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Charlie Keller
Charles Ernest Keller (King Kong)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 190 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
Final Game: September 14, 1952
Died: May 23, 1990 in Frederick, MD
Relatives: Brother of Hal Keller
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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 .922 168 269 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 .928 153 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

Postseason Batting

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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 Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1939 NYY AL 22 OF 105 225 213 5 7 1 .969 2.08 .969 2.35 47-0-58 MVP-22
1940 NYY AL 23 OF 136 333 317 5 11 2 .967 2.37 .970 2.32 65-0-71 AS
1941 NYY AL 24 OF 137 342 328 7 7 2 .980 2.45 .973 2.33 137-0-0 AS,MVP-5
1942 NYY AL 25 OF 152 336 321 10 5 1 .985 2.18 .976 2.31 152-0-0 MVP-14
1943 NYY AL 26 OF 141 348 338 8 2 0 .994 2.45 .977 2.39 141-0-0 AS,MVP-13
1945 NYY AL 28 OF 44 114 110 4 0 0 1.000 2.59 .977 2.27 44-0-0
1946 NYY AL 29 OF 149 335 324 4 7 0 .979 2.20 .977 2.24 149-0-0 AS,MVP-15
1947 NYY AL 30 OF 43 90 85 2 3 0 .967 2.02 .979 2.35 43-0-0 AS
1948 NYY AL 31 OF 66 130 126 1 3 0 .977 1.92 .975 2.36 66-0-0
1949 NYY AL 32 OF 31 42 41 0 1 0 .976 1.32 .981 2.27 31-0-0
1950 DET AL 33 OF 6 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 .980 2.33 1-0-5
1951 DET AL 34 OF 8 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.75 .977 2.22 4-0-4
1952 NYY AL 35 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1-0-0
13 Seasons OF 1019 2327 2235 46 46 6 .980 2.24 .974 2.32 881-0-138
13 Seasons TOT 1019 2327 2235 46 46 6 .980 2.24 .955 2.32 881-0-138

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 (386th)

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 (34th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1941 AL  .580 (4th)
1942 AL  .513 (2nd)
1943 AL  .525 (2nd)
1946 AL  .533 (3rd)
Career  .518 (66th)

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 (42nd)

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  168 (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 (122nd)

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  4.9 (1st)
1946 AL  4.7 (2nd)
Career  29.4 (119th)

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  .679 (7th)
1941 AL  .764 (3rd)
1942 AL  .774 (2nd)
1943 AL  .775 (1st)
1946 AL  .752 (4th)
Career  .732 (41st)

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 (115th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (411), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 85 (272), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 52 (366), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (294), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1937 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

December 6, 1949: Released by the New York Yankees.

December 29, 1949: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

November 9, 1951: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

September 5, 1952: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

October 13, 1952: Released by the New York Yankees.

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