George Kell
1943–1957 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics
1,795G
.306AVG
.367OBP
.414SLG
More career statistics
2,054H
78HR
870RBI
51SB
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 | 6,702 | 6,701 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 36 | 43 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 287 | 288 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 7,528 | 7,529 |
| Batting · Runs | 881 | 880 |
| Batting · RBI | 870 | 873 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 51 | 52 |
| Batting · Walks | 621 | 623 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,795 | 7,528 | 6,702 | 881 | 2,054 | 385 | 50 | 78 | 870 | 621 | 287 | 51 | 36 | 36 | 20 | 2,773 | .306 | .367 | .414 | .781 |
Streaks
20longest hitting streak · 1949-07-27 to 1949-08-15
57longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Six-Hit Game | 1946-09-20 | 1 in 1,644 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | The Cycle | 1950-06-02 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 57 | Triple Play | 1950-08-15 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 892 | 3693 | 1011 | 39 | 444 | 313 | 133 | .308 | .359 | .417 |
| Away | 903 | 3836 | 1043 | 39 | 429 | 310 | 155 | .305 | .353 | .411 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 138 | 579 | 144 | 2 | 54 | 55 | 22 | .279 | .344 | .350 |
| May | 334 | 1437 | 388 | 15 | 156 | 137 | 73 | .306 | .365 | .412 |
| June | 327 | 1338 | 372 | 20 | 174 | 109 | 50 | .314 | .359 | .432 |
| July | 363 | 1533 | 441 | 20 | 176 | 114 | 59 | .321 | .362 | .448 |
| August | 367 | 1531 | 418 | 11 | 192 | 122 | 50 | .307 | .353 | .403 |
| September | 261 | 1091 | 284 | 10 | 120 | 83 | 33 | .290 | .336 | .389 |
| October | 5 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .438 | .500 | .750 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 257 | 1092 | 305 | 4 | 134 | 94 | 38 | .314 | .365 | .401 |
| new-york-yankees | 253 | 1034 | 256 | 8 | 109 | 86 | 37 | .279 | .331 | .359 |
| cleveland-guardians | 250 | 1025 | 272 | 7 | 93 | 67 | 45 | .292 | .331 | .381 |
| boston-red-sox | 238 | 1012 | 287 | 14 | 116 | 75 | 41 | .312 | .358 | .429 |
| chicago-white-sox | 231 | 965 | 263 | 14 | 106 | 79 | 32 | .307 | .354 | .438 |
| st-louis-browns | 192 | 841 | 242 | 3 | 99 | 68 | 26 | .319 | .369 | .418 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 163 | 725 | 210 | 13 | 89 | 75 | 20 | .335 | .393 | .476 |
| detroit-tigers | 129 | 519 | 141 | 5 | 70 | 44 | 28 | .314 | .356 | .425 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1944 | Philadelphia Athletics | 139 | 514 | 138 | – | 44 | 5 | .268 | – | – |
| 1945 | Philadelphia Athletics | 147 | 567 | 154 | 4 | 58 | 2 | .272 | – | – |
| 1946 | Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics | 131 | 521 | 168 | 4 | 53 | 3 | .322 | – | – |
| 1947 |  Detroit Tigers | 152 | 588 | 188 | 5 | 93 | 10 | .320 | – | – |
| 1948 | Detroit Tigers | 92 | 367 | 112 | 2 | 44 | 2 | .305 | – | – |
| 1949 | Detroit Tigers | 134 | 522 | 179 | 3 | 60 | 7 | .343 | – | – |
| 1950 | Detroit Tigers | 157 | 641 | 218 | 8 | 101 | 3 | .340 | – | – |
| 1951 | Detroit Tigers | 147 | 598 | 191 | 2 | 59 | 10 | .319 | – | – |
| 1952 | Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers | 114 | 428 | 133 | 7 | 57 | – | .311 | – | – |
| 1953 |  Boston Red Sox | 134 | 460 | 141 | 12 | 72 | 5 | .307 | – | – |
| 1954 | Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox | 97 | 326 | 90 | 5 | 58 | 1 | .276 | – | – |
| 1955 |  Chicago White Sox | 128 | 429 | 134 | 8 | 81 | 2 | .312 | – | – |
| 1956 | Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox | 123 | 425 | 115 | 9 | 48 | – | .271 | – | – |
| 1957 |  Baltimore Orioles | 99 | 310 | 92 | 9 | 44 | 2 | .297 | – | – |