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Alex Kellner
Alexander Raymond Kellner

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 200 lb.

Debut April 29, 1948
Final Game June 23, 1959
Born August 26, 1924 in Tucson, AZ
Died May 3, 1996 in Tucson, AZ
Brother of Walt Kellner

Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1948 23 PHA AL   0   0  13   1   0   0   5  0   23.0   21   20   20   0   16   14   2   3   107       0  7.83  4.28   55 1.609
 1949 24 PHA AL  20  12  38  27  19   0   9  1  245.0  243  120  102  18  129   94   2   7  1069       3  3.75  4.11  110 1.518 MVP-18,RoY-2,AS
 1950 25 PHA AL   8  20  36  29  15   0   5  2  225.3  253  157  137  28  112   85   2   8  1023       0  5.47  4.53   83 1.620
 1951 26 PHA AL  11  14  33  29  11   1   3  2  209.7  218  118  104  20   93   94   4   9   909       0  4.46  4.29   96 1.483
 1952 27 PHA AL  12  14  34  33  14   2   1  0  231.3  223  124  112  21   86  105   4   3   990       0  4.36  3.93   90 1.336
 1953 28 PHA AL  11  12  25  25  14   2   0  0  201.7  210   98   88   8   51   81   4  10   849       0  3.93  4.28  109 1.294
 1954 29 PHA AL   6  17  27  27   8   1   0  0  173.7  204  118  104  16   88   69   6   4   793       0  5.39  3.91   73 1.681
 1955 30 KCA AL  11   8  30  24   6   3   3  0  162.7  164   81   76  18   60   75   5   3   704   2   0  4.20  4.16   99 1.377
 1956 31 KCA AL   7   4  20  17   5   0   3  0   91.7  103   49   44  15   33   44   2   1   399   3   0  4.32  4.33  100 1.484
 1957 32 KCA AL   6   5  28  21   3   0   3  0  132.7  141   65   63  18   41   72   2   4   559   3   0  4.27  3.94   92 1.372
 1958 33 TOT      7   5  25  13   4   0   3  0  115.7  114   48   43  13   28   64   3   1   467   1   0  3.35  4.08  122 1.228
         KCA AL   0   2   7   6   0   0   0  0   33.7   40   24   22   5    8   22   0   0   136   0   0  5.88  3.92   67 1.426
         CIN NL   7   3  18   7   4   0   3  0   82.0   74   24   21   8   20   42   3   1   331   1   0  2.30  4.15  180 1.146
 1959 34 STL NL   2   1  12   4   0   0   2  0   37.0   31   17   13   9   10   19   1   0   154   2   0  3.16  4.22  134 1.108
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .474 101 112 321 250  99   9  37  5 1849.3 1925 1015  906 184  747  816  37  53  8023  11   3  4.41  4.16   94 1.445
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  13  38  29  11   1   4  0  220.0  229  120  107  21   88   97   4   6   955   1   0  4.41  4.16   94 1.445
 Career High     20  20  38  33  19   3   9  2  245.0  253  157  137  28  129  105   6  10  1069   3   3  3.35  4.53  122 1.228

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

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 23 PHA AL  13    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1949 24 PHA AL  38   92    7   20   1  0   0   10   0  0   7  15  .217  .273  .228   35   21   4           0   2 MVP-18,RoY-2,AS
 1950 25 PHA AL  36   80    5   16   1  0   0    3   0  0   4  13  .200  .238  .213   17   17   0           0   4
 1951 26 PHA AL  33   79    5   18   3  0   0    9   0  0   1  13  .228  .238  .266   35   21   2           0   3
 1952 27 PHA AL  34   82    6   17   2  0   1   10   0  0   1   9  .207  .217  .268   31   22   4           0   2
 1953 28 PHA AL  25   69    4   15   2  0   0    0   0  0   3   8  .217  .270  .246   38   17   5           2   3
 1954 29 PHA AL  27   55    2   10   2  0   0    6   0  0   2   8  .182  .207  .218   17   12   5   1       0   1
 1955 30 KCA AL  30   56    6   12   2  1   0    5   0  0   4   7  .214  .267  .286   49   16   2   0   0   0   3
 1956 31 KCA AL  21   30    2    6   0  0   0    2   0  0   3  10  .200  .273  .200   27    6   3   0   0   0   1
 1957 32 KCA AL  28   47    7   11   2  0   3    6   0  0   2  10  .234  .265  .468   96   22   1   0   0   0   3
 1958 33 TOT     26   39    5   11   1  0   0    6   0  0   3   8  .282  .333  .308   70   12   2   0   0   0   1
         KCA AL   8   11    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .091  .167  .182   -5    2   2   0   0   0   0
         CIN NL  18   28    5   10   0  0   0    6   0  0   2   6  .357  .400  .357   98   10   0   0   0   0   1
 1959 34 STL NL  12    9    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .222  .222  .222   16    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     323  643   49  138  16  1   4   57   0  0  30 106  .215  .251  .261   37  168  28   1   0   2  23
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        322   25   69   8  1   2   29   0  0  15  53  .215  .251  .261   37   84  14   1   0   1  12
 Career High     38   92    7   20   3  1   3   10   0  0   7  15                          22   5   1   0   2   4

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 23 PHA AL    5    5    0   0.0   105| .000  .273| .000  .358| .000  .394| .000  .752|-100  .000  -1.5  -0.1   0%
 1949 24 PHA AL  103   78    6   2.0   104| .217  .267| .273  .358| .228  .388| .501  .747|  35  .186  -8.8  -0.9   0%
 1950 25 PHA AL   84   68    4   1.6   112| .200  .276| .238  .363| .213  .414| .451  .776|  17  .107 -10.2  -1.0   0%
 1951 26 PHA AL   82   66    5   2.0   104| .228  .270| .238  .351| .266  .396| .504  .747|  35  .190  -7.6  -0.8   0%
 1952 27 PHA AL   87   71    5   1.9   101| .207  .267| .217  .348| .268  .390| .485  .737|  31  .193  -8.2  -0.9   0%
 1953 28 PHA AL   79   62    4   1.7   106| .217  .274| .270  .351| .246  .404| .516  .755|  38  .150  -6.2  -0.6   0%
 1954 29 PHA AL   63   52    3   1.6    99| .182  .265| .207  .341| .218  .388| .425  .729|  17  .136  -6.4  -0.7   0%
 1955 30 KCA AL   62   49    4   2.2   103| .214  .267| .267  .347| .286  .398| .553  .746|  49  .204  -4.4  -0.4   0%
 1956 31 KCA AL   36   28    2   1.9   106| .200  .267| .273  .349| .200  .408| .473  .757|  27  .156  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1957 32 KCA AL   50   40    5   3.4   100| .234  .264| .265  .337| .468  .399| .733  .735|  96  .383  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1958 33 TOT      44   31    4   3.5   108| .282  .273| .333  .342| .308  .423| .641  .765|  70  .378  -1.6  -0.2   0%
         KCA AL   14   12    0   0.0   100| .091  .264| .167  .333| .182  .401| .349  .734|  -5  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
         CIN NL   30   19    4   5.6   111| .357  .277| .400  .346| .357  .432| .757  .778|  98  .587  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1959 34 STL NL    9    7    0   0.0   110| .222  .277| .222  .344| .222  .429| .444  .773|  16  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      704  557   42   2.0   104| .215  .269| .251  .350| .261  .399| .512  .750|  37  .186 -59.9  -6.1   0%

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

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1948 23 PHA AL   P   13      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.15  0.91  0.78  2.03    1   23.0
 1949 24 PHA AL   P   38      9   46    3    4  .948  .962  1.45  1.01  2.02  2.12   27  245.0 AS
 1950 25 PHA AL   P   36     13   27    3    2  .930  .950  1.11  0.96  1.60  2.03   29  225.3
 1951 26 PHA AL   P   33     15   31    2    3  .958  .952  1.39  0.99  1.97  2.07   29  209.7
 1952 27 PHA AL   P   34     17   28    0    4 1.000  .966  1.32  1.03  1.75  2.10   33  231.3
 1953 28 PHA AL   P   25      5   28    2    2  .943  .957  1.32  0.88  1.47  1.95   25  201.7
 1954 29 PHA AL   P   27      6   32    0    2 1.000  .960  1.41  0.93  1.97  2.01   27  173.7
 1955 30 KCA AL   P   30      4   30    3    2  .919  .955  1.13  0.83  1.88  1.99   24  162.7
 1956 31 KCA AL   P   20      1   17    1    2  .947  .952  0.90  0.82  1.77  1.92   17   91.7
 1957 32 KCA AL   P   28      5   24    2    4  .935  .963  1.04  0.86  1.97  1.99   21  132.7
 1958 33 TOT      P   25      5   11    0    2 1.000  .958  0.64  0.78  1.24  1.96   13  115.7
         KCA AL   P    7      2    5    0    1 1.000  .959  1.00  0.81  1.87  1.95    6   33.7
         CIN NL   P   18      3    6    0    1 1.000  .957  0.50  0.77  0.99  1.96    7   82.0
 1959 34 STL NL   P   12      3    4    1    0  .875  .959  0.58  0.82  1.70  1.99    4   37.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1948 23 PHA AL   P   13      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.15  0.91  0.78  2.03    1   23.0
 1949 24 PHA AL   P   38      9   46    3    4  .948  .962  1.45  1.01  2.02  2.12   27  245.0
 1950 25 PHA AL   P   36     13   27    3    2  .930  .950  1.11  0.96  1.60  2.03   29  225.3
 1951 26 PHA AL   P   33     15   31    2    3  .958  .952  1.39  0.99  1.97  2.07   29  209.7
 1952 27 PHA AL   P   34     17   28    0    4 1.000  .966  1.32  1.03  1.75  2.10   33  231.3
 1953 28 PHA AL   P   25      5   28    2    2  .943  .957  1.32  0.88  1.47  1.95   25  201.7
 1954 29 PHA AL   P   27      6   32    0    2 1.000  .960  1.41  0.93  1.97  2.01   27  173.7
 1955 30 KCA AL   P   30      4   30    3    2  .919  .955  1.13  0.83  1.88  1.99   24  162.7
 1956 31 KCA AL   P   20      1   17    1    2  .947  .952  0.90  0.82  1.77  1.92   17   91.7
 1957 32 KCA AL   P   28      5   24    2    4  .935  .963  1.04  0.86  1.97  1.99   21  132.7
 1958 33 TOT      P   25      5   11    0    2 1.000  .958  0.64  0.78  1.24  1.96   13  115.7
         KCA AL   P    7      2    5    0    1 1.000  .959  1.00  0.81  1.87  1.95    6   33.7
         CIN NL   P   18      3    6    0    1 1.000  .957  0.50  0.77  0.99  1.96    7   82.0
 1959 34 STL NL   P   12      3    4    1    0  .875  .959  0.58  0.82  1.70  1.99    4   37.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 321     83  280   17   27  .955  .958  1.13  0.92  1.77  2.03  250 1849.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       321     83  280   17   27  .955  .958  1.13  0.92  1.77  2.03  250   1849

An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1949   PHA AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+

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
1949

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1949-AL-18-0.02
Car-1314-0.02 shares

Wins
1949 AL-20-5

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1953 AL-1.294-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
1953 AL-2.28-3

Strikeouts/9IP
1951 AL-4.03-10

Innings
1949 AL-245.0-7
1952 AL-231.3-8

Strikeouts
1951 AL-94-10

Games Started
1951 AL-29-8
1952 AL-33-3

Comp. Games
1949 AL-19-5
1950 AL-15-8
1952 AL-14-10
1953 AL-14-7

Shutouts
1955 AL-3-8

Home Runs Allow.
1949 AL-18-8
1950 AL-28-2
1951 AL-20-4
1952 AL-21-2
1954 AL-16-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1949 AL-129-5
1950 AL-112-8

Hits Allowed
1949 AL-243-8
1950 AL-253-6
1951 AL-218-9
1952 AL-223-7

SO to Walk
1953 AL-1.59-4

Losses
1950 AL-20-1
1951 AL-14-1
1952 AL-14-6
1953 AL-12-9
1954 AL-17-3

Earned Runs Allow.
1949 AL-102-6
1950 AL-137-1
1951 AL-104-2
1952 AL-112-1
1954 AL-104-2

Wild Pitches
1949 AL-7-9
1950 AL-8-2
1951 AL-9-1
1953 AL-10-1

Hit Batsmen
1954 AL-6-8

Batters Faced
1949 AL-1069-7
1950 AL-1023-10
1952 AL-990-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 27 (848) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1633) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 9.0 (955) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
Before 1941 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.
Before 1946 Season: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
Before 1947 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics.
June 23, 1958: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Redlegs from the Kansas City Athletics.
October 3, 1958: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs with George Crowe and Alex Grammas to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bob Mabe, Eddie Kasko, and Del Ennis.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1949	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1949-AL-18-0.02 Car-1314-0.02 shares	Wins 1949 AL-20-5	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1953 AL-1.294-10	Bases on Balls/9IP 1953 AL-2.28-3	Strikeouts/9IP 1951 AL-4.03-10
Innings 1949 AL-245.0-7 1952 AL-231.3-8	Strikeouts 1951 AL-94-10	Games Started 1951 AL-29-8 1952 AL-33-3	Comp. Games 1949 AL-19-5 1950 AL-15-8 1952 AL-14-10 1953 AL-14-7	Shutouts 1955 AL-3-8	Home Runs Allow. 1949 AL-18-8 1950 AL-28-2 1951 AL-20-4 1952 AL-21-2 1954 AL-16-10
Bases On Balls Allow. 1949 AL-129-5 1950 AL-112-8	Hits Allowed 1949 AL-243-8 1950 AL-253-6 1951 AL-218-9 1952 AL-223-7	SO to Walk 1953 AL-1.59-4	Losses 1950 AL-20-1 1951 AL-14-1 1952 AL-14-6 1953 AL-12-9 1954 AL-17-3	Earned Runs Allow. 1949 AL-102-6 1950 AL-137-1 1951 AL-104-2 1952 AL-112-1 1954 AL-104-2	Wild Pitches 1949 AL-7-9 1950 AL-8-2 1951 AL-9-1 1953 AL-10-1
Hit Batsmen 1954 AL-6-8	Batters Faced 1949 AL-1069-7 1950 AL-1023-10 1952 AL-990-8