Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
George Selkirk	Bats: Left Throws: Right Height: 6' 1'' Weight: 192   Born: January 4, 1908 in Can, ON, HUNTSVILLE

Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove	1935    1938
All-Star Selections	1942

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
1934	26	NYA	AL	$ 300,000				7	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	10	9	7	8	7
1935	27	NYA	AL	$ 300,000				8	8	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	10	9	7	7	7
1936	28	NYA	AL	$ 300,000				8	8	8	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	10	9	7	7	7
1937	29	NYG	NL	$ 300,000				9	9	8	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	10	9	7	8	7
1938	30	NYG	NL	$ 3,942,857				8	8	7	6	7	6	6	8	7	8	10	10	7	8	7
1939	31	NYG	NL	$ 3,942,857				8	8	7	4	6	5	6	7	7	7	9	8	6	7	7
1940	32	NYA	AL	$ 3,942,857				8	8	7	5	6	5	6	7	7	7	9	8	7	8	7
1941	33	MON	NL	$ 4,370,000				7	7	6	4	6	5	6	7	7	7	9	8	6	7	7
1942	34	MON	NL	$ 4,370,000				7	7	7	4	6	5	6	7	7	7	9	8	6	7	7
1943	35	MON	NL	$ 4,370,000				5	5	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	5	7	6	4	5	5
1944	36	BOS	AL	$ 750,000				5	5	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	6	5	3	4	4
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 300,000				5	5	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	6	5	3	4	4
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 4,370,000				9	9	8	6	7	6	6	8	7	8	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
1934	26	NYA	AL	95	140	26	33	8	2	2	24	4	1	24	16	.236	.343	.364	.707	20.6	2.6
		AAA		10	35	16	14	4	0	3	11	1	0	12	2	.400	.553	.771	1.325	12.9
1935	27	NYA	AL	150	498	80	140	24	6	17	81	5	3	102	67	.281	.401	.456	.857	90.2	16.4
1936	28	NYA	AL	157	576	97	165	26	8	14	87	11	2	89	81	.286	.380	.432	.812	92.7	16.8
1937	29	NYA	AL	102	371	66	100	11	3	14	65	6	1	59	54	.270	.371	.429	.800	59.7	11.2
		NYG	NL	49	127	26	40	10	2	3	29	2	1	27	17	.315	.436	.496	.932	26.5	6.5
		TOT		151	498	92	140	21	5	17	94	8	2	86	71	.281	.388	.446	.834	86.2	17.8
1938	30	NYG	NL	158	549	99	156	21	4	18	93	16	3	91	64	.284	.383	.435	.819	95.5	15.4
1939	31	NYG	NL	136	479	79	131	13	7	19	83	5	7	68	71	.273	.362	.449	.811	75.5	17.4
1940	32	NYG	NL	23	64	13	13	0	1	2	9	2	1	16	14	.203	.363	.328	.691	8.9	1.1
		NYA	AL	121	411	79	129	33	4	10	67	16	6	59	51	.314	.399	.487	.885	75.2	18.0
		TOT		144	475	92	142	33	5	12	76	18	7	75	65	.299	.394	.465	.859	84.0	19.1
1941	33	NYA	AL	21	65	7	15	0	2	1	9	1	0	7	12	.231	.306	.338	.644	6.8	0.5
		MON	NL	112	394	73	107	22	1	10	47	9	2	54	65	.272	.360	.409	.769	57.7	9.8
		TOT		133	459	80	122	22	3	11	56	10	2	61	77	.266	.352	.399	.751	64.5	10.3
1942	34	MON	NL	133	482	101	150	25	3	15	77	13	2	74	71	.311	.402	.469	.871	91.0	18.9
1943	35	MON	NL	119	328	56	95	11	4	6	51	5	1	67	46	.290	.409	.402	.811	57.8	12.2
1944	36	AAA		137	537	67	142	25	3	19	65	3	5	61	104	.264	.339	.428	.768	77.7
10 Years Sim				1376	4484	802	1274	204	47	131	722	95	30	737	629	.284	.384	.438	.822	758.0	147.0
2 Years AAA				147	572	83	156	29	3	22	76	4	5	73	106	.273	.357	.449	.806	90.7
162 Game Average					527	94	149	24	5	15	85	11	3	86	74	.284	.384	.438	.822	89.2
Career Highs				158	576	101	165	33	8	19	94	18	7	102	81	.311	.409	.469	.871	95.5

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		3554	668	1049	173	39	107	597	83	24	622	472	.295	.399	.456	.855	662.5
vs LH		930	134	225	31	8	24	125	12	6	115	157	.242	.325	.370	.695	117.9
Home	673	2172	377	596	102	15	67	344	43	15	325	279	.274	.369	.428	.797	353.7
Away	703	2312	425	678	102	32	64	378	52	15	412	350	.293	.398	.448	.846	426.7
RISP		1217	0	357	64	12	36	551	0	0	242	180	.293	.401	.454	.855	232.6
Pinch Hitting		181	28	50	8	3	3	36	0	0	22	25	.276	.351	.403	.754	26.1
Close/Late		470	84	144	25	5	10	64	0	0	84	57	.306	.411	.445	.856	86.9
Mar/Apr	212	697	115	185	24	11	16	107	17	6	120	102	.265	.372	.400	.772	111.5
May	231	767	143	210	35	4	23	102	15	6	130	105	.274	.381	.420	.801	128.0
June	236	787	147	227	32	5	31	136	19	2	131	111	.288	.387	.460	.846	145.9
July	230	790	142	250	47	9	27	145	21	8	123	121	.316	.407	.501	.909	156.8
August	241	742	144	216	38	12	21	123	11	1	120	95	.291	.387	.460	.847	134.5
Sep/Oct	226	701	111	186	28	6	13	109	12	7	113	95	.265	.367	.378	.745	103.5

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
1934	26	NYA	AL	LF	15	13	114.0	24	1	3	0	.893	1.97					0.4
				RF	22	12	112.0	33	0	1	0	.971	2.65
				3B	3	0	6.0	1	2	0	2	1.000	4.50					0.0
				SS	1	0	4.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.25					0.0
1935	27	NYA	AL	RF	143	136	1218.0	303	13	3	2	.991	2.33					2.5
				2B	1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00					0.0
				LF	2	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	3.60
1936	28	NYA	AL	RF	145	143	1282.3	312	10	8	3	.976	2.26					3.0
				LF	7	0	12.0	2	1	0	0	1.000	2.25
1937	29	NYA	AL	RF	72	65	628.0	136	4	4	1	.972	2.01					1.4
				LF	25	21	202.1	37	2	1	1	.975	1.74					0.0
		NYG	NL	RF	35	31	225.7	49	2	1	1	.981	2.03					0.8
				LF	12	10	72.6	13	1	0	0	1.000	1.74					0.0
		TOT		RF	107	96	853.7	185	6	5	2	.974	2.01					2.2
				LF	37	31	274.7	50	3	1	1	.981	1.74					0.0
1938	30	NYG	NL	LF	124	123	1071.3	252	8	5	5	.981	2.18					3.7
				RF	31	23	216.7	53	0	1	0	.981	2.20
1939	31	NYG	NL	LF	131	126	1099.0	238	9	7	0	.972	2.02					1.6
				RF	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1940	32	NYG	NL	LF	12	11	86.8	20	1	1	0	.955	2.18					0.4
				RF	10	9	73.2	19	0	1	0	.950	2.34					0.0
		NYA	AL	LF	62	57	515.2	116	4	5	3	.960	2.10					2.6
				RF	52	48	434.8	110	1	4	0	.965	2.30					0.0
		TOT		LF	74	68	602.0	136	5	6	3	.959	2.11					3.0
				RF	62	57	508.0	129	1	5	0	.963	2.30					0.0
1941	33	NYA	AL	RF	16	15	119.4	25	1	1	0	.963	1.96					0.3
				LF	4	3	21.8	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.65					0.0
		MON	NL	RF	87	81	744.3	156	3	5	0	.970	1.92					2.0
				LF	22	13	135.9	24	2	2	0	.929	1.72					0.0
		TOT		RF	103	96	863.7	181	4	6	0	.969	1.93					2.3
				LF	26	16	157.7	28	2	2	0	.938	1.71					0.0
1942	34	MON	NL	LF	101	98	861.3	205	9	11	4	.951	2.24					2.7
				RF	24	20	186.0	33	1	1	0	.971	1.65
1943	35	MON	NL	LF	88	75	676.3	154	6	2	0	.988	2.13					1.3
				RF	6	5	50.3	6	1	0	0	1.000	1.25
				RF	645	588	5292.7	1235	36	30	7	.977	2.16					10.1
				LF	605	550	4873.4	1091	44	37	13	.968	2.10					12.8
				2B	1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00					0.0
				3B	3	0	6.0	1	2	0	2	1.000	4.50					0.0
				SS	1	0	4.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.25					0.0
Career Totals					1255	1139	10185.1	2328	83	67	22	.973	2.13					22.8
Career Highs					155	146	1294.3	314	13	12	5	.991	2.36

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
1937	29	NYG	NL	14	49	9	17	3	0	3	12	0	0	11	4	.347	.475	.592	1.067
1938	30	NYG	NL	7	27	4	7	1	1	0	6	1	0	5	2	.259	.375	.370	.745
1939	31	NYG	NL	10	33	6	8	1	1	0	1	1	1	5	5	.242	.342	.333	.675
1941	33	MON	NL	5	15	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	.200	.250	.267	.517
Career Post-Season Batting				36	124	20	35	6	2	3	21	2	2	22	13	.282	.395	.435	.830

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 1942-9-.311 On-Base Pct 1935-5-.401 1938-10-.383 1942-3-.402 Slugging Pct 1942-9-.469 OPS 1935-10-.857 1942-8-.871 XR 1938-8-95.5 1942-9-91.0 Games 1936-5-157 1938-2-158 Runs 1938-4-99 1939-10-79 1942-3-101 Triples 1939-6-7 Homeruns 1935-10-17 1938-8-18 1939-6-19 RBIs 1939-8-83 Stolen Bases 1934-9-4 1936-2-11 1938-2-16 1940-4-16 1941-5-9 1942-6-13 Caught Stealing 1939-5-7 1940-6-6 Walks 1935-1-102 1936-4-89 1938-4-91 1942-7-74 Strikeouts 1936-5-81 1942-8-71

Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 55    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)    Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

Stan Spence (950) Roy Cullenbine (933) Dan Thomas (919) Ken Singleton (918) Ken Henderson (911) Ron Northey (910) Roberto Ortiz (909) Bill Nicholson (908) Carlos May (904) Ellis Burton (904)

History

Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1934

Had first career hit on 4/16/1934, off Wes Ferrell (BOS)

Hit first career homerun on 4/22/1934, off Johnny Welch (CLE)

Injured on 8/29/1934 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week

Injured on 4/28/1935 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week

Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1935

Traded from New York (A) to New York (G) on 7/31/1937 (Going to NYG: RF George Selkirk. Going to NYA: P Danny Macfayden)

2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,942,857 through salary arbitration

Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1938

2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,942,857 through salary arbitration

Injured on 3/23/1939 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 4 weeks

2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,942,857 through salary arbitration

Traded from New York (G) to New York (A) on 5/1/1940 (Going to NYG: P Jumbo Brown. Going to NYA: LF George Selkirk)

6/1/1940: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $4,370,000 per year, for 3 years

Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 9/29/1940

Injured on 4/24/1941 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks

Traded from New York (A) to Montreal on 5/1/1941 (Going to MON: RF George Selkirk. Going to NYA: P Jack Kramer)

Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 6/20/1942

Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game

Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/10/1944 to a 1-year deal worth $750,000 per year

Injured on 4/14/1944 with a Bruised Ankle, out for one week

For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.