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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1948 PHA AL 23 P 13 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.15 .950 0.91
1949 PHA AL 24 P 38 58 9 46 3 4 .948 1.45 .962 1.01 AS,MVP-18,RoY-2
1950 PHA AL 25 P 36 43 13 27 3 2 .930 1.11 .951 0.96
1951 PHA AL 26 P 33 48 15 31 2 3 .958 1.39 .952 0.99
1952 PHA AL 27 P 34 45 17 28 0 4 1.000 1.32 .964 1.03
1953 PHA AL 28 P 25 35 5 28 2 2 .943 1.32 .957 0.88
1954 PHA AL 29 P 27 27 173.2 38 6 32 0 2 1.000 1.97 1.41 .958 2.01 0.93
1955 KCA AL 30 P 30 24 162.1 37 4 30 3 2 .919 1.89 1.13 .957 1.99 0.83
1956 KCA AL 31 P 20 17 91.2 19 1 17 1 2 .947 1.77 0.90 .953 1.92 0.82
1957 KCA AL 32 P 28 21 132.2 31 5 24 2 4 .935 1.97 1.04 .965 1.99 0.86
1958 TOT MLB 33 P 25 13 115.2 16 5 11 0 2 1.000 1.24 0.64 .956 1.96 0.78
1958 KCA AL 33 P 7 6 33.2 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.87 1.00 .957 1.95 0.81
1958 CIN NL 33 P 18 7 82.0 9 3 6 0 1 1.000 0.99 0.50 .956 1.96 0.77
1959 STL NL 34 P 12 4 37.0 8 3 4 1 0 .875 1.70 0.58 .962 1.99 0.82
12 Seasons P 321 106 713.0 380 83 280 17 27 .955 4.58 1.13 .958 1.98 0.92
12 Seasons TOT 321 106 713.0 380 83 280 17 27 .955 4.58 1.13 .913 1.98 0.92

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
1948 PHA AL 23 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 PHA AL 24 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 PHA AL 25 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 PHA AL 26 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 PHA AL 27 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 PHA AL 28 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 PHA AL 29 27 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 KCA AL 30 30 24 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 KCA AL 31 21 17 21 21 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1957 KCA AL 32 28 21 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CIN NL 33 18 7 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 KCA AL 33 8 6 8 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1959 STL NL 34 12 4 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 323 106 323 323 321 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 PHA AL 29 772 80% 24% 31 90% 0 6 2 3 29 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 6 83%
1955 KCA AL 30 686 80% 23% 29 90% 0 7 1 3 27 20 3 3 0 3 0 3 2 2 2 0 8 75%
1956 KCA AL 31 409 81% 25% 14 93% 0 1 1 0 16 9 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1957 KCA AL 32 579 80% 25% 22 86% 0 5 0 3 24 15 3 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 4 0 6 67%
1958 CIN NL 33 337 80% 27% 8 100% 0 3 1 1 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1958 KCA AL 33 148 80% 24% 4 100% 0 3 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1959 STL NL 34 156 81% 22% 6 83% 0 3 1 2 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 3087 80% 24% 114 90% 0 28 6 14 111 77 12 7 0 5 2 5 11 9 11 0 24 79%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 89% 81%

* 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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