George Selkirk
George Selkirk
Full name: George Alexander Selkirk
Born: January 4, 1908, Huntsville, Ontario (Canada)
Died January 19, 1987, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Buried at Siloam United Methodist Church Cemetery, Harrisville, Pennsylvania
First Game: August 12, 1934; Final Game: September 27, 1942
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 182
George Selkirk
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1934 NY A 46 176 23 55 7 1 5 38 15 17 1 0 1 1 .313 .370 .449 0.3 1934 NY A
1935 NY A 128 491 64 153 29 12 11 94 44 36 3 3 2 7 .312 .372 .487 1.3 1935 NY A
1936 NY A 137 493 93 152 28 9 18 107 94 60 1 4 13 7 .308 .420 .511 2.0 1936 NY A
1937 NY A 78 256 49 84 13 5 18 68 34 24 2 1 8 2 .328 .411 .629 2.0 1937 NY A
1938 NY A 99 335 58 85 12 5 10 62 68 52 3 1 9 4 .254 .384 .409 -0.6 1938 NY A
1939 NY A 128 418 103 128 17 4 21 101 103 49 8 8 3 12 5 .306 .452 .517 2.6 1939 NY A
1940 NY A 118 379 68 102 17 5 19 71 84 43 3 4 3 3 6 .269 .406 .491 1.5 1940 NY A
1941 NY A 70 164 30 36 5 0 6 25 28 30 2 1 3 1 0 .220 .340 .360 -0.5 1941 NY A
1942 NY A 42 78 15 15 3 0 0 10 16 8 0 1 1 0 0 .192 .330 .231 -0.5 1942 NY A
Total 846 2790 503 810 131 41 108 576 486 319 23 23 10i 49 32 .290 .400 .483 8.1 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record World Series 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
1936 NY A Daily Splits 6 24 6 8 0 1 2 3 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .429 .667 1936 NY A
1937 NY A Daily Splits 5 19 5 5 1 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .263 .333 .316 1937 NY A
1938 NY A Daily Splits 3 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .333 .200 1938 NY A
1939 NY A Daily Splits 4 12 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .333 .250 1939 NY A
1941 NY A Daily Splits 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1941 NY A
1942 NY A Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1942 NY A
Total Splits 21 68 11 18 2 1 2 10 11 1 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .265 .367 .412 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
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
1936 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1.000 - 1936 AL
1939 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .750 .500 1939 AL
Total Splits 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .800 .500 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
1934 NY A OF 46 90 3 1 1 .989 43 0 7
1935 NY A OF 127 269 9 7 1 .975 0 0 127
1936 NY A OF 135 290 10 8 3 .974 18 0 118
1937 NY A OF 69 140 9 2 1 .987 0 0 69
1938 NY A OF 95 176 7 5 3 .973 95 0 0
1939 NY A OF 124 254 4 3 1 .989 86 0 38
1940 NY A OF 111 220 9 9 6 .962 79 2 31
1941 NY A OF 47 84 4 3 2 .967 19 0 28
1942 NY A OF 19 36 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 19
Total OF 773 1559 55 38 18 .977 340 2 437
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1936 NY A Daily OF 6 6 6 54 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 6
1936 NY A RF 6 6 6 54 9 0 1 0 0 .900
1937 NY A Daily OF 5 5 5 44 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 5
1937 NY A RF 5 5 5 44 7 0 0 0 0 1.000
1938 NY A Daily OF 3 3 2 26 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 0 0
1938 NY A LF 3 3 2 26 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1939 NY A Daily OF 4 4 4 37 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 0 0
1939 NY A LF 4 4 4 37 10 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 18 18 17 161 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 0 11
Total RF 11 11 11 98 16 0 1 0 0 .941
Total LF 7 7 6 63 13 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP 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 LF-G CF-G RF-G
1939 AL Daily OF 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1939 AL LF 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total OF 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
Total LF 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
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Released by New York Yankees (February 11, 1946 ).
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