George Selkirk

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 182lb (185cm, 82kg)

Born: January 4, 1908 in Huntsville, Canada ca

Died: January 19, 1987 in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Buried: Siloam United Methodist Church Cemetery, Harrisonville, PA

Debut: August 12, 1934 (Age 26-220d, 7,756th in major league history)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1942 (Age 34-266d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: George Alexander Selkirk

Nicknames: Twinkletoes

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.5

2790

810

108

.290

503

RBI

576

OBP

.400

SLG

.483

OPS

.883

OPS+

127

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

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 15	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Apr 16	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 17	NYY		BOS	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 18	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 19	NYY		WSH	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 20	NYY	@	PHA	L,11-12	CG	45	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 21	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 23	NYY		WSH	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 24	NYY		WSH	W,10-2	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	12	Apr 26	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-9	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	13	Apr 28	NYY		CLE	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	14	Apr 29	NYY		CLE	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	15	Apr 30	NYY		CLE	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	17	May 2	NYY		CHW	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	18	May 3	NYY		SLB	W,14-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
19	19	May 5	NYY		SLB	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	20	May 6	NYY		DET	W,14-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	21	May 7	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
22	22	May 8	NYY		PHA	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	23	May 9	NYY		PHA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	24	May 10	NYY		PHA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	25	May 12	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	26	May 13	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-1	GF	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	27	May 14	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	28	May 15	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	8	0	1	9	0
29	29	May 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
30	30	May 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	31	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	43	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
32	32	May 20	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	33	May 21	NYY	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	49	8.1	0	0	1	1	0
34	35 (1)	May 23 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,15-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	36	May 24	NYY	@	PHA	W,25-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	37	May 25	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	38	May 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	39	May 27	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	49	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	40	May 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-6	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	42 (1)	May 30 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	44 (1)	Jun 2	NYY		CHW	L,9-11	CG	51	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	45	Jun 3	NYY		CHW	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	46	Jun 4	NYY		CHW	L,3-16	CG	53	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	48 (1)	Jun 6	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	49	Jun 7	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	63	16.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	50	Jun 8	NYY		SLB	W,12-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	52 (1)	Jun 11	NYY		DET	W,10-9	CG	46	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	53	Jun 12	NYY		DET	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	54	Jun 16	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	56 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	57	Jun 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	58	Jun 19	NYY	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	59	Jun 20	NYY	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
54	60	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	61	Jun 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	62	Jun 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-13	CG	44	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
57	63	Jun 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,18-11	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	64	Jun 25	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
59	65	Jun 27	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	66	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	67	Jun 28 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	68	Jun 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,10-5	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	69	Jun 30 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	70	Jul 1	NYY		BOS	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	71	Jul 2	NYY		BOS	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	72	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	73	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
68	74	Jul 5	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
69	75	Jul 9	NYY		CLE	L,4-11	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	77 (1)	Jul 11	NYY		CLE	L,2-10	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	78	Jul 12 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	80 (1)	Jul 13	NYY		CHW	L,3-6	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	81	Jul 15 (1)	NYY		DET	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	82	Jul 15 (2)	NYY		DET	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	83	Jul 16	NYY		DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	84	Jul 17	NYY		DET	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	86 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,15-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	87	Jul 19 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	88	Jul 19 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	89	Jul 21	NYY	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	90	Jul 22	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
82	91	Jul 23	NYY	@	SLB	W,15-3	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	92	Jul 25	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	93	Jul 26 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,12-3	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
85	94	Jul 26 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,11-8	CG	47	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	95	Jul 27	NYY	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	96	Jul 28	NYY	@	DET	W,16-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	98 (1)	Jul 30	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	40	9.1	3	0	0	3	0
89	99	Jul 31	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	100	Aug 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	47	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
91	101	Aug 2	NYY	@	CLE	T,4-4	CG	67	16.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	102	Aug 4	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	103	Aug 5	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	104	Aug 8	NYY		PHA	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	105	Aug 9 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,7-6	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	106	Aug 9 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	107	Aug 10	NYY		WSH	L,4-13	CG	51	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	108	Aug 11	NYY		WSH	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	109	Aug 12	NYY		WSH	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
100	110	Aug 14	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
101	111	Aug 15	NYY	@	PHA	W,16-2	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	112	Aug 16 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	113	Aug 16 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	116 (2)	Aug 19	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	117	Aug 21	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	118	Aug 22	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	47	13.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	119	Aug 23 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	121 (1)	Aug 25	NYY		SLB	W,13-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	122	Aug 26	NYY		SLB	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
110	125 (2)	Aug 28 (2)	NYY		DET	W,19-4	CG	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	126	Aug 29	NYY		DET	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	127	Aug 30 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
113	128	Aug 30 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	129	Aug 31	NYY		CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	130	Sep 2	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
116	131	Sep 3	NYY		CLE	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
117	134 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	T,7-7	CG	55	12.0	6	1	0	7	1
118	135	Sep 6 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-14	CG	46	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
119	137 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	138	Sep 7 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
121	139	Sep 9 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	140	Sep 9 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,12-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
123	141	Sep 10	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
124	142	Sep 11	NYY	@	DET	W,14-4	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
125	143	Sep 12	NYY	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
126	145 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,13-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
127	146	Sep 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
128	147	Sep 19	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
129	149 (1)	Sep 20 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	150	Sep 22	NYY		PHA	W,10-3	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
131	151	Sep 23	NYY		PHA	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
132	152	Sep 24	NYY		PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
133	153	Sep 25	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
134	154	Sep 26	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
135	155	Sep 27	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
							136gm			275	9	8	292	3