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George Kelly

George Kelly

1915–1932 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'4", 190 lb · b. 1895 San Francisco, CA

Career 1,622 G · 1,778 H · 148 HR · 1,020 RBI · .297 AVG · 1–0 · 2 SO · 5.0 IP

Seasons leading his league

15

6 best in baseball 9 league only

51 Top-5 finishes

6 Title seasons

7 Categories led

1920 Best season

Spanning 1920–1926, peaking at 5 titles in 1920.

Team records #6 Giants 1924 RBI

Led in First Base Assists for 3 straight seasons (1920–1922) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

263rd League titles 15
388th Best in baseball 6
357th Top-5 finishes 51

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

Career leaderboards

3rd First Base Range Factor 10.99
56th First Base Putouts 14,232
75th First Base Double Plays 1,111
76th First Base Fielding Percentage .992
79th First Base Assists 861
264th Batting Average .297
288th Runs Batted In 1,020
317th Triples 76
362nd Doubles 337
427th Hits 1,778
446th Total Bases 2,711
451st Slugging Percentage .452

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
First Base Range Factor	3	1st	2 yrs (1922–1923)	1920 12.01 1922 NL 11.56 1923 NL 11.23 1921 #2 1924 #3 1926 #2 1929 #2
First Base Assists	3	1st	3 yrs (1920–1922)	1920 NL 103 1921 NL 115 1922 NL 103 1926 #3
First Base Putouts	3	1st	2 yrs (1920–1921)	1920 1,759 1923 1,568 1921 NL 1,552 1922 #2 1929 #2
First Base Double Plays	2	1st	2 yrs (1920–1921)	1920 115 1921 132 1922 #2 1929 #3
Runs Batted In	2	1st	—	1924 136 1920 NL 94 1921 #2
First Base Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	1926 NL .993 1920 #2 1922 #3 1923 #3 1924 #3 1929 #3
Home Runs	1	1st	—	1921 NL 23 1920 #3 1922 #3
Total Bases	—	#2	—	1921 #2
Second Base Range Factor	—	#2	—	1925 #2
Second Base Fielding Percentage	—	#2	—	1925 #2
Doubles	—	#2	—	1921 #2 1924 #3
Slugging Percentage	—	#3	—	1921 #3

Title Seasons

6 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1926	1	1B FPCT .993
1924	1	RBI 136
1923	2	1B PO 1,568 1B RF 11.23
1922	2	1B A 103 1B RF 11.56
1921	4	HR 23 1B PO 1,552 1B A 115 1B DP 132
1920	5	RBI 94 1B PO 1,759 1B A 103 1B DP 115 1B RF 12.01

Batting

led the league 16 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1915	NY1	NL	17	38	2	6	0	0	1	4	1	9	0	.158	.179	.237	.416
1916	NY1	NL	49	76	4	12	2	1	0	3	6	24	1	.158	.220	.211	.430
1917	NY1 +1	NL	19	30	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	12	0	.067	.097	.133	.230
1919	NY1	NL	32	107	12	31	6	2	1	14	3	15	1	.290	.315	.411	.727
1920	NY1	NL	155	590	69	157	22	11	11	94	41	92	6	.266	.320	.397	.717
1921	NY1	NL	149	587	95	181	42	9	23	122	40	73	4	.308	.356	.528	.884
1922	NY1	NL	151	592	96	194	33	8	17	107	30	65	12	.328	.363	.497	.860
1923	NY1	NL	145	560	82	172	23	5	16	103	47	64	14	.307	.362	.452	.814
1924	NY1	NL	144	571	91	185	37	9	21	136	38	52	7	.324	.371	.531	.902
1925	NY1	NL	147	586	87	181	29	3	20	99	35	54	5	.309	.350	.471	.821
1926	NY1	NL	136	499	70	151	24	4	13	80	36	52	4	.303	.352	.445	.797
1927	CIN	NL	61	222	27	60	16	4	5	21	11	23	1	.270	.308	.446	.754
1928	CIN	NL	116	402	46	119	33	7	3	58	28	35	2	.296	.345	.435	.780
1929	CIN	NL	147	577	73	169	45	9	5	103	33	61	7	.293	.332	.428	.760
1930	CIN +1	NL	90	354	40	109	16	2	8	54	14	36	1	.308	.336	.432	.768
1932	BRO	NL	64	202	23	49	9	1	4	22	22	27	0	.243	.317	.356	.673
Career	—	—	1,622	5,993	819	1,778	337	76	148	1,020	386	694	65	.297	.342	.452	.794

Pitching

1 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1917	NY1	NL	1	0	0.00	1	0	0	5.0	4	0	0	1	2	1.00
Career	—	—	1	0	0.00	1	0	0	5.0	4	0	0	1	2	1.00

Fielding

5 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1915	NY1	NL	1B	9	—	—	55	3	1	1	59	.983	6.44
			OF	4	—	—	7	1	1	0	9	.889	2.00
1916	NY1	NL	1B	13	—	—	100	2	2	4	104	.981	7.85
			OF	12	—	—	6	0	0	1	6	1.000	0.50
			3B	1	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1917	NY1	NL	1B	9	—	—	68	2	2	4	72	.972	7.78
			OF	4	—	—	2	2	0	0	4	1.000	1.00
			2B	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
			P	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1919	NY1	NL	1B	32	—	—	341	11	2	17	354	.994	11.00
1920	NY1	NL	1B	155	—	—	1,759	103	11	115	1,873	.994	12.01
1921	NY1	NL	1B	149	—	—	1,552	115	17	132	1,684	.990	11.19
1922	NY1	NL	1B	151	—	—	1,642	103	13	123	1,758	.993	11.56
1923	NY1	NL	1B	145	—	—	1,568	60	12	111	1,640	.993	11.23
1924	NY1	NL	1B	125	—	—	1,309	60	10	107	1,379	.993	10.95
			OF	14	—	—	39	1	1	0	41	.976	2.86
			2B	5	—	—	9	18	2	2	29	.931	5.40
			3B	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1925	NY1	NL	2B	108	—	—	272	394	13	68	679	.981	6.17
			1B	25	—	—	263	16	3	13	282	.989	11.16
			OF	17	—	—	31	1	2	0	34	.941	1.88
1926	NY1	NL	1B	114	—	—	1,196	79	9	89	1,284	.993	11.18
			2B	18	—	—	37	65	6	12	108	.944	5.67
1927	CIN	NL	1B	49	—	—	456	32	4	46	492	.992	9.96
			2B	13	—	—	19	32	4	2	55	.927	3.92
			OF	2	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	0.50
1928	CIN	NL	1B	99	—	—	894	69	9	99	972	.991	9.73
			OF	13	—	—	33	1	2	1	36	.944	2.62
1929	CIN	NL	1B	147	—	—	1,537	103	11	127	1,651	.993	11.16
1930	CIN	NL	1B	89	—	—	917	67	5	75	989	.995	11.06
1932	BRO	NL	1B	62	—	—	575	36	10	48	621	.984	9.85
			OF	1	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
Career	—	—	1B	1,373	—	—	14,232	861	121	1,111	15,214	.992	10.99
	—	—	2B	145	—	—	337	509	25	84	871	.971	5.83
	—	—	OF	67	—	—	120	6	6	2	132	.955	1.88
	—	—	3B	2	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	0.50
	—	—	P	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00