Charlie Keller

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: September 12, 1916 in Middletown, MD us

Died: May 23, 1990 in Frederick, MD

Buried: Christ Reformed Cemetery, Middletown, MD

High School: Frederick HS (Frederick, MD)

School: University of Maryland (College Park, MD)

Debut: April 22, 1939 (Age 22-222d, 8,636th in major league history)
vs. WSH 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 14, 1952 (Age 36-002d)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Charles Ernest Keller

Nicknames: King Kong

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Relatives: Brother of Hal Keller

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

43.6

3790

1085

189

.286

725

RBI

760

OBP

.410

SLG

.518

OPS

.928

OPS+

152

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	18-36 / in Starts: 4-2
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 74 PAs	21
Actual Runners on Base	70 (32-25-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 74 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	48 (25-15-7)

Most Driven In
D Kryhoski	3
J Groth	2
G Kell	2
J Priddy	2
V Wertz	2
Self	2
B Souchock	1
P Mullin	1

Most Driven In By
Self	2
G Kell	1
B Cain	1
J Groth	1
H Evers	0

1951 Batting Game Log

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1951 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1115	1	Apr 17	DET		CLE	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	1.85	-0.048	4.66	-0.07%	-0.11	PH
2	1116	2	Apr 18	DET		CLE	L,2-4	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	3.49	-0.079	8.60	-0.12%	-0.37	PH
3	1117	3	Apr 20	DET	@	CHW	L,0-5	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.29	0.012	.64	0.02%	0.21	PH
4	1118	6 (2)	Apr 23	DET		SLB	W,7-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	2.76	-0.063	5.08	-0.07%	-0.48	PH
5	1119	8 (1)	Apr 29	DET		CHW	L,0-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.96	-0.052	4.21	-0.07%	-0.45	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	1120	9	May 1	DET		PHA	L,1-9	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	5	2.68	0.098	4.65	0.10%	0.27	PH
7	1121	10	May 2	DET		PHA	W,5-4	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.429	.200	.629	9	3.85	0.004	6.08	0.00%	0.12	PH
8	1122	14 (3)	May 6	DET		NYY	L,6-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.375	.167	.542	9	.56	-0.017	1.19	-0.02%	-0.78	PH
9	1123	20 (5)	May 13 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,10-13	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.167	.444	.167	.611	9						PH
10	1124	24 (3)	May 17	DET	@	WSH	L,6-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.400	.143	.543	9	.20	-0.005	.67	-0.01%	-0.36	PH
11	1125	27 (2)	May 21	DET	@	BOS	L,7-9	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.455	.250	.705	9	3.91	0.117	13.78	0.25%	1.00	PH
12	1126	30 (2)	May 25	DET		SLB	L,3-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.417	.222	.639	8	3.34	-0.050	6.82	-0.06%	-0.21	PH
13	1127	35 (4)	May 29	DET		CLE	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.385	.200	.585	8	3.51	-0.090	4.32	-0.07%	-0.24	PH
14	1128	36	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.357	.182	.539	9	3.45	-0.102	3.63	-0.07%	-0.59	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	1129	38 (1)	Jun 2	DET		NYY	L,7-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.333	.167	.500	9	4.39	-0.041	4.46	-0.03%	-0.43	PH
16	1130	39	Jun 3 (1)	DET		WSH	L,4-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.313	.154	.466	9	1.87	-0.047	1.19	-0.02%	-0.17	PH
17	1131	48 (8)	Jun 12	DET	@	BOS	W,7-3	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.294	.143	.437	7	.23	-0.006	.27	0.00%	-0.82	PH
18	1132	55 (6)	Jun 20 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.133	.278	.133	.411	6	2.69	0.116	2.05	0.05%	0.76	PH
19	1133	57 (1)	Jun 22	DET	@	WSH	W,7-3	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.316	.133	.449	7	.05	0.002	.04	0.00%	0.34	PH
20	1134	58	Jun 23	DET	@	WSH	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.350	.188	.538	7	.29	0.008	.28	0.01%	1.00	PH
21	1135	60 (1)	Jun 26	DET	@	CHW	L,3-11	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.333	.176	.510	9	.04	-0.001	.05	0.00%	-0.30	PH
22	1136	61	Jun 27	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.364	.222	.586	8	3.54	0.184	3.71	0.12%	1.00	PH
23	1137	62	Jun 29	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.391	.222	.614	9	2.21	0.063	1.77	0.03%	1.00	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	1138	64 (1)	Jul 1 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.375	.211	.586	2	2.85	-0.072	1.96	-0.03%	-0.23	PH
25	1139	69 (4)	Jul 6	DET		CLE	L,4-7	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.375	.211	.586	9						PH
26	1140	72 (2)	Jul 8 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-10	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.360	.200	.560	9	.11	-0.003	.03	0.00%	-0.45	PH
27	1141	74 (1)	Jul 13	DET		WSH	L,1-3	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.385	.200	.585	9	.58	0.031	.13	0.00%	0.13	PH
28	1142	77 (2)	Jul 15 (2)	DET		NYY	L,7-8	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.407	.381	.788	1	1.30	0.066	.23	0.01%	2.07	PH
29	1143	78	Jul 16	DET		NYY	L,6-8	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.429	.381	.810	2	2.37	0.079	.40	0.01%	0.39	PH
30	1144	80 (1)	Jul 18	DET		PHA	L,9-16	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.414	.364	.777	7	3.63	-0.094	.34	-0.01%	-0.45	PH
31	1145	85 (4)	Jul 22	DET		BOS	L,9-10	GS-8	4	4	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.308	.455	.577	1.031	4	1.31	0.142	.08	0.01%	1.52	RF
32	1146	86	Jul 24	DET	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.459	.567	1.026	4	1.41	0.202	.04	0.00%	1.46	LF
33	1147	87	Jul 25	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.463	.531	.995	4	1.07	0.041	.05	0.00%	0.33	RF
34	1148	88	Jul 26	DET	@	WSH	W,6-3	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.476	.531	1.007	8	4.16	0.141	.08	0.00%	1.00	PH
35	1149	90 (1)	Jul 28	DET	@	PHA	W,6-5	8-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.488	.576	1.064	1	.98	0.105	.03	0.00%	1.88	PH
36	1150	92 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.477	.559	1.036	9	.91	-0.023	.04	0.00%	-0.25	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	1151	94 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,9-8	8-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.314	.467	.543	1.010	9	4.47	0.033	.11	0.00%	0.05	PH LF
38	1152	96 (1)	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	W,6-0	8-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.478	.556	1.034	7	1.05	0.037	.01	0.00%	0.73	PH
39	1153	100 (3)	Aug 5 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,8-5	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.351	.489	.568	1.057	9	1.36	0.071	.02	0.00%	1.00	PH
40	1154	101	Aug 6	DET		CHW	L,1-10	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.342	.479	.553	1.032	9						PH
41	1155	103 (1)	Aug 8	DET		CHW	W,6-5	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.469	.538	1.008	3	4.98	-0.139	.02	0.00%	-0.51	PH
42	1156	104	Aug 9	DET		SLB	L,3-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.325	.460	.525	.985	1						PH
43	1157	105	Aug 10	DET		SLB	L,2-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.317	.451	.512	.963	1						PH
44	1158	107 (1)	Aug 12	DET		SLB	W,2-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.310	.442	.500	.942	9						PH
45	1159	108	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.302	.434	.488	.922	9	2.48	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.43	PH
46	1160	109	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	10-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.302	.444	.488	.933	9	3.02	0.080	.00	0.00%	0.38	PH
47	1161	112 (2)	Aug 17	DET	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.271	.407	.438	.844	3						LF
48	1162	114 (1)	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.381	.404	.785	3						LF
49	1163	115	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,6-2	0-GF	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1			0	0	0	.259	.385	.407	.792	4						RF
50	1164	118 (2)	Aug 21	DET		NYY	L,4-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.379	.400	.779	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH
51	1165	119	Aug 22	DET		NYY	W,7-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.373	.393	.766	9	3.47	-0.090	.00	0.00%	-0.45	PH
52	1166	121 (1)	Aug 24	DET		WSH	L,7-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.368	.386	.754	5	1.67	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.45	PH
53	1167	123 (1)	Aug 26	DET		PHA	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.262	.375	.443	.818	5						RF
54	1168	126 (2)	Aug 29	DET		BOS	L,5-7	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.370	.435	.805	8	2.76	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.48	PH
							18-36		74	62	6	16	2	0	3	21	11	0	12	0	1		1	0	0	1	.258	.370	.435	.805		1.93	0.440	1.50	-0.03%	7.53

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