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.

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CIN		PIT	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
2	2	Apr 14	CIN		PIT	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	15	0	1	16	0
3	3	Apr 15	CIN		PIT	L,6-10	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 16	CIN		STL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
5	5	Apr 17	CIN		STL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
6	6	Apr 19	CIN		STL	L,1-9	GS	33	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 21	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
8	8	Apr 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 23	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-4	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 24	CIN		CHC	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	Apr 25	CIN		CHC	W,11-9	GS	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
12	12	Apr 26	CIN		CHC	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
13	13	Apr 27	CIN		CHC	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
14	14	Apr 28	CIN	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
15	15	Apr 30 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
16	16	Apr 30 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,9-8	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	CIN	@	STL	L,4-12	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
18	18	May 3	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	8	2	0	10	1
19	19	May 4	CIN	@	CHC	L,9-13	CG	45	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
20	20	May 6	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
21	21	May 7	CIN	@	BSN	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	4	4	1	9	0
22	22	May 11	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	8	2	0	10	1
23	23	May 12	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-6	GS	38	8.0	8	3	1	12	3
24	24	May 13	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
25	25	May 14	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
26	26	May 15	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
27	28 (1)	May 20 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	107 (78)	Aug 13	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-2	GF	26	6.2	6	0	0	6	0
29	108	Aug 14	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	2
30	109	Aug 16	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
31	110	Aug 17	CIN	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	9	3	0	12	0
32	111	Aug 19 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	43	10.0	11	0	0	11	1
33	112	Aug 19 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
34	113	Aug 20	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	2
35	116 (2)	Aug 25	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
36	117	Aug 26	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	13	1	0	14	0
37	118	Aug 29 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
38	119	Aug 29 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
39	120	Aug 30	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	46	10.1	13	2	0	15	1
40	121	Aug 31	CIN	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	122	Sep 2	CIN		CHC	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
42	123	Sep 3	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	6	1	0	7	0
43	124	Sep 4	CIN		PIT	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	9	0	1	10	2
44	125	Sep 5 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,8-6	GS	39	9.0	10	2	1	13	1
45	126	Sep 5 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS	21	5.0	2	3	0	5	0
46	132 (5)	Sep 12 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
47	133	Sep 12 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
48	134	Sep 13	CIN		PHI	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	14	2	0	16	3
49	135	Sep 14	CIN		PHI	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
50	136	Sep 17 (1)	CIN		NYG	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
51	137	Sep 17 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,7-8	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
52	138	Sep 18 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,7-0	GF	6	2.0	2	1	0	3	0
53	139	Sep 18 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
54	140	Sep 19	CIN		NYG	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	15	1	1	17	3
55	141	Sep 22 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
56	143 (1)	Sep 23 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
57	146 (2)	Sep 24 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
58	147	Sep 25	CIN		PHI	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	9	2	0	11	2
59	148	Sep 26	CIN		STL	L,1-3	GF	21	5.0	5	0	0	5	0
60	153 (4)	Oct 2	CIN		PIT	W,1-0	GS	22	6.0	6	1	0	7	1
							63gm		472.0	476	64	8	548	48