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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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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
1943 20 PHA AL 1 5 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .600 .800 131 3 0 0 0 /5
1944 21 PHA AL 139 556 514 51 138 15 3 0 44 5 2 22 23 .268 .300 .309 .609 75 159 28 1 19 *5 MVP-22
1945 22 PHA AL 147 602 567 50 154 30 3 4 56 2 0 27 15 .272 .306 .356 .662 92 202 13 1 7 *5
1946 23 TOT AL 131 577 521 70 168 25 10 4 52 3 2 40 20 .322 .372 .432 .804 120 225 12 1 15 *5/3 MVP-16
1946 23 PHA AL 26 100 87 3 26 6 1 0 11 0 0 10 6 .299 .378 .391 .768 116 34 1 1 2 5
1946 23 DET AL 105 477 434 67 142 19 9 4 41 3 2 30 14 .327 .371 .440 .811 120 191 11 0 13 *5/3
1947 24 DET AL 152 662 588 75 188 29 5 5 93 9 11 61 16 .320 .387 .412 .798 119 242 13 3 10 *5 AS,MVP-5
1948 25 DET AL 92 414 368 47 112 24 3 2 44 2 2 33 15 .304 .369 .402 .772 103 148 10 5 8 5 AS,MVP-16
1949 26 DET AL 134 612 522 97 179 38 9 3 59 7 5 71 13 .343 .424 .467 .892 136 244 17 3 16 *5 AS,MVP-8
1950 27 DET AL 157 724 641 114 218 56 6 8 101 3 3 66 18 .340 .403 .484 .886 123 310 23 1 16 *5 AS,MVP-4
1951 28 DET AL 147 674 598 92 191 36 3 2 59 10 3 61 18 .319 .386 .400 .786 113 239 13 4 11 *5 AS,MVP-15
1952 29 TOT AL 114 483 428 52 133 23 2 7 57 0 2 46 23 .311 .379 .423 .802 118 181 13 1 8 *5 AS
1952 29 DET AL 39 171 152 11 45 8 0 1 17 0 1 15 13 .296 .359 .368 .728 102 56 2 0 4 5
1952 29 BOS AL 75 312 276 41 88 15 2 6 40 0 1 31 10 .319 .390 .453 .843 126 125 11 1 4 5
1953 30 BOS AL 134 520 460 68 141 41 2 12 73 5 2 52 22 .307 .383 .483 .866 128 222 10 5 3 *5/O AS,MVP-26
1954 31 TOT AL 97 370 326 40 90 13 0 5 58 1 1 33 15 .276 .334 .362 .696 87 118 7 0 2 9 53/79 AS
1954 31 BOS AL 26 109 93 15 24 3 0 0 10 0 0 15 3 .258 .361 .290 .651 72 27 2 0 1 0 5
1954 31 CHW AL 71 261 233 25 66 10 0 5 48 1 1 18 12 .283 .323 .391 .714 93 91 5 0 1 9 35/79
1955 32 CHW AL 128 504 429 44 134 24 1 8 81 2 2 51 36 .312 .389 .429 .818 118 184 7 6 13 5 2 *53/7
1956 33 TOT AL 123 480 425 52 115 22 2 9 48 0 1 33 37 .271 .324 .395 .719 95 168 11 3 14 5 3 *5/34 AS
1956 33 CHW AL 21 91 80 7 25 5 0 1 11 0 0 8 6 .313 .371 .413 .783 106 33 3 0 2 1 0 5/3
1956 33 BAL AL 102 389 345 45 90 17 2 8 37 0 1 25 31 .261 .313 .391 .704 92 135 8 3 12 4 3 5/34
1957 34 BAL AL 99 345 310 28 92 9 0 9 44 2 0 25 16 .297 .352 .413 .765 116 128 11 2 7 1 2 53 AS
15 Seasons 1795 7528 6702 881 2054 385 50 78 870 51 36 621 287 .306 .367 .414 .781 111 2773 188 36 149 20 7
162 Game Avg. 162 679 605 80 185 35 5 7 79 5 3 56 26 .306 .367 .414 .781 111 250 17 3 13
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
DET (7 yrs) 826 3734 3303 503 1075 210 35 25 414 34 27 337 107 .325 .391 .433 .824 119 1430 89 16 78
PHA (4 yrs) 313 1263 1173 105 319 51 8 4 112 7 2 59 44 .272 .309 .339 .648 86 398 42 3 28
BOS (3 yrs) 235 941 829 124 253 59 4 18 123 5 3 98 35 .305 .383 .451 .834 121 374 23 6 8 0
CHW (3 yrs) 220 856 742 76 225 39 1 14 140 3 3 77 54 .303 .367 .415 .782 109 308 15 6 16 15 2
BAL (2 yrs) 201 734 655 73 182 26 2 17 81 2 1 50 47 .278 .331 .402 .733 103 263 19 5 19 5 5

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1964 BBWAA (16.4%)
1964 Run Off ( 4.0%)
1966 BBWAA ( 9.6%)
1967 BBWAA (13.7%)
1967 Run Off ( 3.6%)
1968 BBWAA (16.6%)
1969 BBWAA (17.6%)
1970 BBWAA (30.0%)
1971 BBWAA (29.2%)
1972 BBWAA (29.0%)
1973 BBWAA (30.0%)
1974 BBWAA (25.8%)
1975 BBWAA (31.5%)
1976 BBWAA (33.2%)
1977 BBWAA (36.8%)
1983 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1983 by Veteran's Committee

All-Star Games
1947 (3B)
1948
1949 (3B)
1950 (3B)
1951 (3B)
1952
1953 *
1954
1956 (3B)
1957 (3B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1944 AL (22, 2%)
1946 AL (16, 4%)
1947 AL (5, 39%)
1948 AL (16, 4%)
1949 AL (8, 24%)
1950 AL (4, 38%)
1951 AL (15, 9%)
1953 AL (26, 0%)
1.20 Career Shares (194th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1946 AL  .322 (4th)
1947 AL  .320 (5th)
1949 AL  .343 (1st)
1950 AL  .340 (2nd)
1951 AL  .319 (3rd)
1952 AL  .311 (4th)
1953 AL  .307 (7th)
1955 AL  .312 (3rd)
Career  .306 (138th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1946 AL  .372 (9th)
1947 AL  .387 (10th)
1949 AL  .425 (4th)
1955 AL  .389 (5th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1949 AL  .467 (8th)
1953 AL  .483 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1949 AL  .892 (4th)
1950 AL  .886 (9th)
1953 AL  .866 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1945 AL  147 (9th)
1947 AL  152 (8th)
1950 AL  157 (1st)
1951 AL  147 (7th)

At Bats s c a p y
1945 AL  567 (7th)
1947 AL  588 (4th)
1950 AL  641 (1st)
1951 AL  598 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1947 AL  662 (6th)
1950 AL  724 (4th)
1951 AL  674 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1949 AL  97 (8th)
1950 AL  114 (5th)
1951 AL  92 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1945 AL  154 (7th)
1946 AL  168 (8th)
1947 AL  188 (2nd)
1949 AL  179 (6th)
1950 AL  218 (1st)
1951 AL  191 (1st)
Career  2054 (233rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1947 AL  242 (6th)
1949 AL  244 (10th)
1950 AL  310 (4th)

Doubles s c a p y
1945 AL  30 (5th)
1947 AL  29 (5th)
1949 AL  38 (2nd)
1950 AL  56 (1st)
1951 AL  36 (1st)
1953 AL  41 (2nd)
Career  385 (190th)

Triples s c a p y
1946 AL  10 (3rd)
1949 AL  9 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1947 AL  93 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1951 AL  10 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1944 AL  120 (9th)
1945 AL  117 (5th)
1946 AL  129 (5th)
1947 AL  149 (2nd)
1949 AL  129 (10th)
1950 AL  148 (2nd)
1951 AL  150 (1st)
Career  1541 (172nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1949 AL  136 (5th)
1950 AL  123 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1947 AL  91 (6th)
1949 AL  102 (5th)
1950 AL  124 (1st)
1951 AL  92 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1949 AL  30 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1949 AL  2.9 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1949 AL  50 (9th)
1950 AL  70 (2nd)
1953 AL  55 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1947 AL  252 (3rd)
1950 AL  285 (3rd)
1951 AL  256 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1949 AL  .692 (4th)
1950 AL  .657 (10th)
1953 AL  .681 (8th)
1955 AL  .637 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1947 AL  3 (10th)
1948 AL  5 (6th)
1953 AL  5 (10th)
1955 AL  6 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1944 AL  19 (5th)
1946 AL  15 (1st)
1949 AL  16 (3rd)
1950 AL  16 (3rd)
1951 AL  11 (7th)
1955 AL  13 (4th)
1956 AL  14 (1st)
Career  149 (173rd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 AL  9 (4th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1944 AL  28 (1st)
1945 AL  13 (8th)
1950 AL  23 (4th)
Career  188 (115th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1947 AL  11 (4th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1944 AL  22.3 (8th)
1945 AL  37.8 (2nd)
1946 AL  26.1 (2nd)
1947 AL  36.8 (2nd)
1949 AL  40.2 (3rd)
1950 AL  35.6 (2nd)
1951 AL  33.2 (2nd)
1952 AL  18.6 (6th)
1953 AL  20.9 (5th)
1956 AL  11.5 (10th)
Career  23.4 (65th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1945 AL  433 (8th)
1950 AL  465 (5th)
1951 AL  434 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1943 AL  born 1922-08-23 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 16 (140), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 93 (249), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 90 (180), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 29 (346), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1940 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

Before 1942 Season: Sent from the Brooklyn Dodgers to Lancaster (Interstate) in an unknown transaction.

September 20, 1943: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from Lancaster (Interstate). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

May 18, 1946: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Detroit Tigers for Barney McCosky.

June 3, 1952: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Hoot Evers, Johnny Lipon and Dizzy Trout to the Boston Red Sox for Walt Dropo, Fred Hatfield, Don Lenhardt, Johnny Pesky and Bill Wight.

May 23, 1954: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Chicago White Sox for Grady Hatton and $100,000.

May 21, 1956: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Mike Fornieles, Connie Johnson and Bob Nieman to the Baltimore Orioles for Dave Philley and Jim Wilson.

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