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George
Kell		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 185
 
Born: August 23, 1922 in Usa, AR, SWIFTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1950   
All-Star Selections 1953   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 20 NYG NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 21 NYG NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 22 NYG NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 23 NYG NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 24 NYG NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 25 BSN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 26 STL NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 27 STL NL $ 928,571 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 28 STL NL $ 1,378,571 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1952 29 STL NL $ 1,378,571 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 30 STL NL $ 1,500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1954 31 STL NL $ 1,500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 32 STL NL $ 1,500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 33 BRK NL $ 1,500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 34 BRK NL $ 405,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 35 BRK NL $ 405,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 20 NYG NL     5 5 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1944 21 NYG NL     6 6 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1945 22 NYG NL     7 7 7 3 3 3 8 7 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1946 23 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1947 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 9 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1948 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 9 8 9 4 4 4 10 9 10
1949 26 STL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 9 8 8 4 4 4 10 9 10
1950 27 STL NL $ 928,571   7 7 7 2 2 2 9 9 9 4 3 4 10 10 10
1951 28 STL NL $ 1,378,571   7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9 4 3 3 10 10 10
1952 29 STL NL $ 1,378,571   7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9 3 3 3 10 10 10
1953 30 STL NL $ 1,500,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 9 8 9 3 3 3 10 10 10
1954 31 STL NL $ 1,500,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 9 9 9 3 2 3 9 9 9
1955 32 STL NL $ 1,500,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 9 8 8 3 2 3 9 9 9
1956 33 BRK NL $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 2 3 9 9 9
1957 34 BRK NL $ 405,000   3 3 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 2 3 6 6 6
1958 35 BRK NL $ 405,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 4 4 4 10 10 10
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1955 32 STL NL 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 3 2 0.00 .077 .250 .154 .404 0.9
1 Years Sim 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 3 2 0.00 .077 .250 .154 .404 0.9
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   0 0 0 2 0   .000 .333 .000 .333
vs LH   1 0 0 1 2   .111 .200 .222 .422
Away 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 3 2 0.00 .077 .250 .154 .404
Sep/Oct 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 3 2 0.00 .077 .250 .154 .404
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
1943 20 AAA   115 387 43 110 16 1 8 50 5 5 30 17 .284 .336 .393 .728 49.5  
1944 21 AAA   134 519 80 158 34 3 3 47 8 3 47 25 .304 .362 .399 .761 72.7  
1945 22 AAA   137 558 87 177 40 2 12 79 11 4 39 13 .317 .362 .461 .822 87.0  
1946 23 NYG NL 138 428 58 126 22 5 12 72 1 0 42 12 .294 .356 .453 .809 67.5 12.8
1947 24 NYG NL 147 474 73 132 26 4 8 47 2 0 42 23 .278 .335 .401 .736 62.4 9.7
1948 25 BSN NL 123 454 60 136 25 3 10 64 3 2 38 12 .300 .355 .434 .789 64.4 11.6
    AAA   2 11 3 6 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 .545 .545 .818 1.364 3.3  
1949 26 BSN NL 52 195 22 50 14 0 3 30 1 0 13 12 .256 .305 .374 .679 20.1 2.5
  STL NL 104 384 43 114 21 3 4 36 2 0 20 13 .297 .332 .398 .730 44.6 5.3
  TOT   156 579 65 164 35 3 7 66 3 0 33 25 .283 .323 .390 .713 64.7 7.8
1950 27 STL NL 148 571 79 153 38 1 9 77 8 2 37 30 .268 .312 .385 .697 63.2 7.4
1951 28 STL NL 155 599 85 153 40 3 7 86 2 0 39 14 .255 .303 .367 .670 62.0 5.2
1952 29 STL NL 140 467 64 134 36 4 3 71 2 1 35 13 .287 .337 .400 .738 58.2 8.2
1953 30 STL NL 121 429 55 151 45 9 2 73 1 0 20 14 .352 .380 .513 .893 69.2 15.2
1954 31 STL NL 152 567 64 157 47 4 5 68 1 0 24 26 .277 .309 .400 .709 61.5 7.3
1955 32 STL NL 128 395 43 108 25 2 6 50 3 4 20 24 .273 .304 .392 .696 42.4 4.0
1956 33 STL NL 75 273 24 67 12 2 3 34 0 1 13 18 .245 .281 .337 .618 22.3 0.6
  BRK NL 35 99 14 23 3 0 1 9 0 0 2 9 .232 .255 .293 .548 5.8 0.0
  TOT   110 372 38 90 15 2 4 43 0 1 15 27 .242 .274 .325 .600 28.1 0.6
1957 34 BRK NL 61 151 17 38 8 0 0 18 0 0 9 16 .252 .290 .305 .595 11.3 0.3
1958 35 BRK NL 37 105 7 19 3 1 0 2 0 1 5 26 .181 .218 .229 .447 2.7 0.0
13 Years Sim 1616 5591 708 1561 365 41 73 737 26 11 359 262 .279 .323 .398 .721 657.8 90.3
4 Years AAA 388 1475 213 451 91 7 23 179 24 12 116 55 .306 .356 .424 .780 212.5  
162 Game Average 560 70 156 36 4 7 73 2 1 35 26 .279 .323 .398 .721 65.9  
Career Highs 156 599 85 164 47 9 12 86 8 4 42 30 .352 .380 .513 .893 69.2  
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   3237 398 858 221 19 40 428 8 5 174 142 .265 .303 .382 .685 356.1
vs LH   2354 310 703 144 22 33 309 18 6 185 120 .299 .349 .421 .770 331.8
Home 807 2739 336 742 175 16 41 386 11 3 159 134 .271 .312 .391 .703 320.0
Away 809 2852 372 819 190 25 32 351 15 8 200 128 .287 .333 .405 .738 367.9
RISP   1418 0 406 105 13 19 619 0 0 93 48 .286 .325 .419 .743 185.4
Pinch Hitting   88 14 26 5 0 1 19 0 0 5 4 .295 .330 .386 .716 10.8
Close/Late   575 63 163 36 8 10 73 0 0 37 31 .283 .329 .426 .755 76.2
Mar/Apr 261 941 132 258 65 6 21 119 5 2 56 40 .274 .314 .423 .737 120.0
May 290 981 111 258 60 4 9 106 5 3 69 51 .263 .311 .360 .671 106.8
June 280 994 125 280 67 11 10 137 5 3 63 47 .282 .324 .401 .726 122.9
July 271 922 124 262 59 7 13 122 4 1 54 45 .284 .326 .406 .731 115.4
August 276 957 134 287 68 10 9 138 5 0 75 38 .300 .351 .420 .771 134.4
Sep/Oct 238 796 82 216 46 3 11 115 2 2 42 41 .271 .308 .378 .686 88.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1946 23 NYG NL 3B 88 85 723.7 51 174 14 13 .941 2.80 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    2B 41 34 314.3 81 128 2 34 .991 5.98 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    SS 4 4 33.0 1 16 2 3 .895 4.64 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1947 24 NYG NL 3B 125 124 1050.7 63 284 14 25 .961 2.97 0 0 .000 0 5.6
    2B 10 3 37.7 7 12 0 4 1.000 4.54 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 11 0 18.0 6 5 0 2 1.000 5.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1948 25 BSN NL 3B 91 90 779.7 49 231 11 11 .962 3.23 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    2B 31 26 235.0 67 99 2 27 .988 6.36 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    SS 3 0 5.0 1 2 0 2 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1949 26 BSN NL 3B 32 32 271.9 21 71 5 6 .948 3.05 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    2B 18 17 152.5 36 70 2 15 .981 6.26 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 3 0 8.4 1 6 0 0 1.000 7.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  STL NL 3B 64 63 525.8 42 138 10 12 .947 3.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 37 34 294.8 71 134 3 30 .986 6.26 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    SS 6 1 16.3 1 13 1 0 .933 7.73 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  TOT   3B 96 95 797.7 63 209 15 18 .948 3.07   1.2
      2B 55 51 447.3 107 204 5 45 .984 6.26   1.9
      SS 9 1 24.7 2 19 1 0 .955 7.65   0.2
1950 27 STL NL 3B 143 143 1211.3 86 333 13 26 .970 3.11 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    2B 5 0 11.0 4 3 0 1 1.000 5.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 2 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1951 28 STL NL 2B 152 147 1292.3 307 582 21 130 .977 6.19 0 0 .000 0 6.3
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 29 STL NL 3B 91 91 753.3 32 201 10 21 .959 2.78 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    SS 39 39 339.0 52 134 4 20 .979 4.94 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    2B 3 0 5.3 5 2 0 2 1.000 11.82 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1953 30 STL NL 3B 72 68 583.0 49 150 9 16 .957 3.07 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    2B 39 36 330.3 77 130 3 33 .986 5.64 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    SS 8 7 60.3 12 21 0 7 1.000 4.92 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1954 31 STL NL 3B 80 80 689.0 45 175 9 12 .961 2.87 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    2B 69 68 572.0 140 230 8 57 .979 5.82 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    SS 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1955 32 STL NL 2B 68 64 549.7 144 228 6 44 .984 6.09 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    3B 38 32 284.0 14 63 2 8 .975 2.44 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    SS 8 4 45.7 10 23 0 6 1.000 6.50 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    P 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1956 33 STL NL 2B 22 22 212.0 44 80 1 16 .992 5.26 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    SS 21 19 185.9 30 76 1 15 .991 5.13 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 19 18 177.8 7 33 1 3 .976 2.02 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 1 15.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.58 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 3.7 1 0 1 0 .500 2.43 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BRK NL 2B 10 10 75.0 16 28 1 5 .978 5.28 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 10 9 65.8 10 27 1 5 .974 5.06 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 9 9 62.9 3 12 1 1 .938 2.15 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 1 1 5.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 0 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.92 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   2B 32 32 287.0 60 108 2 21 .988 5.27   0.9
      SS 31 28 251.7 40 103 2 20 .986 5.11   0.9
      3B 28 27 240.7 10 45 2 4 .965 2.06   0.2
      RF 2 2 21.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 .86   0.0
      C 1 0 5.0 2 0 1 0 .667 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1957 34 BRK NL 3B 24 21 177.7 8 47 3 2 .948 2.79 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    SS 29 19 160.3 25 66 4 11 .958 5.11 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    2B 2 1 10.0 2 4 0 2 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 35 BRK NL SS 25 21 184.0 29 68 2 15 .980 4.74 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    2B 6 5 42.0 4 18 2 1 .917 4.71 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  3B 877 856 7292.7 470 1912 102 156 .959 2.94 0 0 .000 0 24.4
  2B 513 467 4133.9 1005 1748 51 401 .982 5.99 0 0 .000 0 18.5
  SS 170 123 1128.7 179 460 15 87 .977 5.10 0 0 .000 0 5.7
  RF 3 2 22.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 5.0 2 0 1 0 .667 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  P 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1565 1448 12586.4 1660 4120 169 644 .972 4.13 0 0 .000 0 48.6
Career Highs   160 148 1294.3 307 582 21 130 .984 6.18 0 0 .000 0  
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
1947 24 NYG NL 5 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
1953 30 STL NL 6 27 3 9 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .333 .379 .481 .861
1954 31 STL NL 13 47 6 14 3 0 1 7 1 0 0 2 .298 .298 .426 .723
1955 32 STL NL 8 10 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .300 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 32 88 12 26 9 0 1 10 1 0 2 3 .295 .311 .432 .743
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.
Batting Average
1953-8-.317*
 Games
1949-5-156
1951-10-155
 At-Bats
1949-8-579
1950-7-571
1951-3-599
 Hits
1949-8-164
 Singles
1949-10-119
 Doubles
1949-3-35
1950-3-38
1951-2-40
1952-3-36
1953-1-45
1954-1-47
Triples
1946-10-5
1953-1-9
 Caught Stealing
1955-10-4
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1943
Injured on 5/5/1943 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/2/1946, off Warren Spahn (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1946, off Jack Salveson (CLE)
Traded from New York (N) to Boston (N) on 2/1/1948 (Going to NYG: 1B Jake Jones. Going to BSN: 3B George Kell)
Traded from Boston (N) to St. Louis on 6/1/1949 (Going to BSN: SS Glenn Crawford, 3B Billy Goodman, 2B Cecil Travis. Going to STL: P Joe Nuxhall, P Joe Haynes, 2B George Kell)
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $928,571 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1950
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Seattle on 9/15/1951
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration
7/1/1952: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Injured on 8/15/1953 with a Inflamed Hamstring Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (N) on 8/13/1954
Won World Series with St. Louis in 1954
Drove in 7 runs against Boston (A) on 7/8/1955
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1955, hitting .688 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Earned first career win on 9/25/1955
6/1/1956: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $405,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from St. Louis to Brooklyn on 7/1/1956 (Going to STL: SS Buddy Kerr, SS Wayne Terwilliger. Going to BRK: C Del Rice, 2B George Kell)
 
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