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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	43	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
2	2	Apr 15	BOS		WSH	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 18 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
4	4	Apr 18 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	52	13.0	4	3	1	8	0	3B
5	5	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
6	6	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
7	7	Apr 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
8	8	Apr 23	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	2	6	1	9	1	3B
9	9	Apr 24	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-1	GS	30	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	3B
10	10	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-5	GS	25	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
11	11	Apr 29	BOS		CLE	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
12	12	Apr 30	BOS		CHW	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	BOS		CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
14	14	May 7	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
15	15	May 11	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
16	16	May 12	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	GS	24	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
17	17	May 13	BOS	@	BAL	W,9-1	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
18	18	May 14	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-7	GS	23	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
19	19	May 15	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
20	20	May 16 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
21	21	May 16 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,8-9	GS	32	7.0	2	6	2	10	0	3B
22	24 (2)	May 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
23	25	May 21	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
24	26	May 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
25	27	May 23	BOS	@	NYY	W,10-9	CG	48	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to Chicago White Sox
26	40	May 28 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,14-8	GS	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 3B
27	41	May 29	CHW	@	BAL	W,11-4	GS	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF RF 3B
28	42	May 30	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
29	43	May 31 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
30	44	May 31 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	45	Jun 2	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
32	46	Jun 3	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
33	47	Jun 4	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
34	48	Jun 5	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	39	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
35	49	Jun 6 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	3B
36	51 (1)	Jun 8	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
37	52	Jun 9	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-4	GS	24	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
38	53	Jun 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
39	54	Jun 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
40	60 (5)	Jun 18	CHW		NYY	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
41	61	Jun 19	CHW		NYY	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
42	62	Jun 20 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,6-16	CG	53	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
43	63	Jun 20 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,7-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
44	64	Jun 22	CHW		WSH	W,7-5	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
45	66 (1)	Jun 24	CHW		WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
46	67	Jun 25	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
47	68	Jun 26	CHW		BOS	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
48	69	Jun 27 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
49	70	Jun 27 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,9-1	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
50	71	Jun 29 (1)	CHW		DET	L,3-10	GS	31	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
51	72	Jun 29 (2)	CHW		DET	W,5-0	CG	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
52	73	Jun 30	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	74	Jul 2 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	110 (35)	Aug 6	CHW		WSH	W,10-5	GS	28	7.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
55	111	Aug 7	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
56	112	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	10	0	1	11	2	1B
57	113	Aug 8 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
58	114	Aug 10	CHW		BAL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
59	115	Aug 11	CHW		BAL	W,1-0	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
60	116	Aug 13	CHW		DET	W,1-0	GS	30	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
61	117	Aug 14	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
62	118	Aug 15 (1)	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
63	119	Aug 15 (2)	CHW		DET	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
64	121 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-1	GS	28	7.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
65	123 (1)	Aug 19	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
66	124	Aug 20	CHW	@	DET	W,8-2	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
67	125	Aug 21	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	GS	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
68	126	Aug 22	CHW	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
69	127	Aug 24	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
70	128	Aug 25	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
71	129	Aug 26 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-1	GS	21	6.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
72	130	Aug 26 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
73	131	Aug 27	CHW	@	PHA	W,11-0	GS	17	5.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
74	132	Aug 28	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
75	133	Aug 29	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	134	Sep 1 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
77	135	Sep 1 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
78	136	Sep 3	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
79	137	Sep 4	CHW		CLE	W,8-5	GS	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
80	138	Sep 5	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
81	140 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	CHW		DET	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
82	142 (1)	Sep 9	CHW		WSH	L,0-2	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
83	143	Sep 10	CHW		NYY	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
84	144	Sep 11	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	GS	43	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B 3B
85	148 (3)	Sep 17	CHW		BAL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
86	151 (2)	Sep 20	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-7	GS	28	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
87	154 (2)	Sep 24	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
							91gm		696.0	306	105	11	422	36