George Selkirk

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 182lb (185cm, 82kg)

Born: January 4, 1908 in Huntsville, Canada ca

Died: January 19, 1987 in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Buried: Siloam United Methodist Church Cemetery, Harrisonville, PA

Debut: August 12, 1934 (Age 26-220d, 7,756th in major league history)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1942 (Age 34-266d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: George Alexander Selkirk

Nicknames: Twinkletoes

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.5

2790

810

108

.290

503

RBI

576

OBP

.400

SLG

.483

OPS

.883

OPS+

127

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	49-28 / in Starts: 44-24
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	4 games
Grand Slams	0 in 12 bases loaded PA and 12 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	11

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 293 PAs	68
Actual Runners on Base	238 (109-87-42) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 293 PAs	34
Avg. Runners on Base	197 (99-63-34)

Most Driven In
Self	18
L Gehrig	15
B Dickey	13
T Lazzeri	5
J DiMaggio	5
R Rolfe	5
J Powell	2
F Crosetti	2

Most Driven In By
Self	18
T Lazzeri	8
T Henrich	3
M Pearson	2
F Crosetti	2
J Powell	2
J Murphy	1
M Hoag	1

1937 Batting Game Log

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1937 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	312	1	Apr 20	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	6	1.96	-0.144	4.88	-0.22%	-1.06	RF
2	313	2	Apr 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG(10)	5	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.167	.375	.500	.875	7	1.44	0.301	3.50	0.44%	1.16	RF
3	314	3	Apr 25	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.462	.600	1.062	6	.72	0.073	1.81	0.11%	0.89	RF
4	315	4	Apr 26	NYY		PHA	W,7-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.231	.412	.462	.873	6	1.01	0.089	2.87	0.15%	0.93	RF
5	316	5	Apr 28	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.364	.389	.753	5	.70	0.000	2.11	0.00%	-1.41	RF
6	317	6	Apr 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.423	.500	.923	6	.76	0.071	2.32	0.13%	0.74	RF
7	318	7	Apr 30	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	1		1	0	0				0	0	.320	.433	.560	.993	5						RF
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
8	319	8	May 1	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.394	.500	.894	7	1.20	-0.108	3.85	-0.21%	-1.32	RF
9	320	9	May 2	NYY		BOS	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.405	.581	.986	6	1.46	0.015	5.10	0.03%	0.72	RF
10	321	10	May 4	NYY	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.390	.543	.933	7	.37	-0.013	1.33	-0.03%	0.05	RF
11	322	11	May 5	NYY	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	4	4	3	4	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.359	.444	.769	1.214	6	.82	0.291	3.24	0.69%	4.12	RF
12	323	12	May 6	NYY	@	DET	L,6-12	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.372	.460	.744	1.204	6	1.14	0.083	4.64	0.20%	0.26	RF
13	324	13	May 7	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.362	.455	.766	1.221	6	1.23	-0.018	4.21	-0.04%	2.27	RF
14	325	14	May 8	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.340	.431	.720	1.151	6	1.03	-0.078	3.53	-0.16%	-0.85	RF
15	326	15	May 9	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.410	.679	1.089	7	1.26	-0.102	3.75	-0.18%	-0.67	RF
16	327	16	May 10	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.415	.737	1.152	6	.66	0.067	1.81	0.11%	2.06	RF
17	328	17	May 11	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.328	.406	.705	1.111	5	.48	-0.034	1.49	-0.06%	0.22	RF
18	329	18	May 13	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0		0	0	.328	.411	.688	1.098	6	1.14	0.018	3.06	0.03%	0.17	RF
19	330	19	May 15	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.313	.403	.657	1.059	6	.68	0.015	2.40	0.03%	0.08	RF
20	331	20	May 16	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.329	.420	.657	1.077	6	.84	0.088	3.25	0.20%	0.93	RF
21	332	21	May 17	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.400	.622	1.022	6	1.59	-0.199	6.65	-0.50%	-2.39	RF
22	333	22	May 18	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.393	.603	.996	6	.50	-0.050	1.74	-0.10%	-0.62	RF
23	334	23	May 20	NYY		CHW	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.380	.580	.961	8	1.41	-0.111	5.00	-0.24%	-0.99	RF
24	335	24	May 21	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.361	.547	.907	7	1.34	-0.169	4.63	-0.35%	-2.01	RF
25	336	25	May 22	NYY		SLB	W,14-2	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.363	.571	.934	6	.38	0.193	1.32	0.40%	1.01	RF
26	337	26	May 23	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	CG	4	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.387	.613	1.000	6	.52	0.136	2.12	0.33%	2.09	RF
27	338	27	May 24	NYY		CLE	W,14-0	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.396	.604	1.001	6	.35	0.006	1.48	0.02%	0.09	RF
28	339	28	May 25	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.296	.400	.592	.992	6	.75	-0.007	3.42	-0.02%	-0.14	RF
29	340	29	May 26	NYY		DET	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.395	.608	1.003	6	.55	0.042	2.67	0.12%	-1.37	RF
30	341	30	May 27	NYY		DET	L,4-5	CG(13)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.376	.574	.950	6	1.76	-0.289	9.07	-0.89%	-2.08	RF
31	342	31	May 29 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,9-4	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.388	.604	.991	6	.76	0.115	3.71	0.34%	1.38	RF
32	343	32	May 29 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,10-3	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.398	.635	1.033	7	.56	0.111	2.75	0.33%	2.70	RF
33	344	33	May 30	NYY		PHA	W,13-1	CG	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.311	.406	.639	1.044	6	.31	0.068	1.53	0.21%	0.90	RF
34	345	34	May 31 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.401	.626	1.027	7	1.49	-0.157	7.83	-0.49%	-1.13	RF
35	346	35	May 31 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.390	.606	.997	7	.63	-0.090	3.32	-0.29%	-1.37	RF
Jun		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
36	347	36	Jun 2	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.391	.603	.994	7	.45	0.018	2.50	0.06%	0.19	RF
37	348	37	Jun 3	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.388	.598	.987	6	1.22	-0.055	6.98	-0.19%	-0.59	RF
38	349	46 (8)	Jun 13 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,16-9	CG	6	6	3	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.312	.399	.623	1.022	6	1.56	0.218	7.17	0.60%	2.46	RF
39	350	47	Jun 13 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	T,8-8	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.393	.606	.998	6	2.00	-0.249	9.40	-0.70%	-1.36	RF
40	351	48	Jun 15	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.301	.389	.603	.992	6	1.47	0.043	8.22	0.14%	-0.49	RF
41	352	49	Jun 16	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.388	.604	.992	6	1.53	0.255	8.31	0.83%	2.12	RF
42	353	50	Jun 17	NYY		CLE	W,9-7	CG	4	4	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.320	.402	.634	1.036	7	1.22	0.326	7.31	1.17%	2.71	RF
43	354	51	Jun 19	NYY		CHW	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.321	.404	.628	1.033	7	1.42	0.166	8.69	0.61%	0.53	RF
44	355	52	Jun 20 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,8-4	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.325	.407	.663	1.069	6	1.14	0.229	7.18	0.87%	3.27	RF
45	356	53	Jun 20 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.398	.646	1.044	6	.54	-0.129	3.36	-0.48%	-2.73	RF
46	357	54	Jun 22	NYY		SLB	W,8-5	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.405	.653	1.058	6	.55	0.046	2.77	0.14%	0.73	RF
47	358	55	Jun 23	NYY		SLB	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.407	.647	1.054	6	1.16	0.012	5.92	0.04%	0.48	RF
48	359	56	Jun 24	NYY		SLB	W,9-6	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.414	.667	1.081	7	1.35	0.190	6.75	0.57%	1.20	RF
49	360	57	Jun 25	NYY		DET	W,8-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		1	0	.328	.411	.655	1.066	6	.46	-0.029	3.05	-0.11%	-0.25	RF
50	361	58	Jun 26	NYY		DET	L,3-5	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.331	.413	.669	1.081	7	.82	0.023	5.67	0.10%	0.62	RF
51	362	59	Jun 27	NYY		DET	W,9-5	CG	5	5	2	4	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.344	.422	.699	1.121	6	1.00	0.316	6.84	1.30%	4.13	RF
52	363	60	Jun 29	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.344	.423	.709	1.132	7	1.54	0.020	8.17	0.07%	0.75	RF
53	364	61	Jun 30	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		2	0	.347	.425	.710	1.135	6	.77	0.088	3.99	0.27%	0.96	RF
Jul		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
54	365	62	Jul 1	NYY	@	PHA	W,12-7	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.344	.423	.703	1.126	6	.89	-0.046	4.69	-0.15%	-1.07	RF
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
55	366	95 (32)	Aug 5	NYY		CHW	W,13-8	8-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.344	.423	.703	1.126	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
56	367	99 (3)	Aug 11 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-5	14-14	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.347	.426	.704	1.130	9	4.75	0.168	18.52	0.39%	0.73	PH
57	368	104 (4)	Aug 14	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-12	7-7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.347	.429	.704	1.133	9	.33	0.013	.49	0.01%	0.67	PH
58	369	107 (2)	Aug 17 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.345	.427	.701	1.127	6	2.53	-0.069	4.05	-0.07%	-0.49	PH
59	370	109 (1)	Aug 19	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.345	.429	.701	1.130	6	3.48	0.097	3.93	0.07%	0.67	PH
60	371	119 (9)	Aug 30	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.343	.427	.697	1.124	9	2.99	-0.081	.92	-0.02%	-0.28	PH
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
61	372	121 (1)	Sep 1	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.342	.425	.693	1.119	8	.50	-0.014	.11	0.00%	-0.12	PH
62	373	122	Sep 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.342	.427	.693	1.120	6	1.38	0.105	.30	0.01%	0.79	RF
63	374	124 (1)	Sep 4	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.341	.428	.688	1.116	6	.70	0.099	.32	0.03%	0.89	RF
64	375	129 (4)	Sep 8 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,9-6	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.341	.430	.688	1.118	9	.50	0.016	.02	0.00%	0.25	PH
65	376	130	Sep 9	NYY		BOS	L,7-13	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.340	.429	.684	1.113	9	1.44	-0.043	.02	0.00%	-0.27	PH
66	377	145 (14)	Sep 23	NYY		SLB	L,5-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.421	.671	1.093	6	.76	-0.110	.00	0.00%	-1.66	RF
67	378	146	Sep 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.415	.659	1.074	5	1.61	-0.182	.00	0.00%	-1.19	RF
68	379	147	Sep 25	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		1	0	.324	.410	.648	1.059	5	.95	0.073	.00	0.00%	0.78	RF
69	380	148	Sep 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.412	.644	1.056	5	.88	-0.010	.00	0.00%	0.11	RF
70	381	149	Sep 28 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.329	.419	.644	1.064	6	.63	0.053	.00	0.00%	1.68	RF
71	382	150	Sep 28 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	1	.332	.420	.642	1.062	5	1.79	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.58	RF
72	383	151	Sep 29 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,15-4	CG	6	6	1	3	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.336	.422	.643	1.065	5	.92	0.193	.00	0.00%	3.60	RF
73	384	152	Sep 29 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,0-3	CG(7)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.336	.421	.639	1.060	4	.86	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.42	RF
74	385	153	Sep 30 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.335	.419	.632	1.051	5	1.65	0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.02	RF
75	386	154	Sep 30 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,3-6	CG(7)	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.331	.414	.624	1.039	4	1.31	-0.136	.00	0.00%	-1.49	RF
76	387	155	Oct 1	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	CG(7)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.328	.413	.619	1.033	6	1.44	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.29	RF
77	388	156	Oct 2	NYY		BOS	W,11-3	CG	5	5	2	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.417	.639	1.056	6	.55	0.159	.00	0.00%	2.29	RF
78	389	157	Oct 3	NYY		BOS	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.328	.411	.629	1.040	4	.93	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-1.34	RF
							49-28		293	256	49	84	13	5	18	68	34	2	25	2	1		4		8	2	.328	.411	.629	1.040		1.04	1.808	3.42	5.65%	23.34

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