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George Kell
George Clyde Kell

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 175 lb.

MLB Debut September 28, 1943
Final Game September 14, 1957
Born August 23, 1922 in Swifton, AR
Died March 24, 2009 (age 86)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1944 21 BON NL  149  563   50  163  22   4   0   53  13   7   26   26  .290  .320  .343  .663    96   193   6   3   9   1  11  
 1945 22 BON NL  146  639   73  172  37   2   4   55   7   6   17   22  .269  .288  .352  .640    92   225  14   5   2   2  14  
 1946 23 DEA AL  152  580   94  190  28  12   8   83   2   2   30   27  .328  .363  .459  .822   115   266   8   3   1   4  12  
 1947 24 DEA AL  153  619   89  196  26   9   7   74  11   3   67   26  .317  .384  .422  .806   108   261  15   7  11   5  16  
 1948 25 DEA AL  118  389   54  108  19   8   2   41   1   2   34   22  .278  .343  .383  .726    98   149   8   3   3   6  10  
 1949 26 DEA AL  152  578   92  204  37  15   0   71   5   2   69   16  .353  .420  .469  .889   121   271   2   4   1   1  13  
 1950 27 DEA AL  154  660   91  215  59   0   6   87   1   0   61   28  .326  .378  .442  .821   109   292   4   9   3   0  27  
 1951 28 DEA AL  154  661   89  204  28   5   4   52  30   7   51   34  .309  .359  .384  .743   101   254  17   4   5   3   4  
 1952 29 DEA AL  130  474   62  145  15   1  12   47   1   0   61   33  .306  .385  .418  .803   112   198   5   6  10   4  15  
 1953 30 DEA AL  134  489   72  146  30   1  16   81   1   4   64   23  .299  .381  .462  .843   115   226   0   2   6   2  22  
 1954 31 DEA AL   41  146    9   34   4   0   0   21   0   0   16    5  .233  .301  .260  .561    82    38   2   4   3   0   5  
         BOA AL   34   48    4   11   1   0   0    3   0   0    7    6  .229  .321  .250  .571    77    12   0   1   2   0   1  
         TOT      75  194   13   45   5   0   0   24   0   0   23   11  .232  .306  .258  .564          50   2   5   5   0   6 
 1955 32 CHA AL  137  452   51  130  16   1   9   70   1   2   74   43  .288  .383  .387  .770   103   175   0  12  12   3   7  
 1956 33 BAA AL  140  472   49  123  29   1   7   44   0   0   30   42  .261  .312  .371  .683    95   175  10   4   4   7  12  
 1957 34 BAA AL  115  339   29   88  16   2   8   35   2   3   29   28  .260  .315  .389  .705   102   132   0   3   5   0   7  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     1909 7109  908 2129 367  61  83  817  75  38  636  381  .299  .357  .403  .760        2867  91  70  77  38 176
 Per 600 PA           537   69  161  28   5   6   62   6   3   48   29                                 217   7   5   6   3  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With DEA     1188 4596  652 1442 246  51  55  557  52  20  453  214  .314  .375  .425  .801        1955  61  42  43  25 124
   With BON      295 1202  123  335  59   6   4  108  20  13   43   48  .279  .303  .348  .651         418  20   8  11   3  25
   With BAA      255  811   78  211  45   3  15   79   2   3   59   70  .260  .313  .379  .692         307  10   7   9   7  19
   With CHA      137  452   51  130  16   1   9   70   1   2   74   43  .288  .383  .387  .770         175   0  12  12   3   7
   With BOA       34   48    4   11   1   0   0    3   0   0    7    6  .229  .321  .250  .571          12   0   1   2   0   1
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1795 6702  881 2054 385  50  78  870  51  36  621  287  .306  .367  .414  .781        2773 149  20   7  36 188
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1944 21 BON NL  19   60   3.8   1   0   0  .000  17   84   68  .810    0    0  .000  3B   1e22       54   
 1945 22 BON NL  15   61   3.3   0   0   0  .000  15   78   62  .795    0    0  .000  3B   1e20      -22   
 1946 23 DEA AL  20   94   6.2   9   2   0  .222   8   85   77  .906    0    0  .000  3B   1e8        18   
 1947 24 DEA AL  18  102   6.0   3   0   0  .000  16   71   56  .789    0    0  .000  3B   1e20        8   
 1948 25 DEA AL  46   50   4.5  10   4   0  .400   4   57   52  .912    0    0  .000  3B   1e14      -46   
 1949 26 DEA AL  36  116   8.0   4   2   0  .500   9   74   64  .865    0    0  .000  3B   1e12       -3   
 1950 27 DEA AL  40  106   5.9   0   0   0  .000  10   80   69  .862    0    0  .000  3B   1e10      -66   
 1951 28 DEA AL  31   98   5.4   0   0   0  .000  12   59   49  .831    0    0  .000  3B   1e20      -43   
 1952 29 DEA AL  20   77   5.9   3   1   0  .333  13   73   60  .822    0    0  .000  3B   1e19        1   
 1953 30 DEA AL  23   81   5.9   8   2   0  .250  11   60   48  .800    0    0  .000  3B   1e12      -23   
 1954 31 DEA AL  21   11   2.6   1   0   0  .000   5   16    8  .500    0    0  .000  3B   3e32     -135   
         BOA AL  60    4   2.9  24   6   0  .250   0    2    2 1.000    0    0  .000  UT            -125   
         TOT                    25   6   0  .240   5   18   10  .556    0    0  .000
 1955 32 CHA AL  33   72   5.7  11   4   0  .364   4   57   43  .754    0    0  .000  3B   4e11      -48   
 1956 33 BAA AL  29   54   3.9   1   1   0 1.000  15   69   53  .768    0    0  .000  3B   1e11      -37   
 1957 34 BAA AL  17   40   4.2  10   1   0  .100  12   55   40  .727    0    0  .000  3B   1e25      -60   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 14 Seasons         1033   5.2  85  23   0  .271 151  920  751  .816    0    0  .000                 -22   4
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 33.9 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 62.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1944 21 BON NL  3B   148   212   378   17   41   .972   148  1307.0   4.06  GG
 1945 22 BON NL  3B   146   197   386   15   48   .975   146  1315.1   3.99
 1946 23 DEA AL  3B   148   129   365    8   35   .984   134  1207.1   3.68  GG
 1947 24 DEA AL  3B   152   171   332   16   50   .969   148  1323.0   3.42  GG
 1948 25 DEA AL  3B   113    76   234    4   23   .987    88   836.2   3.33
 1949 26 DEA AL  3B   150   142   365    9   49   .983   137  1250.0   3.65  GG
 1950 27 DEA AL  3B   154   156   300   10   49   .979   154  1394.1   2.94  GG
 1951 28 DEA AL  3B   154   167   347   12   43   .977   154  1376.1   3.36  GG
 1952 29 DEA AL  3B   129   161   323   13   34   .974   118  1091.1   3.99  GG
 1953 30 DEA AL  3B   125   135   284   11   32   .974   117  1062.1   3.55  GG
                 LF     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   2.25
 1954 31 DEA AL  3B    40    27    95    5    3   .961    39   353.2   3.10
                 1B     1     5     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0  15.00
         BOA AL  3B     6     3     5    0    1  1.000     6    51.0   1.41
                 1B     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   6.00
                 RF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   3.00
 1955 32 CHA AL  3B   126    76   278    4   21   .989   118  1073.1   2.97
                 1B     4     8     1    0    1  1.000     0    10.0   8.10
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1956 33 BAA AL  3B   135   111   255   14   37   .963   122  1112.1   2.96
                 2B     8     3     1    1    0   .800     0    10.2   3.38
 1957 34 BAA AL  3B   105    78   282   12   28   .968    91   830.2   3.90
                 1B     2     7     0    0    1  1.000     0     7.1   8.59
                 2B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B  1831  1841  4229  150  494   .976  1720 15584.2   3.51
                 1B     9    22     1    0    2  1.000     0    23.1   8.87
                 2B     9     3     1    1    0   .800     0    11.2   3.09
                 LF     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   2.00
                 RF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   3.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1946 WS    DEA BRN   W    5  25  5 10  1  2  0   6  2  2  .400  .444  .600  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1944  BON   78-76   Jim Pardee
 1945  BON   76-78   Jim Pardee
 1946  DEA  104-51   Thomas Treece
 1947  DEA   77-77   Thomas Treece
 1948  DEA   78-76   Thomas Treece
 1949  DEA   83-71   Thomas Treece
 1950  DEA   69-85   Thomas Treece
 1951  DEA   58-96   Tim Carr, Jim Pardee
 1952  DEA   63-91   Tom Austad, Rick Field
 1953  DEA   64-90   Tom Austad
 1954  DEA   82-72   Tom Austad
 1954  BOA   64-90   Mike Petersen
 1955  CHA   81-73   Robert Rescigno
 1956  BAA   63-91   Pat Carr
 1957  BAA   67-87   Pat Carr

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