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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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.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	DET	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 17	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	9.2	5	1	1	7	0
3	3	Apr 18	DET		CLE	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
4	4	Apr 19	DET		CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 21	DET		CHW	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
6	6	Apr 23	DET		CHW	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 24	DET		SLB	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 25	DET		SLB	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 26	DET	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	10	Apr 28	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
11	11	Apr 29	DET		BOS	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	12	Apr 30	DET		BOS	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 2	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
14	14	May 3	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	15	May 4	DET		NYY	T,2-2	CG	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	16	May 6	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	17	May 9	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
18	18	May 10	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
19	19	May 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
20	20	May 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
21	21	May 13	DET	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
22	22	May 14	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
23	23	May 15	DET	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	60	14.0	2	2	0	4	1
24	24	May 16	DET	@	PHA	L,5-11	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
25	25	May 17	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	26	May 19 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	48	12.0	1	4	2	7	0
27	27	May 19 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	1	2	0	3	0
28	28	May 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	29	May 21	DET	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
30	30	May 23	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	31	May 24	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	1	2	0	3	1
32	32	May 25 (1)	DET		CHW	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	2	4	0
33	33	May 25 (2)	DET		CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
34	34	May 26	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
35	35	May 27	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
36	36	May 29	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	DET		SLB	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
39	39	May 31	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 3	DET		NYY	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
41	41	Jun 4 (1)	DET		NYY	W,6-2	GS	10	2.2	1	0	1	2	0
42	44 (2)	Jun 8	DET		BOS	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
43	45	Jun 9	DET		PHA	L,3-11	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
44	46	Jun 10	DET		PHA	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	47	Jun 11 (1)	DET		PHA	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
46	48	Jun 11 (2)	DET		PHA	L,0-4	GS	0		2	1	0	3	0
47	49	Jun 15 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
48	50	Jun 15 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
49	51	Jun 17	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
50	52	Jun 19	DET	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
51	53	Jun 20	DET	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
52	54	Jun 21 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
53	55	Jun 21 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
54	56	Jun 22	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
55	57	Jun 23	DET	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	44	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
56	58	Jun 25 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
57	59	Jun 25 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
58	60	Jun 27	DET		SLB	W,11-2	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
59	61	Jun 28	DET		SLB	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
60	62	Jun 29 (1)	DET		SLB	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	63	Jun 29 (2)	DET		SLB	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
62	64	Jun 30	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	65	Jul 1	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
64	66	Jul 2	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
65	67	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	68	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,6-13	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
67	69	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	T,4-4	CG	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
68	70	Jul 6 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
69	71	Jul 6 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
70	72	Jul 10	DET		BOS	T,2-2	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
71	73	Jul 11 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
72	74	Jul 11 (2)	DET		BOS	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
73	75	Jul 12	DET		BOS	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
74	76	Jul 13 (1)	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
75	77	Jul 13 (2)	DET		PHA	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
76	78	Jul 15	DET		WSH	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
77	79	Jul 16 (1)	DET		WSH	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
78	80	Jul 16 (2)	DET		WSH	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	81	Jul 17 (1)	DET		WSH	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
80	82	Jul 17 (2)	DET		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	83	Jul 18	DET		NYY	W,8-0	CG	28	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
82	84	Jul 19	DET		NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
83	85	Jul 20 (1)	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	28	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
84	86	Jul 20 (2)	DET		NYY	W,12-11	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	87	Jul 22	DET	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
86	88	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	89	Jul 24	DET	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
88	91 (1)	Jul 26	DET	@	PHA	W,13-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
89	92	Jul 27 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
90	93	Jul 27 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	94	Jul 28	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
92	95	Jul 30	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	96	Aug 1	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	97	Aug 2	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	98	Aug 3	DET	@	BOS	W,10-3	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	102 (3)	Aug 8	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	41	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
97	103	Aug 9	DET		CHW	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
98	104	Aug 10	DET		CHW	L,2-10	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
99	105	Aug 11	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	106	Aug 12 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
101	107	Aug 12 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-11	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
102	108	Aug 13 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
103	109	Aug 13 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
104	110	Aug 14	DET	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	111	Aug 15	DET	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
106	112	Aug 17 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
107	113	Aug 17 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
108	114	Aug 19	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
109	115	Aug 20	DET		NYY	L,13-14	CG	55	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	116	Aug 21 (1)	DET		WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
111	117	Aug 21 (2)	DET		WSH	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
112	118	Aug 22 (1)	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
113	119	Aug 22 (2)	DET		WSH	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
114	120	Aug 23	DET		WSH	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
115	121	Aug 24 (1)	DET		PHA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	122	Aug 24 (2)	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
117	123	Aug 25	DET		PHA	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
118	124	Aug 26 (1)	DET		BOS	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
119	125	Aug 26 (2)	DET		BOS	L,1-9	GS	0		1	1	0	2	0
120	126	Aug 27 (1)	DET		BOS	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
121	127	Aug 27 (2)	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
122	128	Aug 28	DET		BOS	L,3-13	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
123	129	Aug 29	DET	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
124	130	Aug 30	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	2	1	0	3	1
125	131	Aug 31 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
126	132	Aug 31 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	133	Sep 1 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
128	134	Sep 1 (2)	DET		CHW	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	135	Sep 4	DET		SLB	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
130	136	Sep 6	DET		SLB	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
131	137	Sep 7	DET		SLB	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
132	138	Sep 9	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
133	139	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
134	140	Sep 11 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
135	141	Sep 11 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-11	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
136	142	Sep 12	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
137	143	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
138	144	Sep 14 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,16-6	CG	43	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
139	145	Sep 14 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
140	146	Sep 15	DET	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
141	147	Sep 16	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
142	148	Sep 17 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
143	149	Sep 17 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	45	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
144	150	Sep 20 (1)	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
145	151	Sep 20 (2)	DET		CLE	T,5-5	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
146	152	Sep 22 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
147	153	Sep 22 (2)	DET		CLE	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
148	154	Sep 23	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
149	155	Sep 24	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
150	156	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
151	157	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
152	158	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
							152gm		1332.0	167	333	20	520	25