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High Pockets Kelly

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Full Name: George Lange Kelly Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/190 First Game: August 18, 1915
Birthdate: September 10, 1895 Final Game: July 27, 1932
Birthplace: San Francisco, California MLB Experience: 16 years
Died: October 13, 1984
Deathplace: Burlingame, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Pitching Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[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.

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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
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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