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Charlie Keller

Charles Ernest Keller (King Kong)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 12, 1916 in Middletown, MD
High School: Frederick (Frederick, MD)
School: University of Maryland
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1939
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Tigers 1939-1952

Final Game: September 14, 1952
Died: May 23, 1990 in Frederick, MD
Buried: Christ Church Reformed Cemetery, Middletown, MD
Relatives: Brother of Hal Keller
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 5:10PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #210. Ron Cey… #211. Steve Finley… #212. Bobby Veach… #213. CHARLIE KELLER… #214. Magglio Ordonez… #215. Pie Traynor… #216. Bob Elliott… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1939 22 NYY AL 111 490 398 87 133 21 6 11 83 6 3 81 49 .334 .447 .500 .947 143 199 4 0 11 *O MVP-22
1940 23 NYY AL 138 609 500 102 143 18 15 21 93 8 2 106 65 .286 .411 .508 .919 141 254 11 0 3 *O AS
1941 24 NYY AL 140 610 507 102 151 24 10 33 122 6 4 102 65 .298 .416 .580 .996 162 294 3 1 0 *O AS,MVP-5
1942 25 NYY AL 152 661 544 106 159 24 9 26 108 14 2 114 61 .292 .417 .513 .930 163 279 5 2 1 *O MVP-14
1943 26 NYY AL 141 620 512 97 139 15 11 31 86 7 5 106 60 .271 .396 .525 .922 167 269 7 0 2 *O AS,MVP-13
1945 28 NYY AL 44 194 163 26 49 7 4 10 34 0 2 31 21 .301 .412 .577 .989 180 94 2 0 0 O
1946 29 NYY AL 150 655 538 98 148 29 10 30 101 1 4 113 101 .275 .405 .533 .938 159 287 5 4 0 *O AS,MVP-15
1947 30 NYY AL 45 193 151 36 36 6 1 13 36 0 0 41 18 .238 .404 .550 .954 165 83 3 1 0 O AS
1948 31 NYY AL 83 289 247 41 66 15 2 6 44 1 1 41 25 .267 .372 .417 .789 110 103 7 0 1 O
1949 32 NYY AL 60 144 116 17 29 4 1 3 16 2 0 25 15 .250 .392 .379 .771 104 44 3 2 1 O
1950 33 DET AL 50 64 51 7 16 1 3 2 16 0 0 13 6 .314 .453 .569 1.022 157 29 0 0 0 /O
1951 34 DET AL 54 74 62 6 16 2 0 3 21 0 0 11 12 .258 .370 .435 .805 117 27 0 0 1 /O
1952 35 NYY AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /O
13 Seasons 1170 4604 3790 725 1085 166 72 189 760 45 23 784 499 .286 .410 .518 .928 152 1962 50 10 20
162 Game Avg. 162 637 525 100 150 23 10 26 105 6 3 109 69 .286 .410 .518 .928 152 272 7 1 3
NYY (11 yrs) 1066 4466 3677 712 1053 163 69 184 723 45 23 760 481 .286 .410 .518 .928 152 1906 50 10 19
DET (2 yrs) 104 138 113 13 32 3 3 5 37 0 0 24 18 .283 .409 .496 .904 136 56 0 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1939 22 NYY AL 490 36 1 0 0 6 -5 15 53 5.1 47 4.6 0.5 $ *O MVP-22
1940 23 NYY AL 609 35 3 0 0 8 -6 15 55 5.4 47 4.6 0.8 $ *O AS
1941 24 NYY AL 610 49 0 0 0 8 -6 15 66 6.6 58 5.8 0.8 $ *O AS,MVP-5
1942 25 NYY AL 661 54 4 0 0 3 -7 14 68 7.2 65 6.9 0.3 $ *O MVP-14
1943 26 NYY AL 620 43 2 0 0 6 -6 13 58 6.5 52 5.6 0.9 $ *O AS,MVP-13
1945 28 NYY AL 194 15 -1 0 0 4 -2 4 20 2.2 16 1.7 0.5 $ O
1946 29 NYY AL 655 41 0 0 0 3 -7 16 53 5.8 50 5.3 0.5 $ *O AS,MVP-15
1947 30 NYY AL 193 15 1 0 0 0 -2 5 19 2.1 19 2.0 0.1 $ O AS
1948 31 NYY AL 289 5 0 0 0 0 -3 8 10 1.0 10 1.0 0.0 $ O
1949 32 NYY AL 144 3 0 0 0 -1 -1 4 5 0.5 6 0.6 -0.1 $ O
1950 33 DET AL 64 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ /O
1951 34 DET AL 74 1 -1 0 0 1 0 2 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ /O
1952 35 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /O
13 Seasons 4604 302 9 0 0 38 -45 113 417 43.4 379 39.0 4.4 $
NYY (11 yrs) 4466 296 10 0 0 37 -45 109 407 42.4 370 38.1 4.3 $
DET (2 yrs) 138 6 -1 0 0 1 0 4 10 1.0 9 0.9 0.1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1939 22 NYY AL WS CIN W 4 17 16 8 7 1 1 3 6 0 0 1 2 .438 .471 1.188 1.658 19 0 0 0 0 0
1941 24 NYY AL WS BRO W 5 21 18 5 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 1 .389 .476 .500 .976 9 1 0 0 0 0
1942 25 NYY AL WS STL L 5 21 20 2 4 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 3 .200 .238 .500 .738 10 0 0 0 0 0
1943 26 NYY AL WS STL W 5 20 18 3 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 5 .222 .300 .333 .633 6 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 19 79 72 18 22 3 2 5 18 1 0 7 11 .306 .367 .611 .978 44 2 0 0 0 0
4 WS 19 79 72 18 22 3 2 5 18 1 0 7 11 .306 .367 .611 .978 44 2 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1939 NYY AL 22 OF 105 225 213 5 7 1 .969 2.08 .969 2.44 MVP-22
1939 NYY AL 22 RF 57 56 56 115 106 4 5 0 .957 1.93 .962 2.08 MVP-22
1939 NYY AL 22 LF 48 46 46 110 107 1 2 1 .982 2.25 .966 2.38 MVP-22
1940 NYY AL 23 OF 136 333 317 5 11 2 .967 2.37 .970 2.40 AS
1940 NYY AL 23 RF 71 70 70 158 151 2 5 1 .968 2.15 .970 2.09 AS
1940 NYY AL 23 LF 65 65 64 175 166 3 6 1 .966 2.60 .963 2.33 AS
1941 NYY AL 24 OF 137 342 328 7 7 2 .980 2.45 .973 2.41 AS,MVP-5
1941 NYY AL 24 LF 137 137 131 342 328 7 7 2 .980 2.45 .975 2.31 AS,MVP-5
1942 NYY AL 25 OF 152 336 321 10 5 1 .985 2.18 .976 2.38 MVP-14
1942 NYY AL 25 LF 152 152 152 336 321 10 5 1 .985 2.18 .974 2.27 MVP-14
1943 NYY AL 26 OF 141 348 338 8 2 0 .994 2.45 .977 2.47 AS,MVP-13
1943 NYY AL 26 LF 141 141 140 348 338 8 2 0 .994 2.45 .979 2.40 AS,MVP-13
1945 NYY AL 28 OF 44 114 110 4 0 0 1.000 2.59 .978 2.40
1945 NYY AL 28 LF 44 44 44 114 110 4 0 0 1.000 2.59 .976 2.26
1946 NYY AL 29 OF 149 335 324 4 7 0 .979 2.20 .977 2.36 AS,MVP-15
1946 NYY AL 29 LF 146 146 146 330 319 4 7 0 .979 2.21 .974 2.24 AS,MVP-15
1946 NYY AL 29 RF 3 3 3 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 .972 2.10 AS,MVP-15
1947 NYY AL 30 OF 43 90 85 2 3 0 .967 2.02 .979 2.47 AS
1947 NYY AL 30 LF 43 43 42 90 85 2 3 0 .967 2.02 .976 2.36 AS
1948 NYY AL 31 OF 66 130 126 1 3 0 .977 1.92 .975 2.51
1948 NYY AL 31 LF 66 60 56 130 126 1 3 0 .977 1.92 .975 2.35
1949 NYY AL 32 OF 31 42 41 0 1 0 .976 1.32 .980 2.44
1949 NYY AL 32 LF 27 23 15 39 38 0 1 0 .974 1.41 .983 2.43
1949 NYY AL 32 RF 4 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 .977 2.12
1950 DET AL 33 OF 6 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 .979 2.47
1950 DET AL 33 RF 5 3 3 34.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.32 1.00 .976 2.12 2.08
1950 DET AL 33 LF 1 1 1 9.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 5.00 .978 2.40 2.40
1951 DET AL 34 OF 8 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.75 .977 2.44
1951 DET AL 34 LF 4 3 3 29.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.79 2.25 .974 2.42 2.42
1951 DET AL 34 RF 4 3 2 27.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 4.33 3.25 .978 2.07 2.05
1952 NYY AL 35 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40
1952 NYY AL 35 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
13 Seasons OF 1019 2327 2235 46 46 6 .980 2.24 .975 2.42
13 Seasons LF 875 861 840 39.0 2028 1952 40 36 5 .982 3.23 2.28 .974 2.42 2.32
6 Seasons RF 144 138 137 61.0 299 283 6 10 1 .967 2.66 2.01 .967 2.10 2.09
13 Seasons TOT 1019 2327 2235 46 46 6 .980 2.24 .975 2.42
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1953 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1956 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1958 BBWAA ( 3.4%)
1960 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1962 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1964 BBWAA ( 6.0%)
1968 BBWAA ( 3.9%)
1969 BBWAA ( 4.1%)
1970 BBWAA ( 2.3%)
1971 BBWAA ( 3.9%)
1972 BBWAA ( 6.1%)

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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1939 AL (22, 2%)
1941 AL (5, 38%)
1942 AL (14, 4%)
1943 AL (13, 9%)
1946 AL (15, 5%)
0.58 Career Shares (398th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1940 AL  5.4 (9th)
1941 AL  6.6 (6th)
1942 AL  7.2 (3rd)
1943 AL  6.5 (2nd)
1946 AL  5.8 (9th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1940 AL  5.4 (6th)
1941 AL  6.6 (4th)
1942 AL  7.2 (3rd)
1943 AL  6.5 (2nd)
1946 AL  5.8 (4th)
Career  43.4 (240th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1939 AL  4.6 (10th)
1940 AL  4.6 (6th)
1941 AL  5.8 (4th)
1942 AL  6.9 (2nd)
1943 AL  5.6 (2nd)
1946 AL  5.3 (5th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1940 AL  0.8 (5th)
1941 AL  0.8 (5th)
1943 AL  0.9 (5th)
1945 AL  0.5 (9th)
1946 AL  0.5 (9th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1939 AL  .334 (5th)
1942 AL  .292 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1939 AL  .447 (4th)
1940 AL  .411 (8th)
1941 AL  .416 (4th)
1942 AL  .417 (2nd)
1943 AL  .396 (3rd)
1946 AL  .405 (2nd)
Career  .410 (33rd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1941 AL  .580 (4th)
1942 AL  .513 (2nd)
1943 AL  .525 (2nd)
1946 AL  .533 (3rd)
Career  .518 (63rd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1939 AL  .947 (9th)
1940 AL  .919 (7th)
1941 AL  .996 (3rd)
1942 AL  .930 (2nd)
1943 AL  .922 (1st)
1946 AL  .938 (3rd)
Career  .928 (45th)

Games Played s c a p y
1942 AL  152 (6th)
1946 AL  150 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1946 AL  655 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1941 AL  102 (9th)
1942 AL  106 (5th)
1943 AL  97 (2nd)
1946 AL  98 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1941 AL  294 (6th)
1942 AL  279 (3rd)
1943 AL  269 (3rd)
1946 AL  287 (4th)

Doubles s c a p y
1946 AL  29 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1940 AL  15 (2nd)
1941 AL  10 (8th)
1942 AL  9 (10th)
1943 AL  11 (3rd)
1946 AL  10 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1941 AL  33 (2nd)
1942 AL  26 (3rd)
1943 AL  31 (2nd)
1946 AL  30 (3rd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1941 AL  122 (3rd)
1942 AL  108 (3rd)
1943 AL  86 (6th)
1946 AL  101 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1939 AL  81 (10th)
1940 AL  106 (1st)
1941 AL  102 (4th)
1942 AL  114 (2nd)
1943 AL  106 (1st)
1946 AL  113 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1940 AL  65 (9th)
1941 AL  65 (10th)
1942 AL  61 (8th)
1943 AL  60 (10th)
1946 AL  101 (1st)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1940 AL  141 (6th)
1941 AL  162 (4th)
1942 AL  163 (2nd)
1943 AL  167 (1st)
1946 AL  159 (4th)
Career  152 (28th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1941 AL  122 (5th)
1942 AL  118 (2nd)
1943 AL  106 (2nd)
1946 AL  114 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1939 AL  30 (9th)
1940 AL  33 (6th)
1941 AL  47 (4th)
1942 AL  49 (2nd)
1943 AL  45 (1st)
1946 AL  46 (3rd)
Career  295 (125th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1939 AL  2.8 (9th)
1940 AL  3.1 (6th)
1941 AL  4.5 (4th)
1942 AL  5.0 (2nd)
1943 AL  4.8 (1st)
1946 AL  4.7 (2nd)
Career  29.4 (122nd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1941 AL  67 (4th)
1942 AL  59 (4th)
1943 AL  57 (2nd)
1946 AL  69 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1941 AL  254 (8th)
1942 AL  275 (2nd)
1943 AL  245 (3rd)
1946 AL  265 (3rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1940 AL  .680 (7th)
1941 AL  .764 (3rd)
1942 AL  .774 (2nd)
1943 AL  .775 (1st)
1946 AL  .752 (4th)
Career  .732 (40th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1946 AL  4 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1940 AL  11.6 (10th)
1941 AL  10.2 (5th)
1942 AL  18.2 (1st)
1943 AL  11.4 (1st)

AB per HR s c a p y
1941 AL  15.4 (2nd)
1942 AL  20.9 (3rd)
1943 AL  16.5 (1st)
1946 AL  17.9 (4th)
Career  20.1 (118th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  875 (77th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  1,952 (52nd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  36 (94th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1942 AL  152 (3rd)
1943 AL  141 (5th)
1946 AL  149 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1941 AL  2.45 (4th)
1943 AL  2.45 (2nd)
1946 AL  2.21 (2nd)
Career  2.28 (15th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1941 AL  .980 (4th)
1942 AL  .985 (2nd)
1943 AL  .994 (2nd)
1946 AL  .979 (3rd)
Career  .982 (59th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1943 AL  .994 (3rd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (421), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 85 (272), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 56 (359), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (325), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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