George Kell
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[edit] Biography
George Kell (George Clyde Kell) was born on August 23, 1922 in Swifton, Arkansas. He made his Major League debut on September 28, 1943 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1944, his rookie year, he hit .268 with 0 home runs and 44 RBI. Kell played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 15 year career.
Most people believe that George Kell's best season was 1950, when he hit for a .340 average and knocked in 101 runs.
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[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | PHI | A | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .600 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | PHI | A | 139 | 514 | 51 | 138 | 0 | 44 | .268 | .300 | .309 | 15 | 3 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 28 |
| 1945 | PHI | A | 147 | 567 | 50 | 154 | 4 | 56 | .272 | .306 | .356 | 30 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 1946 | PHI | A | 26 | 87 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 11 | .299 | .378 | .391 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1946 | DET | A | 105 | 434 | 67 | 142 | 4 | 41 | .327 | .371 | .440 | 19 | 9 | 30 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 1946 | TOT | A | 131 | 521 | 70 | 168 | 4 | 52 | .322 | .372 | .432 | 25 | 10 | 40 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 1947 | DET | A | 152 | 588 | 75 | 188 | 5 | 93 | .320 | .387 | .412 | 29 | 5 | 61 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| 1948 | DET | A | 92 | 368 | 47 | 112 | 2 | 44 | .304 | .369 | .402 | 24 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 1949 | DET | A | 134 | 522 | 97 | 179 | 3 | 59 | .343 | .424 | .467 | 38 | 9 | 71 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| 1950 | DET | A | 157 | 641 | 114 | 218 | 8 | 101 | .340 | .403 | .484 | 56 | 6 | 66 | 18 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| 1951 | DET | A | 147 | 598 | 92 | 191 | 2 | 59 | .319 | .386 | .400 | 36 | 3 | 61 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| 1952 | DET | A | 39 | 152 | 11 | 45 | 1 | 17 | .296 | .359 | .368 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1952 | BOS | A | 75 | 276 | 41 | 88 | 6 | 40 | .319 | .390 | .453 | 15 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 1952 | TOT | A | 114 | 428 | 52 | 133 | 7 | 57 | .311 | .379 | .423 | 23 | 2 | 46 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 1953 | BOS | A | 134 | 460 | 68 | 141 | 12 | 73 | .307 | .383 | .483 | 41 | 2 | 52 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 1954 | CHI | A | 71 | 233 | 25 | 66 | 5 | 48 | .283 | .323 | .391 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1954 | BOS | A | 26 | 93 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 10 | .258 | .361 | .290 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1954 | TOT | A | 97 | 326 | 40 | 90 | 5 | 58 | .276 | .334 | .362 | 13 | 0 | 33 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1955 | CHI | A | 128 | 429 | 44 | 134 | 8 | 81 | .312 | .389 | .429 | 24 | 1 | 51 | 36 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 1956 | CHI | A | 21 | 80 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 11 | .313 | .371 | .412 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1956 | BAL | A | 102 | 345 | 45 | 90 | 8 | 37 | .261 | .313 | .391 | 17 | 2 | 25 | 31 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 1956 | TOT | A | 123 | 425 | 52 | 115 | 9 | 48 | .271 | .324 | .395 | 22 | 2 | 33 | 37 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 1957 | BAL | A | 99 | 310 | 28 | 92 | 9 | 44 | .297 | .352 | .413 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| Total | 1795 | 6702 | 881 | 2054 | 78 | 870 | .306 | .367 | .414 | 385 | 50 | 621 | 287 | 36 | 149 | 51 | 7 | 188 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | PHI | A | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1944 | PHI | A | 3B | 139 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 289 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .958 |
| 1945 | PHI | A | 3B | 147 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 345 | 20 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .964 |
| 1946 | PHI | A | 3B | 26 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 57 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .979 |
| 1946 | DET | A | 3B | 105 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 210 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .984 |
| 1946 | DET | A | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1946 | TOT | A | 3B | 131 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 267 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .983 |
| 1947 | DET | A | 3B | 152 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 333 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .962 |
| 1948 | DET | A | 3B | 92 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 146 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .969 |
| 1949 | DET | A | 3B | 134 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 271 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .975 |
| 1950 | DET | A | 3B | 157 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 315 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .982 |
| 1951 | DET | A | 3B | 147 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 310 | 20 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .960 |
| 1952 | DET | A | 3B | 39 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 78 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .959 |
| 1952 | BOS | A | 3B | 73 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 138 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .959 |
| 1952 | TOT | A | 3B | 112 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 216 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .959 |
| 1953 | BOS | A | OF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1953 | BOS | A | 3B | 124 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 231 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .972 |
| 1954 | CHI | A | 3B | 31 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 48 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .957 |
| 1954 | CHI | A | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1954 | CHI | A | 1B | 32 | 0 | 0 | 253 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .996 |
| 1954 | BOS | A | 3B | 25 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 49 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .920 |
| 1954 | TOT | A | 3B | 56 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 97 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .936 |
| 1955 | CHI | A | 1B | 24 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .993 |
| 1955 | CHI | A | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1955 | CHI | A | 3B | 105 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 165 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .976 |
| 1956 | CHI | A | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1956 | CHI | A | 3B | 18 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1956 | BAL | A | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1956 | BAL | A | 3B | 97 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 165 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .974 |
| 1956 | BAL | A | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1956 | TOT | A | 1B | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1956 | TOT | A | 3B | 115 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 193 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .978 |
| 1957 | BAL | A | 3B | 80 | 59 | 553 | 66 | 122 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .979 |
| 1957 | BAL | A | 1B | 22 | 19 | 141.2 | 146 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | 1B | 85 | 19 | 141.2 | 557 | 22 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .997 | ||
| Total | OF | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Total | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Total | 3B | 1692 | 59 | 553 | 1825 | 3303 | 166 | 306 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .969 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1940).
- Sold by Lancaster (Interstate) to Philadelphia Athletics (@September 20, 1943).
- Traded by Philadelphia Athletics to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Barney McCosky (May 18, 1946).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with Dizzy Trout, Johnny Lipon and Hoot Evers to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Bill Wight, Walt Dropo, Fred Hatfield, Johnny Pesky and Don Lenhardt (June 3, 1952).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Grady Hatton and $100000 (May 23, 1954).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Bob Nieman, Mike Fornieles and Connie Johnson to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Jim Wilson and Dave Philley (May 21, 1956).
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