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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View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Oct 1)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 20	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Apr 21	DET		CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
4	4	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	41	9.1	4	3	0	7	0
5	5	Apr 23	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 26 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 26 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	0	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 27	DET		SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 28	DET		SLB	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
10	10	Apr 29	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
11	11	Apr 30	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	13	May 3	DET		BOS	T,14-14	CG	63	13.0	2	2	0	4	2
14	14	May 4	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
15	15	May 5	DET		PHA	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
16	16	May 6	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	13.0	1	2	1	4	0
17	17	May 7	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
18	18	May 8	DET		NYY	L,0-12	CG	48	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	19	May 9	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
20	20	May 10	DET		NYY	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	21	May 11	DET		WSH	L,1-11	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
22	22	May 12	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
23	23	May 13	DET	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
24	24	May 14	DET	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
25	25	May 15 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
26	26	May 15 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,4-12	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
27	27	May 17	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
28	28	May 18	DET	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
29	29	May 19	DET	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
30	30	May 20	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	39	9.1	0	4	0	4	1
31	31	May 21	DET	@	PHA	L,7-15	CG	48	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
32	32	May 22	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	33	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	34 (1)	May 24	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	50	9.1	1	1	0	2	0
34	35	May 25	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	36	May 27	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	37	May 28	DET		SLB	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
37	38	May 29	DET		SLB	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
38	39	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
39	40	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	41	Jun 1	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	1	3	0	4	1
41	42	Jun 2	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
42	43	Jun 3	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	44	Jun 4	DET		BOS	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
44	45	Jun 5 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	46	Jun 5 (2)	DET		BOS	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
46	47	Jun 6	DET		BOS	L,9-10	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	48	Jun 7	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	49	Jun 8	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
49	50	Jun 9	DET		NYY	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
50	51	Jun 11	DET		WSH	L,8-9	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
51	52	Jun 12 (1)	DET		WSH	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
52	53	Jun 12 (2)	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
53	54	Jun 14	DET	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
54	55	Jun 15	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	56	Jun 16	DET	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
56	57	Jun 19 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
57	58	Jun 19 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
58	59	Jun 20	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
59	60	Jun 21	DET	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	72 (11)	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,7-6	CG	0	11.0	0	2	0	2	0
61	73	Jul 3	DET		CHW	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
62	74	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
63	75	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
64	76	Jul 5	DET		CLE	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
65	77	Jul 6	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	57	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	78	Jul 7	DET	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
67	79	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	3	2	5	0
68	80	Jul 10 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
69	81	Jul 10 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
70	82	Jul 14	DET		BOS	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
71	83	Jul 15	DET		BOS	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
72	84	Jul 16	DET		BOS	L,1-11	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	85	Jul 17 (1)	DET		PHA	W,8-0	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
74	86	Jul 17 (2)	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	3	2	0	5	1
75	87	Jul 18	DET		PHA	L,8-13	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	88	Jul 19	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
77	89	Jul 20	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
78	90	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
79	91	Jul 22	DET		NYY	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	92	Jul 23	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
81	93	Jul 24	DET		NYY	L,3-6	CG	47	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
82	94	Jul 26	DET	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	95	Jul 27 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	43	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
84	96	Jul 27 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
85	97	Jul 28	DET	@	WSH	W,13-7	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
86	98	Jul 29	DET	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	99	Jul 30	DET	@	PHA	W,11-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
88	100	Jul 31 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
89	101	Jul 31 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	102	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
91	103	Aug 3	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
92	104	Aug 4	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
93	105	Aug 5	DET	@	BOS	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
94	106	Aug 6	DET	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
95	107	Aug 7	DET	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
96	108	Aug 9	DET		CHW	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	109	Aug 10	DET		CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
98	110	Aug 12	DET		SLB	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
99	111	Aug 13	DET		SLB	W,12-9	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
100	112	Aug 14 (1)	DET		SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	113	Aug 14 (2)	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
102	114	Aug 15	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	42	9.1	1	4	0	5	0
103	115	Aug 16	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
104	116	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
105	117	Aug 18	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
106	118	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
107	119	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
108	120	Aug 20	DET	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
109	121	Aug 21 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
110	122	Aug 21 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
111	123	Aug 23	DET		NYY	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
112	124	Aug 24	DET		NYY	W,13-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
113	125	Aug 25	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	126	Aug 26	DET		WSH	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
115	127	Aug 27	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
116	128	Aug 28	DET		PHA	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
117	129	Aug 29	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
118	130	Aug 30	DET		BOS	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
119	131	Aug 31	DET		BOS	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	132	Sep 1	DET		BOS	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
121	133	Sep 2	DET		CHW	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
122	134	Sep 3	DET		CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
123	135	Sep 4	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
124	136	Sep 5 (1)	DET		SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
125	137	Sep 5 (2)	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	138	Sep 8 (1)	DET		CLE	W,10-0	CG	28	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
127	139	Sep 8 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
128	140	Sep 10	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
129	141	Sep 11	DET	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
130	142	Sep 13	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
131	150 (7)	Sep 23	DET	@	CLE	W,5-0	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
132	153 (2)	Sep 30	DET		CLE	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
133	154	Oct 1	DET		CLE	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
134	155	Oct 2	DET		CLE	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
							134gm		1207.1	154	271	11	436	23