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.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	11 (10)	Apr 24	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	15 (3)	Apr 29	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	16	Apr 30	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	17	May 1	NYY	@	SLB	W,14-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	18	May 2	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	19	May 3	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-5		29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	20	May 4	NYY	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
8	21	May 5	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	22	May 6	NYY	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	24 (1)	May 8	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	27 (2)	May 13	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	28	May 14	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	43 (14)	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	45 (1)	Jun 1 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	46	Jun 1 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	47	Jun 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	48	Jun 3	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	105 (56)	Aug 5	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	6	0	1	7	0
19	123 (17)	Aug 19 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,8-3	GF	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	124	Aug 20	NYY	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	40	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
21	125	Aug 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	126	Aug 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	128 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	131 (2)	Aug 27	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	132	Aug 28	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	133	Aug 30	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
27	134	Aug 31	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	135	Sep 1 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,13-11	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	136	Sep 1 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	137	Sep 3	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	45	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	138	Sep 4	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	139	Sep 6	NYY		BOS	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	140	Sep 7	NYY		BOS	W,8-5	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
34	141	Sep 9	NYY		SLB	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	142	Sep 11	NYY		DET	L,4-5	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	143	Sep 12	NYY		DET	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	144	Sep 13	NYY		DET	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	145	Sep 14 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	146	Sep 14 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	147	Sep 15	NYY		CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
41	148	Sep 17	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	149	Sep 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	150	Sep 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	151	Sep 23	NYY		PHA	L,8-9	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
45	152	Sep 24	NYY		PHA	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	153	Sep 26 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	154	Sep 26 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							47gm			84	3	3	90	2