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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1953 SLB AL 28 1B 1 1 0 7.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 10.29 8.00 .989 9.77 9.70
1954 BAL AL 29 1B 9 9 9 80.0 76 74 2 0 6 1.000 -1 -17 8.55 8.44 .990 9.60 9.53
1955 BRO NL 30 1B 22 17 14 158.0 174 159 12 3 9 .983 1 6 9.74 7.77 .991 9.79 9.70
1956 CHC NL 31 1B 27 25 24 220.2 235 209 24 2 22 .991 -1 -4 9.50 8.63 .989 9.82 9.72
4 Seasons 1B 59 52 47 465.2 493 450 38 5 37 .990 -1 -3 9.43 8.27 .990 9.77 9.68
4 Seasons TOT 59 52 47 465.2 493 450 38 5 37 .990 -1 -3 9.43 8.27 .990 9.77 9.68
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1953 SLB AL 28 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BAL AL 29 1B -1 -17 -1 -1 -0 0
1955 BRO NL 30 1B 1 6 1 -1 1 0
1956 CHC NL 31 1B -1 -4 -1 -2 1 0
4 Seasons 1B -1 -3 -1 -3 2 0
4 Seasons TOT -1 -3 -1 -3 2 0

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1953 SLB AL 28 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1954 BAL AL 29 10 9 10 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1955 BRO NL 30 39 17 39 22 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1
1956 CHC NL 31 71 25 71 27 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0
4 Seasons 122 52 122 59 0 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1953 SLB AL 28 33 45% 91% 24% 2 100% 0 8 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BAL AL 29 336 62% 80% 26% 9 100% 0 74 3 71 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1955 BRO NL 30 676 61% 82% 33% 47 94% 0 158 8 147 3 24 12 10 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 9 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 1 3 100%
1956 CHC NL 31 734 59% 76% 24% 50 94% 0 165 17 143 5 13 19 12 5 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 20 0 1 0 19 1 1 0 0 6 100%
4 Seasons 1779 60% 79% 28% 108 94% 0 405 30 367 8 41 33 24 7 0 1 5 0 2 3 4 35 0 1 0 33 1 2 0 1 10 100%
MLB Averages 64% 81% 26% 93% 86%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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