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.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 22	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	5 (1)	Apr 24	NYY		PHA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	6	Apr 25	NYY		PHA	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	8 (1)	Apr 30	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	9	May 2	NYY	@	DET	W,22-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	10	May 3	NYY	@	DET	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	11	May 4	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-6	CG	47	10.0	3	1	0	4	1
8	12	May 5	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	39	10.1	2	0	0	2	0
9	13	May 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	14	May 7	NYY	@	CHW	W,15-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	15	May 8	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	16	May 9	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	17	May 10	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	18	May 11	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	19	May 14	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	20	May 15	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	21	May 16	NYY		SLB	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	22	May 17	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	23	May 18	NYY		SLB	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	30 (6)	May 26	NYY		PHA	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	31	May 27 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	32	May 27 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,11-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	33	May 28	NYY		PHA	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
24	34	May 29	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	35	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	36	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,17-9	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	37	Jun 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	38	Jun 2	NYY	@	CLE	W,17-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	39	Jun 3	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	40	Jun 4	NYY	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	41	Jun 5	NYY	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	42	Jun 6	NYY	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	43	Jun 7	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	44	Jun 8	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	47 (2)	Jun 14	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	48	Jun 15	NYY		CLE	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	49	Jun 16	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	50	Jun 17	NYY		DET	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	51	Jun 18	NYY		DET	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	52	Jun 19	NYY		DET	W,8-5	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	53	Jun 20	NYY		CHW	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	54	Jun 21	NYY		CHW	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	55	Jun 22	NYY		CHW	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	56	Jun 24	NYY		SLB	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	57	Jun 25 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
46	58	Jun 25 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	59	Jun 26	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	60	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,23-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	61	Jun 28 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
50	62	Jun 29 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	48	11.2	3	0	0	3	0
51	64 (1)	Jun 30	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	65	Jul 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	66	Jul 2 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	67	Jul 2 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	68	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
56	69	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	70	Jul 5	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
58	71	Jul 7	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	72	Jul 8 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	75 (2)	Jul 9 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	76	Jul 13	NYY	@	DET	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	77	Jul 14	NYY	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	78	Jul 15	NYY	@	DET	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	80 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	81	Jul 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	83 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-3	GS	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	84	Jul 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	86 (1)	Jul 23 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	87	Jul 23 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	88	Jul 25	NYY		SLB	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	89	Jul 26	NYY		SLB	W,14-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	90	Jul 28	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	91	Jul 30 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	92	Jul 30 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	93	Aug 1	NYY		DET	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	94	Aug 2	NYY		DET	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	95	Aug 3	NYY		DET	W,12-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	96	Aug 4	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	97	Aug 5	NYY		CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
80	98	Aug 6 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
81	99	Aug 6 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	100	Aug 8	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
83	101	Aug 9	NYY	@	WSH	W,13-8	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
84	102	Aug 10	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	103	Aug 11	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	104	Aug 12	NYY	@	PHA	W,18-4	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
87	105	Aug 13 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,9-12	CG	49	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
88	106	Aug 13 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,21-0	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	107	Aug 15	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	33	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	108	Aug 16	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	109	Aug 17	NYY		WSH	W,9-8	CG	49	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	110	Aug 18	NYY		PHA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
93	111	Aug 20 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	112	Aug 20 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
95	113	Aug 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,14-5	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	114	Aug 23 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	117 (2)	Aug 25 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
98	118	Aug 25 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	119	Aug 26	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	120	Aug 27	NYY	@	DET	W,13-3	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
101	121	Aug 28	NYY	@	DET	W,18-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	122	Aug 29	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	GS	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	124 (1)	Sep 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	126 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,11-12	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	127	Sep 3 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	T,5-5	CG	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	128	Sep 4 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
107	129	Sep 4 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	132 (2)	Sep 8	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	133	Sep 9	NYY		WSH	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
110	134	Sep 10 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	135	Sep 10 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
112	136	Sep 12	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	CG	47	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
113	137	Sep 13	NYY		CLE	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	138	Sep 14	NYY		DET	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	139	Sep 15	NYY		DET	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	140	Sep 16	NYY		DET	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
117	141	Sep 17 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
118	145 (3)	Sep 20	NYY		CHW	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
119	146	Sep 21	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	147	Sep 23	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
121	149 (1)	Sep 28 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
122	150	Sep 28 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
123	151	Sep 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
124	152	Sep 30 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
							125gm			244	5	3	252	1