George Kell

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 175lb (175cm, 79kg)

Born: August 23, 1922 in Swifton, AR us

Died: March 24, 2009 in Swifton, AR

Buried: Swifton Cemetery, Swifton, AR

High School: Swifton HS (Swifton, AR)

School: Arkansas State University (Jonesboro, AR)

Debut: September 28, 1943 (Age 21-036d, 9,539th in major league history)
vs. SLB 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 14, 1957 (Age 35-022d)
vs. DET 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1983. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View George Kell's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1944 season

Full Name: George Clyde Kell

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View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Relatives: Brother of Skeeter Kell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

37.6

6702

2054

.307

880

RBI

870

OBP

.367

SLG

.414

OPS

.781

OPS+

112

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	PHA		WSH	L,8-14	CG	50	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
2	2	Apr 18	PHA		WSH	W,1-0	CG	43	12.0	3	5	0	8	1
3	3	Apr 19	PHA		WSH	L,3-4	CG	50	12.0	2	5	0	7	0
4	4	Apr 20	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 21	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
6	6	Apr 22	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-1	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
7	10 (3)	Apr 29 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,0-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	11	Apr 29 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,3-6	CG	0	13.0	2	4	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	12	May 2	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
10	13	May 4	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
11	14	May 5	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
12	15	May 6 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
13	16	May 6 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
14	17	May 9	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	2	4	0
15	18	May 11	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
16	19	May 12	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
17	20	May 13 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
18	21	May 13 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
19	22	May 19 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	23	May 19 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
21	24	May 20 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	0	10.0	1	2	0	3	1
22	25	May 20 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
23	26	May 22	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
24	27	May 23	PHA		DET	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
25	28	May 24	PHA		DET	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
26	29	May 25	PHA		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	30	May 26	PHA		DET	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
28	31	May 27	PHA		CLE	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
29	32	May 29	PHA		CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	3	2	0	5	1
30	33	May 30 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
31	34	May 30 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	35	May 31	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	36	Jun 1	PHA		SLB	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
34	37	Jun 2	PHA		SLB	L,0-9	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	38	Jun 3 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	39	Jun 3 (2)	PHA		SLB	T,0-0	CG	52	13.0	5	3	1	9	3
37	40	Jun 6 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
38	41	Jun 6 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
39	42	Jun 7	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	9.1	2	4	0	6	1
40	43	Jun 8	PHA		WSH	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	44	Jun 9	PHA		WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	45	Jun 12	PHA		BOS	W,7-5	CG	0	12.0	3	0	1	4	1
43	46	Jun 14	PHA		BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
44	47	Jun 15	PHA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
45	48	Jun 16	PHA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
46	49	Jun 17 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
47	50	Jun 17 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
48	51	Jun 19 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
49	52	Jun 19 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
50	53	Jun 20	PHA	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
51	54	Jun 22	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
52	55	Jun 23	PHA	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS	13	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	56	Jun 24 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-13	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
54	57	Jun 24 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
55	58	Jun 27	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
56	59	Jun 28	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-11	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
57	60	Jun 29	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	64 (3)	Jul 3	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	38	8.1	1	1	0	2	1
59	65	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
60	66	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	1	2	0	3	0
61	67	Jul 5	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	10.2	5	1	0	6	0
62	68	Jul 6	PHA	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	69	Jul 7 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
64	70	Jul 7 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-12	CG	44	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
65	71	Jul 8 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
66	72	Jul 8 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
67	73	Jul 12 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
68	74	Jul 12 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
69	75	Jul 13	PHA		SLB	L,2-4	CG	46	11.0	3	7	0	10	0
70	76	Jul 14	PHA		SLB	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
71	77	Jul 16 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
72	78	Jul 16 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
73	79	Jul 18	PHA		CLE	T,2-2	CG	50	12.0	1	7	1	9	0
74	80	Jul 20 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,8-3	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
75	81	Jul 20 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
76	82	Jul 21	PHA		DET	T,1-1	CG	88	24.0	2	6	0	8	0
77	83	Jul 22 (1)	PHA		DET	L,1-9	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
78	84	Jul 22 (2)	PHA		DET	W,2-1	CG	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
79	85	Jul 23	PHA		DET	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
80	86	Jul 26	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-13	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	87	Jul 27	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
82	88	Jul 29 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	41	9.1	1	4	0	5	0
83	89	Jul 29 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	90	Aug 1 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
85	91	Aug 1 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
86	92	Aug 2 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	0	3	0	3	0
87	93	Aug 2 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
88	94	Aug 3	PHA		NYY	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
89	95	Aug 4	PHA		NYY	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	96	Aug 5 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
91	97	Aug 5 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	98	Aug 8	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	3	3	0	6	1
93	99	Aug 9	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	100	Aug 10 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
95	101	Aug 10 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,13-14	GS	0		1	2	0	3	1
96	102	Aug 12 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
97	103	Aug 12 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
98	104	Aug 13	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	45	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
99	105	Aug 15	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
100	106	Aug 16	PHA	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	0	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
101	107	Aug 17	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
102	108	Aug 18	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
103	109	Aug 19 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
104	110	Aug 19 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	46	11.0	2	5	0	7	1
105	111	Aug 20 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
106	112	Aug 20 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	113	Aug 21 (1)	PHA	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	0	11.0	2	2	1	5	0
108	114	Aug 21 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	115	Aug 22	PHA	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
110	116	Aug 23	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
111	117	Aug 26 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	9.1	2	2	1	5	1
112	118	Aug 26 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
113	119	Aug 28	PHA		WSH	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	120	Aug 29 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
115	121	Aug 29 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
116	122	Aug 31 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
117	123	Aug 31 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	124	Sep 1	PHA		BOS	L,1-7	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
119	125	Sep 2 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
120	126	Sep 2 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
121	127	Sep 3 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,1-4	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
122	128	Sep 3 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,6-7	CG	51	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
123	129	Sep 5 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,6-15	CG	51	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
124	130	Sep 5 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,5-6	CG	61	14.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	131	Sep 6 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
126	132	Sep 6 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
127	133	Sep 7 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
128	134	Sep 7 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
129	135	Sep 8	PHA		CHW	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
130	136	Sep 9 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
131	137	Sep 9 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
132	138	Sep 10 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
133	139	Sep 10 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
134	140	Sep 12 (1)	PHA		DET	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
135	141	Sep 12 (2)	PHA		DET	W,3-2	CG	64	16.0	4	10	0	14	0
136	142	Sep 13	PHA		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
137	143	Sep 14	PHA		DET	L,0-1	CG	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
138	144	Sep 15	PHA		CLE	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
139	145	Sep 16 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
140	146	Sep 16 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
141	147	Sep 19 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,10-11	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
142	148	Sep 19 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
143	149	Sep 20	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
144	150	Sep 22	PHA		WSH	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
145	151	Sep 23 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,4-3	CG	48	12.0	2	4	0	6	0
146	152	Sep 23 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
147	153	Sep 27	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
							147gm		1309.0	186	345	20	551	32