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Kell		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 180
 
Born: October 11, 1929 in Usa, AR, SWIFTON
 
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
1952 22 STL NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1953 23 STL NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 9 9 9
1954 24 STL NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 9 9 9
1955 25 STL NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1956 26 STL NL     3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1957 27 STL NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 3 3 9 9 9
1958 28 STL NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
1959 29 STL NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
1960 30 STL NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
1962 32 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1963 33 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
1964 34 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1965 35 BOS AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 7 7 7
1966 36 BOS AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 7 7 7
1967 37 BOS AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
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
1952 22 A   136 479 70 123 25 7 7 82 35 3 88 35 .257 .372 .382 .754 78.4  
1953 23 A   137 491 72 130 23 4 7 61 40 4 83 15 .265 .371 .371 .742 78.3  
1954 24 A   135 508 63 138 24 5 4 57 28 3 54 26 .272 .342 .362 .704 67.7  
1955 25 A   128 494 77 119 22 3 10 37 23 5 69 23 .241 .334 .358 .692 65.4  
1956 26 A   122 474 61 114 26 4 7 53 30 5 51 25 .241 .314 .357 .671 58.0  
1957 27 A   137 510 80 144 26 8 10 73 32 7 62 28 .282 .360 .424 .784 80.9  
1958 28 A   137 513 83 123 25 5 26 73 26 6 55 30 .240 .313 .460 .773 78.2  
1959 29 STL NL 63 21 17 3 1 0 1 2 14 0 1 2 .143 .182 .333 .515 4.0 0.7
    A   26 102 9 27 5 1 4 21 5 1 7 8 .265 .312 .451 .763 14.7  
1960 30 A   119 372 56 100 16 2 6 51 24 0 32 22 .269 .327 .371 .698 49.3  
1962 32 BOS AL 68 86 25 22 5 2 0 12 14 7 2 5 .256 .273 .360 .633 6.2 0.3
1963 33 BOS AL 67 88 26 28 8 0 2 13 19 5 1 4 .318 .326 .477 .803 14.0 3.5
1964 34 BOS AL 74 102 28 24 7 0 0 5 17 2 2 12 .235 .257 .304 .561 9.3 1.3
1965 35 BOS AL 56 23 15 3 3 0 0 3 16 3 2 2 .130 .200 .261 .461 3.0 0.4
1966 36 BOS AL 52 66 12 15 5 0 0 7 6 0 3 7 .227 .271 .303 .574 6.4 1.0
1967 37 BOS AL 67 96 16 9 0 1 0 3 8 1 4 24 .094 .136 .115 .251 -0.8 0.0
7 Years Sim 447 482 139 104 29 3 3 45 94 18 15 56 .216 .243 .307 .550 42.1 7.1
9 Years A 1077 3943 571 1018 192 39 81 508 243 34 501 212 .258 .346 .388 .734 570.8  
162 Game Average 174 50 37 10 1 1 16 34 6 5 20 .216 .243 .307 .550 15.3  
Career Highs 74 102 28 28 8 2 2 13 19 7 4 24 .318 .326 .477 .803 14.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   366 92 76 25 1 0 33 62 11 7 43 .208 .225 .281 .507 26.2
vs LH   116 47 28 4 2 3 12 32 7 8 13 .241 .296 .388 .684 16.6
Home 234 277 76 62 19 2 2 25 52 11 7 32 .224 .247 .329 .576 25.7
Away 213 205 63 42 10 1 1 20 42 7 8 24 .205 .237 .278 .515 17.1
RISP   120 0 23 4 0 0 34 0 0 2 14 .192 .220 .225 .445 3.7
Pinch Hitting   19 3 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .263 .333 .421 .754 2.2
Close/Late   104 104 20 4 1 0 7 0 2 4 13 .192 .227 .250 .477 4.1
Mar/Apr 62 62 22 10 3 1 0 7 12 6 2 7 .161 .182 .242 .424 2.1
May 75 98 16 31 12 0 0 12 21 5 4 12 .316 .343 .439 .782 15.2
June 68 76 12 18 4 1 1 4 14 1 3 6 .237 .275 .355 .630 9.0
July 79 71 32 14 4 0 1 12 15 1 2 8 .197 .240 .296 .536 6.4
August 84 85 32 19 5 1 1 6 19 3 2 13 .224 .241 .341 .583 8.9
Sep/Oct 79 90 25 12 1 0 0 4 13 2 2 10 .133 .152 .144 .297 1.1
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
1959 29 STL NL 2B 14 0 39.0 9 13 1 2 .957 5.08   0.1
    1B 16 0 31.0 30 4 0 3 1.000 9.87   0.0
    3B 5 0 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    LF 4 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1962 32 BOS AL 3B 32 14 178.7 15 34 1 1 .980 2.47   0.6
    RF 10 0 20.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.45   0.1
    LF 3 2 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89    
    1B 9 1 15.3 16 4 0 0 1.000 11.74   0.0
    2B 3 0 6.0 1 2 1 0 .750 4.50   0.0
1963 33 BOS AL 3B 28 14 175.0 11 51 1 7 .984 3.19   1.4
    2B 8 0 17.0 3 3 0 3 1.000 3.18   0.0
    LF 3 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    RF 8 0 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82   0.0
    1B 10 0 5.0 5 2 0 1 1.000 12.60   0.0
1964 34 BOS AL 3B 24 19 182.0 10 34 1 2 .978 2.18   0.4
    2B 18 3 51.3 12 27 2 7 .951 6.84   0.3
    1B 10 0 10.7 11 0 0 1 1.000 9.29   0.0
    RF 6 0 9.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.93   0.0
    LF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1965 35 BOS AL 3B 20 0 46.0 3 15 0 0 1.000 3.52   0.3
    2B 3 0 10.0 2 4 1 0 .857 5.40   0.0
    RF 4 0 6.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.27   0.0
    1B 5 0 5.0 6 2 0 0 1.000 14.40   0.0
1966 36 BOS AL 1B 22 10 114.0 107 9 3 10 .975 9.16   0.2
    RF 10 2 28.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.1
    3B 9 2 27.0 1 6 1 0 .875 2.33   0.1
    LF 1 0 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    2B 3 0 2.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.77   0.0
1967 37 BOS AL RF 32 17 177.0 33 0 0 0 1.000 1.68   0.5
    3B 12 1 32.3 2 9 1 0 .917 3.06   0.2
    LF 8 1 23.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57    
    1B 5 2 17.0 15 4 0 2 1.000 10.06   0.1
    2B 2 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  3B 130 50 648.0 42 150 5 10 .975 2.67   3.0
  RF 71 19 253.0 46 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.8
  1B 77 13 198.0 190 25 3 17 .986 9.77   0.5
  2B 51 4 134.0 29 50 5 12 .940 5.31   0.5
  LF 22 4 73.0 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.97   0.0
  CF 2 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   354 90 1311.3 323 226 13 39 .977 3.77   4.7
Career Highs   62 22 262.7 116 61 4 11 .987 6.70    
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
1963 33 BOS AL 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1966 36 BOS AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
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.
Stolen Bases
1959-4-14
 Caught Stealing
1962-6-7
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Stan Benjamin (967)
  2. Ted Kazanski (965)
  3. Norm Larker (962)
  4. Frank Kostro (959)
  5. Marty Hopkins (958)
  6. Pat Tabler (956)
  7. Bill Schuster (954)
  8. Mike Aldrete (953)
  9. Junior Moore (952)
  10. Dick Nen (950)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 57th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1952
Injured on 4/21/1954 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 4/24/1955 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 4/28/1956 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 2-3 weeks
Injured on 8/29/1958 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Had first career hit (homerun) on 7/18/1959, off Jack Kralick (SDP)
Released by St. Louis on 4/2/1961
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/4/1962 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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