George Selkirk

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 182lb (185cm, 82kg)

Born: January 4, 1908 in Huntsville, Canada ca

Died: January 19, 1987 in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Buried: Siloam United Methodist Church Cemetery, Harrisonville, PA

Debut: August 12, 1934 (Age 26-220d, 7,756th in major league history)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1942 (Age 34-266d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: George Alexander Selkirk

Nicknames: Twinkletoes

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.5

2790

810

108

.290

503

RBI

576

OBP

.400

SLG

.483

OPS

.883

OPS+

127

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

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 25	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 26	NYY		PHA	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 28	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 30	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	8	May 1	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	May 2	NYY		BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	May 4	NYY	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	11	May 5	NYY	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
12	12	May 6	NYY	@	DET	L,6-12	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	13	May 7	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	14	May 8	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
15	15	May 9	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	16	May 10	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	17	May 11	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	18	May 13	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	19	May 15	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	20	May 16	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
21	21	May 17	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	22	May 18	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	23	May 20	NYY		CHW	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	24	May 21	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
25	25	May 22	NYY		SLB	W,14-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	26	May 23	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
27	27	May 24	NYY		CLE	W,14-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	28	May 25	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	29	May 26	NYY		DET	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	30	May 27	NYY		DET	L,4-5	CG	57	13.0	7	0	0	7	0
31	31	May 29 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	32	May 29 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	33	May 30	NYY		PHA	W,13-1	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
34	34	May 31 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	35	May 31 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 2	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	37	Jun 3	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	46 (8)	Jun 13 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,16-9	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	47	Jun 13 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	T,8-8	CG	51	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	48	Jun 15	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	49	Jun 16	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	50	Jun 17	NYY		CLE	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
43	51	Jun 19	NYY		CHW	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	52	Jun 20 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	53	Jun 20 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
46	54	Jun 22	NYY		SLB	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	55	Jun 23	NYY		SLB	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
48	56	Jun 24	NYY		SLB	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	57	Jun 25	NYY		DET	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	58	Jun 26	NYY		DET	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	59	Jun 27	NYY		DET	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	60	Jun 29	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	61	Jun 30	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	62	Jul 1	NYY	@	PHA	W,12-7	GS	30	6.2	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	122 (59)	Sep 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	124 (1)	Sep 4	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	145 (20)	Sep 23	NYY		SLB	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	146	Sep 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	147	Sep 25	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	148	Sep 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	149	Sep 28 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	150	Sep 28 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	151	Sep 29 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,15-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	152	Sep 29 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,0-3	CG	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	153	Sep 30 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	154	Sep 30 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,3-6	CG	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	155	Oct 1	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	CG	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	156	Oct 2	NYY		BOS	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	157	Oct 3	NYY		BOS	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							69gm			128	8	2	138	1