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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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	17-31 / in Starts: 7-5
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	41 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 84 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	47 (27-13-7) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 84 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	49 (23-16-9)

Most Driven In
B Kauff	1
A Fletcher	1
L Doyle	1
B McKechnie	0
G Burns	0
F Merkle	0

Most Driven In By
B Rariden	1
P Perritt	1
G Burns	1
L McCarty	0
F Schupp	0

1916 Batting Game Log

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1916 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	18	3 (2)	Apr 15	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.82	-0.033	4.78	-0.05%	-0.16	PH
2	19	4	Apr 19	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	6	1.69	-0.112	4.12	-0.17%	-0.77	RF
3	20	5	Apr 20	NYG		PHI	L,6-7	12-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	7	1.42	-0.033	3.35	-0.05%	-0.07	PH
4	21	6	Apr 21	NYG		PHI	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.13	-0.003	.26	0.00%	-0.17	PH
5	22	7	Apr 25	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.39	-0.052	4.35	-0.06%	-0.23	PH
6	23	8	Apr 27	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	6	.78	-0.050	1.20	-0.05%	-0.45	RF
7	24	9	Apr 29	NYG		BRO	L,4-5	GS-10	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.071	.071	.214	.286	7	.97	-0.015	1.37	-0.01%	0.14	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
8	25	10	May 1	NYG		BRO	L,5-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.067	.067	.200	.267	8	.64	-0.015	.85	-0.01%	-0.18	PH
9	26	12 (1)	May 3	NYG		BRO	L,4-6	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.063	.063	.188	.250	9	1.59	-0.021	2.05	-0.02%	-0.24	PH
10	27	14 (1)	May 6	NYG		BSN	L,6-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.059	.059	.176	.235	7	2.10	-0.047	1.95	-0.03%	-0.11	PH
11	28	15	May 8	NYG		BSN	L,2-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.056	.056	.167	.222	9	.40	-0.009	.30	0.00%	-0.18	PH
12	29	16	May 9	NYG	@	PIT	W,13-5	8-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.050	.050	.150	.200	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.56	PH 3B
13	30	18 (1)	May 11	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-2	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.048	.048	.143	.190	9	2.41	-0.051	1.88	-0.02%	-0.32	PH
14	31	19	May 12	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-2	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.048	.048	.143	.190	9	6.00	0.017	5.48	0.01%	-0.05	PH
15	32	29 (9)	May 26	NYG	@	BSN	W,12-1	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.091	.091	.182	.273	8	.06	0.002	.19	0.00%	0.88	PH
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
16	33	36 (6)	Jun 1	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-4	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.130	.130	.217	.348	9	1.07	0.031	5.05	0.09%	0.19	PH
17	34	37	Jun 2	NYG		CIN	L,4-6	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.125	.125	.208	.333	9	.37	-0.008	1.59	-0.02%	-0.11	PH
18	35	38	Jun 3	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.154	.154	.231	.385	6	1.44	0.050	6.02	0.13%	0.41	RF
19	36	39	Jun 5	NYG		CIN	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.148	.148	.222	.370	9	6.70	-0.168	29.52	-0.44%	-0.41	PH
20	37	42 (2)	Jun 12	NYG		CHC	L,2-8	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.148	.179	.222	.401	9	.07	0.002	.28	0.01%	0.35	PH
21	38	43	Jun 13	NYG		CHC	L,2-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.143	.172	.214	.387	9	.82	-0.019	2.99	-0.04%	-0.18	PH
22	39	51 (7)	Jun 24 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.138	.167	.207	.374	8	1.29	-0.031	4.54	-0.07%	-0.19	PH
23	40	54 (2)	Jun 26 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.133	.161	.200	.361	9						PH
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
24	41	62 (7)	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,6-7	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.133	.161	.200	.361	9						PH
25	42	67 (4)	Jul 10	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-7	3-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.121	.147	.182	.329	6	.21	-0.015	.27	-0.01%	-0.34	1B
26	43	77 (9)	Jul 19	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-6	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.121	.171	.182	.353	9	.35	0.014	.38	0.01%	0.36	PH
27	44	81 (3)	Jul 23	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-8	0-0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.147	.194	.235	.430	9						PH
28	45	87 (5)	Jul 31 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,7-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.147	.194	.235	.430	6						1B
29	46	88	Jul 31 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,7-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.147	.194	.235	.430	4						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
30	47	100 (11)	Aug 14 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-8	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.139	.184	.222	.406	6	.20	-0.009	.14	0.00%	-0.40	PH 1B
31	48	101	Aug 14 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.162	.205	.243	.448	9	.79	0.041	.40	0.01%	0.36	PH
32	49	103 (1)	Aug 17	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.158	.200	.237	.437	9	9.30	-0.222	2.06	-0.03%	-0.72	PH
33	50	105 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,6-8	0-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	0				1		.158	.220	.237	.456	9						PH
34	51	107 (1)	Aug 20	NYG	@	STL	L,0-5	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.179	.238	.256	.495	9						PH
35	52	109 (1)	Aug 22	NYG	@	STL	L,0-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.175	.233	.250	.483	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.08	PH
36	53	114 (4)	Aug 29	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.186	.255	.256	.511	7	.58	0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.06	1B
37	54	115	Aug 30	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG(12)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0		0		0		.170	.250	.234	.484	7	1.39	-0.081	.01	0.00%	-0.29	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
38	55	116	Sep 1	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.176	.250	.235	.485	7	2.22	-0.186	.00	0.00%	-1.10	1B
39	56	117	Sep 2 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.182	.250	.236	.486	7	.45	0.078	.00	0.00%	0.26	1B
40	57	118	Sep 2 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	T,5-5	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.169	.234	.220	.455	7	1.74	-0.012	.01	0.00%	0.00	1B
41	58	119	Sep 4 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.159	.221	.206	.427	7	1.50	-0.132	.01	0.00%	-0.75	1B
42	59	120	Sep 4 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-3	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.154	.225	.200	.425	7	1.98	-0.128	.02	0.00%	-0.66	1B
43	60	121	Sep 5	NYG		BRO	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.152	.222	.197	.419	9	2.22	-0.044	.01	0.00%	-0.40	PH
44	61	137 (15)	Sep 19 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,9-2	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.149	.219	.194	.413	3	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.07	RF
45	62	147 (9)	Sep 27	NYG		STL	W,3-2	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.147	.216	.191	.407	9	2.10	-0.044	.07	0.00%	-0.23	PH
46	63	148	Sep 28 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.155	.221	.211	.432	7	.63	0.058	.00	0.00%	0.31	1B
47	64	149	Sep 28 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,6-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.162	.225	.216	.441	7	.27	-0.023	.01	0.00%	-0.26	1B
48	65	154 (4)	Oct 4	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.162	.225	.216	.441	6						CF
49	66	155	Oct 5	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-7	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.158	.220	.211	.430	6	1.02	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.40	CF
							17-31		84	76	4	12	2	1	0	3	6	0	24	0	1		2		1		.158	.220	.211	.430		1.30	-1.303	1.32	-0.83%	-6.84

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