High Pockets Kelly
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[edit] Biography
High Pockets Kelly (George Lange Kelly) was born on September 10, 1895 in San Francisco, California. He made his Major League debut on August 18, 1915 for the New York Giants. In 1920, his rookie year, he hit .266 with 11 home runs and 94 RBI. Kelly played for the New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Dodgers over the course of his 16 year career.
Most people believe that High Pockets Kelly's best season was 1924, when he slugged 21 home runs, hit for a .324 average and knocked in 136 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | NY | N | 17 | 38 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .158 | .179 | .237 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | NY | N | 49 | 76 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 3 | .158 | .220 | .211 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | PIT | N | 8 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .087 | .125 | .174 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | NY | N | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | TOT | N | 19 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .097 | .133 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | NY | N | 32 | 107 | 12 | 31 | 1 | 14 | .290 | .315 | .411 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | NY | N | 155 | 590 | 69 | 157 | 11 | 94 | .266 | .320 | .397 | 22 | 11 | 41 | 92 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | NY | N | 149 | 587 | 95 | 181 | 23 | 122 | .308 | .356 | .528 | 42 | 9 | 40 | 73 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | NY | N | 151 | 592 | 96 | 194 | 17 | 107 | .328 | .363 | .497 | 33 | 8 | 30 | 65 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 11 |
| 1923 | NY | N | 145 | 560 | 82 | 172 | 16 | 103 | .307 | .362 | .452 | 23 | 5 | 47 | 64 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | NY | N | 144 | 571 | 91 | 185 | 21 | 136 | .324 | .371 | .531 | 37 | 9 | 38 | 52 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | NY | N | 147 | 586 | 87 | 181 | 20 | 99 | .309 | .350 | .471 | 29 | 3 | 35 | 54 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | NY | N | 136 | 499 | 70 | 151 | 13 | 80 | .303 | .352 | .445 | 24 | 4 | 36 | 52 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | CIN | N | 61 | 222 | 27 | 60 | 5 | 21 | .270 | .308 | .446 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | CIN | N | 116 | 402 | 46 | 119 | 3 | 58 | .296 | .345 | .435 | 33 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | CIN | N | 147 | 577 | 73 | 169 | 5 | 103 | .293 | .332 | .428 | 45 | 9 | 33 | 61 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | CIN | N | 51 | 188 | 18 | 54 | 5 | 35 | .287 | .313 | .431 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | CHI | N | 39 | 166 | 22 | 55 | 3 | 19 | .331 | .362 | .434 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | TOT | N | 90 | 354 | 40 | 109 | 8 | 54 | .308 | .336 | .432 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 36 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | BRO | N | 64 | 202 | 23 | 49 | 4 | 22 | .243 | .317 | .356 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1622 | 5993 | 819 | 1778 | 148 | 1020 | .297 | .342 | .452 | 337 | 76 | 386 | 694 | 28 | 158 | 65 | 1 | 11 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | NY | N | 1B | 9 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .983 |
| 1915 | NY | N | OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .889 |
| 1916 | NY | N | OF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1916 | NY | N | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1916 | NY | N | 1B | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .981 |
| 1917 | PIT | N | 1B | 8 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .971 |
| 1917 | NY | N | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1917 | NY | N | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1917 | NY | N | OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1917 | NY | N | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1917 | TOT | N | 1B | 9 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .972 |
| 1919 | NY | N | 1B | 32 | 0 | 0 | 341 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .994 |
| 1920 | NY | N | 1B | 155 | 0 | 0 | 1759 | 103 | 11 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .994 |
| 1921 | NY | N | 1B | 149 | 148 | 0 | 1552 | 115 | 17 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .990 |
| 1922 | NY | N | 1B | 151 | 151 | 1183.1 | 1642 | 103 | 13 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .993 |
| 1923 | NY | N | 1B | 145 | 0 | 0 | 1568 | 60 | 12 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .993 |
| 1924 | NY | N | 1B | 125 | 0 | 0 | 1309 | 60 | 10 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .993 |
| 1924 | NY | N | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1924 | NY | N | OF | 14 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .976 |
| 1924 | NY | N | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .931 |
| 1925 | NY | N | OF | 17 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .941 |
| 1925 | NY | N | 2B | 108 | 0 | 0 | 272 | 394 | 13 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .981 |
| 1925 | NY | N | 1B | 25 | 0 | 0 | 263 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .989 |
| 1926 | NY | N | 1B | 114 | 0 | 0 | 1196 | 79 | 9 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .993 |
| 1926 | NY | N | 2B | 18 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 65 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .944 |
| 1927 | CIN | N | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1927 | CIN | N | 1B | 49 | 0 | 0 | 456 | 32 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .992 |
| 1927 | CIN | N | 2B | 13 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .927 |
| 1928 | CIN | N | 1B | 99 | 0 | 0 | 894 | 69 | 9 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .991 |
| 1928 | CIN | N | OF | 13 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .944 |
| 1929 | CIN | N | 1B | 147 | 0 | 0 | 1537 | 103 | 11 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .993 |
| 1930 | CIN | N | 1B | 50 | 0 | 0 | 503 | 35 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .993 |
| 1930 | CHI | N | 1B | 39 | 0 | 0 | 414 | 32 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .998 |
| 1930 | TOT | N | 1B | 89 | 0 | 0 | 917 | 67 | 5 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .995 |
| 1932 | BRO | N | 1B | 62 | 0 | 0 | 575 | 36 | 10 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .984 |
| 1932 | BRO | N | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | 2B | 145 | 0 | 0 | 337 | 509 | 25 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .971 | ||
| Total | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| Total | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Total | 1B | 1373 | 299 | 1183.1 | 14232 | 861 | 121 | 1111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .992 | ||
| Total | OF | 62 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .955 |
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | NY | N | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Victoria (Northwest) to New York Giants for $1200 (@July 28, 1915).
- Claimed on waivers by Pittsburgh Pirates from New York Giants (July 25, 1917).
- Claimed on waivers by New York Giants from Pittsburgh Pirates (August 4, 1917).
- Traded by New York Giants with cash to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Edd Roush (February 9, 1927).
- Released by Cincinnati Reds (July 10, 1930).
- Signed by Minneapolis (American Association) (July 17, 1930).
- Traded by Minneapolis (American Association) to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Mal Moss and a player to be named later (August 18, 1930); Minneapolis (American Association) received Chick Tolson (August 22, 1930).
- Released by Chicago Cubs (February, 1931).
- Traded by Minneapolis (American Association) to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Clyde Day (April 7, 1932).
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