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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 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	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
2	2	Apr 16	DET		SLB	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
3	3	Apr 17	DET		SLB	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
4	4	Apr 18	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
5	5	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
6	6	Apr 20 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	31	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	3B
7	7	Apr 20 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
8	8	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
9	9	Apr 26	DET		CLE	W,13-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
10	10	Apr 27	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
11	11	Apr 30	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
13	13	May 2	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
14	14	May 3	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
15	15	May 4 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,6-10	GS	27	5.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
16	16	May 4 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	4	1	0	5	0	3B
17	17	May 6	DET	@	WSH	L,2-5	GS	32	7.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
18	20 (2)	May 9	DET		CHW	L,5-8	CG	77	16.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
19	21	May 10	DET		CHW	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
20	22	May 11 (1)	DET		CHW	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
21	23	May 11 (2)	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
22	24	May 13	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
23	25	May 14	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
24	26	May 15	DET		WSH	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
25	27	May 16	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
26	28	May 18	DET		BOS	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
27	29	May 19	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
28	30	May 21	DET		PHA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	31	May 23	DET	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
30	32	May 25 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
31	33	May 25 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
32	34	May 27	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
33	35	May 28	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
34	36	May 29	DET		CLE	L,4-11	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
35	37	May 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
36	38	May 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	56	12.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	39	Jun 1 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	0	0	1	1	0	3B
38	40	Jun 1 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
39	41	Jun 2	DET	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Boston Red Sox
40	43	Jun 4	BOS		CLE	W,13-11	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
41	44	Jun 5	BOS		CLE	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
42	45	Jun 6	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
43	46	Jun 7	BOS		DET	W,11-9	CG	48	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
44	47	Jun 8 (1)	BOS		DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	3B
45	48	Jun 8 (2)	BOS		DET	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
46	49	Jun 9	BOS		DET	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
47	50	Jun 10	BOS		SLB	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
48	51	Jun 11	BOS		SLB	W,11-9	CG	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
49	52	Jun 12	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	GS	28	7.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
50	53	Jun 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
51	54	Jun 15 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS	36	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
52	55	Jun 15 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
53	56	Jun 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
54	57	Jun 18	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
55	58	Jun 19	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
56	59	Jun 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	4	2	1	7	0	3B
57	60	Jun 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
58	61	Jun 22 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
59	62	Jun 22 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
60	63	Jun 23	BOS	@	DET	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
61	64	Jun 24	BOS	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
62	65	Jun 25	BOS	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
63	66	Jun 27	BOS		WSH	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
64	67	Jun 28	BOS		WSH	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
65	68	Jun 30	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	69	Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
67	70	Jul 2	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
68	76 (5)	Jul 11 (1)	BOS		DET	W,16-6	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
69	77	Jul 11 (2)	BOS		DET	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	3B
70	78	Jul 12	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	2	6	0	3B
71	79	Jul 13 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,8-5	CG	39	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
72	80	Jul 13 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
73	81	Jul 14	BOS		SLB	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	3B
74	82	Jul 15	BOS		CHW	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
75	83	Jul 16	BOS		CHW	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
76	84	Jul 17	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
77	85	Jul 18	BOS		CLE	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
78	86	Jul 19	BOS		CLE	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
79	87	Jul 20	BOS		CLE	W,8-7	CG	56	12.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
80	88	Jul 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	54	13.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
81	89	Jul 23	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
82	90	Jul 24	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
83	91	Jul 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
84	92	Jul 26	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	93	Jul 27 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-8	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
86	94	Jul 27 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-3	GS	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
87	95	Jul 29	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
88	96	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
89	97	Jul 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	98	Aug 1	BOS	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
91	99	Aug 2	BOS	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
92	100	Aug 3	BOS	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
93	101	Aug 5	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
94	102	Aug 7 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
95	103	Aug 7 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
96	104	Aug 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	41	10.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
97	105	Aug 11	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
98	106	Aug 12	BOS		PHA	L,3-4	CG	53	13.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
99	107	Aug 13	BOS		PHA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
100	108	Aug 14 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG	50	13.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
101	109	Aug 14 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
102	110	Aug 15	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
103	111	Aug 16	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	CG	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
104	112	Aug 17	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
105	113	Aug 18	BOS		NYY	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
106	125 (11)	Aug 29 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-7	GS	28	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
107	126	Aug 31 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
108	127	Aug 31 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	128	Sep 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
110	129	Sep 2 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
111	130	Sep 2 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
112	131	Sep 3	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-9	GS	17	2.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
							112gm		968.1	113	216	14	343	21