High Pockets Kelly

George Lange Kelly (Highpockets)

Hall of Famer

Positions: First Baseman, Second Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 10, 1895 in San Francisco, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1915
Teams (by GP): Giants/Reds/Dodgers/Cubs/Pirates 1915-1932
Final Game: July 27, 1932
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1973.
Died: October 13, 1984 in Burlingame, CA
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, CA
Relatives: Brother of Ren Kelly and Cousin of Rich Chiles
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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
1915 19 NYG NL 17 40 38 2 6 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 9 .158 .179 .237 .416 29 9 0 1 /3O
1916 20 NYG NL 49 84 76 4 12 2 1 0 3 1 0 6 24 .158 .220 .211 .430 35 16 0 2 3/O5
1917 21 TOT NL 19 31 30 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 12 .067 .097 .133 .230 -30 4 0 0 /3O41
1917 21 NYG NL 11 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /O341
1917 21 PIT NL 8 24 23 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 .087 .125 .174 .299 -10 4 0 0 /3
1919 23 NYG NL 32 116 107 12 31 6 2 1 14 1 3 15 .290 .315 .411 .727 118 44 1 5 3
1920 24 NYG NL 155 651 590 69 157 22 11 11 94 6 16 41 92 .266 .320 .397 .717 105 234 6 14 *3
1921 25 NYG NL 149 647 587 95 181 42 9 23 122 4 12 40 73 .308 .356 .528 .884 130 310 3 17 *3
1922 26 NYG NL 151 640 592 96 194 33 8 17 107 12 3 30 65 .328 .363 .497 .860 118 294 3 15 *3
1923 27 NYG NL 145 617 560 82 172 23 5 16 103 14 7 47 64 .307 .362 .452 .814 113 253 1 9 *3
1924 28 NYG NL 144 627 571 91 185 37 9 21 136 7 2 38 52 .324 .371 .531 .902 141 303 5 13 *3O/45 MVP-6
1925 29 NYG NL 147 633 586 87 181 29 3 20 99 5 2 35 54 .309 .350 .471 .821 111 276 2 10 *43O MVP-3
1926 30 NYG NL 136 552 499 70 151 24 4 13 80 4 36 52 .303 .352 .445 .797 114 222 2 15 *34 MVP-23
1927 31 CIN NL 61 236 222 27 60 16 4 5 21 1 11 23 .270 .308 .446 .754 102 99 1 2 34/O
1928 32 CIN NL 116 449 402 46 119 33 7 3 58 2 28 35 .296 .345 .435 .780 104 175 2 17 3O
1929 33 CIN NL 147 632 577 73 169 45 9 5 103 7 33 61 .293 .332 .428 .760 91 247 1 21 *3
1930 34 TOT NL 90 384 354 40 109 16 2 8 54 1 14 36 .308 .336 .432 .768 86 153 1 15 3
1930 34 CIN NL 51 206 188 18 54 10 1 5 35 1 7 20 .287 .313 .431 .744 81 81 0 11 3
1930 34 CHC NL 39 178 166 22 55 6 1 3 19 0 7 16 .331 .362 .434 .796 91 72 1 4 3
1932 36 BRO NL 64 226 202 23 49 9 1 4 22 0 22 27 .243 .317 .356 .673 82 72 0 2 3/O
16 Seasons 1622 6565 5993 819 1778 337 76 148 1020 65 43 386 694 .297 .342 .452 .794 109 2711 28 158
162 Game Avg. 162 656 599 82 178 34 8 15 102 6 39 69 .297 .342 .452 .794 109 271 3 16
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
NYG (11 yrs) 1136 4614 4213 608 1270 218 52 123 762 54 43 277 503 .301 .348 .465 .813 117 1961 23 101
CIN (4 yrs) 375 1523 1389 164 402 104 21 18 217 11 79 139 .289 .329 .433 .763 95 602 4 51
PIT (1 yr) 8 24 23 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 .087 .125 .174 .299 -10 4 0 0
BRO (1 yr) 64 226 202 23 49 9 1 4 22 0 22 27 .243 .317 .356 .673 82 72 0 2
CHC (1 yr) 39 178 166 22 55 6 1 3 19 0 7 16 .331 .362 .434 .796 91 72 1 4

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
1915 19 NYG NL 40 34 1 0.8 76 .179 .158 .249 .179 .311 .237 .333 .416 .644 29 .069 -3.4 -0.4 .273 .079 .079 .0
1916 20 NYG NL 84 66 4 1.6 74 .231 .158 .248 .220 .306 .211 .332 .430 .638 35 .208 -5.7 -0.7 .359 .145 .053 .0
1917 21 TOT NL 31 28 1 1.0 80 .111 .067 .258 .097 .316 .133 .341 .230 .657 -30 .094 -4.8 -0.6 .179 .100 .067
1917 21 NYG NL 7 7 0 0.0 76 .000 .000 .253 .000 .310 .000 .334 .000 .644 -100 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1917 21 PIT NL 24 21 1 1.3 81 .143 .087 .260 .125 .318 .174 .343 .299 .661 -10 .148 -3.2 -0.4 .238 .130 .087
1919 23 NYG NL 116 81 14 4.7 81 .330 .290 .263 .315 .317 .411 .346 .727 .663 118 .623 2.0 0.2 .645 .159 .121 1.0
1920 24 NYG NL 651 463 68 4.0 90 .300 .266 .276 .320 .330 .397 .367 .717 .698 105 .516 2.5 0.3 .604 .183 .131 7.8
1921 25 NYG NL 647 435 104 6.4 107 .322 .308 .299 .356 .350 .528 .412 .884 .762 130 .647 23.7 2.3 .825 .274 .220 6.8
1922 26 NYG NL 640 416 107 6.9 114 .347 .328 .304 .363 .362 .497 .422 .860 .784 118 .648 13.6 1.3 .838 .235 .169 14.1
1923 27 NYG NL 617 404 91 6.1 107 .325 .307 .293 .362 .352 .452 .408 .814 .760 113 .609 10.1 1.0 .780 .241 .145 14.9
1924 28 NYG NL 627 401 111 7.4 102 .329 .324 .287 .371 .342 .531 .401 .902 .743 141 .710 31.6 3.1 .905 .282 .207 10.5
1925 29 NYG NL 633 417 96 6.1 111 .314 .309 .295 .350 .352 .471 .421 .821 .774 111 .584 8.7 0.8 .776 .227 .162 8.0
1926 30 NYG NL 552 363 78 5.7 102 .318 .303 .286 .352 .346 .445 .396 .797 .742 114 .606 9.0 0.9 .759 .222 .142 6.1
1927 31 CIN NL 236 164 30 4.9 102 .284 .270 .286 .308 .344 .446 .395 .754 .739 102 .531 -0.2 -0.0 .691 .230 .176 1.7
1928 32 CIN NL 449 300 60 5.4 107 .319 .296 .288 .345 .352 .435 .409 .780 .761 104 .549 2.4 0.2 .731 .214 .139 2.4
1929 33 CIN NL 632 429 82 5.1 116 .321 .293 .298 .332 .361 .428 .434 .760 .795 91 .466 -8.3 -0.8 .706 .205 .135 5.8
1930 34 TOT NL 384 260 51 5.2 124 .326 .308 .309 .336 .367 .432 .459 .768 .826 86 .446 -8.7 -0.8 .690 .167 .124 1.8
1930 34 CIN NL 206 145 25 4.6 122 .301 .287 .305 .313 .363 .431 .454 .744 .817 81 .388 -5.9 -0.5 .664 .186 .144 1.7
1930 34 CHC NL 178 115 26 6.0 127 .354 .331 .313 .362 .372 .434 .466 .796 .837 91 .511 -2.8 -0.2 .721 .145 .102 .0
1932 36 BRO NL 226 155 23 4.0 102 .263 .243 .282 .317 .334 .356 .408 .673 .742 82 .427 -4.7 -0.5 .614 .223 .114 .0
16 Seasons 6565 4416 921 5.6 106 .316 .297 .291 .342 .348 .452 .408 .794 .756 109 .575 67.8 6.5 .739 .224 .156 90.3
162 Game Avg. 656 441 92 5.6 106 .316 .297 .291 .342 .348 .452 .408 .794 .756 109 .575 7 1 .739 .224 .156 9
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
NYG (11 yrs) 4614 3087 674 5.9 103 .320 .301 .290 .348 .346 .465 .401 .813 .746 117 .613 90.5 8.6 .761 .232 .164 75.1
CIN (4 yrs) 1523 1038 197 5.1 112 .312 .289 .294 .329 .356 .433 .423 .763 .779 95 .489 -12.0 -1.1 .705 .209 .144 13.7
PIT (1 yr) 24 21 1 1.3 81 .143 .087 .260 .125 .318 .174 .343 .299 .661 -10 .148 -3.2 -0.4 .238 .130 .087
BRO (1 yr) 226 155 23 4.0 102 .263 .243 .282 .317 .334 .356 .408 .673 .742 82 .426 -4.7 -0.5 .614 .223 .114 .0
CHC (1 yr) 178 115 26 6.0 127 .354 .331 .313 .362 .372 .434 .466 .796 .837 91 .511 -2.8 -0.2 .721 .145 .102 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1921 25 NYG NL WS NYY W 8 33 30 3 7 1 0 0 4 0 1 3 10 .233 .303 .267 .570 8 3 0 0 0 0
1922 26 NYG NL WS NYY W 5 20 18 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 .278 .278 .278 .556 5 1 0 2 0 0
1923 27 NYG NL WS NYY L 6 23 22 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .182 .217 .182 .399 4 3 0 0 0 0
1924 28 NYG NL WS WSH L 7 33 31 7 9 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 8 .290 .303 .419 .722 13 2 0 0 1 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 26 109 101 11 25 2 0 1 11 0 2 5 23 .248 .280 .297 .577 30 9 0 2 1 0
4 WS 26 109 101 11 25 2 0 1 11 0 2 5 23 .248 .280 .297 .577 30 9 0 2 1 0

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
1915 19 17 40 38 2 6 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 9 .158 .179 .237 .416 29 9 0 1
1916 20 66 124 114 6 18 2 1 1 7 1 1 7 33 .158 .207 .219 .426 33 25 0 3
1917 21 85 155 144 8 20 2 2 1 7 1 1 8 45 .139 .184 .201 .386 20 29 0 3
1918 22 85 155 144 8 20 2 2 1 7 1 1 8 45 .139 .184 .201 .386 20 29 0 3
1919 23 117 271 251 20 51 8 4 2 21 2 1 11 60 .203 .240 .291 .530 62 73 1 8
1920 24 272 922 841 89 208 30 15 13 115 8 17 52 152 .247 .297 .365 .662 93 307 7 22
1921 25 421 1569 1428 184 389 72 24 36 237 12 29 92 225 .272 .321 .432 .753 109 617 10 39
1922 26 572 2209 2020 280 583 105 32 53 344 24 32 122 290 .289 .333 .451 .784 112 911 13 54
1923 27 717 2826 2580 362 755 128 37 69 447 38 39 169 354 .293 .339 .451 .791 112 1164 14 63
1924 28 861 3453 3151 453 940 165 46 90 583 45 41 207 406 .298 .345 .466 .811 117 1467 19 76
1925 29 1008 4086 3737 540 1121 194 49 110 682 50 43 242 460 .300 .346 .466 .812 116 1743 21 86
1926 30 1144 4638 4236 610 1272 218 53 123 762 54 43 278 512 .300 .347 .464 .811 116 1965 23 101
1927 31 1205 4874 4458 637 1332 234 57 128 783 55 43 289 535 .299 .345 .463 .808 115 2064 24 103
1928 32 1321 5323 4860 683 1451 267 64 131 841 57 43 317 570 .299 .345 .461 .806 115 2239 26 120
1929 33 1468 5955 5437 756 1620 312 73 136 944 64 43 350 631 .298 .343 .457 .801 112 2486 27 141
1930 34 1558 6339 5791 796 1729 328 75 144 998 65 43 364 667 .299 .343 .456 .799 110 2639 28 156
1931 35 1558 6339 5791 796 1729 328 75 144 998 65 43 364 667 .299 .343 .456 .799 110 2639 28 156
1932 36 1622 6565 5993 819 1778 337 76 148 1020 65 43 386 694 .297 .342 .452 .794 109 2711 28 158

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
1915 19 18 41 40 3 7 0 0 1 6 0 1 9 .175 .195 .250 .445 2 17
1916 20 51 89 81 6 15 2 1 0 4 1 8 25 .185 .258 .235 .493 5 49
1917 21 20 34 32 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 12 .094 .147 .219 .366 1 19
1919 23 37 134 129 17 41 8 3 1 20 1 4 17 .318 .343 .450 .793 20 32
1920 24 163 674 624 81 169 24 12 12 110 6 44 97 .271 .325 .405 .730 80 155
1921 25 158 654 611 96 181 42 9 23 123 4 40 77 .296 .343 .507 .850 105 149
1922 26 158 635 603 87 187 32 8 16 97 12 29 68 .310 .345 .469 .814 97 151
1923 27 153 627 579 79 171 23 5 16 99 14 47 67 .295 .349 .435 .785 87 145
1924 28 151 646 601 95 195 39 9 22 143 7 40 55 .324 .372 .529 .901 117 144
1925 29 156 647 610 83 181 29 3 20 95 5 35 57 .297 .337 .452 .789 92 147
1926 30 142 559 520 72 156 25 4 13 82 4 37 54 .300 .349 .438 .787 79 136
1927 31 64 246 233 28 63 17 4 5 22 1 12 24 .270 .309 .442 .751 32 61
1928 32 122 451 420 46 122 34 7 3 58 2 29 37 .290 .339 .426 .765 60 116
1929 33 155 625 592 67 163 43 9 5 94 7 32 64 .275 .314 .404 .717 75 147
1930 34 94 370 356 34 100 15 2 7 45 1 13 38 .281 .308 .393 .701 43 90
1932 36 67 232 210 23 50 9 1 4 22 0 22 28 .238 .310 .348 .658 23 64
16 Seasons 1709 6664 6241 821 1804 342 79 148 1020 65 395 729 .289 .334 .440 .774 918 1622
162 Game Avg. 162 632 592 78 171 32 7 14 97 6 37 69 .289 .334 .440 .774 87 1622

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1947 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1948 BBWAA ( 1.7%)
1949 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1956 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1958 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1960 BBWAA ( 1.9%)
1962 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1973 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1973 by Veteran's Committee

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1924 NL (6, 42%)
1925 NL (3, 65%)
1926 NL (23, 2%)
1.09 Career Shares (216th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1921 NL  .528 (3rd)
1922 NL  .497 (10th)
1924 NL  .531 (6th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1921 NL  .884 (7th)
1924 NL  .902 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1920 NL  155 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1920 NL  590 (7th)
1924 NL  571 (8th)
1925 NL  586 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1920 NL  651 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1924 NL  91 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1924 NL  185 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1921 NL  310 (2nd)
1922 NL  294 (6th)
1924 NL  303 (4th)
1925 NL  276 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1921 NL  42 (2nd)
1922 NL  33 (8th)
1924 NL  37 (3rd)
1929 NL  45 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1920 NL  11 (3rd)
1921 NL  23 (1st)
1922 NL  17 (3rd)
1923 NL  16 (6th)
1924 NL  21 (4th)
1925 NL  20 (6th)
1926 NL  13 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1920 NL  94 (1st)
1921 NL  122 (2nd)
1922 NL  107 (4th)
1923 NL  103 (4th)
1924 NL  136 (1st)
1925 NL  99 (10th)
Career  1020 (247th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1920 NL  92 (1st)
1921 NL  73 (3rd)
1922 NL  65 (3rd)
1923 NL  64 (3rd)
1924 NL  52 (8th)
1925 NL  54 (5th)
1926 NL  52 (8th)
1929 NL  61 (3rd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1921 NL  130 (7th)
1924 NL  141 (7th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1921 NL  104 (7th)
1922 NL  107 (10th)
1924 NL  111 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1921 NL  24 (9th)
1924 NL  32 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1921 NL  2.3 (9th)
1924 NL  3.1 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1921 NL  74 (2nd)
1922 NL  58 (7th)
1924 NL  67 (2nd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1924 NL  228 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1924 NL  .710 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1920 NL  6 (10th)
1924 NL  5 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1929 NL  21 (10th)
Career  158 (152nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1920 NL  7.8 (10th)
1922 NL  14.1 (4th)
1923 NL  14.9 (4th)
1924 NL  10.5 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1920 NL  53.6 (6th)
1921 NL  25.5 (1st)
1922 NL  34.8 (6th)
1923 NL  35.0 (7th)
1924 NL  27.2 (5th)
1925 NL  29.3 (7th)
1926 NL  38.4 (6th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1920 NL  463 (6th)
1925 NL  417 (9th)
1929 NL  429 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1915 NL  born 1895-09-10 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 13 (180), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 79 (298), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 48 (388), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (640), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  9. Bob Watson (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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