George Kell
George Clyde Kell
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 23, 1922 in Swifton, AR
School: Arkansas State University
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1943
Final Game: September 14, 1957
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1983.
Relatives: Brother of Skeeter Kell
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1943 PHA AL 20 3B 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 .950 3.10
1944 PHA AL 21 3B 139 476 167 289 20 25 .958 3.28 .954 3.23 MVP-22
1945 PHA AL 22 3B 147 551 186 345 20 32 .964 3.61 .947 2.97
1946 TOT AL 23 3B 131 415 141 267 7 27 .983 3.11 .946 2.89 MVP-16
1946 PHA AL 23 3B 26 95 36 57 2 5 .979 3.58 .946 2.89
1946 DET AL 23 3B 105 320 105 210 5 22 .984 3.00 .946 2.89
1946 DET AL 23 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.000 9.20 MVP-16
1947 DET AL 24 3B 152 520 167 333 20 25 .962 3.29 .959 2.91 AS,MVP-5
1948 DET AL 25 3B 92 262 108 146 8 15 .969 2.76 .958 2.93 AS,MVP-16
1949 DET AL 26 3B 134 436 154 271 11 23 .975 3.17 .959 2.95 AS,MVP-8
1950 DET AL 27 3B 157 510 186 315 9 30 .982 3.19 .959 3.04 AS,MVP-4
1951 DET AL 28 3B 147 505 175 310 20 34 .960 3.30 .950 2.87 AS,MVP-15
1952 TOT AL 29 3B 112 343 113 216 14 21 .959 2.94 .953 2.98 AS
1952 DET AL 29 3B 39 121 38 78 5 7 .959 2.97 .953 2.98
1952 BOS AL 29 3B 73 222 75 138 9 14 .959 2.92 .953 2.98
1953 BOS AL 30 3B 124 355 114 231 10 23 .972 2.78 .956 2.93 AS,MVP-26
1953 BOS AL 30 OF 7 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.57 .975 2.19 7-0-0 AS,MVP-26
1954 TOT AL 31 3B 56 52 428.0 157 50 97 10 9 .936 -3.5 -9.8 -3.5 -0.3 -3.2 0 3.09 2.63 .960 3.48 3.07 AS
1954 BOS AL 31 3B 25 25 208.0 87 31 49 7 5 .920 -1.7 -9.8 -1.7 -0.8 -0.9 0 3.46 3.20 .961 3.48 3.07
1954 CHW AL 31 1B 32 32 256.0 262 253 8 1 27 .996 -1.2 -5.6 -1.2 -0.7 -0.6 0 9.18 8.16 .990 9.60 8.00 AS
1954 CHW AL 31 3B 31 27 220.0 70 19 48 3 4 .957 -1.8 -9.8 -1.8 0.5 -2.3 0 2.74 2.16 .959 3.48 3.07
1954 CHW AL 31 LF 2 2 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 24.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.70 1.50 .967 2.25 1.95 AS
1954 CHW AL 31 OF 2 2 12.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 20.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.25 1.50 .967 2.40 2.15 AS
1954 CHW AL 31 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80 AS
1955 CHW AL 32 3B 105 102 834.0 254 83 165 6 8 .976 0.5 0.7 0.5 1.6 -1.1 0 2.68 2.36 .948 3.17 2.73
1955 CHW AL 32 1B 24 13 125.1 139 133 5 1 12 .993 -2.1 -20.1 -2.1 -2.1 0.0 0 9.91 5.75 .991 9.63 8.17
1955 CHW AL 32 LF 1 1 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
1955 CHW AL 32 OF 1 1 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.10
1956 TOT AL 33 3B 115 110 892.1 314 114 193 7 19 .978 0.5 0.7 0.5 -3.4 3.9 0 3.10 2.67 .947 3.22 2.78 AS
1956 TOT AL 33 1B 6 4 31.1 27 23 4 0 4 1.000 0.7 26.8 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 7.76 4.50 .989 9.42 8.00 AS
1956 CHW AL 33 3B 18 17 143.1 45 17 28 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -5.9 -0.7 -1.5 0.8 0 2.83 2.50 .947 3.22 2.78
1956 CHW AL 33 1B 4 4 28.0 22 19 3 0 4 1.000 0.6 25.7 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 7.07 5.50 .991 9.42 8.00
1956 BAL AL 33 3B 97 93 749.0 269 97 165 7 19 .974 1.2 1.9 1.2 -1.9 3.1 0 3.15 2.70 .948 3.22 2.78
1956 BAL AL 33 1B 2 0 3.1 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 36.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 13.50 2.50 .980 9.45 8.00
1956 BAL AL 33 2B 1 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 18.00 2.00 .950 5.40 4.70 AS
1957 BAL AL 34 3B 80 59 553.0 192 66 122 4 15 .979 -1.0 -2.2 -1.0 0.3 -1.2 0 3.06 2.35 .949 3.23 2.77 AS
1957 BAL AL 34 1B 22 19 141.2 151 146 5 0 10 1.000 0.9 7.6 0.9 0.2 0.7 0 9.59 6.86 .992 9.67 8.36 AS
15 Seasons 3B 1692 323 2707.1 5294 1825 3303 166 306 .969 -3.5 -1.6 -3.5 -1.8 -1.6 0 17.05 3.03 .953 3.25 2.94
5 Seasons 1B 85 68 554.1 581 557 22 2 53 .997 -1.7 -3.7 -1.7 -1.9 0.1 0 9.40 6.81 .991 9.61 8.16
3 Seasons OF 10 3 18.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 13.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.50 0.70 .971 2.40 2.17 10-0-1
2 Seasons (incomplete) LF 3 3 16.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 15.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 1.69 1.00 .967 2.25 1.90
1 Season 2B 1 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 18.00 2.00 .950 5.40 4.70
1 Season RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
15 Seasons TOT 1788 394 3280.2 5884 2390 3326 168 360 .971 -5.0 -1.8 -5.0 -3.5 -1.5 0 0 15.68 3.20 .928 4.32 3.18 10-0-1
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1943 PHA AL 20 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1944 PHA AL 21 139 139 139 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0
1945 PHA AL 22 147 147 147 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0
1946 DET AL 23 105 105 105 0 0 1 0 105 0 0 0 0 0
1946 PHA AL 23 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0
1947 DET AL 24 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0
1948 DET AL 25 92 92 92 0 0 0 0 92 0 0 0 0 0
1949 DET AL 26 134 134 134 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0
1950 DET AL 27 157 157 157 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0
1951 DET AL 28 147 147 147 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BOS AL 29 75 75 75 0 0 0 0 73 0 0 0 0 0
1952 DET AL 29 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BOS AL 30 134 134 134 0 0 0 0 124 0 7 0 0 7
1954 CHW AL 31 71 61 71 71 0 0 32 0 31 0 2 0 1 2 9 1
1954 BOS AL 31 26 25 26 26 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1955 CHW AL 32 128 116 128 128 0 0 24 0 105 0 1 0 0 1 11 0
1956 BAL AL 33 102 93 102 102 0 0 2 1 97 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
1956 CHW AL 33 21 21 21 21 0 0 4 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 BAL AL 34 99 78 99 99 0 0 22 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 13 2
15 Seasons 1795 394 1795 1795 0 0 85 1 1692 0 10 0 1 10 40 4
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 CHW AL 31 950 61% 82% 26% 69 90% 1 19 13 3 3 47 36 10 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 4 3 0 3 1 1 0 3 100%
1954 BOS AL 31 885 68% 80% 27% 82 90% 2 32 23 5 4 49 37 11 0 2 7 0 3 4 5 5 3 0 4 1 0 1 2 100%
1955 CHW AL 32 3554 61% 79% 27% 240 92% 1 80 61 6 13 161 133 25 1 7 6 0 6 0 6 9 7 0 7 0 0 0 7 71%
1956 BAL AL 33 3300 58% 79% 25% 248 92% 6 97 66 9 22 166 125 26 6 8 7 1 5 1 5 19 8 0 14 3 2 1 9 78%
1956 CHW AL 33 655 69% 77% 24% 44 91% 0 15 10 3 2 29 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1957 BAL AL 34 2346 67% 79% 26% 178 94% 2 65 48 5 12 121 90 24 1 3 4 0 4 0 4 15 10 1 13 0 0 0 12 75%
4 Seasons 11690 62% 79% 26% 861 92% 12 308 221 31 56 573 447 99 8 21 27 1 21 5 23 52 31 1 41 5 3 2 38 79%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 89% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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%
1954 CHW AL 31 1107 64% 77% 25% 41 95% 1 254 10 239 4 25 8 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 27 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 6 83%
1955 CHW AL 32 577 60% 77% 25% 17 94% 0 127 5 120 2 7 4 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 9 0 2 0 2 0
1956 CHW AL 33 112 70% 77% 24% 8 88% 0 19 1 18 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1956 BAL AL 33 20 40% 80% 30% 2 100% 0 4 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1957 BAL AL 34 613 62% 79% 25% 25 100% 0 145 7 137 1 15 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 9 2 1 0 1 2 100%
4 Seasons 2429 63% 77% 25% 93 96% 1 549 23 518 7 51 20 14 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 52 1 0 0 49 2 3 0 3 11 91%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 CHW AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 53 51% 70% 25% 6 50%
1955 CHW AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 60% 65% 40% 0
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 73 53% 68% 29% 6 50%
MLB Averages 56.3% 2.2% 63% 79% 30% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 CHW AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 50% 83% 50% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 50% 83% 50% 0
MLB Averages 44.0% 3.1% 63% 79% 30% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1956 BAL AL 33 3 100% 100% 33% 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1 Season 3 100% 100% 33% 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 93%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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