George Selkirk

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 182lb (185cm, 82kg)

Born: January 4, 1908 in Huntsville, Canada ca

Died: January 19, 1987 in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Buried: Siloam United Methodist Church Cemetery, Harrisonville, PA

Debut: August 12, 1934 (Age 26-220d, 7,756th in major league history)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1942 (Age 34-266d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: George Alexander Selkirk

Nicknames: Twinkletoes

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.5

2790

810

108

.290

503

RBI

576

OBP

.400

SLG

.483

OPS

.883

OPS+

127

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-5 / in Starts: 15-3
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	14 games
Most Games w/o HR	16 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	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	1936	WS g1	Sep 30	NYY	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	8	1.13	0.019	59.32	1.00%	0.25	RF
2	1936	WS g2	Oct 2	NYY	@	NYG	W,18-4	CG	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	1	.222	.300	.556	.856	6	.35	-0.030	18.43	-1.06%	-0.83	RF
3	1936	WS g3	Oct 3	NYY		NYG	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.308	.500	.808	6	1.41	-0.001	88.67	-0.03%	-0.28	RF
4	1936	WS g4	Oct 4	NYY		NYG	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.353	.467	.820	8	.49	0.072	31.89	2.52%	0.70	RF
5	1936	WS g5	Oct 5	NYY		NYG	L,4-5	CG(10)	5	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.409	.632	1.041	6	1.89	-0.039	94.56	-0.97%	0.86	RF
6	1936	WS g6	Oct 6	NYY	@	NYG	W,13-5	CG	6	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.429	.667	1.095	6	.56	0.048	50.68	2.60%	0.08	RF
1937 Postseason			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
7	1937	WS g1	Oct 6	NYY		NYG	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	7	.79	0.025	41.21	0.58%	0.79	RF
8	1937	WS g2	Oct 7	NYY		NYG	W,8-1	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.375	.500	.875	7	1.14	0.210	60.51	5.96%	1.90	RF
9	1937	WS g3	Oct 8	NYY	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.333	.385	.417	.801	6	.45	0.089	18.91	2.32%	1.07	RF
10	1937	WS g4	Oct 9	NYY	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.353	.333	.686	7	.47	0.012	8.85	0.21%	-0.12	RF
11	1937	WS g5	Oct 10	NYY	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.333	.316	.649	7	.60	-0.038	20.65	-0.81%	-0.33	RF
1938 Postseason			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
12	1938	WS g1	Oct 5	NYY	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	7	.95	0.045	49.59	1.54%	0.43	LF
13	1938	WS g2	Oct 6	NYY	@	CHC	W,6-3	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	7	1.41	0.007	72.35	0.22%	-0.21	LF
14	1938	WS g3	Oct 8	NYY		CHC	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	7	1.18	-0.054	49.27	-1.34%	-0.61	LF
1939 Postseason			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	1939	WS g1	Oct 4	NYY		CIN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	1.00	-0.079	52.15	-2.44%	-0.58	LF
16	1939	WS g2	Oct 5	NYY		CIN	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	6	.61	-0.051	32.61	-1.47%	-0.93	LF
17	1939	WS g3	Oct 7	NYY	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.300	.125	.425	6	.55	0.009	22.81	0.23%	-0.02	LF
18	1939	WS g4	Oct 8	NYY	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.333	.250	.583	6	1.39	-0.033	26.20	-0.33%	-0.04	LF
1941 Postseason			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
19	1941	WS g2	Oct 2	NYY		BRO	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	3.53	0.135	187.90	4.70%	0.39	PH
20	1941	WS g4	Oct 5	NYY	@	BRO	W,7-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.03	-0.027	62.54	-0.88%	-0.10	PH
1942 Postseason			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
21	1942	WS g5	Oct 5	NYY		STL	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.48	-0.042	51.14	-0.94%	-0.22	PH
									79	68	11	18	2	1	2	10	11	2	7	0	0				0	1	.265	.367	.412	.779

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