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George Selkirk

George Alexander Selkirk (Twinkletoes)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: January 4, 1908 in Huntsville, Ontario, CAN (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1934
Team: Yankees 1934-1942

Final Game: September 27, 1942
Died: January 19, 1987 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Buried: Siloam United Methodist Church Cemetery, Harrisonville, PA
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:19AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #590. Pepper Martin… #591. Tony Pena… #592. Ruben Sierra… #593. GEORGE SELKIRK… #594. Orlando Cabrera… #595. Joe Kuhel… #596. Matty Alou… 

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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
1934 26 NYY AL 46 192 176 23 55 7 1 5 38 1 1 15 17 .313 .370 .449 .819 116 79 1 0 O
1935 27 NYY AL 128 541 491 64 153 29 12 11 94 2 7 44 36 .312 .372 .487 .859 125 239 3 3 *O
1936 28 NYY AL 137 592 493 93 152 28 9 18 107 13 7 94 60 .308 .420 .511 .931 132 252 1 4 *O AS
1937 29 NYY AL 78 293 256 49 84 13 5 18 68 8 2 34 24 .328 .411 .629 1.040 156 161 2 1 O
1938 30 NYY AL 99 407 335 58 85 12 5 10 62 9 4 68 52 .254 .384 .409 .793 99 137 3 1 O
1939 31 NYY AL 128 537 418 103 128 17 4 21 101 12 5 103 49 .306 .452 .517 .969 148 216 3 8 8 *O AS
1940 32 NYY AL 118 470 379 68 102 17 5 19 71 3 6 84 43 .269 .406 .491 .896 135 186 3 3 4 *O
1941 33 NYY AL 70 195 164 30 36 5 0 6 25 1 0 28 30 .220 .340 .360 .700 86 59 3 2 1 O
1942 34 NYY AL 42 95 78 15 15 3 0 0 10 0 0 16 8 .192 .330 .231 .561 60 18 1 0 1 O
9 Seasons 846 3322 2790 503 810 131 41 108 576 49 32 486 319 .290 .400 .483 .883 127 1347 10 23 23
162 Game Avg. 162 636 534 96 155 25 8 21 110 9 6 93 61 .290 .400 .483 .883 127 258 4 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1934 26 NYY AL 192 3 -1 0 0 3 -2 6 9 0.9 6 0.6 0.3 $ O
1935 27 NYY AL 541 20 -3 0 0 12 -6 17 40 3.9 28 2.7 1.2 $ *O
1936 28 NYY AL 592 30 -1 0 0 6 -6 18 47 4.4 41 3.8 0.6 $ *O AS
1937 29 NYY AL 293 24 1 0 0 5 -3 10 37 3.5 32 3.1 0.4 $ O
1938 30 NYY AL 407 2 0 0 0 0 -4 13 11 1.1 11 1.1 0.0 $ O
1939 31 NYY AL 537 43 1 0 0 7 -6 17 62 5.9 55 5.3 0.6 $ *O AS
1940 32 NYY AL 470 24 -2 0 0 0 -5 13 30 2.9 30 3.0 -0.1 $ *O
1941 33 NYY AL 195 -3 1 0 0 0 -2 5 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ O
1942 34 NYY AL 95 -3 1 0 0 0 -1 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ O
9 Seasons 3322 140 -3 0 0 33 -35 101 236 22.6 203 19.6 3.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1936 28 NYY AL WS NYG W 6 28 24 6 8 0 1 2 3 0 1 4 4 .333 .429 .667 1.095 16 0 0 0 0 1
1937 29 NYY AL WS NYG W 5 21 19 5 5 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 .263 .333 .316 .649 6 0 0 0 0 0
1938 30 NYY AL WS CHC W 3 12 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 2 0 0 0 0 0
1939 31 NYY AL WS CIN W 4 15 12 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .167 .333 .250 .583 3 0 0 0 0 0
1941 33 NYY AL WS BRO W 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1942 34 NYY AL WS STL L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons (6 Series) 21 79 68 11 18 2 1 2 10 0 1 11 7 .265 .367 .412 .779 28 0 0 0 0 1
6 WS 21 79 68 11 18 2 1 2 10 0 1 11 7 .265 .367 .412 .779 28 0 0 0 0 1

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1934 NYY AL 26 OF 46 94 90 3 1 1 .989 2.02 .968 2.29
1934 NYY AL 26 LF 43 37 37 79 75 3 1 1 .987 1.81 .968 2.17
1934 NYY AL 26 RF 7 7 3 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 .964 2.07
1935 NYY AL 27 OF 127 285 269 9 7 1 .975 2.19 .970 2.39
1935 NYY AL 27 RF 127 124 117 285 269 9 7 1 .975 2.19 .968 2.09
1936 NYY AL 28 OF 135 308 290 10 8 3 .974 2.22 .968 2.38 AS
1936 NYY AL 28 RF 115 110 110 251 237 7 7 3 .972 2.12 .967 2.18 AS
1936 NYY AL 28 LF 21 20 19 57 53 3 1 0 .982 2.67 .963 2.12 AS
1937 NYY AL 29 OF 69 151 140 9 2 1 .987 2.16 .969 2.35
1937 NYY AL 29 RF 69 69 67 151 140 9 2 1 .987 2.16 .964 2.04
1938 NYY AL 30 OF 95 188 176 7 5 3 .973 1.93 .972 2.35
1938 NYY AL 30 LF 94 93 90 187 176 7 4 3 .979 1.95 .972 2.17
1938 NYY AL 30 RF 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 .970 2.10
1939 NYY AL 31 OF 124 261 254 4 3 1 .989 2.08 .969 2.44 AS
1939 NYY AL 31 LF 88 88 85 195 192 1 2 0 .990 2.19 .966 2.38 AS
1939 NYY AL 31 RF 37 34 34 67 63 3 1 1 .985 1.78 .962 2.08 AS
1940 NYY AL 32 OF 111 238 220 9 9 6 .962 2.06 .970 2.40
1940 NYY AL 32 LF 79 78 77 178 164 6 8 4 .955 2.15 .963 2.33
1940 NYY AL 32 RF 31 28 26 54 51 2 1 2 .981 1.71 .970 2.09
1940 NYY AL 32 CF 2 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 .976 2.80
1941 NYY AL 33 OF 47 91 84 4 3 2 .967 1.87 .973 2.41
1941 NYY AL 33 RF 28 23 23 53 49 3 1 2 .981 1.86 .969 2.14
1941 NYY AL 33 LF 19 16 16 38 35 1 2 0 .947 1.89 .975 2.31
1942 NYY AL 34 OF 19 36 36 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 .976 2.38
1942 NYY AL 34 RF 19 17 16 36 36 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 .969 2.07
9 Seasons OF 773 1652 1559 55 38 18 .977 2.09 .970 2.38
9 Seasons RF 434 413 397 913 860 33 20 10 .978 2.06 .967 2.11
6 Seasons LF 344 332 324 734 695 21 18 8 .975 2.08 .967 2.27
1 Season CF 2 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 .976 2.80
9 Seasons TOT 773 1652 1559 55 38 18 .977 2.09 .970 2.38
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1948 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1949 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1950 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1951 BBWAA ( 0.9%)
1952 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1953 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1936 *
1939 (LF)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1939 AL  5.9 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1939 AL  5.3 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1935 AL  1.2 (4th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1936 AL  .420 (10th)
1939 AL  .452 (2nd)
Career  .400 (60th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1939 AL  .517 (9th)
Career  .483 (170th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1936 AL  .931 (10th)
1939 AL  .969 (7th)
1940 AL  .896 (9th)
Career  .883 (89th)

Triples s c a p y
1935 AL  12 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1936 AL  18 (10th)
1939 AL  21 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1936 AL  94 (6th)
1939 AL  103 (4th)
1940 AL  84 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1936 AL  60 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1935 AL  125 (10th)
1936 AL  132 (9th)
1939 AL  148 (7th)
Career  127 (213th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1936 AL  27 (10th)
1939 AL  37 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1936 AL  2.4 (10th)
1939 AL  3.4 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1939 AL  .716 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1939 AL  8 (2nd)
1940 AL  3 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1935 AL  7 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1936 AL  15.1 (5th)
1939 AL  15.3 (4th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1936 AL  27.4 (9th)
1939 AL  19.9 (7th)
1940 AL  19.9 (6th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1939 AL  2.19 (4th)
1940 AL  2.15 (5th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1938 AL  .979 (3rd)
1939 AL  .990 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1935 AL  2.19 (1st)
1936 AL  2.12 (3rd)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1935 AL  .975 (2nd)
1936 AL  .972 (2nd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1939 AL  .989 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 18 (1077), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 38 (512), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (577), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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