Alex Kellner
1948–1959 · bats R / throws L · ALS, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Athletics, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals
323G
.215AVG
.251OBP
.261SLG
More career statistics
138H
4HR
57RBI
0SB
101–112W–L
1,849.1IP
816K
4.41ERA
250GS
5SV
7Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 643 | 644 |
| Batting · Walks | 30 | 29 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 8,023 | 8,040 |
| Pitching · p er | 906 | 904 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 5,548 | 5,547 |
| Pitching · p k | 816 | 818 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,015 | 1,016 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 323 | 704 | 643 | 49 | 138 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 57 | 30 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 168 | .215 | .251 | .261 | .512 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,849.3 | 321 | 250 | 99 | 101 | 112 | 5 | 1,925 | 1,015 | 906 | 184 | 747 | 816 | 0 | 0 | 4.41 | 1.445 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1949-09-08 to 1950-05-11
11longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Triple Play | 1957-05-16 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1952-09-20 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1954-04-20 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 166 | 335 | 67 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 49 | .216 | .233 | .265 |
| Away | 157 | 369 | 71 | 2 | 28 | 18 | 57 | .213 | .241 | .257 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 30 | 76 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | .134 | .171 | .224 |
| May | 65 | 135 | 34 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 18 | .276 | .311 | .325 |
| June | 61 | 125 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 15 | .207 | .208 | .259 |
| July | 62 | 142 | 26 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 18 | .198 | .218 | .221 |
| August | 65 | 136 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 25 | .163 | .184 | .187 |
| September | 39 | 86 | 22 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 15 | .275 | .314 | .350 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .750 | .750 | .750 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 58 | 110 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 16 | .170 | .209 | .190 |
| cleveland-guardians | 45 | 107 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 22 | .120 | .140 | .180 |
| chicago-white-sox | 45 | 111 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 14 | .194 | .225 | .296 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 40 | 97 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 15 | .275 | .278 | .352 |
| boston-red-sox | 29 | 66 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | .290 | .303 | .339 |
| detroit-tigers | 29 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | .176 | .224 | .176 |
| st-louis-browns | 27 | 78 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 6 | .284 | .282 | .311 |
| baltimore-orioles | 20 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .161 | .211 | .161 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 13 | 5 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 23 | 15 |
| 1949 | Philadelphia Athletics | 38 | 92 | 20 | – | 10 | – | .217 | 245 | 93 |
| 1950 | Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 80 | 16 | – | 3 | – | .200 | 225 | 86 |
| 1951 | Philadelphia Athletics | 33 | 79 | 18 | – | 9 | – | .228 | 209 | 94 |
| 1952 | Philadelphia Athletics | 34 | 82 | 17 | 1 | 10 | – | .207 | 231 | 105 |
| 1953 | Philadelphia Athletics | 25 | 69 | 15 | – | – | – | .217 | 201 | 81 |
| 1954 | Philadelphia Athletics | 27 | 55 | 10 | – | 6 | – | .182 | 173 | 70 |
| 1955 |  Kansas City Athletics | 30 | 56 | 12 | – | 5 | – | .214 | 162 | 75 |
| 1956 | Kansas City Athletics | 21 | 31 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .194 | 91 | 44 |
| 1957 | Kansas City Athletics | 28 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 6 | – | .234 | 132 | 72 |
| 1958 | Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Athletics | 26 | 39 | 11 | – | 6 | – | .282 | 115 | 64 |
| 1959 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 12 | 9 | 2 | – | – | – | .222 | 37 | 19 |