B
20	1165	20	May 6	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.297	.521	.818	3	.84	0.124	.75	0.07%	0.35	2B LF
21	1166	21	May 7	CIN	@	BSN	W,9-8	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.291	.493	.784	3	1.08	-0.112	1.16	-0.07%	-1.00	2B
22	1167	22	May 11	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.277	.468	.745	3	1.15	-0.120	1.32	-0.08%	-0.88	1B
23	1168	23	May 12	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.229	.264	.446	.710	3	.78	-0.038	.85	-0.03%	-0.28	1B 2B
24	1169	24	May 13	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.275	.471	.746	3	.55	0.015	.52	0.01%	0.68	2B
25	1170	25	May 14	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.274	.462	.735	3	1.35	-0.032	1.25	-0.02%	-0.07	1B
26	1171	26	May 15	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.283	.452	.734	3	1.04	-0.017	.83	-0.01%	-0.09	1B
27	1172	28 (1)	May 20 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.279	.469	.748	3	1.54	0.494	.83	0.16%	2.24	1B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	1173	107 (78)	Aug 13	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-2	4-GF(10)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.276	.465	.741	5	2.40	-0.082	.02	0.00%	-0.57	1B
29	1174	108	Aug 14	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	1	.252	.294	.495	.789	5	.75	0.136	.00	0.00%	1.24	1B
30	1175	109	Aug 16	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-5	GS-9	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.289	.481	.771	5	1.18	-0.114	.00	0.00%	-1.23	1B
31	1176	110	Aug 17	CIN	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.288	.473	.761	5	1.03	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-0.78	1B
32	1177	111	Aug 19 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.285	.462	.746	5	1.86	0.161	.00	0.00%	-0.64	1B
33	1178	112	Aug 19 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.276	.446	.722	5	1.00	-0.082	.00	0.00%	-0.86	1B
34	1179	113	Aug 20	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.282	.448	.730	5	.61	-0.027	.00	0.00%	0.59	1B
35	1180	116 (2)	Aug 25	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.274	.434	.708	3	1.77	-0.168	.00	0.00%	-1.05	1B
36	1181	117	Aug 26	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS-9	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.293	.444	.736	3	1.41	0.282	.00	0.00%	2.63	1B
37	1182	118	Aug 29 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.297	.442	.739	3	.75	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-1.18	1B
38	1183	119	Aug 29 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.293	.448	.741	3	1.25	-0.117	.00	0.00%	-0.84	1B
39	1184	120	Aug 30	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG(11)	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.303	.453	.756	3	1.88	0.168	.00	0.00%	1.10	1B
40	1185	121	Aug 31	CIN	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.296	.441	.736	3	1.19	-0.136	.00	0.00%	-1.32	1B
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	1186	122	Sep 2	CIN		CHC	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.294	.442	.737	4	.70	0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.62	1B
42	1187	123	Sep 3	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	GS-7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.295	.447	.742	4	.91	0.055	.00	0.00%	0.08	1B
43	1188	124	Sep 4	CIN		PIT	L,4-8	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.294	.438	.732	4	1.18	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.51	1B
44	1189	125	Sep 5 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,8-6	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	1	.265	.303	.440	.743	3	.92	0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.05	1B 2B
45	1190	126	Sep 5 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS-6	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.303	.444	.747	3	1.19	0.099	.00	0.00%	0.48	2B
46	1191	132 (5)	Sep 12 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,6-4	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.272	.308	.451	.759	3	1.00	0.103	.00	0.00%	1.02	1B
47	1192	133	Sep 12 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.306	.452	.758	3	.47	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.79	1B
48	1193	134	Sep 13	CIN		PHI	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.311	.453	.764	3	1.04	-0.104	.00	0.00%	-0.56	1B
49	1194	135	Sep 14	CIN		PHI	W,7-6	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.313	.449	.761	3	1.46	0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.25	1B
50	1195	136	Sep 17 (1)	CIN		NYG	L,1-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.312	.455	.767	3	1.14	-0.089	.00	0.00%	-0.45	1B
51	1196	137	Sep 17 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,7-8	GS-9	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.314	.459	.772	3	1.05	0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.73	1B
52	1197	138	Sep 18 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,7-0	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.312	.456	.769	3	.10	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.75	PH 1B
53	1198	139	Sep 18 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.311	.457	.768	3	1.01	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.59	1B
54	1199	140	Sep 19	CIN		NYG	L,6-10	CG	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.315	.460	.775	3	.80	0.032	.00	0.00%	1.35	1B
55	1200	141	Sep 22 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,2-1	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.313	.454	.767	3	1.59	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-1.00	1B
56	1201	143 (1)	Sep 23 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,6-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		1	0	.278	.317	.455	.771	3	.79	0.172	.00	0.00%	2.43	1B
57	1202	144	Sep 23 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.315	.452	.768	9	4.90	-0.138	.00	0.00%	-0.36	PH
58	1203	146 (1)	Sep 24 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.276	.314	.449	.763	3	.76	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.25	1B
59	1204	147	Sep 25	CIN		PHI	L,3-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.313	.454	.767	3	.84	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.37	1B
60	1205	148	Sep 26	CIN		STL	L,1-3	9-GF(13)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.310	.450	.760	3	3.26	-0.153	.00	0.00%	-0.64	1B
61	1206	153 (4)	Oct 2	CIN		PIT	W,1-0	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.308	.446	.754	3	.97	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.46	1B
							26-35		236	222	27	60	16	4	5	21	11	0	23	1	0		3		1	4	.270	.308	.446	.754		1.11	0.123	.69	-0.16%	-5.42

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