George Kell stats
Last played for the Baltimore Orioles, 1957
Bio
- Debut
- 1943
Bio
- Debut
- 1943
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,795
- AB
- 6,702
- R
- 881
- H
- 2,054
- HR
- 78
- RBI
- 870
- SB
- 51
- AVG
- .306
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | ATH | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| 1944 | ATH | 139 | 514 | 51 | 138 | 0 | 44 | 5 | .268 |
| 1945 | ATH | 147 | 567 | 50 | 154 | 4 | 56 | 2 | .272 |
| 1946 |  ATH/DET | 131 | 521 | 70 | 168 | 4 | 52 | 3 | .322 |
| 1947 | DET | 152 | 588 | 75 | 188 | 5 | 93 | 9 | .320 |
| 1948 | DET | 92 | 368 | 47 | 112 | 2 | 44 | 2 | .304 |
| 1949 | DET | 134 | 522 | 97 | 179 | 3 | 59 | 7 | .343 |
| 1950 | DET | 157 | 641 | 114 | 218 | 8 | 101 | 3 | .340 |
| 1951 | DET | 147 | 598 | 92 | 191 | 2 | 59 | 10 | .319 |
| 1952 |  DET/BOS | 114 | 428 | 52 | 133 | 7 | 57 | 0 | .311 |
| 1953 | BOS | 134 | 460 | 68 | 141 | 12 | 73 | 5 | .307 |
| 1954 |  BOS/CHW | 97 | 326 | 40 | 90 | 5 | 58 | 1 | .276 |
| 1955 | CHW | 128 | 429 | 44 | 134 | 8 | 81 | 2 | .312 |
| 1956 |  CHW/BAL | 123 | 425 | 52 | 115 | 9 | 48 | 0 | .271 |
| 1957 | BAL | 99 | 310 | 28 | 92 | 9 | 44 | 2 | .297 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 7,528
- TB
- 2,773
- XBH
- 513
- HBP
- 36
- IBB
- 7
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | ATH | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | ATH | 556 | 159 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | ATH | 602 | 202 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | ATH/DET | 577 | 225 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | DET | 662 | 242 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | DET | 414 | 148 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | DET | 612 | 244 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | DET | 724 | 310 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | DET | 674 | 239 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | DET/BOS | 483 | 181 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | BOS | 520 | 222 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | BOS/CHW | 370 | 118 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | CHW | 504 | 184 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | CHW/BAL | 480 | 168 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | BAL | 345 | 128 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 33.0
- RC
- 1074.9
- RC/27
- 6.00
- ISOP
- .107
- SECA
- .202
- BB/K
- 2.16
- AB/HR
- 85.9
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | ATH | 0.0 | 0.7 | 4.7 | .400 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | ATH | 0.0 | 50.4 | 3.4 | .041 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | ATH | 0.0 | 64.7 | 4.2 | .085 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 141.8 | 0 |
| 1946 | ATH/DET | 3.7 | 86.4 | 6.3 | .109 | 0.2 | 2 | 130.3 | 0 |
| 1947 | DET | 3.9 | 96.8 | 6.2 | .092 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 117.6 | 0 |
| 1948 | DET | 0.9 | 57.9 | 5.9 | .098 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 184 | 0 |
| 1949 | DET | 4.7 | 107.4 | 8 | .125 | 0.3 | 5.5 | 174 | 0 |
| 1950 | DET | 4.8 | 126.1 | 7.7 | .144 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 80.1 | 0 |
| 1951 | DET | 3.9 | 99.5 | 6.4 | .080 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 299 | 0 |
| 1952 | DET/BOS | 2.8 | 71.6 | 6.3 | .112 | 0.2 | 2 | 61.1 | 0 |
| 1953 | BOS | 2.8 | 87.7 | 7.3 | .176 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 38.3 | 0 |
| 1954 | BOS/CHW | 0.3 | 43.9 | 4.8 | .086 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 65.2 | 0 |
| 1955 | CHW | 2.5 | 76.9 | 6.6 | .117 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 53.6 | 0 |
| 1956 | CHW/BAL | 1.4 | 58.2 | 4.8 | .125 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 47.2 | 0 |
| 1957 | BAL | 1.3 | 47.9 | 5.7 | .116 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 34.4 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were George Kell's career stats?
George Kell played 15 seasons for the Athletics, the Tigers, the Red Sox, the White Sox and the Orioles. He was a career .306 hitter with 2,054 hits, 78 home runs and 870 RBI. His best season was 1949: a .343 batting average, 3 home runs and 59 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 1943 to 1957
All-time career rank
- 260th in hits (2,054)
Among the 10,343 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.