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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View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

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.

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CIN		PIT	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
2	2	Apr 16	CIN		PIT	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	3
3	3	Apr 17	CIN		PIT	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
4	4	Apr 18	CIN		PIT	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
5	5	Apr 19	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
6	6	Apr 20	CIN		CHC	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
7	7	Apr 21	CIN		CHC	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
8	8	Apr 25	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	51	11.1	15	0	1	16	1
9	9	Apr 26	CIN	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
10	10	Apr 27	CIN		STL	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
11	11	Apr 28	CIN		STL	L,3-8	GS	26	5.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	17 (5)	May 6	CIN		BSN	L,3-4	GS	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
13	18	May 7	CIN		BSN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	14	3	0	17	0
14	19	May 8	CIN		BSN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
15	20	May 9	CIN		PHI	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
16	21	May 10	CIN		PHI	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	22	May 11	CIN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	15	2	0	17	0
18	23	May 12	CIN		PHI	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
19	24	May 14	CIN		BRO	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
20	25	May 16	CIN		BRO	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
21	26	May 17	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
22	28 (1)	May 20	CIN		PIT	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
23	29	May 21	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
24	30	May 22	CIN	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
25	31	May 24 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	48 (16)	Jun 11	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	10	1	0	11	0
27	49	Jun 12	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
28	50	Jun 13	CIN	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
29	51	Jun 14	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
30	52	Jun 15	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
31	53	Jun 16	CIN	@	BSN	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	15	1	1	17	2
32	54	Jun 17 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-6	CG	42	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
33	56 (1)	Jun 19	CIN		BRO	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
34	57	Jun 20	CIN		BRO	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
35	58	Jun 21 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
36	59	Jun 21 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
37	60	Jun 22	CIN		NYG	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
38	61	Jun 23	CIN		NYG	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
39	62	Jun 24	CIN		NYG	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
40	63	Jun 25	CIN		NYG	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
41	64	Jun 27	CIN		BSN	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
42	65	Jun 28	CIN		BSN	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
43	66	Jun 29 (1)	CIN		BSN	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
44	67	Jun 29 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	68	Jul 4 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,4-15	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
46	69	Jul 4 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	2
47	70	Jul 5	CIN	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	9	1	1	11	1
48	71	Jul 6 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
49	72	Jul 6 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
50	73	Jul 7	CIN		CHC	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Cincinnati Reds to Chicago Cubs
51	118	Aug 19 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,8-9	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
52	119	Aug 19 (2)	CHC		PHI	T,6-6	CG	68	16.0	10	1	0	11	1
53	120	Aug 20	CHC		PHI	L,8-10	CG	43	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
54	121	Aug 21	CHC		NYG	L,6-13	CG	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
55	122	Aug 22	CHC		NYG	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
56	123	Aug 23	CHC		NYG	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
57	124	Aug 24	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	4
58	125	Aug 26	CHC		PIT	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	9	3	0	12	1
59	126	Aug 27	CHC		PIT	L,8-10	CG	49	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
60	127	Aug 28	CHC		STL	L,7-8	CG	84	20.0	17	4	0	21	1
61	128	Aug 29	CHC		STL	W,9-8	CG	57	13.0	15	1	0	16	1
62	129	Aug 30	CHC		STL	W,16-4	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
63	130	Aug 31	CHC		STL	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	131	Sep 1 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
65	132	Sep 1 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	6	0	0	6	1
66	133	Sep 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
67	134	Sep 3	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-9	CG	37	8.0	12	1	0	13	2
68	135	Sep 4	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-7	CG	43	10.0	14	1	0	15	2
69	136	Sep 5	CHC	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	38	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
70	137	Sep 6	CHC	@	PIT	W,19-14	CG	49	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
71	138	Sep 7	CHC		PIT	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
72	139	Sep 9	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	2
73	140	Sep 10	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
74	141	Sep 11	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	7	2	0	9	1
75	142	Sep 12	CHC	@	PHI	W,17-4	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
76	143	Sep 13	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
77	144	Sep 15 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,11-12	GS	43	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
78	145	Sep 15 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
79	146	Sep 16	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
80	147	Sep 17	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
81	148	Sep 18	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	2
82	149	Sep 19	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
83	150	Sep 20	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
84	151	Sep 21	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
85	152	Sep 22	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	10	5	0	15	2
86	153	Sep 25	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
87	154	Sep 26	CHC		CIN	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
88	155	Sep 27	CHC		CIN	W,13-8	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
89	156	Sep 28	CHC		CIN	W,13-11	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							89gm		794.0	917	67	5	989	75