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Charlie
Keller		  
Nickname: King Kong
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 205
 
Born: September 12, 1916 in Usa, MD, MIDDLETOWN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1940   
All-Star Selections 1945   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1939 22 CLE AL     6 6 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 8 7
1940 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 10 10 10 6 7 7
1941 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 8 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 7 6
1942 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 7 6
1943 26 CLE AL $ 3,250,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1944 27 CLE AL $ 3,664,286   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1945 28 CLE AL $ 3,664,286   5 5 5 7 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 7 6
1946 29 DET AL $ 5,000,000   6 6 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1947 30 DET AL $ 5,000,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 8 7 10 10 10 6 7 6
1948 31 DET AL $ 5,000,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 8 8 10 10 10 6 6 6
1949 32 DET AL $ 5,000,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 6 6 6
1950 33 DET AL $ 5,500,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 6 6 6
1951 34 BOS AL $ 5,500,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 8 8 10 10 10 5 5 5
1952 35 SDP NL $ 5,500,000   5 5 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
1953 36 SDP NL $ 5,500,000   2 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 9 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 9 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,500,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 7 8 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1939 22 AAA   137 524 125 155 32 6 30 92 12 17 118 53 .296 .425 .552 .977 117.4  
1940 23 CLE AL 157 565 133 148 21 9 26 74 2 0 110 89 .262 .381 .469 .850 104.2 20.3
1941 24 CLE AL 155 565 98 133 15 10 28 87 0 0 93 100 .235 .341 .446 .787 89.3 13.5
1942 25 CLE AL 154 549 105 141 18 4 22 74 1 1 115 102 .257 .383 .424 .807 95.6 18.8
1943 26 CLE AL 156 557 109 143 20 5 33 120 7 0 124 101 .257 .392 .488 .880 108.1 20.6
1944 27 CLE AL 152 476 88 106 21 6 22 81 0 0 130 102 .223 .386 .431 .817 90.8 13.9
1945 28 CLE AL 131 400 88 111 25 2 23 80 0 0 103 70 .278 .421 .523 .944 88.8 21.6
1946 29 SEM AL 77 259 35 47 12 2 10 42 0 0 44 50 .181 .300 .359 .659 30.4 1.9
  DET AL 74 248 61 65 15 2 18 63 0 0 74 45 .262 .428 .556 .984 60.5 13.2
  TOT   151 507 96 112 27 4 28 105 0 0 118 95 .221 .366 .456 .821 90.9 15.1
1947 30 DET AL 141 438 80 105 26 4 27 99 0 1 104 64 .240 .383 .502 .885 86.4 18.1
1948 31 DET AL 154 492 120 133 23 8 26 117 1 2 140 99 .270 .427 .508 .935 111.3 20.4
1949 32 DET AL 157 521 121 140 27 6 40 143 0 0 146 106 .269 .427 .574 1.001 124.6 23.4
1950 33 DET AL 157 551 116 130 26 5 41 138 0 0 143 120 .236 .388 .525 .913 119.8 20.3
1951 34 BOS AL 154 520 90 121 17 2 32 99 0 0 106 109 .233 .363 .458 .821 88.7 13.1
1952 35 SDP NL 149 480 72 110 20 6 18 78 0 0 81 126 .229 .338 .408 .746 71.0 9.4
1953 36 SDP NL 88 217 22 51 9 0 5 21 0 1 38 48 .235 .349 .346 .695 27.8 3.2
14 Years Sim 2056 6838 1338 1684 295 71 371 1316 11 5 1551 1331 .246 .383 .473 .856 1297.4 231.6
1 Years AAA 137 524 125 155 32 6 30 92 12 17 118 53 .296 .424 .552 .976 117.4  
162 Game Average 538 105 132 23 5 29 103 0 0 122 104 .246 .383 .473 .856 102.2  
Career Highs 157 565 133 148 27 10 41 143 7 2 146 126 .278 .427 .574 1.001 124.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4755 1029 1248 222 55 284 967 10 5 1098 841 .262 .399 .511 .910 1006.3
vs LH   2083 309 436 73 16 87 349 1 0 453 490 .209 .348 .385 .733 320.6
Home 1026 3312 620 796 150 35 163 595 2 1 728 655 .240 .374 .454 .829 609.1
Away 1030 3526 718 888 145 36 208 721 9 4 823 676 .252 .391 .490 .882 717.8
RISP   1855 0 476 89 17 95 891 0 0 498 367 .257 .403 .477 .880 393.0
Pinch Hitting   145 26 31 4 2 7 31 0 0 31 29 .214 .350 .414 .764 23.6
Close/Late   767 149 199 39 8 46 166 0 0 182 148 .259 .399 .511 .910 163.0
Mar/Apr 340 1161 207 267 43 15 60 206 2 0 242 227 .230 .361 .448 .809 204.3
May 358 1205 238 312 46 13 68 230 2 3 263 235 .259 .389 .488 .877 240.2
June 346 1133 221 273 45 14 59 205 2 2 241 226 .241 .371 .462 .833 208.5
July 338 1125 234 295 61 10 70 244 0 0 268 209 .262 .401 .521 .922 243.6
August 333 1104 213 251 49 9 52 194 4 0 273 224 .227 .379 .429 .808 201.7
Sep/Oct 341 1110 225 286 51 10 62 237 1 0 264 210 .258 .397 .489 .886 228.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1940 23 CLE AL LF 152 148 1325.7 264 12 6 3 .979 1.87   2.8
    RF 3 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    3B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
1941 24 CLE AL LF 147 147 1284.3 256 10 3 1 .989 1.86   2.5
    RF 7 0 15.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.87    
    3B 2 0 6.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
1942 25 CLE AL LF 151 147 1315.0 266 7 4 2 .986 1.87   3.5
    RF 2 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1943 26 CLE AL LF 150 148 1331.7 289 7 7 2 .977 2.00   2.5
    3B 4 0 7.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.57   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1944 27 CLE AL LF 140 140 1246.3 249 3 4 0 .984 1.82   2.2
    RF 3 0 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75    
    3B 6 0 8.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.38   0.0
1945 28 CLE AL LF 109 106 954.0 205 7 2 0 .991 2.00   1.6
    RF 13 3 46.3 5 1 0 1 1.000 1.17    
    3B 3 2 20.0 2 3 1 0 .833 2.25   0.0
1946 29 SEM AL LF 74 74 626.8 130 4 4 1 .971 1.92   1.4
    3B 1 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  DET AL LF 72 71 663.5 138 4 4 2 .973 1.93   1.8
    3B 1 0 2.1 1 1 0 0 1.000 8.57   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 146 145 1290.3 268 8 8 3 .972 1.93   3.2
      3B 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
      RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1947 30 DET AL 1B 68 62 571.3 727 52 9 61 .989 12.27   0.7
    3B 38 32 295.3 20 61 4 8 .953 2.47   0.7
    LF 13 11 106.0 22 0 1 0 .957 1.87   0.5
    RF 10 8 75.7 11 0 1 0 .917 1.31    
    CF 1 1 7.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14    
1948 31 DET AL 1B 64 61 549.7 631 53 9 64 .987 11.20   0.9
    3B 36 30 282.7 31 81 3 5 .974 3.57   1.3
    RF 32 31 279.7 63 1 0 1 1.000 2.06   0.8
    LF 10 6 65.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.94    
    CF 6 6 54.3 13 0 2 0 .867 2.15    
1949 32 DET AL 1B 148 145 1288.3 1612 118 41 144 .977 12.09   1.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1950 33 DET AL 1B 149 147 1317.0 1619 135 41 164 .977 11.99   2.1
    3B 4 0 13.3 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1951 34 BOS AL 1B 123 120 1045.3 1340 116 24 146 .984 12.54   1.2
    3B 19 15 131.0 5 31 0 2 1.000 2.47   0.3
    RF 11 10 92.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1952 35 SDP NL 1B 116 111 987.3 1273 94 19 95 .986 12.46   1.3
    LF 5 3 36.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.2
    2B 4 4 32.0 9 13 3 5 .880 6.19   0.1
    RF 11 0 22.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
    3B 6 0 14.0 0 6 1 0 .857 3.86   0.1
1953 36 SDP NL 3B 65 60 510.7 30 125 4 10 .975 2.73   2.4
    1B 6 4 38.3 41 2 1 3 .977 10.10   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
  LF 1027 1001 8963.3 1848 54 35 11 .982 1.91   19.1
  1B 674 650 5797.3 7243 570 144 677 .982 12.13   7.3
  3B 188 139 1298.6 93 318 13 28 .969 2.85   5.1
  RF 96 52 566.0 112 2 1 2 .991 1.81   0.9
  CF 7 7 61.3 17 0 2 0 .895 2.49    
  2B 4 4 32.0 9 13 3 5 .880 6.19   0.1
Career Totals   1996 1853 16718.5 9322 957 198 723 .981 5.53   32.4
Career Highs   156 148 1340.7 1623 147 41 164 .989 12.04    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1943 26 CLE AL 7 24 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 10 .167 .355 .167 .522
1946 29 DET AL 11 41 5 8 1 0 2 5 0 0 6 12 .195 .298 .366 .664
1947 30 DET AL 12 39 8 13 5 0 3 9 0 0 12 3 .333 .490 .692 1.183
1949 32 DET AL 7 27 4 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 8 .074 .133 .222 .356
1950 33 DET AL 7 25 6 6 1 0 3 6 0 0 4 2 .240 .345 .640 .985
Career Post-Season Batting 44 156 27 33 8 0 9 26 0 0 31 35 .212 .340 .436 .776
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1943-9-.392
1945-3-.421
1948-5-.427
1949-4-.427
 Slugging Pct
1943-7-.488
1945-4-.523
1947-5-.502
1948-7-.508
1949-7-.574
1950-8-.525
 OPS
1943-7-.880
1945-4-.944
1947-3-.885
1948-5-.935
1949-5-1.001
1950-9-.913
 XR
1940-7-104.2
1943-4-108.1
1948-6-111.3
1949-3-124.6
1950-8-119.8
 Games
1940-2-157
1941-7-155
1943-8-156
1949-3-157
1950-2-157
 Runs
1940-1-133
1943-6-109
1948-4-120
1949-5-121
1950-10-116
CAR-47-1338
Total Bases
1943-8-272
 Triples
1940-4-9
1941-2-10
1948-3-8
1952-4-6
 Homeruns
1940-3-26
1941-6-28
1942-8-22
1943-3-33
1944-4-22
1945-8-23
1946-6-28
1947-4-27
1948-6-26
1949-3-40
1950-6-41
1951-8-32
CAR-48-371
 RBIs
1943-3-120
1946-8-105
1947-5-99
1948-4-117
1949-1-143
1950-5-138
 Walks
1940-2-110
1941-2-93
1942-1-115
1943-1-124
1944-2-130
1945-4-103
1946-4-118
1947-5-104
1948-3-140
1949-2-146
1950-2-143
1951-4-106
CAR-11-1551
 Strikeouts
1941-5-100
1942-2-102
1943-5-101
1944-5-102
1946-4-95
1948-1-99
1949-2-106
1950-2-120
1951-2-109
1952-2-126
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 138    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 43    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Eddie Lukon (901)
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  3. Curt Blefary (889)
  4. Eddie Yost (883)
  5. Pat Seerey (876)
  6. Earl Torgeson (875)
  7. Willie McCovey (871)
  8. Dick Kokos (870)
  9. Reggie Jackson (855)
  10. Ralph Kiner (849)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Cleveland in 1939
Had first career hit on 4/6/1940, off Bill Swift (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 4/10/1940, off Paul Dean (NYG)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1940, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1940, hitting .476 with 4 HR, 5 RBI
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,250,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Injured on 8/1/1945 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Minnesota on 9/20/1945
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/7/1946 to a 4-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
Traded from Seattle to Detroit on 7/1/1946 (Going to SEM: 2B Cass Michaels. Going to DET: LF Charlie Keller)
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 8/12/1946
Drove in 8 runs against Tampa Bay on 7/12/1947
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1947, hitting .524 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 6/26/1949
Drove in 8 runs against Seattle on 9/7/1949
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 9/12/1949
9/22/1949: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $5,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Cincinnati on 6/13/1950
Traded from Detroit to Boston (A) on 2/1/1951 (Going to DET: SS Frankie Zak. Going to BOS: P Johnny Sain, 1B Charlie Keller, LF Eddie Lukon)
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 4/14/1951
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 5/25/1951
Traded from Boston (A) to San Diego on 2/7/1952 (Going to SDP: 1B Charlie Keller. Going to BOS: 3B Joe Orengo)
Drove in 9 runs against Boston (N) on 7/7/1952
 
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