George Kell

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 175lb (175cm, 79kg)

Born: August 23, 1922 in Swifton, AR us

Died: March 24, 2009 in Swifton, AR

Buried: Swifton Cemetery, Swifton, AR

High School: Swifton HS (Swifton, AR)

School: Arkansas State University (Jonesboro, AR)

Debut: September 28, 1943 (Age 21-036d, 9,539th in major league history)
vs. SLB 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 14, 1957 (Age 35-022d)
vs. DET 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1983. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View George Kell's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1944 season

Full Name: George Clyde Kell

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Relatives: Brother of Skeeter Kell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

37.6

6702

2054

.307

880

RBI

870

OBP

.367

SLG

.414

OPS

.781

OPS+

112

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 22	CHW	@	KCA	W,3-0	GS	21	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
2	6	Apr 27	CHW		KCA	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	7	May 1	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
4	8	May 3	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
5	9	May 4	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
6	10	May 5	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
7	11	May 6 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
8	12	May 6 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-4	GS	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	1B 3B
9	13	May 8	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	57	12.1	3	3	0	6	0	3B
10	14	May 9	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
11	15	May 10	CHW	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
12	16	May 11	CHW	@	DET	W,9-7	GS	21	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
13	17	May 12	CHW	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
14	18	May 13	CHW	@	DET	W,8-1	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
15	19	May 15	CHW		WSH	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
16	20	May 16	CHW		WSH	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
17	21	May 17	CHW		NYY	L,3-10	GS	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
18	22	May 18	CHW		NYY	L,7-8	CG	46	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
19	23	May 19	CHW		NYY	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
20	24	May 20 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,5-12	GS	33	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
21	25	May 20 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Baltimore Orioles
22	33	May 23	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
23	34	May 25	BAL		NYY	L,2-10	GS	33	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
24	35	May 26	BAL		NYY	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
25	36	May 28	BAL		WSH	W,6-5	GS	26	6.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
26	37	May 29	BAL		WSH	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
27	38	May 30 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
28	39	May 30 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
29	40	May 31	BAL		BOS	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	41	Jun 1	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
31	42	Jun 3 (1)	BAL		CHW	L,0-12	GS	25	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
32	43	Jun 3 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,2-9	GS	39	7.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
33	44	Jun 4	BAL		CHW	L,4-13	GS	27	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
34	45	Jun 5	BAL		CLE	L,3-8	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
35	46	Jun 6	BAL		CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
36	47	Jun 7	BAL		CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
37	48	Jun 8	BAL		KCA	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
38	49	Jun 9 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
39	50	Jun 9 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
40	51	Jun 10	BAL		KCA	L,3-7	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
41	55 (3)	Jun 15	BAL	@	KCA	W,1-0	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
42	56	Jun 16	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
43	60 (3)	Jun 20	BAL	@	CHW	L,8-12	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
44	61	Jun 21	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
45	62	Jun 22	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	46	11.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
46	63	Jun 24 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
47	64	Jun 24 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
48	66 (1)	Jun 27	BAL	@	CLE	L,11-12	GF	19	3.1	1	1	0	2	0	1B 3B
49	67	Jun 29	BAL		BOS	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
50	68	Jun 30 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
51	69	Jun 30 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	70	Jul 1	BAL		BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
53	71	Jul 3	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	55	11.1	4	4	1	9	0	3B 1B
54	72	Jul 4 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	L,8-10	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
55	73	Jul 4 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	W,7-4	GS	23	5.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
56	74	Jul 7	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B 2B
57	75	Jul 8 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-9	GS	31	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
58	76	Jul 8 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
59	77	Jul 12	BAL		KCA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
60	78	Jul 13	BAL		KCA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
61	79	Jul 14	BAL		KCA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
62	80	Jul 15 (1)	BAL		DET	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
63	81	Jul 15 (2)	BAL		DET	W,6-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
64	82	Jul 17 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
65	83	Jul 17 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	3B
66	84	Jul 18	BAL		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
67	85	Jul 19	BAL		CHW	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
68	86	Jul 21 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
69	87	Jul 21 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
70	89 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
71	90	Jul 24 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
72	91	Jul 25	BAL	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
73	92	Jul 26	BAL	@	DET	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
74	93	Jul 27	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
75	94	Jul 28	BAL	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
76	95	Jul 29 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
77	96	Jul 29 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
78	97	Jul 30	BAL	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
79	98	Jul 31	BAL	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	99	Aug 1	BAL	@	KCA	L,4-9	GS	31	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
81	100	Aug 2	BAL	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	2	3B
82	101	Aug 3	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-13	GS	19	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
83	102	Aug 4	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-15	GS	28	5.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
84	103	Aug 5 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
85	104	Aug 5 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
86	105	Aug 8	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
87	106	Aug 9	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
88	107	Aug 10	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	2	2	0	4	1	3B
89	108	Aug 11	BAL	@	NYY	W,10-5	GS	24	6.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
90	116 (7)	Aug 19	BAL		NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
91	117	Aug 21	BAL		KCA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
92	118	Aug 22	BAL		KCA	L,2-7	CG	49	11.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
93	119	Aug 23	BAL		DET	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
94	120	Aug 24	BAL		DET	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
95	121	Aug 25	BAL		DET	L,3-7	GS	21	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
96	122	Aug 26 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
97	123	Aug 26 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,1-5	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
98	124	Aug 28	BAL		CLE	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
99	125	Aug 29	BAL		CLE	L,2-3	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
100	126	Aug 31	BAL	@	BOS	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	127	Sep 1	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	3B
102	128	Sep 2	BAL	@	BOS	W,11-10	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
103	129	Sep 3 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS	34	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
104	131 (1)	Sep 5	BAL	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
105	132	Sep 6	BAL	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
106	133	Sep 7 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,5-7	CG	44	10.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
107	134	Sep 7 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
108	136 (1)	Sep 9	BAL		BOS	L,2-3	CG	49	12.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
109	137	Sep 11	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	3B
110	138	Sep 12	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
111	139	Sep 13	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
112	142 (2)	Sep 16 (1)	BAL	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
113	144 (1)	Sep 18	BAL	@	DET	L,2-6	GS	20	4.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
114	145	Sep 19	BAL	@	DET	L,1-9	GS	28	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
115	146	Sep 21	BAL		WSH	W,7-3	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
116	147	Sep 22	BAL		WSH	W,8-6	GS	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
							122gm		924.2	138	198	7	343	24