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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jul 4)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CIN		STL	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
2	2	Apr 17	CIN		STL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	3
3	3	Apr 18	CIN		STL	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
4	4	Apr 19	CIN		STL	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
5	5	Apr 20	CIN		PIT	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
6	6	Apr 22	CIN		PIT	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
7	7	Apr 26	CIN	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	6	1	1	8	0
8	8	Apr 27 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
9	9	Apr 27 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	2
10	10	Apr 28	CIN		CHC	W,17-12	CG	48	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
11	11	Apr 29	CIN		CHC	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	12	2	0	14	3
12	12	Apr 30	CIN		CHC	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	4
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	CIN		CHC	T,4-4	CG	50	13.0	15	0	0	15	1
14	14	May 4	CIN	@	BRO	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
15	15	May 5	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
16	16	May 6	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	7	2	0	9	1
17	17	May 7	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
18	18	May 8	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
19	19	May 9	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	4
20	20	May 10	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
21	21	May 11	CIN	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG	36	8.0	7	2	1	10	2
22	22	May 12	CIN	@	BSN	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
23	23	May 13	CIN	@	NYG	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
24	24	May 15	CIN	@	NYG	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
25	25	May 17	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	16	0	0	16	1
26	26	May 18	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
27	27	May 19	CIN		STL	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	10	2	0	12	0
28	28	May 20	CIN		STL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
29	29	May 21	CIN		STL	L,1-12	CG	44	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
30	30	May 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
31	31	May 23	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	2
32	32	May 25	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
33	33	May 26	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	34	May 27	CIN		CHC	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	18	1	0	19	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	40 (5)	Jun 1	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1
36	41	Jun 3	CIN		BSN	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	15	1	0	16	3
37	42	Jun 4	CIN		BSN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
38	43	Jun 5	CIN		PHI	W,21-4	GS	26	6.0	10	1	0	11	0
39	44	Jun 6	CIN		PHI	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
40	45	Jun 7	CIN		PHI	W,7-6	CG	55	11.0	8	1	0	9	1
41	46	Jun 8	CIN		NYG	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
42	47	Jun 9	CIN		NYG	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
43	48	Jun 10	CIN		NYG	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
44	49	Jun 11	CIN		NYG	L,0-9	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
45	50	Jun 13	CIN		BRO	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	2
46	51	Jun 14	CIN		BRO	L,4-5	GS	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
47	52	Jun 15	CIN		BRO	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
48	53	Jun 16 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,3-8	CG	47	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
49	54	Jun 16 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
50	55	Jun 17	CIN		PIT	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
51	56	Jun 18	CIN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
52	57	Jun 19	CIN		PIT	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
53	58	Jun 22	CIN		STL	L,8-11	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
54	59	Jun 23	CIN		STL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
55	60	Jun 26	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
56	61	Jun 27	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
57	62	Jun 28	CIN	@	PIT	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
58	63	Jun 29 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	16	0	0	16	1
59	64	Jun 29 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
60	65	Jun 30	CIN		PIT	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	66	Jul 2	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	49	10.2	18	0	0	18	0
62	67	Jul 3	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	4
63	68	Jul 4 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-8	CG	0	8.0	9	2	0	11	1
64	69	Jul 4 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	70	Jul 6	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
66	71	Jul 7 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-8	CG	42	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
67	72	Jul 7 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
68	73	Jul 8	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	8	2	1	11	0
69	74	Jul 9	CIN	@	NYG	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
70	75	Jul 10	CIN	@	BSN	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
71	76	Jul 11	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	77	Jul 12	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	42	11.0	14	1	0	15	1
73	78	Jul 13	CIN	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	45	9.2	17	0	0	17	0
74	79	Jul 14	CIN	@	BRO	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	11	2	0	13	2
75	80	Jul 15	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
76	81	Jul 16 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
77	82	Jul 16 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	2	12	1
78	83	Jul 17	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-10	CG	45	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
79	84	Jul 18	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	6	2	1	9	0
80	85	Jul 20 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	1
81	86	Jul 20 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
82	87	Jul 21	CIN		PHI	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
83	88	Jul 23 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	3
84	89	Jul 23 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	9	3	0	12	2
85	90	Jul 24	CIN		BSN	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	13	3	0	16	1
86	91	Jul 25	CIN		BSN	W,14-2	CG	37	9.0	13	0	1	14	0
87	92	Jul 26	CIN		BRO	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	93	Jul 27	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
89	94	Jul 28 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
90	96 (1)	Jul 29	CIN		BRO	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
91	97	Jul 30	CIN		NYG	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
92	98	Jul 31	CIN		NYG	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	99	Aug 1	CIN		NYG	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
94	100	Aug 2	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
95	101	Aug 3	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	12	1	1	14	1
96	102	Aug 4	CIN		PHI	W,7-1	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
97	103	Aug 5	CIN		PHI	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	16	2	0	18	2
98	104	Aug 9	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
99	105	Aug 10	CIN	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
100	106	Aug 11	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
101	107	Aug 12	CIN	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
102	108	Aug 13	CIN	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
103	109	Aug 14	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	27	7.0	8	0	0	8	0
104	110	Aug 15	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
105	111	Aug 16	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
106	112	Aug 17 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-8	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	114 (1)	Aug 18	CIN	@	BSN	L,9-10	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	115	Aug 20	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
109	116	Aug 21 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
110	117	Aug 21 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	15	0	0	15	3
111	118	Aug 22	CIN	@	BRO	L,9-13	CG	44	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
112	119	Aug 24 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
113	120	Aug 24 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-8	CG	36	8.0	12	2	0	14	1
114	121	Aug 25 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
115	122	Aug 25 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
116	123	Aug 26	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	2
117	124	Aug 27	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
118	125	Aug 31	CIN		STL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	3
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	126	Sep 1	CIN		PIT	L,7-9	CG	55	12.0	13	2	0	15	0
120	127	Sep 2 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
121	128	Sep 2 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,8-9	CG	56	12.1	19	4	0	23	2
122	129	Sep 4	CIN		PIT	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
123	130	Sep 5	CIN		PIT	L,5-10	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
124	131	Sep 9 (1)	CIN		NYG	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	16	1	0	17	1
125	132	Sep 9 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,4-10	GS	26	4.0	4	1	0	5	0
126	134 (1)	Sep 11	CIN		BRO	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
127	135	Sep 12	CIN		BRO	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	16	0	0	16	0
128	136	Sep 13	CIN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
129	137	Sep 14	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	16	1	0	17	0
130	138	Sep 15 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
131	139	Sep 15 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
132	140	Sep 16	CIN		BSN	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
133	141	Sep 18	CIN		PHI	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
134	142	Sep 19	CIN		PHI	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
135	143	Sep 21	CIN		PHI	L,6-9	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
136	144	Sep 22	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	12	0	0	12	0
137	145	Sep 23	CIN	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	16	0	0	16	1
138	146	Sep 24	CIN	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
139	147	Sep 25	CIN	@	STL	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
140	148	Sep 28	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	17	0	0	17	1
141	149	Sep 29	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
142	150	Oct 1	CIN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
143	151	Oct 2	CIN		CHC	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
144	152	Oct 3	CIN		CHC	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
145	153	Oct 4	CIN		CHC	L,3-6	CG	47	10.0	13	1	1	15	1
146	154	Oct 5	CIN		CHC	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
147	155	Oct 6	CIN		STL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
							147gm		1286.0	1537	103	11	1651	127