George Kell
George Clyde Kell
Born: August 23, 1922
Swifton, AR USA
Deceased: 2009
Swifton, AR USA
Primary Position: 3B
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B, RF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 175
Career: 1943-1957
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983.
Minor League Statistics
George Kell compiled a career batting average of .306 with 78 home runs and 870 RBI in his 1795-game career with the Philadelphia Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles. He began playing during the 1943 season and last took the field during the 1957 campaign. Kell was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983.
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Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .600 | .800 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 139 | 556 | 514 | 51 | 138 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 23 | .268 | .300 | .309 | .609 | 159 | 28 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 147 | 602 | 567 | 50 | 154 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 15 | .272 | .306 | .356 | .662 | 202 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 26 | 100 | 87 | 3 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | .299 | .378 | .391 | .768 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 105 | 477 | 434 | 67 | 142 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 14 | .327 | .371 | .440 | .811 | 191 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 152 | 662 | 588 | 75 | 188 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 93 | 9 | 11 | 61 | 16 | .320 | .387 | .412 | .798 | 242 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 92 | 414 | 368 | 47 | 112 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 15 | .304 | .369 | .402 | .772 | 148 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 134 | 612 | 522 | 97 | 179 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 59 | 7 | 5 | 71 | 13 | .343 | .424 | .467 | .892 | 244 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 157 | 724 | 641 | 114 | 218 | 56 | 6 | 8 | 101 | 3 | 3 | 66 | 18 | .340 | .403 | .484 | .886 | 310 | 23 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 147 | 674 | 598 | 92 | 191 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 10 | 3 | 61 | 18 | .319 | .386 | .400 | .786 | 239 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 39 | 171 | 152 | 11 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 13 | .296 | .359 | .368 | .728 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 75 | 312 | 276 | 41 | 88 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 10 | .319 | .390 | .453 | .843 | 125 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 134 | 520 | 460 | 68 | 141 | 41 | 2 | 12 | 73 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 22 | .307 | .383 | .483 | .866 | 222 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 26 | 109 | 93 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | .258 | .361 | .290 | .651 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 71 | 261 | 233 | 25 | 66 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 12 | .283 | .323 | .391 | .714 | 91 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 1955 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 128 | 504 | 429 | 44 | 134 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 36 | .312 | .389 | .429 | .818 | 184 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 2 |
| 1956 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 21 | 91 | 80 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | .313 | .371 | .413 | .783 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1956 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 102 | 389 | 345 | 45 | 90 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 31 | .261 | .313 | .391 | .704 | 135 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 3 |
| 1957 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 99 | 345 | 310 | 28 | 92 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 16 | .297 | .352 | .413 | .765 | 128 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 1795 | 7528 | 6702 | 881 | 2054 | 385 | 50 | 78 | 870 | 51 | 36 | 621 | 287 | .306 | .367 | .414 | .781 | 2773 | 188 | 36 | 149 | 20 | 7 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | |
| 1944 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 3B | 139 | 0 | 0.0 | 167 | 289 | 20 | 25 | .958 | 3.281 | |
| 1945 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 3B | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 186 | 345 | 20 | 32 | .964 | 3.612 | |
| 1946 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |
| 1946 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 3B | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 57 | 2 | 5 | .979 | 3.577 | |
| 1946 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 3B | 105 | 0 | 0.0 | 105 | 210 | 5 | 22 | .984 | 3.000 | |
| 1947 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 3B | 152 | 0 | 0.0 | 167 | 333 | 20 | 25 | .962 | 3.289 | |
| 1948 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 3B | 92 | 0 | 0.0 | 108 | 146 | 8 | 15 | .969 | 2.761 | |
| 1949 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 3B | 134 | 0 | 0.0 | 154 | 271 | 11 | 23 | .975 | 3.172 | |
| 1950 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 3B | 157 | 0 | 0.0 | 186 | 315 | 9 | 30 | .982 | 3.191 | |
| 1951 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 3B | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 175 | 310 | 20 | 34 | .960 | 3.299 | |
| 1952 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 3B | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 78 | 5 | 7 | .959 | 2.974 | |
| 1952 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 73 | 0 | 0.0 | 75 | 138 | 9 | 14 | .959 | 2.918 | |
| 1953 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 124 | 0 | 0.0 | 114 | 231 | 10 | 23 | .972 | 2.782 | |
| 1953 | AL | Boston Red Sox | OF | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | |
| 1954 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 1B | 32 | 32 | 256.0 | 253 | 8 | 1 | 27 | .996 | 9.176 | 8.156 |
| 1954 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 3B | 31 | 27 | 220.0 | 19 | 48 | 3 | 4 | .957 | 2.741 | 2.161 |
| 1954 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 25 | 25 | 208.0 | 31 | 49 | 7 | 5 | .920 | 3.462 | 3.200 |
| 1954 | AL | Chicago White Sox | OF | 2 | 2 | 12.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.500 |
| 1955 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 3B | 105 | 102 | 834.0 | 83 | 165 | 6 | 8 | .976 | 2.676 | 2.362 |
| 1955 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 1B | 24 | 13 | 125.3 | 133 | 5 | 1 | 12 | .993 | 9.910 | 5.750 |
| 1955 | AL | Chicago White Sox | OF | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 1956 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 3B | 97 | 93 | 749.0 | 97 | 165 | 7 | 19 | .974 | 3.148 | 2.701 |
| 1956 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 3B | 18 | 17 | 143.3 | 17 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.826 | 2.500 |
| 1956 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 1B | 4 | 4 | 28.0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 7.071 | 5.500 |
| 1956 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 1B | 2 | 0 | 3.3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.500 | 2.500 |
| 1956 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 18.000 | 2.000 |
| 1957 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 3B | 80 | 59 | 553.0 | 66 | 122 | 4 | 15 | .979 | 3.060 | 2.350 |
| 1957 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 1B | 22 | 19 | 141.7 | 146 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 9.593 | 6.864 |
| Totals | 1788 | 394 | 3280.7 | 2390 | 3326 | 168 | 360 | .971 | 15.681 | 3.197 |
Awards
1946 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 3B
1947 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 3B
1948 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 3B
1949 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 3B
1950 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 3B
Statistical data from Baseball Databank, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
