George Kelly

Name Note: Name presented as High Pockets Kelly in some sources

Positions: First Baseman, Second Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 190lb (193cm, 86kg)

Born: September 10, 1895 in San Francisco, CA us

Died: October 13, 1984 in Burlingame, CA

Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, CA

Debut: August 18, 1915 (Age 19-342d, 4,384th in major league history)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 26, 1932 (Age 36-320d)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1973. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View George Kelly's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1916 season

Full Name: George Lange Kelly

Nicknames: High Pockets

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Relatives: Brother of Ren Kelly; Cousin of Rich Chiles; Nephew of Bill Lange

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.9

5993

1778

148

.297

819

RBI

1020

OBP

.342

SLG

.452

OPS

.795

OPS+

109

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

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	NYG		BRO	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
2	2	Apr 14	NYG		BRO	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
3	3	Apr 16	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	10	1	1	12	2
4	4	Apr 17	NYG		BSN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
5	5	Apr 18	NYG		BSN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 19	NYG		BSN	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	13	0	1	14	2
7	7	Apr 22	NYG	@	BRO	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
8	8	Apr 23	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
9	9	Apr 24	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	7	0	0	7	1
10	10	Apr 25	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-8	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
11	11	Apr 26	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	48	10.1	14	3	0	17	1
12	12	Apr 27	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
13	13	Apr 28	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	11	2	1	14	2
14	14	Apr 29	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	15	0	0	15	1
15	15	Apr 30	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	42	9.1	8	1	0	9	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	10	0	0	10	0
17	19 (2)	May 6	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
18	20	May 7	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
19	21	May 8	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
20	22	May 9	NYG	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	41	8.2	12	1	0	13	1
21	23	May 10	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
22	24	May 11	NYG	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	13	0	0	13	1
23	25	May 12	NYG	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
24	26	May 13	NYG	@	STL	W,12-1	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
25	27	May 14	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	10	0	1	11	0
26	28	May 15	NYG	@	CIN	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
27	29	May 16	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
28	30	May 17	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	11	3	0	14	0
29	31	May 19	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
30	32	May 20	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
31	33	May 21	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
32	34	May 22	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	40	8.1	8	2	0	10	2
33	35	May 23	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
34	36	May 25 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
35	37	May 25 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
36	42 (4)	May 31	NYG	@	PHI	W,12-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	43	Jun 1	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS	41	9.0	5	3	2	10	0
38	44	Jun 2 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	13	0	1	14	0
39	45	Jun 2 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
40	46	Jun 3	NYG	@	PHI	W,10-5	CG	45	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
41	47	Jun 4	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-10	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
42	48	Jun 5	NYG		BRO	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
43	49	Jun 6	NYG		CHC	W,15-3	CG	36	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
44	51 (1)	Jun 9	NYG		STL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	13	2	0	15	0
45	52	Jun 10	NYG		STL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	4
46	53	Jun 11	NYG		STL	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
47	54	Jun 13	NYG		CIN	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
48	55	Jun 14	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
49	56	Jun 15	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
50	57	Jun 17	NYG		PIT	W,6-5	CG	54	13.0	18	1	0	19	0
51	58	Jun 18	NYG		PIT	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
52	67 (8)	Jun 29 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
53	69 (1)	Jun 30	NYG		BSN	W,7-6	CG	60	15.0	22	5	1	28	3
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	70	Jul 1	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
55	71	Jul 2	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
56	72	Jul 3 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
57	73	Jul 3 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
58	74	Jul 4	NYG		BSN	L,4-5	CG	0	11.0	13	0	0	13	1
59	75	Jul 5 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
60	77 (1)	Jul 9 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
61	78	Jul 9 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
62	79	Jul 10	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
63	80	Jul 11	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	15	1	0	16	4
64	81	Jul 12	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
65	82	Jul 14 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,12-8	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
66	83	Jul 14 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
67	84	Jul 15	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
68	85	Jul 17	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
69	86	Jul 18	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	13	1	0	14	1
70	87	Jul 19	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
71	88	Jul 20	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-16	CG	45	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
72	89	Jul 22	NYG	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
73	90	Jul 23	NYG	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
74	91	Jul 24	NYG	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	39	11.0	15	2	0	17	2
75	92	Jul 25	NYG	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	44	10.1	1	1	0	2	1
76	93	Jul 27	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	8	3	0	11	1
77	94	Jul 28	NYG		PIT	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
78	95	Jul 30	NYG		STL	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
79	96	Jul 31 (1)	NYG		STL	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
80	97	Jul 31 (2)	NYG		STL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	98	Aug 1	NYG		STL	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
82	99	Aug 2	NYG		STL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
83	101 (1)	Aug 3 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
84	102	Aug 5	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
85	103	Aug 6	NYG		CIN	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
86	104	Aug 7 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,0-11	CG	43	9.0	15	1	0	16	1
87	105	Aug 7 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
88	106	Aug 8	NYG		CIN	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
89	107	Aug 9	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
90	108	Aug 10	NYG		CHC	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
91	109	Aug 11	NYG		CHC	L,1-11	CG	45	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
92	110	Aug 14	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	31	7.2	0	5	0	5	0
93	111	Aug 17	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	12	1	0	13	1
94	112	Aug 18	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	11	2	0	13	0
95	113	Aug 19	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	12	1	0	13	1
96	114	Aug 20	NYG	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	9	2	1	12	1
97	115	Aug 21	NYG	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
98	116	Aug 22	NYG	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
99	117	Aug 23	NYG	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
100	118	Aug 24	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	3	6	1	10	2
101	119	Aug 25	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	3
102	120	Aug 26	NYG	@	PIT	L,7-15	CG	48	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
103	121	Aug 27	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
104	122	Aug 28	NYG	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
105	123	Aug 29	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	13	1	0	14	1
106	124	Aug 30	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	125	Sep 3	NYG		BSN	W,17-3	GS	19	5.0	1	1	0	2	1
108	126	Sep 4 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,2-6	CG	46	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
109	127	Sep 4 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,5-9	CG	44	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
110	128	Sep 7 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-2	GS	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
111	129	Sep 7 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
112	131 (1)	Sep 8 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	7	0	9	0
113	132	Sep 9	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	3	2	0	5	0
114	133	Sep 11 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
115	134	Sep 11 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
116	135	Sep 12 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	17	0	1	18	0
117	136	Sep 12 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
118	137	Sep 13	NYG		PIT	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
119	138	Sep 14	NYG		PIT	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	16	0	0	16	2
120	139	Sep 15	NYG		PIT	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
121	140	Sep 16	NYG		CIN	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	17	0	0	17	1
122	141	Sep 17	NYG		CIN	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	11	0	0	11	0
123	142	Sep 18	NYG		CIN	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
124	143	Sep 19	NYG		STL	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
125	144	Sep 20 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
126	145	Sep 20 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
127	146	Sep 21	NYG		CHC	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
128	147	Sep 22	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
129	148	Sep 24	NYG		STL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
130	150 (1)	Sep 26 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
131	151	Sep 26 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
							132gm		1161.0	1233	144	15	1392	101