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George Kelly
George Lange Kelly (Highpockets)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 10, 1895 in San Francisco, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1915
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
Relatives: Brother of Ren Kelly and Cousin of Rich Chiles
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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 6 24 .158 .220 .211 .430 35 16 0 2 3O/5
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

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

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1917 21 NYG NL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 20 1.000 7.2 0.0 1.8 3.6 2.00
1 Season 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 20 1.000 7.2 0.0 1.8 3.6 2.00
162 Game Avg. 68 0 1.000 0.00 68 0 68 0 0 0 340 272 0 0 0 68 136 0 0 0 1360 1.000 7.2 0.0 1.8 3.6 2.00

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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1915 NYG NL 19 1B 9 59 55 3 1 1 .983 6.44 .990 10.23
1915 NYG NL 19 OF 4 9 7 1 1 0 .889 2.00 .967 2.00 0-4-0
1916 NYG NL 20 1B 13 104 100 2 2 4 .981 7.85 .988 10.15
1916 NYG NL 20 OF 12 6 6 0 0 1 1.000 0.50 .967 2.00 0-2-5
1916 NYG NL 20 3B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 3.00
1917 TOT NL 21 1B 9 72 68 2 2 4 .972 7.78 .989 10.51
1917 NYG NL 21 OF 4 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 2.08 3-0-1
1917 NYG NL 21 1B 1 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 2.00 1.000 10.50
1917 NYG NL 21 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00
1917 NYG NL 21 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80
1917 PIT NL 21 1B 8 70 66 2 2 3 .971 8.50 .989 10.51
1919 NYG NL 23 1B 32 354 341 11 2 17 .994 11.00 .988 10.84
1920 NYG NL 24 1B 155 1873 1759 103 11 115 .994 12.01 .990 6.45
1921 NYG NL 25 1B 149 1684 1552 115 17 132 .990 11.19 .990 6.71
1922 NYG NL 26 1B 151 1758 1642 103 13 123 .993 11.56 .990 6.62
1923 NYG NL 27 1B 145 1640 1568 60 12 111 .993 11.23 .990 6.90
1924 NYG NL 28 1B 125 1379 1309 60 10 107 .993 10.95 .989 8.00 MVP-6
1924 NYG NL 28 OF 14 41 39 1 1 0 .976 2.86 .963 2.24 5-9-0 MVP-6
1924 NYG NL 28 2B 5 29 9 18 2 2 .931 5.40 .962 5.60 MVP-6
1924 NYG NL 28 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 MVP-6
1925 NYG NL 29 2B 108 679 272 394 13 68 .981 6.17 .967 5.61 MVP-3
1925 NYG NL 29 1B 25 282 263 16 3 13 .989 11.16 .989 9.73 MVP-3
1925 NYG NL 29 OF 17 34 31 1 2 0 .941 1.88 .968 2.33 8-0-9 MVP-3
1926 NYG NL 30 1B 114 1284 1196 79 9 89 .993 11.18 .989 8.77 MVP-23
1926 NYG NL 30 2B 18 108 37 65 6 12 .944 5.67 .966 5.29 MVP-23
1927 CIN NL 31 1B 49 492 456 32 4 46 .992 9.96 .989 10.16
1927 CIN NL 31 2B 13 55 19 32 4 2 .927 3.92 .967 5.63
1927 CIN NL 31 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 1.000 2.35 2-0-0
1928 CIN NL 32 1B 99 972 894 69 9 99 .991 9.73 .989 10.10
1928 CIN NL 32 OF 13 36 33 1 2 1 .944 2.62 .972 2.31 9-0-4
1929 CIN NL 33 1B 147 1651 1537 103 11 127 .993 11.16 .989 6.80
1930 TOT NL 34 1B 89 989 917 67 5 75 .995 11.06 .990 9.90
1930 CIN NL 34 1B 50 542 503 35 4 44 .993 10.76 .990 9.90
1930 CHC NL 34 1B 39 447 414 32 1 31 .998 11.44 .990 9.90
1932 BRO NL 36 1B 62 621 575 36 10 48 .984 9.85 .990 9.91
1932 BRO NL 36 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 2.40 0-1-0
16 Seasons 1B 1373 15214 14232 861 121 1111 .992 10.99 .990 7.94
5 Seasons 2B 145 871 337 509 25 84 .971 5.83 .966 5.57
8 Seasons OF 67 132 120 6 6 2 .955 1.88 .967 2.21 27-16-19
2 Seasons 3B 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .900 2.90
1 Season P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80
16 Seasons TOT 1588 16218 14690 1376 152 1197 .991 10.12 .979 7.47 27-16-19
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% 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
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 (246th)

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 (149th)

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 (389), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (639), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Bill White (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  9. Bob Watson (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bob Watson (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

July 28, 1915: Purchased by the New York Giants from Victoria (Northwest) for $1,200. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

July 25, 1917: Selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the New York Giants.

August 4, 1917: Selected off waivers by the New York Giants from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

February 9, 1927: Traded by the New York Giants with cash to the Cincinnati Reds for Edd Roush.

July 10, 1930: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

July 17, 1930: Signed as a Free Agent with Minneapolis (American Association).

August 18, 1930: Traded by Minneapolis (American Association) to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later and Mal Moss. The Chicago Cubs sent Chick Tolson (August 22, 1930) to Minneapolis (American Association) to complete the trade.

February, 1931: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

April 7, 1932: Traded by Minneapolis (American Association) to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Pea Ridge Day.

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