For the English footballer, see George Kell (footballer).
Baseball player
George Kell
Kell in 1953
Third baseman
Born:(1922-08-23)August 23, 1922 Swifton, Arkansas, U.S.
Died: March 24, 2009(2009-03-24) (aged 86) Swifton, Arkansas, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 28, 1943, for the Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB appearance
September 14, 1957, for the Baltimore Orioles
MLB statistics
Batting average
.306
Hits
2,054
Home runs
78
Runs batted in
870
Teams
Philadelphia Athletics (1943–1946)
Detroit Tigers (1946–1952)
Boston Red Sox (1952–1954)
Chicago White Sox (1954–1956)
Baltimore Orioles (1956–1957)
Career highlights and awards
10× All-Star (1947–1954, 1956, 1957)
AL batting champion (1949)
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
1983
Election method
Veterans Committee
George Clyde Kell (August 23, 1922 – March 24, 2009) was an American professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as a third baseman from 1943 to 1957, most prominently as a member of the Detroit Tigers where, he became a perennial All-Star player, and won the American League (AL) batting championship in 1949.
A ten-time All-Star player, Kell hit .300 or higher in nine seasons, producing a career batting average of .306 and led the league’s third basemen in fielding percentage seven times over a major league playing career that spanned 15 seasons.[1] While lacking home run power, Kell was an outstanding contact hitter. He struck out only 287 times in 6,702 at-bats during his career, averaging just 26 strikeouts per 162 games.
Kell began his baseball career with the Philadelphia Athletics and later played for the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox and the Baltimore Orioles. After his playing career, Kell became a Detroit Tigers television color commentator for 37 years. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983.[2]
^Goldstein, Richard (2009). "George Kell, 86, Tigers' Hall of Famer and Broadcaster, Is Dead". New York Times. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
^"George Kell at the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame". baseballhall.org. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
George Clyde Kell (August 23, 1922 – March 24, 2009) was an American professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played in Major...
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Competition. FSN Basement: All Star Edition 2005 – Featuring interviews with GeorgeKell and Al Kaline, each recalling their memories of playing for the Tigers...
Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved January 6, 2011. "Hall of Famers: GeorgeKell". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved January 6, 2011...
with play by play announcer and former Tiger and fellow Hall of Famer GeorgeKell, and then later as a consultant to the team. Starting in 2003, Kaline...
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in the remainder of the decade while adding a future Hall of Famer in GeorgeKell, they would not win another pennant for seventeen years (with the 1950s...
237 in 35 games.While with the Tourists he was mentored and coached by George Leidy, who emphasized pinpoint bunting and aggression on the basepaths....
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He hit .343 (losing the AL batting title by just .0002 to the Tigers' GeorgeKell, thus missing the Triple Crown that year), hitting 43 home runs, his...
to Richardson! The ballgame is over and the World Series is over! — GeorgeKell, calling the last out of Game 7 on NBC Radio. The season was a high-mark...
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traded by the Red Sox to the Yankees for Camp Skinner, Norm McMillan, and George Murray. The loss of several top players sent the Red Sox into free fall...
some success, especially in the 1920s behind Hall of Fame first baseman George Sisler. However, the team's fortunes declined from then on, as playing success...
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