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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CIN		CHC	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
2	2	Apr 12	CIN		CHC	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
3	3	Apr 13	CIN		CHC	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
4	4	Apr 14	CIN		PIT	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
5	5	Apr 15	CIN		PIT	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	3
6	6	Apr 16	CIN		PIT	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
7	7	Apr 18	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
8	8	Apr 19	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-13	GS	30	5.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	11 (2)	Apr 23	CIN		STL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
10	13 (1)	Apr 25	CIN		STL	W,5-4	GF	33	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
11	16 (2)	Apr 30	CIN	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	4
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	18 (1)	May 2	CIN	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
13	21 (2)	May 5	CIN		NYG	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	13	0	1	14	1
14	30 (8)	May 14	CIN		PHI	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	3
15	31	May 15	CIN		PHI	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	3
16	32	May 17	CIN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	2
17	33	May 18	CIN		BRO	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	12	0	1	13	3
18	34	May 19	CIN		BRO	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
19	35	May 20	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
20	36	May 21 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
21	37	May 21 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
22	38	May 22	CIN		PIT	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
23	39	May 23	CIN		PIT	W,4-3	GS	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
24	40	May 24	CIN	@	STL	L,1-7	GS	24	4.0	2	0	0	2	1
25	41	May 25	CIN	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
26	42	May 26	CIN	@	STL	W,10-7	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
27	43	May 27	CIN	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	17	1	0	18	1
28	44	May 28	CIN	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
29	45	May 29	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	3
30	46	May 30 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
31	47	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	52 (4)	Jun 7	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-1	GF	10	2.1	5	0	0	5	0
33	53	Jun 8	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	56 (2)	Jun 11	CIN	@	NYG	W,7-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	58 (1)	Jun 13	CIN	@	NYG	W,5-3	GS	31	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
36	59	Jun 15	CIN	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
37	60	Jun 16 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,7-10	GF	18	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	61	Jun 16 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-3	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	1
39	63 (1)	Jun 18	CIN		STL	W,3-2	GF	26	7.0	12	0	0	12	1
40	64	Jun 19	CIN		STL	L,4-9	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	65	Jun 20	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	13	0	0	13	2
42	66	Jun 21	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-4	GS	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
43	67	Jun 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
44	68	Jun 23	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-6	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	71 (2)	Jun 29	CIN		CHC	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
46	72	Jun 30	CIN		CHC	L,5-7	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	73	Jul 1	CIN		CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	2
48	74	Jul 2	CIN		CHC	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
49	75	Jul 3	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
50	76	Jul 4 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
51	78 (1)	Jul 7	CIN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	7	3	0	10	0
52	79	Jul 8	CIN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
53	80	Jul 9	CIN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
54	81	Jul 10	CIN		BRO	W,12-4	CG	36	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
55	82	Jul 11	CIN		BRO	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
56	83	Jul 12	CIN		BRO	T,0-0	CG	32	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
57	84	Jul 14	CIN		NYG	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	1	9	2
58	85	Jul 15	CIN		NYG	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
59	87 (1)	Jul 17	CIN		NYG	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
60	89 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	10	1	0	11	2
61	95 (5)	Jul 25 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,16-5	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
62	97 (1)	Jul 26	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-4	GS	31	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
63	98	Jul 27	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
64	99	Jul 28	CIN	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
65	100	Jul 29	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
66	101	Jul 30	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	7	2	0	9	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	104 (2)	Aug 3	CIN	@	NYG	L,5-7	CG	40	8.2	8	0	0	8	1
68	105	Aug 4 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	9	1	1	11	3
69	107 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
70	109 (1)	Aug 11	CIN	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
71	110	Aug 12	CIN		PHI	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
72	111	Aug 14	CIN		PHI	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
73	112	Aug 15	CIN		PHI	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
74	113	Aug 16	CIN		PHI	L,4-13	CG	51	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
75	114	Aug 17	CIN		BSN	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
76	115	Aug 18	CIN		BSN	L,6-10	CG	43	9.0	11	3	1	15	1
77	116	Aug 19	CIN		BSN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	2
78	117	Aug 20	CIN		NYG	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
79	118	Aug 21	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
80	119	Aug 22	CIN		NYG	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
81	120	Aug 23 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
82	121	Aug 23 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	15	0	0	15	3
83	122	Aug 25 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
84	123	Aug 25 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	13	1	1	15	0
85	124	Aug 26	CIN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	3
86	125	Aug 27	CIN		PIT	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
87	126	Aug 30	CIN		CHC	L,0-2	CG	23	6.0	8	0	0	8	1
88	127	Aug 31	CIN		CHC	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	9	3	0	12	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	128	Sep 1	CIN		CHC	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	1	11	2
90	129	Sep 2	CIN		STL	L,3-5	GS	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
91	130	Sep 3 (1)	CIN		STL	W,6-5	CG	47	11.0	9	2	0	11	1
92	132 (1)	Sep 7	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-11	CG	47	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
93	134 (1)	Sep 9	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
94	135	Sep 10	CIN	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	8	3	0	11	2
95	136	Sep 11	CIN	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
96	137	Sep 12	CIN	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	14	2	0	16	0
97	138	Sep 14	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	13	1	0	14	1
98	139	Sep 15	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	14	0	0	14	2
99	140	Sep 16	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	141	Sep 17	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
101	142	Sep 18	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	143	Sep 20 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
103	144	Sep 20 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,5-9	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
104	145	Sep 21 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	146	Sep 21 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	147	Sep 22 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-11	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	148	Sep 22 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,6-9	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	149	Sep 23	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	51	13.0	4	0	0	4	0
109	150	Sep 24	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	151	Sep 25	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
111	152	Sep 27	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
112	153	Sep 30	CIN		CHC	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							112gm		805.0	924	70	10	1004	100