Alex Kellner
Alexander Raymond Kellner
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 26, 1924 in Tucson, AZ
High School: Ampitheater (Tucson, AZ)
Signed
by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1948
Final Game: June 23, 1959
Died: May 3, 1996 in Tucson, AZ
Relatives: Brother of Walt Kellner
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Standard Batting

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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
1948 23 PHA AL 13 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
1949 24 PHA AL 38 103 92 7 20 1 0 0 10 0 0 7 15 .217 .273 .228 .501 35 21 2 0 4 1 AS,MVP-18,RoY-2
1950 25 PHA AL 36 84 80 5 16 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 13 .200 .238 .213 .451 17 17 4 0 0 1
1951 26 PHA AL 33 82 79 5 18 3 0 0 9 0 0 1 13 .228 .238 .266 .503 35 21 3 0 2 1
1952 27 PHA AL 34 87 82 6 17 2 0 1 10 0 0 1 9 .207 .217 .268 .485 31 22 2 0 4 1
1953 28 PHA AL 25 79 69 4 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 .217 .270 .246 .517 39 17 3 2 5 1
1954 29 PHA AL 27 63 55 2 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 8 .182 .207 .218 .425 17 12 1 0 5 1 1
1955 30 KCA AL 30 62 56 6 12 2 1 0 5 0 0 4 7 .214 .267 .286 .552 49 16 3 0 2 0 0 1
1956 31 KCA AL 21 36 30 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 10 .200 .273 .200 .473 27 6 1 0 3 0 0 1
1957 32 KCA AL 28 50 47 7 11 2 0 3 6 0 0 2 10 .234 .265 .468 .733 96 22 3 0 1 0 0 1
1958 33 TOT MLB 26 44 39 5 11 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 8 .282 .333 .308 .641 70 12 1 0 2 0 0 1
1958 33 KCA AL 8 14 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .091 .167 .182 .348 -5 2 0 0 2 0 0 /1
1958 33 CIN NL 18 30 28 5 10 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 6 .357 .400 .357 .757 98 10 1 0 0 0 0 1
1959 34 STL NL 12 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .222 .444 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Seasons 323 704 643 49 138 16 1 4 57 0 0 30 106 .215 .251 .261 .513 37 168 23 2 28 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 353 322 25 69 8 1 2 29 0 0 15 53 .215 .251 .261 .513 37 84 12 1 14
KCA (11 yrs) 293 665 606 44 126 16 1 4 51 0 0 28 96 .208 .245 .257 .502 35 156 22 2 28 1 0
STL (1 yr) 12 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .222 .444 16 2 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 18 30 28 5 10 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 6 .357 .400 .357 .757 98 10 1 0 0 0 0
AL (11 yrs) 293 665 606 44 126 16 1 4 51 0 0 28 96 .208 .245 .257 .502 35 156 22 2 28 1 0
NL (2 yrs) 30 39 37 5 12 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 10 .324 .359 .324 .683 79 12 1 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1948 23 PHA AL 5 5 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .273 .000 .358 .000 .394 .000 .752 -100 .000 -1.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1949 24 PHA AL 103 78 6 2.0 104 .260 .217 .267 .273 .358 .228 .388 .501 .747 35 .186 -8.8 -0.9 .378 .087 .011
1950 25 PHA AL 84 68 4 1.6 112 .239 .200 .276 .238 .363 .213 .414 .451 .776 17 .108 -10.2 -1.0 .309 .063 .013
1951 26 PHA AL 82 66 5 2.0 104 .273 .228 .270 .238 .351 .266 .396 .503 .747 35 .190 -7.6 -0.8 .344 .051 .038
1952 27 PHA AL 87 71 5 1.9 101 .222 .207 .267 .217 .348 .268 .390 .485 .737 31 .193 -8.2 -0.9 .343 .073 .061 .0
1953 28 PHA AL 79 62 4 1.7 105 .246 .217 .273 .270 .350 .246 .402 .517 .752 39 .150 -6.1 -0.6 .386 .072 .029
1954 29 PHA AL 63 52 3 1.6 99 .208 .182 .265 .207 .341 .218 .388 .425 .729 17 .136 -6.4 -0.7 .304 .073 .036
1955 30 KCA AL 62 49 4 2.2 102 .245 .214 .266 .267 .346 .286 .397 .552 .742 49 .204 -4.3 -0.4 .426 .143 .071
1956 31 KCA AL 36 28 2 1.9 106 .300 .200 .267 .273 .349 .200 .408 .473 .757 27 .156 -3.2 -0.3 .360 .100 .000
1957 32 KCA AL 50 40 5 3.4 100 .235 .234 .264 .265 .337 .468 .399 .733 .735 96 .383 -0.7 -0.1 .615 .277 .234 .0
1958 33 TOT MLB 44 31 4 3.5 108 .355 .282 .273 .333 .342 .308 .423 .641 .765 70 .378 -1.6 -0.2 .517 .103 .026
1958 33 KCA AL 14 12 0 0.0 100 .111 .091 .264 .167 .333 .182 .401 .348 .734 -5 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .300 .182 .091
1958 33 CIN NL 30 19 4 5.6 111 .455 .357 .277 .400 .346 .357 .432 .757 .778 98 .587 -0.1 -0.0 .632 .071 .000
1959 34 STL NL 9 7 0 0.0 110 .400 .222 .277 .222 .344 .222 .429 .444 .773 16 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .286 .000 .000
12 Seasons 704 557 42 2.0 104 .251 .215 .269 .251 .350 .261 .399 .513 .749 37 .186 -59.8 -6.0 .379 .093 .047 .0
162 Game Avg. 353 279 21 2.0 104 .251 .215 .269 .251 .350 .261 .399 .513 .749 37 .186 -59.8 -6.0 .379 .093 .047
KCA (11 yrs) 665 531 38 1.9 104 .241 .208 .269 .245 .350 .257 .397 .502 .747 35 .173 -58.6 -5.9 .371 .096 .050 .0
STL (1 yr) 9 7 0 0.0 110 .400 .222 .277 .222 .344 .222 .429 .444 .773 16 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .286 .000 .000
CIN (1 yr) 30 19 4 5.7 111 .455 .357 .277 .400 .346 .357 .432 .757 .778 98 .587 -0.1 -0.0 .632 .071 .000
AL (11 yrs) 665 531 38 1.9 104 .241 .208 .269 .245 .350 .257 .397 .502 .747 35 .173 -58.6 -5.9 .371 .096 .050 .0
NL (2 yrs) 39 26 4 4.1 111 .444 .324 .277 .359 .345 .324 .431 .683 .776 79 .445 -1.2 -0.1 .538 .054 .000

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1949 PHA AL 24 DNP

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1948 23 PHA AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.0 80%
1949 24 PHA AL 103 0.0% 14.6% 6.8% 1.0% 5% 2.14 6.1 9.2 75%
1950 25 PHA AL 84 0.0% 15.5% 4.8% 1.2% 6% 3.25 6.2 26.7 80%
1951 26 PHA AL 82 0.0% 15.9% 1.2% 3.7% 17% 13.00 6.1 8.8 80%
1952 27 PHA AL 87 1.2% 10.3% 1.2% 3.5% 18% 9.00 9.1 82.0 8.2 83%
1953 28 PHA AL 79 0.0% 10.1% 3.8% 2.5% 13% 2.67 8.6 77%
1954 29 PHA AL 63 0.0% 12.7% 3.2% 3.2% 20% 4.00 6.9 9.2 2.31 76%
1955 30 KCA AL 62 0.0% 11.3% 6.5% 4.8% 25% 1.75 8.0 11.2 2.33 79%
1956 31 KCA AL 36 0.0% 27.8% 8.3% 0.0% 0% 3.33 3.0 15.0 8.00 56%
1957 32 KCA AL 50 6.0% 20.0% 4.0% 10.0% 46% 5.00 4.7 15.7 7.8 3.00 68%
1958 33 TOT MLB 44 0.0% 18.2% 6.8% 2.3% 9% 2.67 4.9 6.5 4.50 70%
1958 33 KCA AL 14 0.0% 14.3% 7.1% 7.1% 100% 2.00 5.5 4.00 64%
1958 33 CIN NL 30 0.0% 20.0% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 3.00 4.7 4.7 5.00 73%
1959 34 STL NL 9 0.0% 44.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.3 0.50 56%
12 Seasons 704 0.6% 15.1% 4.3% 3.0% 15% 3.53 6.1 160.8 11.3 2.85 76%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 29 PHA AL 0 0 17% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1955 30 KCA AL 1 0 38% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1956 31 KCA AL 0 0 22% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
1957 32 KCA AL 1 0 40% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33% 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 2
1958 33 TOT MLB 1 0 36% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1958 33 KCA AL 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
1958 33 CIN NL 1 0 42% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1959 34 STL NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 3 0 27% 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 31% 5 5 0 3 3 0 8 3 5
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 29 PHA AL 61 26% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 16 1 6% 16 7 44% 44 5 11% 5 3 60% 5 3 60% 2
1955 30 KCA AL 59 29% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 200% 14 3 21% 16 3 19% 49 7 14% 2 1 50% 8 4 50% 3
1956 31 KCA AL 37 16% 6 1 1 0 0 2.97 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 8 1 13% 7 2 29% 32 2 6% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1957 32 KCA AL 50 26% 11 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 3 1 33% 8 3 38% 8 1 13% 29 4 14% 4 2 50% 3 0 0% 0
1958 33 TOT MLB 44 18% 11 1 0 0 0 0.81 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 7 1 14% 3 3 100% 34 8 24% 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 0
1958 33 KCA AL 14 7% 1 1 0 0 0 0.81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 2 2 100% 9 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1958 33 CIN NL 30 23% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 25 8 32% 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 0
1959 34 STL NL 9 22% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
12 Seasons 260 24% 138 2 1 0 0 1.89 4 0 11 1 2 1 2 0 16 28 175% 55 23 42% 53 16 30% 192 26 14% 13 8 62% 19 9 47% 5
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1948 23 13 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1949 24 51 108 97 7 20 1 0 0 10 0 0 7 16 .206 .260 .216 .476 28 21 2 0 4
1950 25 87 192 177 12 36 2 0 0 13 0 0 11 29 .203 .250 .215 .465 23 38 6 0 4
1951 26 120 274 256 17 54 5 0 0 22 0 0 12 42 .211 .246 .230 .477 27 59 9 0 6
1952 27 154 361 338 23 71 7 0 1 32 0 0 13 51 .210 .239 .240 .479 28 81 11 0 10
1953 28 179 440 407 27 86 9 0 1 32 0 0 16 59 .211 .245 .241 .485 30 98 14 2 15
1954 29 206 503 462 29 96 11 0 1 38 0 0 18 67 .208 .240 .238 .478 28 110 15 2 20 1
1955 30 236 565 518 35 108 13 1 1 43 0 0 22 74 .208 .243 .243 .486 30 126 18 2 22 1 0
1956 31 257 601 548 37 114 13 1 1 45 0 0 25 84 .208 .245 .241 .486 30 132 19 2 25 1 0
1957 32 285 651 595 44 125 15 1 4 51 0 0 27 94 .210 .246 .259 .505 35 154 22 2 26 1 0
1958 33 311 695 634 49 136 16 1 4 57 0 0 30 102 .215 .252 .262 .514 38 166 23 2 28 1 0
1959 34 323 704 643 49 138 16 1 4 57 0 0 30 106 .215 .251 .261 .513 37 168 23 2 28 1 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1948 23 14 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 13
1949 24 40 103 96 8 21 1 0 0 11 0 7 16 .219 .272 .229 .501 6 38
1950 25 38 88 84 5 17 1 0 0 3 0 4 14 .202 .239 .214 .453 4 36
1951 26 35 84 83 5 19 3 0 0 9 0 1 14 .229 .238 .265 .503 5 33
1952 27 36 87 86 7 18 2 0 1 11 0 1 9 .209 .218 .267 .486 5 34
1953 28 26 76 71 4 15 2 0 0 0 0 3 8 .211 .263 .239 .503 4 25
1954 29 28 62 59 2 12 2 0 0 7 0 2 8 .203 .226 .237 .463 3 27
1955 30 31 62 58 7 12 2 1 0 6 0 4 7 .207 .258 .276 .534 4 30
1956 31 22 36 32 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 4 10 .219 .306 .219 .524 2 21
1957 32 29 51 49 8 11 2 0 3 7 0 2 11 .224 .255 .449 .704 5 28
1958 33 27 44 41 5 12 1 0 0 6 0 3 8 .293 .341 .317 .658 4 26
1959 34 13 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 12
12 Seasons 339 707 673 53 144 16 1 4 62 0 31 110 .214 .250 .259 .509 42 323
162 Game Avg. 162 338 322 25 69 8 0 2 30 0 15 53 .214 .250 .259 .509 20 323

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1949

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1949-AL-18-2%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

                           
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