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George
Kelly		  
Nickname: Highpockets
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 195
 
Born: September 10, 1895 in Usa, CA, SAN FRAN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1918   
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
1915 19 PHA AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 2 1 2 8 6 6 4 3 4 8 7 7
1916 20 PHA AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 8 6 7 4 3 4 8 7 7
1917 21 PHA AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 8 6 7 4 3 4 8 7 7
1918 22 PHA AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 9 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7
1919 23 PHA AL $ 1,342,857   7 7 8 2 2 2 9 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7
1920 24 PHA AL $ 1,342,857   6 6 7 2 2 2 9 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7
1921 25 PHA AL $ 1,880,000   6 6 7 3 2 2 9 7 8 4 4 4 8 7 7
1922 26 PHA AL $ 1,880,000   7 7 8 3 2 2 9 7 8 4 4 4 8 6 7
1923 27 PHA AL $ 1,880,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 9 7 7 4 3 3 7 6 6
1924 28 PHA AL $ 3,100,000   6 6 7 4 3 3 9 7 7 3 3 3 7 6 6
1925 29 PHA AL $ 3,100,000   6 6 7 4 3 3 9 7 7 3 3 3 8 7 7
1926 30 PHA AL $ 3,100,000   6 6 7 3 2 3 8 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6
1927 31 WAS AL     5 5 6 3 2 3 8 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 7
1928 32 WAS AL     6 6 7 3 2 3 8 6 7 3 3 3 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 6 2 1 2 8 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,100,000   7 7 8 4 3 3 9 7 8 4 4 4 8 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1915 19 AAA   107 399 54 90 16 0 5 25 11 9 62 88 .226 .330 .303 .633 43.7  
    AA   26 100 16 29 4 0 2 9 2 1 15 17 .290 .383 .390 .773 15.6  
1916 20 PHA AL 79 248 29 81 10 1 3 34 0 1 29 40 .327 .396 .411 .807 36.8 9.3
1917 21 PHA AL 67 236 33 69 16 2 1 23 1 0 14 37 .292 .333 .390 .723 26.6 6.1
1918 22 PHA AL 133 492 50 145 32 2 3 68 0 0 39 91 .295 .342 .386 .728 61.5 15.1
1919 23 PHA AL 63 223 28 72 8 1 0 33 2 1 18 17 .323 .369 .368 .737 29.6 6.6
1920 24 PHA AL 81 275 31 92 4 4 2 34 4 0 26 32 .335 .393 .400 .793 40.8 9.3
1921 25 PHA AL 84 257 43 84 13 4 2 39 4 0 14 28 .327 .364 .432 .796 37.5 7.7
1922 26 PHA AL 119 441 75 140 25 6 5 74 2 0 28 45 .317 .357 .435 .792 62.0 14.3
1923 27 PHA AL 98 257 32 79 16 0 1 31 1 2 22 21 .307 .362 .381 .743 34.0 7.8
1924 28 PHA AL 44 102 8 30 5 1 1 5 0 1 8 8 .294 .345 .392 .738 12.4 2.0
    AAA   54 214 32 66 16 2 0 26 4 5 18 21 .308 .362 .402 .764 28.6  
1925 29 PHA AL 64 182 20 54 16 2 2 21 1 0 13 22 .297 .342 .440 .781 25.4 4.4
    AAA   55 214 36 77 9 2 3 28 4 4 29 16 .360 .436 .463 .899 40.5  
1926 30 PHA AL 63 159 20 41 5 5 1 12 1 0 8 9 .258 .293 .371 .664 15.1 1.7
1927 31 AAA   49 171 31 53 11 2 2 30 2 2 21 11 .310 .385 .433 .818 27.4  
    AA   30 115 20 41 9 2 0 25 1 0 12 8 .357 .417 .470 .887 20.7  
1928 32 AA   129 515 86 169 26 1 11 77 12 9 39 52 .328 .375 .447 .822 80.4  
11 Years Sim 895 2872 369 887 150 28 21 374 16 5 219 350 .309 .357 .403 .759 381.8 84.3
4 Years AAA 265 998 153 286 52 6 10 109 21 20 130 136 .287 .369 .381 .749 140.3  
3 Years AA 185 730 122 239 39 3 13 111 15 10 66 77 .327 .380 .442 .823 116.7  
7 Years Minors 450 1728 275 525 91 9 23 220 36 30 196 213 .304 .373 .407 .780 257.0  
162 Game Average 519 66 160 27 5 3 67 2 0 39 63 .309 .357 .403 .759 69.1  
Career Highs 133 492 75 145 32 6 5 74 4 2 39 91 .335 .396 .440 .807 62.0  
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   1220 150 335 61 12 8 164 5 2 65 181 .275 .309 .364 .673 132.3
vs LH   1652 219 552 89 16 13 210 11 3 154 169 .334 .390 .431 .821 264.2
Home 426 1323 177 416 70 14 10 170 6 2 95 157 .314 .359 .411 .770 186.0
Away 469 1549 192 471 80 14 11 204 10 3 124 193 .304 .354 .395 .750 210.5
RISP   764 0 243 44 13 6 328 0 0 86 102 .318 .378 .433 .811 123.1
Pinch Hitting   164 22 49 6 3 1 18 1 0 11 20 .299 .345 .390 .735 21.3
Close/Late   361 45 103 18 3 3 35 0 0 38 55 .285 .355 .377 .732 48.1
Mar/Apr 69 204 37 58 11 2 3 26 0 0 22 20 .284 .357 .402 .759 28.8
May 139 476 55 150 23 5 3 70 7 0 36 61 .315 .360 .403 .763 67.8
June 151 446 51 143 27 8 3 60 0 0 34 55 .321 .364 .437 .801 67.1
July 188 611 82 184 29 4 7 82 0 1 45 74 .301 .348 .396 .744 81.1
August 162 550 65 169 28 5 2 73 5 2 40 68 .307 .355 .387 .742 72.5
Sep/Oct 186 585 79 183 32 4 3 63 4 2 42 72 .313 .359 .397 .755 79.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1916 20 PHA AL 1B 62 58 524.7 733 55 11 60 .986 13.52   0.3
1917 21 PHA AL 1B 59 57 524.3 720 69 11 58 .986 13.54   0.8
1918 22 PHA AL 1B 130 129 1160.3 1647 126 5 121 .997 13.75   3.0
1919 23 PHA AL 1B 54 52 460.3 619 40 7 56 .989 12.88   0.7
1920 24 PHA AL 1B 70 65 577.3 779 68 10 70 .988 13.20   1.2
1921 25 PHA AL 1B 61 55 487.0 710 56 1 57 .999 14.16   1.6
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1922 26 PHA AL 1B 111 109 913.7 1286 106 4 105 .997 13.71   1.8
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1923 27 PHA AL 1B 67 51 489.7 669 71 4 60 .995 13.60   0.9
    CF 4 2 17.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1924 28 PHA AL 1B 35 24 217.7 316 24 1 20 .997 14.06   0.4
1925 29 PHA AL RF 38 25 241.7 67 1 2 1 .971 2.53   0.6
    1B 19 18 146.0 195 16 0 13 1.000 13.01   0.3
    CF 4 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1926 30 PHA AL RF 32 21 191.3 47 2 0 0 1.000 2.30   0.5
    1B 20 15 136.7 185 15 0 14 1.000 13.17   0.2
    CF 1 0 1.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 10.84    
  1B 688 633 5637.6 7859 646 54 634 .994 13.58   11.5
  RF 72 46 437.0 114 3 2 1 .983 2.41   1.2
  CF 10 2 24.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.19   0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   771 681 6100.3 7979 649 56 635 .994 12.73   12.7
Career Highs   130 129 1160.3 1647 126 11 121 1.000 14.13    
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
CAR-29-.309
 Slugging Pct
1918-10-.386
 Doubles
1918-3-32
 Strikeouts
1918-1-91
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  5. Sparky Adams (939)
  6. Lloyd Christenbury (936)
  7. Roy Grimes (933)
  8. Marty Kavanagh (924)
  9. John Farrell (916)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Philadelphia (A) in 1915
Had first career hit on 4/13/1916, off Doc White (CHA)
Hit first career homerun on 6/7/1916, off Joe Boehling (DET)
Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 1918
2/14/1919: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
2/18/1920: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
7/1/1920: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (A), $1,880,000 per year, for 3 years
7/31/1923: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (A), $3,100,000 per year, for 3 years
7/31/1926: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (A), $741,000 per year, for 1 years
Released by Philadelphia (A) on 4/29/1927
 
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