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

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

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	36	9.2	4	0	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 17	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 19	NYY		WSH	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 23	NYY		PHA	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 24	NYY		PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 27	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	Apr 28	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	4	0	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 30	NYY		SLB	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	NYY		SLB	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
12	12	May 3	NYY		CHW	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	13	May 4	NYY		CHW	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	May 5	NYY		DET	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	15	May 6	NYY		DET	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	16	May 7	NYY		DET	L,2-4	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	May 8	NYY		CLE	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
18	18	May 9	NYY		CLE	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	20 (1)	May 11	NYY		BOS	L,8-9	CG	49	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	26 (5)	May 21	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	27	May 22	NYY	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	28	May 23	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
23	29	May 26	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	30	May 27	NYY		WSH	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
25	31	May 28 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
26	32	May 28 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	33	May 29	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
28	34	May 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	35	May 30 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	36	Jun 1	NYY		SLB	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	37	Jun 2 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,13-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	38	Jun 2 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	39	Jun 3	NYY		SLB	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	40	Jun 4	NYY		CHW	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	41	Jun 5	NYY		CHW	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	42	Jun 6	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	43	Jun 7	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	44	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
39	45	Jun 9	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
40	46	Jun 11	NYY		DET	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
41	47	Jun 12	NYY		DET	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
42	48	Jun 14	NYY	@	SLB	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	49	Jun 15	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	50	Jun 16 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-12	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
45	51	Jun 16 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	38	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
46	52	Jun 18	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	53	Jun 19	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	54	Jun 20	NYY	@	CHW	T,0-1	CG	46	10.1	3	0	0	3	0
49	55	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	56	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
51	57	Jun 23	NYY	@	DET	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	58	Jun 24	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
53	59	Jun 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	60	Jun 26	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	61	Jun 28	NYY		PHA	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	62	Jun 29	NYY		PHA	W,12-9	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	63	Jun 30 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	64	Jun 30 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,2-3	CG	44	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	65	Jul 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
60	66	Jul 2	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	67	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	68	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
63	69	Jul 5	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
64	70	Jul 6	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	51	9.1	0	0	0	0	0
65	71	Jul 7 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	72	Jul 7 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-10	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	73	Jul 11	NYY		SLB	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	74	Jul 13 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	75	Jul 13 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	78 (2)	Jul 16	NYY		CHW	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	79	Jul 17	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	46	13.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	83 (3)	Jul 21 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	84	Jul 21 (2)	NYY		DET	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	88 (3)	Jul 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	99 (10)	Aug 6	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	112 (12)	Aug 20 (1)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
77	113	Aug 20 (2)	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	114	Aug 21	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	115	Aug 22	NYY		CLE	W,15-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	116	Aug 23	NYY		CLE	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	117	Aug 24	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	118	Aug 25 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
83	119	Aug 25 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
84	120	Aug 27	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	121	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	122	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,6-5	CG	52	13.0	9	0	0	9	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	126 (3)	Sep 2 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	127	Sep 2 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	132 (4)	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	133	Sep 8	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	134	Sep 11 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	135	Sep 11 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	136	Sep 12	NYY	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
94	137	Sep 13	NYY	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	43	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
95	138	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,16-7	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	139	Sep 15 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
97	140	Sep 15 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	141	Sep 16	NYY	@	SLB	L,4-16	CG	46	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	142	Sep 17	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	143	Sep 18 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	144	Sep 18 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-8	GS	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
102	145	Sep 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
103	146	Sep 21	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	147	Sep 22	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	148	Sep 24 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	3	1	0	4	1
106	149	Sep 24 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,9-4	CG	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	150	Sep 26 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	151	Sep 26 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	152	Sep 27	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	153	Sep 28 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	154	Sep 28 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-1	GS	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
							112gm			213	8	9	230	6