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George Selkirk
George Alexander Selkirk (Twinkletoes)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 182 lb.

Born: January 4, 1908 in Huntsville, ON, CAN (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1934
Final Game: September 27, 1942
Died: January 19, 1987 in Ft.Lauderdale, FL
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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 .819 117 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 1.040 157 161 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

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
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 Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1934 NYY AL 26 OF 46 94 90 3 1 1 .989 2.02 .967 2.16 43-0-7
1935 NYY AL 27 OF 127 285 269 9 7 1 .975 2.19 .970 2.30 0-0-127
1936 NYY AL 28 OF 135 308 290 10 8 3 .974 2.22 .968 2.29 18-0-118 AS
1937 NYY AL 29 OF 69 151 140 9 2 1 .987 2.16 .968 2.28 0-0-69
1938 NYY AL 30 OF 95 188 176 7 5 3 .973 1.93 .972 2.28 95-0-0
1939 NYY AL 31 OF 124 261 254 4 3 1 .989 2.08 .968 2.35 86-0-38 AS
1940 NYY AL 32 OF 111 238 220 9 9 6 .962 2.06 .970 2.32 79-2-31
1941 NYY AL 33 OF 47 91 84 4 3 2 .967 1.87 .974 2.33 19-0-28
1942 NYY AL 34 OF 19 36 36 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 .975 2.31 0-0-19
9 Seasons OF 773 1652 1559 55 38 18 .977 2.09 .969 2.30 340-2-437
9 Seasons TOT 773 1652 1559 55 38 18 .977 2.09 .946 2.30 340-2-437

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games
1936 *
1939 (LF)

On-Base% s c a p y
1936 AL--.420--10th
1939 AL--.452--2nd
Career--.400--59th

Slugging % s c a p y
1939 AL--.517--9th
Career--.483--162nd

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--208th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1936 AL--27--10th
1939 AL--37--6th
1940 AL--23--8th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1936 AL--2.4--10th
1939 AL--3.4--6th
1940 AL--2.2--8th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1939 AL--.716--7th
Career--.636--250th

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--27.389--9th
1939 AL--19.905--7th
1940 AL--19.947--6th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 18 (1059), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 31 (567), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (487), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Hideki Matsui (941)
  3. Milton Bradley (925)
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  5. Chet Laabs (920)
  6. Wally Westlake (919)
  7. Grady Sizemore (918)
  8. Wally Judnich (918)
  9. Bob Nieman (916)
  10. George Harper (914)
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  5. Moose Solters (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Brian Jordan (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tommy Henrich (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Hideki Matsui (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

February 11, 1946: Released by the New York Yankees.

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