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George Kell

George Kell

1943–1957 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'9", 175 lb · b. 1922 Swifton, AR

Career 1,795 G · 2,054 H · 78 HR · 870 RBI · .306 AVG

Seasons leading his league

24

14 best in baseball 10 league only

65 Top-5 finishes

9 Title seasons

8 Categories led

1951 Best season

Spanning 1945–1956, peaking at 6 titles in 1951.

Clubs 200 Hit Seasons

Team records #3 Tigers career AVG #7 Tigers 1950 H

Led in Third Base Range Factor for 3 straight seasons (1945–1947) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

108th League titles 24
85th Best in baseball 14
193rd Top-5 finishes 65

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

10th Third Base Fielding Percentage .969
18th Third Base Putouts 1,825
30th Third Base Double Plays 306
31st Third Base Assists 3,303
37th Third Base Range Factor 3.03
144th Batting Average .306
239th Doubles 385
267th Hits 2,054
330th On-Base Percentage .367
421st Total Bases 2,773
442nd Runs Batted In 870

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Third Base Fielding Percentage	7	1st	2 yrs (1945–1946)	1946 .983 1950 .982 1955 .976 1956 .978 1945 AL .964 1951 AL .960 1953 AL .972 1944 #3 1947 #3 1949 #2
Third Base Range Factor	4	1st	3 yrs (1945–1947)	1945 3.61 1946 3.11 1947 AL 3.29 1951 AL 3.30 1949 #3
Third Base Assists	4	1st	3 yrs (1945–1947)	1945 345 1946 267 1947 333 1951 AL 310 1949 #2 1950 #2
Third Base Double Plays	2	1st	—	1946 27 1951 34 1944 #3 1945 #2
Third Base Putouts	2	1st	2 yrs (1945–1946)	1945 AL 186 1946 AL 141 1944 #3 1947 #2 1950 #2 1951 #2
Doubles	2	1st	2 yrs (1950–1951)	1950 56 1951 AL 36 1949 #2 1953 #2
Hits	2	1st	2 yrs (1950–1951)	1950 218 1951 AL 191 1947 #2
Batting Average	1	1st	—	1949 .343 1950 #2 1951 #3 1955 #3
Triples	—	#3	—	1946 #3

Title Seasons

9 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1956	1	3B FPCT .978
1955	1	3B FPCT .976
1953	1	3B FPCT .972
1951	6	H 191 2B 36 3B A 310 3B DP 34 3B FPCT .960 3B RF 3.30
1950	3	H 218 2B 56 3B FPCT .982
1949	1	AVG .343
1947	2	3B A 333 3B RF 3.29
1946	5	3B A 267 3B PO 141 3B DP 27 3B FPCT .983 3B RF 3.11
1945	4	3B A 345 3B PO 186 3B FPCT .964 3B RF 3.61

Batting

led the league 15 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1943	PHA	AL	1	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.200	.600	.800
1944	PHA	AL	139	514	51	138	15	3	0	44	22	23	5	.268	.300	.309	.609
1945	PHA	AL	147	567	50	154	30	3	4	56	27	15	2	.272	.306	.356	.662
1946	DET +1	AL	131	521	70	168	25	10	4	52	40	20	3	.322	.372	.432	.804
1947	DET	AL	152	588	75	188	29	5	5	93	61	16	9	.320	.387	.412	.798
1948	DET	AL	92	368	47	112	24	3	2	44	33	15	2	.304	.369	.402	.772
1949	DET	AL	134	522	97	179	38	9	3	59	71	13	7	.343	.424	.467	.892
1950	DET	AL	157	641	114	218	56	6	8	101	66	18	3	.340	.403	.484	.886
1951	DET	AL	147	598	92	191	36	3	2	59	61	18	10	.319	.386	.400	.786
1952	BOS +1	AL	114	428	52	133	23	2	7	57	46	23	0	.311	.379	.423	.802
1953	BOS	AL	134	460	68	141	41	2	12	73	52	22	5	.307	.383	.483	.866
1954	CHA +1	AL	97	326	40	90	13	0	5	58	33	15	1	.276	.334	.362	.696
1955	CHA	AL	128	429	44	134	24	1	8	81	51	36	2	.312	.389	.429	.818
1956	BAL +1	AL	123	425	52	115	22	2	9	48	33	37	0	.271	.324	.395	.719
1957	BAL	AL	99	310	28	92	9	0	9	44	25	16	2	.297	.352	.413	.765
Career	—	—	1,795	6,702	881	2,054	385	50	78	870	621	287	51	.306	.367	.414	.781

Fielding

4 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1943	PHA	AL	3B	1	—	—	1	3	0	0	4	1.000	4.00
1944	PHA	AL	3B	139	—	—	167	289	20	25	476	.958	3.28
1945	PHA	AL	3B	147	—	—	186	345	20	32	551	.964	3.61
1946	DET	AL	3B	131	—	—	141	267	7	27	415	.983	3.11
			1B	1	—	—	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
1947	DET	AL	3B	152	—	—	167	333	20	25	520	.962	3.29
1948	DET	AL	3B	92	—	—	108	146	8	15	262	.969	2.76
1949	DET	AL	3B	134	—	—	154	271	11	23	436	.975	3.17
1950	DET	AL	3B	157	—	—	186	315	9	30	510	.982	3.19
1951	DET	AL	3B	147	—	—	175	310	20	34	505	.960	3.30
1952	BOS	AL	3B	112	—	—	113	216	14	21	343	.959	2.94
1953	BOS	AL	3B	124	—	—	114	231	10	23	355	.972	2.78
			OF	7	—	—	4	0	0	0	4	1.000	0.57
1954	CHA	AL	3B	56	52	428.0	50	97	10	9	157	.936	2.63
			1B	32	32	256.0	253	8	1	27	262	.996	8.16
			OF	2	2	12.0	3	0	0	0	3	1.000	1.50
1955	CHA	AL	3B	105	102	834.0	83	165	6	8	254	.976	2.36
			1B	24	13	125.1	133	5	1	12	139	.993	5.75
			OF	1	1	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1956	BAL	AL	3B	115	110	892.1	114	193	7	19	314	.978	2.67
			1B	6	4	31.1	23	4	0	4	27	1.000	4.50
			2B	1	0	1.0	1	1	0	1	2	1.000	2.00
1957	BAL	AL	3B	80	59	553.0	66	122	4	15	192	.979	2.35
			1B	22	19	141.2	146	5	0	10	151	1.000	6.86
Career	—	—	3B	1,692	323	2707.1	1,825	3,303	166	306	5,294	.969	3.03
	—	—	1B	85	68	554.1	557	22	2	53	581	.997	6.81
	—	—	OF	10	3	18.0	7	0	0	0	7	1.000	0.70
	—	—	2B	1	0	1.0	1	1	0	1	2	1.000	2.00