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Charlie Keller
Charles Ernest Keller (King Kong)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 190 lb.
School University of Maryland

Debut April 22, 1939
Final Game September 14, 1952
Born September 12, 1916 in Middletown, MD
Died May 23, 1990 in Frederick, MD
Brother of Hal Keller

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 22 NYY AL 111  398   87  133  21  6  11   83   6  3  81  49  .334  .447  .500  143  199  11           0   4 MVP-22
 1940 23 NYY AL 138  500  102  143  18 15  21   93   8  2 106  65  .286  .411  .508  141  254   3           0  11 AS
 1941 24 NYY AL 140  507  102  151  24 10  33  122   6  4 102  65  .298  .416  .580  162  294   0           1   3 MVP-5,AS
 1942 25 NYY AL 152  544  106  159  24  9  26  108  14  2 114  61  .292  .417  .513  163  279   1           2   5 MVP-14
 1943 26 NYY AL 141  512   97  139  15 11  31   86   7  5 106  60  .271  .396  .525  168  269   2           0   7 MVP-13,AS
 1945 28 NYY AL  44  163   26   49   7  4  10   34   0  2  31  21  .301  .412  .577  180   94   0           0   2
 1946 29 NYY AL 150  538   98  148  29 10  30  101   1  4 113 101  .275  .405  .533  159  287   0           4   5 MVP-15,AS
 1947 30 NYY AL  45  151   36   36   6  1  13   36   0  0  41  18  .238  .404  .550  165   83   0           1   3 AS
 1948 31 NYY AL  83  247   41   66  15  2   6   44   1  1  41  25  .267  .372  .417  110  103   1           0   7
 1949 32 NYY AL  60  116   17   29   4  1   3   16   2  0  25  15  .250  .392  .379  104   44   1           2   3
 1950 33 DET AL  50   51    7   16   1  3   2   16   0  0  13   6  .314  .453  .569  157   29   0           0   0
 1951 34 DET AL  54   62    6   16   2  0   3   21   0  0  11  12  .258  .370  .435  117   27   1           0   0
 1952 35 NYY AL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1170 3790  725 1085 166 72 189  760  45 23 784 499  .286  .410  .518  152 1962  20   0   0  10  50
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        525  100  150  23 10  26  105   6  3 109  69  .286  .410  .518  152  272   3   0   0   1   7
 Career High    152  544  106  159  29 15  33  122  14  5 114 101  .334  .447  .580  168  294  11   0   0   4  11

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 22 NYY AL  490  283   89   8.3   113| .334  .285| .447  .360| .500  .422| .947  .782| 143  .713  30.2   2.8  66%
 1940 23 NYY AL  609  373  105   7.5   107| .286  .274| .411  .347| .508  .416| .919  .762| 141  .679  33.2   3.1  80%
 1941 24 NYY AL  610  363  122   9.0   106| .298  .274| .416  .351| .580  .404| .996  .755| 162  .764  47.0   4.5  60%
 1942 25 NYY AL  661  393  118   8.1    93| .292  .263| .417  .337| .513  .368| .930  .706| 163  .773  49.3   5.0  87%
 1943 26 NYY AL  620  387  106   7.5    88| .271  .257| .396  .332| .525  .355| .921  .687| 168  .775  45.2   4.8  58%
 1945 28 NYY AL  194  118   38   8.6    92| .301  .267| .412  .340| .577  .363| .989  .704| 180  .813  17.1   1.8   0%
 1946 29 NYY AL  655  399  114   7.6    96| .275  .265| .405  .339| .533  .381| .938  .720| 159  .752  46.3   4.7  20%
 1947 30 NYY AL  193  118   33   7.5    96| .238  .261| .404  .341| .550  .376| .954  .717| 165  .744  14.5   1.5   0%
 1948 31 NYY AL  289  190   38   5.3   105| .267  .272| .372  .357| .417  .393| .789  .749| 110  .566   4.5   0.4  50%
 1949 32 NYY AL  144   91   17   5.0   107| .250  .271| .392  .363| .379  .393| .771  .756| 104  .537   1.7   0.2 100%
 1950 33 DET AL   64   35   13   9.8   116| .314  .282| .453  .370| .569  .423|1.022  .793| 157  .778   4.7   0.4   0%
 1951 34 DET AL   74   47   10   5.7   102| .258  .267| .370  .349| .435  .392| .805  .741| 117  .607   1.6   0.2   0%
 1952 35 NYY AL    1    1    0   0.0    91| .000  .253| .000  .332| .000  .369| .000  .701|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     4604 2798  803   7.7   100| .286  .269| .410  .345| .518  .389| .928  .734| 152  .732 295.2  29.4  66%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1939 22 NYY AL  OF  105    213    5    7    1  .969  .969  2.08  2.35               47    0   58
 1940 23 NYY AL  OF  136    317    5   11    2  .967  .970  2.37  2.32               65    0   71 AS
 1941 24 NYY AL  OF  137    328    7    7    2  .980  .973  2.45  2.33              137    0    0 AS
 1942 25 NYY AL  OF  152    321   10    5    1  .985  .976  2.18  2.31              152    0    0
 1943 26 NYY AL  OF  141    338    8    2    0  .994  .977  2.45  2.39              141    0    0 AS
 1945 28 NYY AL  OF   44    110    4    0    0 1.000  .978  2.59  2.27               44    0    0
 1946 29 NYY AL  OF  149    324    4    7    0  .979  .977  2.20  2.24              149    0    0 AS
 1947 30 NYY AL  OF   43     85    2    3    0  .967  .979  2.02  2.35               43    0    0 AS
 1948 31 NYY AL  OF   66    126    1    3    0  .977  .975  1.92  2.36               66    0    0
 1949 32 NYY AL  OF   31     41    0    1    0  .976  .981  1.32  2.27               31    0    0
 1950 33 DET AL  OF    6     10    0    0    0 1.000  .980  1.67  2.33                1    0    5
 1951 34 DET AL  OF    8     22    0    0    0 1.000  .978  2.75  2.23                4    0    4
 1952 35 NYY AL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20                1    0    0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1939 22 NYY AL  OF  105    213    5    7    1  .969  .969  2.08  2.35               47    0   58
 1940 23 NYY AL  OF  136    317    5   11    2  .967  .970  2.37  2.32               65    0   71
 1941 24 NYY AL  OF  137    328    7    7    2  .980  .973  2.45  2.33              137    0    0
 1942 25 NYY AL  OF  152    321   10    5    1  .985  .976  2.18  2.31              152    0    0
 1943 26 NYY AL  OF  141    338    8    2    0  .994  .977  2.45  2.39              141    0    0
 1945 28 NYY AL  OF   44    110    4    0    0 1.000  .978  2.59  2.27               44    0    0
 1946 29 NYY AL  OF  149    324    4    7    0  .979  .977  2.20  2.24              149    0    0
 1947 30 NYY AL  OF   43     85    2    3    0  .967  .979  2.02  2.35               43    0    0
 1948 31 NYY AL  OF   66    126    1    3    0  .977  .975  1.92  2.36               66    0    0
 1949 32 NYY AL  OF   31     41    0    1    0  .976  .981  1.32  2.27               31    0    0
 1950 33 DET AL  OF    6     10    0    0    0 1.000  .980  1.67  2.33                1    0    5
 1951 34 DET AL  OF    8     22    0    0    0 1.000  .978  2.75  2.23                4    0    4
 1952 35 NYY AL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20                1    0    0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF 1019   2235   46   46    6  .980  .975  2.24  2.32              881    0  138
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1019   2235   46   46    6  .980  .975  2.24  2.32

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1939   WS    NYY CIN     W   4  16   8   7  1  1  3   6   1   2  .438  .471 1.188   0  0   0   0   0 
 1941   WS    NYY BRO     W   5  18   5   7  2  0  0   5   3   1  .389  .476  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
 1942   WS    NYY STL     L   5  20   2   4  0  0  2   5   1   3  .200  .238  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
 1943   WS    NYY STL     W   5  18   3   4  0  1  0   2   2   5  .222  .300  .333   1  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        3-1  19  72  18  22  3  2  5  18   7  11  .306  .367  .611   1  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1940   NYY AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
 1941   NYY AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1943   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1946   NYY AL   *   4   2   1  0  0  1   2   1   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
 1947   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/5      2   7   2   1  0  0  1   2   1   3   0  0   0   0   0  .143  .250  .571 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1940 (RF)
1941 *
1943
1946 (RF)
1947

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1939-AL-22-0.02
1941-AL-5-0.38
1942-AL-14-0.04
1943-AL-13-0.09
1946-AL-15-0.05
Car-380-0.58 shares

Batting Average
1939 AL-.334-5
1942 AL-.292-10

On-base %
1939 AL-.447-4
1940 AL-.411-8
1941 AL-.416-4
1942 AL-.417-2
1943 AL-.396-3
1946 AL-.405-2
Car-.410-34

Slugging %
1941 AL-.580-4
1942 AL-.513-2
1943 AL-.525-2
1946 AL-.533-3
Car-.518-62

OPS
1939 AL-.947-9
1940 AL-.919-7
1941 AL-.996-3
1942 AL-.930-2
1943 AL-.922-1
1946 AL-.938-3
Car-.928-41

Games
1942 AL-152-6
1946 AL-150-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1946 AL-655-9

Runs
1941 AL-102-9
1942 AL-106-5
1943 AL-97-2
1946 AL-98-4

Total Bases
1941 AL-294-6
1942 AL-279-3
1943 AL-269-3
1946 AL-287-4

Doubles
1946 AL-29-10

Triples
1940 AL-15-2
1941 AL-10-8
1942 AL-9-10
1943 AL-11-3
1946 AL-10-3

Home Runs
1941 AL-33-2
1942 AL-26-3
1943 AL-31-2
1946 AL-30-3

RBI
1941 AL-122-3
1942 AL-108-3
1943 AL-86-6
1946 AL-101-5

Bases on Balls
1939 AL-81-10
1940 AL-106-1
1941 AL-102-4
1942 AL-114-2
1943 AL-106-1
1946 AL-113-2

Strikeouts
1940 AL-65-9
1941 AL-65-10
1942 AL-61-8
1943 AL-60-10
1946 AL-101-1

Adjusted OPS+
1940 AL-141-6
1941 AL-162-4
1942 AL-163-2
1943 AL-168-1
1946 AL-159-4
Car-152-28

Runs Created
1941 AL-122-5
1942 AL-118-2
1943 AL-106-2
1946 AL-114-4

Adjusted Batting Runs
1939 AL-30-9
1940 AL-33-6
1941 AL-47-4
1942 AL-49-2
1943 AL-45-1
1946 AL-46-3

Batting Wins
1939 AL-2.8-9
1940 AL-3.1-6
1941 AL-4.5-4
1942 AL-5.0-2
1943 AL-4.8-1
1946 AL-4.7-2

Extra-Base Hits
1941 AL-67-4
1942 AL-59-4
1943 AL-57-2
1946 AL-69-4

Times on Base
1941 AL-254-8
1942 AL-275-2
1943 AL-245-3
1946 AL-265-3

Offensive Win%
1940 AL-.679-7
1941 AL-.764-3
1942 AL-.773-2
1943 AL-.775-1
1946 AL-.752-4
Car-.732-42

Hit By Pitch
1946 AL-4-4

Power/Speed Number
1940 AL-11.6-10
1941 AL-10.2-5
1942 AL-18.2-1
1943 AL-11.4-1

At Bats per Home Run
1941 AL-15.4-2
1942 AL-20.9-3
1943 AL-16.5-1
1946 AL-17.9-4

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (406) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 85 (270) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 30.0 (266) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 51.5 (357) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1937 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.
December 6, 1949: Released by the New York Yankees.
December 29, 1949: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
November 9, 1951: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
September 5, 1952: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
October 13, 1952: Released by the New York Yankees.
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Uniforms
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All-Star 1940 (RF) 1941 * 1943 1946 (RF) 1947	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1939-AL-22-0.02 1941-AL-5-0.38 1942-AL-14-0.04 1943-AL-13-0.09 1946-AL-15-0.05 Car-380-0.58 shares	Batting Average 1939 AL-.334-5 1942 AL-.292-10	On-base % 1939 AL-.447-4 1940 AL-.411-8 1941 AL-.416-4 1942 AL-.417-2 1943 AL-.396-3 1946 AL-.405-2 Car-.410-34	Slugging % 1941 AL-.580-4 1942 AL-.513-2 1943 AL-.525-2 1946 AL-.533-3 Car-.518-62	OPS 1939 AL-.947-9 1940 AL-.919-7 1941 AL-.996-3 1942 AL-.930-2 1943 AL-.922-1 1946 AL-.938-3 Car-.928-41
Games 1942 AL-152-6 1946 AL-150-6	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1946 AL-655-9	Runs 1941 AL-102-9 1942 AL-106-5 1943 AL-97-2 1946 AL-98-4	Total Bases 1941 AL-294-6 1942 AL-279-3 1943 AL-269-3 1946 AL-287-4	Doubles 1946 AL-29-10	Triples 1940 AL-15-2 1941 AL-10-8 1942 AL-9-10 1943 AL-11-3 1946 AL-10-3
Home Runs 1941 AL-33-2 1942 AL-26-3 1943 AL-31-2 1946 AL-30-3	RBI 1941 AL-122-3 1942 AL-108-3 1943 AL-86-6 1946 AL-101-5	Bases on Balls 1939 AL-81-10 1940 AL-106-1 1941 AL-102-4 1942 AL-114-2 1943 AL-106-1 1946 AL-113-2	Strikeouts 1940 AL-65-9 1941 AL-65-10 1942 AL-61-8 1943 AL-60-10 1946 AL-101-1	Adjusted OPS+ 1940 AL-141-6 1941 AL-162-4 1942 AL-163-2 1943 AL-168-1 1946 AL-159-4 Car-152-28	Runs Created 1941 AL-122-5 1942 AL-118-2 1943 AL-106-2 1946 AL-114-4
Adjusted Batting Runs 1939 AL-30-9 1940 AL-33-6 1941 AL-47-4 1942 AL-49-2 1943 AL-45-1 1946 AL-46-3	Batting Wins 1939 AL-2.8-9 1940 AL-3.1-6 1941 AL-4.5-4 1942 AL-5.0-2 1943 AL-4.8-1 1946 AL-4.7-2	Extra-Base Hits 1941 AL-67-4 1942 AL-59-4 1943 AL-57-2 1946 AL-69-4	Times on Base 1941 AL-254-8 1942 AL-275-2 1943 AL-245-3 1946 AL-265-3	Offensive Win% 1940 AL-.679-7 1941 AL-.764-3 1942 AL-.773-2 1943 AL-.775-1 1946 AL-.752-4 Car-.732-42	Hit By Pitch 1946 AL-4-4
Power/Speed Number 1940 AL-11.6-10 1941 AL-10.2-5 1942 AL-18.2-1 1943 AL-11.4-1	At Bats per Home Run 1941 AL-15.4-2 1942 AL-20.9-3 1943 AL-16.5-1 1946 AL-17.9-4