Frank Kellert

Frank William Kellert

Positions: Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 6, 1924 in Oklahoma City, OK
High School: Northwest Classen HS (Oklahoma City, OK)
School: Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1953
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Dodgers/Orioles/Browns 1953-1956

Final Game: September 29, 1956
Died: November 19, 1976 in Oklahoma City, OK
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
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Standard Batting

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
1949	24	STL-min	B,AA	86	288	288		82	21	0	10						.285	.285	.462	.747		133							LBG,HSN · PIED,TL
1950	25	STL-min	B,AA	137	494	494		147	21	6	17						.298	.298	.468	.765		231							LBG,HSN · PIED,TL
1951	26	OKC	AA	160	594	594		175	42	4	15						.295	.295	.455	.749		270							OKC · TL
1952	27	OKC	AA	161	594	594		180	33	3	22						.303	.303	.480	.783		285							OKC · TL
1953	28	OKC	AA	134	560	477	87	138	28	2	23	90	1	3	77	36	.289	.390	.501	.891		239		2	4				OKC · TL
1953	28	SLB	AL	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			/3
1954	29	BAL-min	AA	161	696	602	116	190	33	3	41	146	1	4	78	60	.316	.392	.585	.976		352		1	9	6			SAN · TL
1954	29	BAL	AL	10	39	34	3	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	4	.206	.308	.265	.572	64	9	0	0	0	0		/3
1955	30	BRO	NL	39	91	80	12	26	4	2	4	19	0	1	9	10	.325	.385	.575	.960	147	46	1	0	0	2	0	3
1956	31	CHC	NL	71	143	129	10	24	3	1	4	17	0	0	12	22	.186	.254	.318	.571	53	41	8	0	1	1	1	3
1957	32	BOS-min	Opn	164	675	587	102	181	36	2	22	107	5		70	69	.308	.381	.489	.870		287	15	3	8	7			SFR · PCL
1958	33	CHC-BOS-min	AAA	150	614	525	74	131	25	4	19	78	2		75	64	.250	.342	.421	.763		221	8	2	6	6	4		POR,MNE · PCL,AA
1959	34	BAL-CIN-min	AAA	127	481	408	43	95	16	2	13	44	1	1	65	50	.233	.339	.377	.716		154		2	3	3	3		MIA,VAN,SLE · IL,PCL
4 Yrs				122	277	247	25	57	9	3	8	37	0	1	26	36	.231	.301	.389	.689	84	96	9	0	1	3	1
162 Game Avg.				162	368	328	33	76	12	4	11	49	0	1	35	48	.231	.301	.389	.689	84	127	12	0	1

BAL (2 yrs)				12	43	38	3	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	4	.184	.279	.237	.516	47	9	0	0	0	0
BRO (1 yr)				39	91	80	12	26	4	2	4	19	0	1	9	10	.325	.385	.575	.960	147	46	1	0	0	2	0
CHC (1 yr)				71	143	129	10	24	3	1	4	17	0	0	12	22	.186	.254	.318	.571	53	41	8	0	1	1	1

NL (2 yrs)				110	234	209	22	50	7	3	8	36	0	1	21	32	.239	.305	.416	.721	90	87	9	0	1	3	1
AL (2 yrs)				12	43	38	3	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	4	.184	.279	.237	.516	47	9	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1953	28	SLB	AL	2	4	-0	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.451	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/3
1954	29	BAL	AL	10	39	-2	-0	0	-1	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.469	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	/3
1955	30	BRO	NL	39	91	4	-1	-0	1	-1	4	0.3	3	7	0.7	.510	.502	0.6	-0.1	6	$	3
1956	31	CHC	NL	71	143	-9	-0	-1	-1	-1	-12	-1.4	5	-8	-1.0	.481	.492	-0.8	-0.3	-7	$	3
4 Seasons				122	277	-7	-1	-0	-1	-3	-12	-1.5	9	-3	-0.6	.489	.498	-0.4	-0.6	-2	$

BAL (2 yrs)				12	43	-2	-1	0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.466	.499	-0.2	-0.2	-1	$
BRO (1 yr)				39	91	4	-1	-0	1	-1	4	0.3	3	7	0.7	.510	.502	0.6	-0.1	6	$
CHC (1 yr)				71	143	-9	-0	-1	-1	-1	-12	-1.4	5	-8	-1.0	.481	.492	-0.8	-0.3	-7	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1953	28	SLB	AL	4	4	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.272	.000	.348	.000	.400	.000	.749	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1954	29	BAL	AL	39	27	3	3.0	92	.233	.206	.256	.308	.330	.265	.374	.572	.704	64	.342	-1.4	-0.2	.519	.206	.059
1955	30	BRO	NL	91	58	18	8.3	109	.324	.325	.270	.385	.342	.575	.428	.960	.770	147	.740	5.5	0.5	.964	.350	.250	.0
1956	31	CHC	NL	143	115	9	2.1	102	.192	.186	.263	.254	.330	.318	.415	.571	.745	53	.199	-8.8	-0.9	.469	.225	.132	.0
4 Yrs				277	204	30	3.9	103	.238	.231	.264	.301	.334	.389	.413	.689	.747	84	.437	-5.9	-0.6	.605	.259	.158	.0
162 Game Avg.				368	271	40	3.9	103	.238	.231	.264	.301	.334	.389	.413	.689	.747	84	.437	-5.9	-0.6	.605	.259	.158

BAL (2 yrs)				43	31	3	2.6	93	.206	.184	.257	.279	.332	.237	.377	.516	.708	47	.286	-2.6	-0.3	.452	.184	.053
BRO (1 yr)				91	58	18	8.3	109	.324	.325	.270	.385	.342	.575	.428	.960	.770	147	.741	5.5	0.5	.964	.350	.250	.0
CHC (1 yr)				143	115	9	2.1	102	.192	.186	.263	.254	.330	.318	.415	.571	.745	53	.199	-8.8	-0.9	.469	.225	.132	.0

NL (2 yrs)				234	173	27	4.2	105	.244	.239	.266	.305	.334	.416	.420	.721	.754	90	.460	-3.3	-0.4	.633	.273	.177	.0
AL (2 yrs)				43	31	3	2.6	93	.206	.184	.257	.279	.332	.237	.377	.516	.708	47	.286	-2.6	-0.3	.452	.184	.053

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
1955	30	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	W	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	1	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	1	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1953	28	SLB	AL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1954	29	BAL	AL	39	0.0%	10.3%	12.8%	5.1%	29%	0.80	8.5		34.0	0.44	77%
1955	30	BRO	NL	91	4.4%	11.0%	9.9%	11.0%	39%	1.11	8.0	20.0	4.2	0.60	75%
1956	31	CHC	NL	143	2.8%	15.4%	8.4%	5.6%	33%	1.83	5.9	32.3	7.6	0.83	73%
4 Yrs				277	2.9%	13.0%	9.4%	7.2%	35%	1.38	6.9	30.9	6.7	0.71	74%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.2%	9.4%	6.6%	29%	1.20	7.9	39.4	8.1	0.97	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1953	28	SLB	AL	-1.1	-0.1	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.81	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.77	-0.4	1.73	1
1954	29	BAL	AL	-1.4	-0.2	40	-0.2	0.8	-1.0	1.39	-0.1	-0.1	-3.1	-0.3	1.06	-1.4	0.95	1
1955	30	BRO	NL	5.5	0.5	92	0.4	2.0	-1.6	1.03	0.5	-0.1	5.7	0.5	1.00	5.2	1.33	13
1956	31	CHC	NL	-8.8	-0.9	119	-0.4	2.3	-2.8	1.21	-0.5	0.1	-5.2	-0.5	0.94	-6.0	1.65	38
4 Yrs				-5.9	-0.6	255	-0.2	5.2	-5.4	1.17	-0.1	-0.1	-2.8	-0.3	0.98	-2.6	1.56	53

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1953	28	SLB	AL	1		1	0		0	0	1	0	0%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1954	29	BAL	AL	0	25%	28	0		0	0	0	1	17%	4	4	0	0	0	2	1	1
1955	30	BRO	NL	0	26%	36	1	0%	1	0	1	0	44%	2	2	3	2	1	4	1	3
1956	31	CHC	NL	0	19%	26	0		0	2	0	2	0%	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1	23%	91	1	0%	1	2	2	3	25%	10	10	4	2	1	6	2	4

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1953	28	SLB	AL	4	100%	0			1	0	0	0	1.73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1954	29	BAL	AL	39	69%	7			1	0	0	0	0.95	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	7	0	0%	5	1	20%	27	1	4%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1955	30	BRO	NL	91	29%	26			13	4	0	2	1.33	4	0	2	4	0	4	0	0	0	0		18	1	6%	9	3	33%	70	16	23%	7	4	57%	4	2	50%	0
1956	31	CHC	NL	144	44%	24			38	10	0	5	1.65	4	0	2	1	1	1	3	0	2	1	50%	28	8	29%	15	4	27%	65	12	18%	9	5	56%	4	2	50%	-1
4 Yrs				278	43%	57			53	14	0	7	1.56	8	0	7	5	1	5	3	0	3	1	33%	53	9	17%	29	8	28%	163	29	18%	17	9	53%	9	4	44%	-1
MLB Averages					49%																			83%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1953	28	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1954	29	12	43	38	3	7	2	0	0	1	0	5	4	.184	.279	.237	.516	47	9	0	0	0
1955	30	51	134	118	15	33	6	2	4	20	1	14	14	.280	.351	.466	.817	117	55	1	0	2	0
1956	31	122	277	247	25	57	9	3	8	37	1	26	36	.231	.301	.389	.689	84	96	9	1	3	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1953	28	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1954	29	10	42	36	3	8	2	0	0	1	6	4	.222	.333	.278	.611	3	10
1955	30	41	94	83	12	26	4	2	4	19	9	11	.313	.372	.554	.927	18	39
1956	31	74	151	136	11	26	3	1	4	19	13	23	.191	.260	.316	.576	11	71
4 Yrs		127	291	259	26	60	9	3	8	39	28	38	.232	.303	.382	.686	32	122
162 Game Avg.		162	371	330	33	77	11	4	10	50	36	48	.232	.303	.382	.686	41	122

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