Ellis Kinder
1946–1957 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals
484G
.142AVG
.184OBP
.169SLG
More career statistics
63H
1HR
33RBI
0SB
102–71W–L
1,479.2IP
749K
3.43ERA
122GS
102SV
1Rare feat
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 · Plate appearances | 496 | 498 |
| Batting · Walks | 23 | 25 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,302 | 6,300 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,421 | 1,422 |
| Pitching · p hr | 116 | 117 |
| Pitching · p k | 749 | 752 |
| Pitching · p w | 539 | 538 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 484 | 496 | 444 | 34 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 23 | 123 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | .142 | .184 | .169 | .353 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,479.7 | 484 | 122 | 56 | 102 | 71 | 102 | 1,421 | 627 | 564 | 116 | 539 | 749 | 0 | 0 | 3.43 | 1.325 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1953-06-09 to 1953-06-18
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 14 strikeouts | 1949-08-03 | 1 in 1,810 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1951-07-12 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1950-06-10 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 246 | 250 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 56 | .126 | .164 | .158 |
| Away | 238 | 248 | 35 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 67 | .158 | .190 | .180 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 33 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .080 | .111 | .080 |
| May | 79 | 76 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | .087 | .105 | .087 |
| June | 82 | 86 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 20 | .195 | .221 | .221 |
| July | 101 | 103 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 28 | .168 | .175 | .221 |
| August | 100 | 109 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 30 | .124 | .193 | .165 |
| September | 87 | 93 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 19 | .156 | .204 | .169 |
| October | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 76 | 73 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 27 | .152 | .178 | .152 |
| cleveland-guardians | 68 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .087 | .102 | .087 |
| new-york-yankees | 62 | 75 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | .125 | .147 | .172 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 56 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 15 | .125 | .189 | .125 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 54 | 71 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | .164 | .211 | .197 |
| chicago-white-sox | 53 | 90 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 21 | .181 | .200 | .241 |
| st-louis-browns | 42 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | .163 | .217 | .186 |
| boston-red-sox | 21 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .050 | .167 | .050 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 |  St. Louis Browns | 33 | 19 | 1 | – | – | – | .053 | 86 | 59 |
| 1947 | St. Louis Browns | 34 | 62 | 8 | – | 4 | – | .129 | 194 | 111 |
| 1948 |  Boston Red Sox | 28 | 62 | 6 | – | 4 | – | .097 | 178 | 53 |
| 1949 | Boston Red Sox | 43 | 92 | 12 | – | 7 | – | .130 | 252 | 140 |
| 1950 | Boston Red Sox | 48 | 71 | 13 | 1 | 11 | – | .183 | 207 | 96 |
| 1951 | Boston Red Sox | 63 | 34 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .118 | 127 | 84 |
| 1952 | Boston Red Sox | 23 | 32 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 97 | 50 |
| 1953 | Boston Red Sox | 69 | 29 | 11 | – | 2 | – | .379 | 107 | 38 |
| 1954 | Boston Red Sox | 48 | 27 | 5 | – | – | – | .185 | 107 | 67 |
| 1955 | Boston Red Sox | 43 | 12 | 3 | – | 3 | – | .250 | 66 | 31 |
| 1956 | Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals | 51 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 55 | 23 |
| 1957 |  Chicago White Sox | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |