George Kell
George Kell
Full name: George Clyde Kell
Born: August 23, 1922, Swifton, Arkansas
First Game: September 28, 1943; Final Game: September 14, 1957
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 9" Weight: 175
Brother of Skeeter Kell
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1983
3B on TSN All-Star Team (1946 to 1947 and 1949 to 1952)
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George Kell
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1943 PHI A 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .600 0.0 1943 PHI A
1944 PHI A 139 514 51 138 15 3 0 44 22 23 1 19 28 5 2 .268 .300 .309 -1.9 1944 PHI A
1945 PHI A 147 567 50 154 30 3 4 56 27 15 1 7 13 2 0 .272 .306 .356 1.7 1945 PHI A
1946 PHI A 26 87 3 26 6 1 0 11 10 6 1 2 1 0 0 .299 .378 .391 0.6 1946 PHI A
1946 DET A 105 434 67 142 19 9 4 41 30 14 0 13 11 3 2 .327 .371 .440 1.1 1946 DET A
1946 TOT A 131 521 70 168 25 10 4 52 40 20 1 15 12 3 2 .322 .372 .432 1.7 1946 TOT A
1947 DET A 152 588 75 188 29 5 5 93 61 16 3 10 13 9 11 .320 .387 .412 3.1 1947 DET A
1948 DET A 92 368 47 112 24 3 2 44 33 15 5 8 10 2 2 .304 .369 .402 -0.6 1948 DET A
1949 DET A 134 522 97 179 38 9 3 59 71 13 3 16 17 7 5 .343 .424 .467 2.5 1949 DET A
1950 DET A 157 641 114 218 56 6 8 101 66 18 1 16 23 3 3 .340 .403 .484 1.9 1950 DET A
1951 DET A 147 598 92 191 36 3 2 59 61 18 4 11 13 10 3 .319 .386 .400 2.0 1951 DET A
1952 DET A 39 152 11 45 8 0 1 17 15 13 0 4 2 0 1 .296 .359 .368 0.0 1952 DET A
1952 BOS A 75 276 41 88 15 2 6 40 31 10 1 4 11 0 1 .319 .390 .453 0.5 1952 BOS A
1952 TOT A 114 428 52 133 23 2 7 57 46 23 1 8 13 0 2 .311 .379 .423 0.5 1952 TOT A
1953 BOS A 134 460 68 141 41 2 12 73 52 22 5 3 10 5 2 .307 .383 .483 0.6 1953 BOS A
1954 BOS A 26 93 15 24 3 0 0 10 15 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 .258 .361 .290 -0.6 1954 BOS A
1954 CHI A 71 233 25 66 10 0 5 48 18 12 0 1 9 5 1 1 .283 .323 .391 -1.1 1954 CHI A
1954 TOT A 97 326 40 90 13 0 5 58 33 15 0 2 9 7 1 1 .276 .334 .362 -1.7 1954 TOT A
1955 CHI A 128 429 44 134 24 1 8 81 51 2 36 6 13 5 7 2 2 .312 .389 .429 -0.3 1955 CHI A
1956 CHI A 21 80 7 25 5 0 1 11 8 0 6 0 2 1 3 0 0 .313 .371 .412 -0.2 1956 CHI A
1956 BAL A 102 345 45 90 17 2 8 37 25 3 31 3 12 4 8 0 1 .261 .313 .391 -0.9 1956 BAL A
1956 TOT A 123 425 52 115 22 2 9 48 33 3 37 3 14 5 11 0 1 .271 .324 .395 -1.1 1956 TOT A
1957 BAL A 99 310 28 92 9 0 9 44 25 2 16 2 7 1 11 2 0 .297 .352 .413 0.1 1957 BAL A
Total 1795 6702 881 2054 385 50 78 870 621 7i 287 36 149 20i188 51 36 .306 .367 .414 8.5 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
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All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1947 AL Daily Splits 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1947 AL
1949 AL Daily Splits 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .667 .750 .667 1949 AL
1950 AL Daily Splits 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1950 AL
1951 AL Daily Splits 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1951 AL
1953 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1953 AL
1956 AL Daily Splits 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1956 AL
1957 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1957 AL
Total Splits 7 24 3 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 .167 .200 .292 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1943 PHI A 3B 1 1 3 0 0 1.000
1944 PHI A 3B 139 167 289 20 25 .958
1945 PHI A 3B 147 186 345 20 32 .964
1946 PHI A 3B 26 36 57 2 5 .979
1946 DET A 3B 105 105 210 5 22 .984
1946 DET A 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000
1946 TOT A 3B 131 141 267 7 27 .983
1947 DET A 3B 152 167 333 20 25 .962
1948 DET A 3B 92 108 146 8 15 .969
1949 DET A 3B 134 154 271 11 23 .975
1950 DET A 3B 157 186 315 9 30 .982
1951 DET A 3B 147 175 310 20 34 .960
1952 DET A 3B 39 38 78 5 7 .959
1952 BOS A 3B 73 75 138 9 14 .959
1952 TOT A 3B 112 113 216 14 21 .959
1953 BOS A 3B 124 114 231 10 23 .972
1953 BOS A OF 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 7 0 0
1954 BOS A 3B 25 31 49 7 5 .920
1954 CHI A 1B 32 253 8 1 27 .996
1954 CHI A 3B 31 19 48 3 4 .957
1954 CHI A OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 1
1954 TOT A 3B 56 50 97 10 9 .936
1955 CHI A 3B 105 83 165 6 8 .976
1955 CHI A 1B 24 133 5 1 12 .993
1955 CHI A OF 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1956 CHI A 3B 18 17 28 0 0 1.000
1956 CHI A 1B 4 19 3 0 4 1.000
1956 BAL A 3B 97 97 165 7 19 .974
1956 BAL A 1B 2 4 1 0 0 1.000
1956 BAL A 2B 1 1 1 0 1 1.000
1956 TOT A 1B 6 23 4 0 4 1.000
1956 TOT A 3B 115 114 193 7 19 .978
1957 BAL A 3B 80 66 122 4 15 .979
1957 BAL A 1B 22 146 5 0 10 1.000
Total 3B 1692 1825 3303 166 306 .969
Total 1B 85 557 22 2 53 .997
Total OF 10 7 0 0 0 1.000 10 0 1
Total 2B 1 1 1 0 1 1.000
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1947 AL Daily 3B 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 -
1949 AL Daily 3B 1 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1950 AL Daily 3B 1 1 1 14 2 4 0 0 0 1.000
1951 AL Daily 3B 1 1 1 9 4 2 0 1 0 1.000
1956 AL Daily 3B 1 1 1 9 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1957 AL Daily 3B 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 6 6 3 46 6 9 0 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1940).
Sold by Lancaster (Inter-State) to Philadelphia Athletics (@September 20, 1943 ).
Traded by Philadelphia Athletics to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Barney McCosky
(May 18, 1946 ).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Dizzy Trout , Johnny Lipon and Hoot Evers to Boston Red
Sox in exchange for Bill Wight , Walt Dropo , Fred Hatfield , Johnny Pesky and Don
Lenhardt (June 3, 1952 ).
Traded by Boston Red Sox to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Grady Hatton and
$100000 (May 23, 1954 ).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Bob Nieman , Mike Fornieles and Connie Johnson to
Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Jim Wilson and Dave Philley (May 21, 1956 ).
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