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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 28	DET		CHW	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
2	8	Apr 29	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	9	May 1	DET		PHA	L,1-9	CG	49	11.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
4	10	May 2	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
5	11	May 3	DET		BOS	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
6	12	May 4	DET		BOS	W,8-4	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
7	13	May 5	DET		BOS	W,8-7	CG	52	11.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
8	14	May 6	DET		NYY	L,6-11	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
9	15	May 7	DET		NYY	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
10	16	May 8	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	52	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
11	17	May 9	DET		WSH	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
12	18	May 11	DET	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	19	May 12	DET	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
14	20	May 13 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,10-13	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	21	May 13 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
16	22	May 15	DET	@	WSH	W,12-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
17	23	May 16	DET	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
18	24	May 17	DET	@	WSH	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
19	25	May 18	DET	@	PHA	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
20	26	May 20	DET	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
21	27	May 21	DET	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
22	28	May 22	DET	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
23	29	May 24	DET	@	NYY	L,1-11	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
24	30	May 25	DET		SLB	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	31	May 26	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	32	May 27 (1)	DET		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	33	May 27 (2)	DET		SLB	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
28	34	May 28	DET		CLE	L,0-9	CG	50	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
29	35	May 29	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
30	36	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
31	37	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	38	Jun 2	DET		NYY	L,7-8	CG	60	12.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
33	39	Jun 3 (1)	DET		WSH	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
34	40	Jun 3 (2)	DET		WSH	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
35	41	Jun 4	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	3B
36	42	Jun 5	DET		WSH	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	3B
37	43	Jun 6	DET		BOS	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	6	2	1	9	1	3B
38	44	Jun 7	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
39	45	Jun 8	DET		PHA	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
40	46	Jun 10 (1)	DET		PHA	W,11-7	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
41	47	Jun 10 (2)	DET		PHA	W,9-5	GS	17	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
42	48	Jun 12	DET	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
43	49	Jun 13	DET	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
44	50	Jun 15	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
45	51	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
46	52	Jun 17	DET	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
47	53	Jun 19	DET	@	PHA	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
48	54	Jun 20 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
49	55	Jun 20 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
50	56	Jun 21	DET	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	3B
51	57	Jun 22	DET	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
52	58	Jun 23	DET	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
53	59	Jun 24	DET	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
54	60	Jun 26	DET	@	CHW	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
55	61	Jun 27	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
56	62	Jun 29	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
57	63	Jun 30	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	64	Jul 1 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
59	65	Jul 1 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
60	66	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
61	67	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CHW	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
62	68	Jul 5	DET		CHW	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
63	69	Jul 6	DET		CLE	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
64	70	Jul 7	DET		CLE	W,13-3	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
65	71	Jul 8 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
66	72	Jul 8 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
67	73	Jul 12	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
68	74	Jul 13	DET		WSH	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
69	75	Jul 14	DET		WSH	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	3B
70	76	Jul 15 (1)	DET		NYY	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
71	77	Jul 15 (2)	DET		NYY	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	2	2	2	6	0
72	78	Jul 16	DET		NYY	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	79	Jul 17	DET		PHA	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	80	Jul 18	DET		PHA	L,9-16	CG	54	9.0	0	4	2	6	1	3B
75	81	Jul 19 (1)	DET		PHA	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
76	82	Jul 19 (2)	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
77	83	Jul 20	DET		BOS	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
78	84	Jul 21	DET		BOS	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
79	85	Jul 22	DET		BOS	L,9-10	CG	48	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
80	86	Jul 24	DET	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
81	87	Jul 25	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
82	88	Jul 26	DET	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
83	89	Jul 27	DET	@	PHA	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	0	2	2	4	0
84	90	Jul 28	DET	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
85	91	Jul 29 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
86	92	Jul 29 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
87	93	Jul 30	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	3	2	0	5	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	94	Aug 1 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
89	95	Aug 1 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	37	8.0	1	5	1	7	2	3B
90	96	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
91	97	Aug 3	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
92	98	Aug 4	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
93	99	Aug 5 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
94	100	Aug 5 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
95	101	Aug 6	DET		CHW	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	102	Aug 7	DET		CHW	L,1-2	CG	52	13.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
97	103	Aug 8	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	50	11.0	1	2	0	3	0
98	104	Aug 9	DET		SLB	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
99	105	Aug 10	DET		SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
100	106	Aug 11	DET		SLB	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
101	107	Aug 12	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
102	108	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
103	109	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	44	9.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
104	110	Aug 15	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
105	111	Aug 16	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
106	112	Aug 17	DET	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
107	113	Aug 18	DET	@	SLB	L,9-20	GS	51	7.0	2	1	1	4	0
108	114	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
109	115	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	2	8	1
110	116	Aug 20 (1)	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
111	117	Aug 20 (2)	DET		NYY	L,5-12	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
112	118	Aug 21	DET		NYY	L,4-11	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
113	119	Aug 22	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	56	12.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
114	120	Aug 23	DET		WSH	L,0-10	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
115	121	Aug 24	DET		WSH	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
116	122	Aug 25	DET		WSH	L,5-11	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
117	123	Aug 26	DET		PHA	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
118	124	Aug 27	DET		PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
119	125	Aug 28	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
120	126	Aug 29	DET		BOS	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
121	127	Aug 30	DET		BOS	L,4-10	CG	48	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
122	128	Aug 31	DET		CHW	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	129	Sep 1	DET		CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
124	130	Sep 2	DET		CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
125	131	Sep 3 (1)	DET		SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	13.0	4	4	0	8	0
126	132	Sep 3 (2)	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
127	133	Sep 5	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
128	134	Sep 7 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
129	135	Sep 7 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	50	14.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
130	137 (1)	Sep 9	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
131	138	Sep 11	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
132	139	Sep 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	0	3	0	3	0	3B
133	140	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
134	141	Sep 14	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
135	142	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
136	143	Sep 16 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
137	144	Sep 16 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
138	145	Sep 18	DET	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
139	146	Sep 19	DET	@	PHA	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
140	147	Sep 21	DET		CLE	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
141	148	Sep 22	DET		CLE	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	3B
142	149	Sep 23	DET		CLE	W,9-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
143	150	Sep 25	DET	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
144	151	Sep 26	DET	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
145	152	Sep 27	DET	@	SLB	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
146	153	Sep 29	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	54	12.2	1	4	0	5	1	3B
147	154	Sep 30	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
							147gm		1316.2	175	310	20	505	34