George Kelly Stats

George Kelly was born on Tuesday, September 10, 1895, in San Francisco, California. Kelly was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 18, 1915, with the New York Giants. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive George Kelly baseball stats page.

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George Kelly

George Kelly Autograph on a 2008 Upper Deck Legendary Cuts (#HH-GK)

George Kelly Autograph on a 2008 Upper Deck Legendary Cuts (#HH-GK)
 

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Birth Name:   George Lange Kelly
Nickname:   High Pockets
Born On:   09-10-1895  (Virgo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   San Francisco, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   10-13-1984 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Burlingame, California
Cemetery:   Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, California Click For Grave Photo
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-04   Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   08-18-1915 (Age 19)
Last Game:   07-27-1932
Draft:   Not Applicable
George Kelly

George Kelly Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1917 22 Giants 1 0 1 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 0 5.0 20 4 0 0 0 1 - 2 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1 Year 1 0 1 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 0 5.0 20 4 0 0 0 1 - 2 0 0 0 -
George Kelly

George Kelly Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1915 20 Giants 17 38 2 6 0 0 1 0 4 1 - 9 1 - 0 - .158 .179 .237
1916 21 Giants 49 76 4 12 2 1 0 0 3 6 - 24 2 - 0 - .158 .220 .211
1917 22 Giants 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 0 - 0 - .000 .000 .000
1917 22 Pirates 8 23 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 9 0 - 0 - .087 .125 .174
1919 24 Giants 32 107 12 31 6 2 1 0 14 3 - 15 5 - 1 - .290 .315 .411
1920 25 Giants 155 590 69 157 22 11 11 1 94 41 - 92 14 - 6 - .266 .320 .397
1921 26 Giants 149 587 95 181 42 9 23 3 122 40 - 73 17 - 3 - .308 .356 .528
1922 27 Giants 151 592 96 194 33 8 17 1 107 30 - 65 15 - 3 - .328 .363 .497
1923 28 Giants 145 560 82 172 23 5 16 0 103 47 - 64 9 - 1 - .307 .362 .452
1924 29 Giants 144 571 91 185 37 9 21 2 136 38 - 52 13 - 5 - .324 .371 .531
1925 30 Giants 147 586 87 181 29 3 20 0 99 35 - 54 10 - 2 - .309 .350 .471
1926 31 Giants 136 499 70 151 24 4 13 0 80 36 - 52 15 - 2 - .303 .352 .445
1927 32 Reds 61 222 27 60 16 4 5 1 21 11 - 23 2 - 1 - .270 .308 .446
1928 33 Reds 116 402 46 119 33 7 3 0 58 28 - 35 17 - 2 - .296 .345 .435
1929 34 Reds 147 577 73 169 45 9 5 0 103 33 - 61 21 - 1 - .293 .332 .428
1930 35 Reds 51 188 18 54 10 1 5 0 35 7 - 20 11 - 0 - .287 .313 .431
1930 35 Cubs 39 166 22 55 6 1 3 0 19 7 - 16 4 - 1 - .331 .362 .434
1932 37 Dodgers 64 202 23 49 9 1 4 0 22 22 - 27 2 - 0 - .243 .317 .356
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
16 Years 1,622 5,993 819 1,778 337 76 148 8 1,020 386 - 694 158 - 28 - .297 .342 .452
George Kelly

George Kelly Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1915 Giants 1B 9 4 93 59 6.6 58 55 3 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .983 16.84
1915 Giants CF 4 4 105 9 2.3 8 7 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 2.06
1916 Giants 1B 13 10 243 104 8.0 102 100 2 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .981 11.33
1916 Giants 3B 1 0 - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1916 Giants CF 2 0 - 2 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1916 Giants RF 5 3 48 4 0.8 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1917 Giants 1B 1 0 - 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1917 Giants 2B 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1917 Giants LF 3 0 - 3 1.0 3 2 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1917 Giants P 1 0 15 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1917 Giants RF 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1917 Pirates 1B 8 8 159 70 8.8 68 66 2 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .971 11.55
1919 Giants 1B 32 31 819 354 11.1 352 341 11 2 17 n/a n/a n/a .994 11.60
1920 Giants 1B 155 155 465 1,873 12.1 1,862 1,759 103 11 115 n/a n/a n/a .994 108.12
1921 Giants 1B 149 148 3,975 1,684 11.3 1,667 1,552 115 17 132 n/a n/a n/a .990 11.32
1922 Giants 1B 151 151 4,053 1,758 11.6 1,745 1,642 103 13 123 n/a n/a n/a .993 11.62
1923 Giants 1B 145 145 3,876 1,640 11.3 1,628 1,568 60 12 111 n/a n/a n/a .993 11.34
1924 Giants 1B 125 123 3,189 1,379 11.0 1,369 1,309 60 10 107 n/a n/a n/a .993 11.59
1924 Giants 2B 5 5 135 29 5.8 27 9 18 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .931 5.40
1924 Giants 3B 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1924 Giants CF 9 9 135 28 3.1 27 26 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .964 5.40
1924 Giants LF 5 5 108 13 2.6 13 13 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.25
1925 Giants 1B 25 24 627 282 11.3 279 263 16 3 13 n/a n/a n/a .989 12.01
1925 Giants 2B 108 107 2,742 679 6.3 666 272 394 13 68 n/a n/a n/a .981 6.56
1925 Giants LF 8 8 186 18 2.3 16 15 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 2.32
1925 Giants RF 9 8 225 16 1.8 16 16 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.92
1926 Giants 1B 114 114 3,024 1,284 11.3 1,275 1,196 79 9 89 n/a n/a n/a .993 11.38
1926 Giants 2B 18 17 390 108 6.0 102 37 65 6 12 n/a n/a n/a .944 7.06
1927 Reds 1B 49 44 1,128 492 10.0 488 456 32 4 46 n/a n/a n/a .992 11.68
1927 Reds 2B 13 8 231 55 4.2 51 19 32 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .927 5.96
1927 Reds LF 2 2 21 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.29
1928 Reds 1B 99 90 2,139 972 9.8 963 894 69 9 99 n/a n/a n/a .991 12.16
1928 Reds LF 9 9 246 123 13.7 122 122 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .992 13.39
1928 Reds RF 4 4 102 13 3.3 12 11 1 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .923 3.18
1929 Reds 1B 147 146 3,774 1,651 11.2 1,640 1,537 103 11 127 n/a n/a n/a .993 11.73
1930 Reds 1B 50 50 1,263 542 10.8 538 503 35 4 44 n/a n/a n/a .993 11.50
1930 Cubs 1B 39 39 1,065 447 11.5 446 414 32 1 31 n/a n/a n/a .998 11.31
1932 Dodgers 1B 62 59 1,386 621 10.0 611 575 36 10 48 n/a n/a n/a .984 11.90
1932 Dodgers CF 1 0 - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1B Totals 1,373 1,341 31,278 15,214 11.1 15,093 14,232 861 121 1,111 n/a n/a n/a .992 13.03
2B Totals 145 137 3,498 871 6.0 846 337 509 25 84 n/a n/a n/a .971 6.53
LF Totals 27 24 561 158 5.9 155 153 2 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .981 7.46
RF Totals 19 15 375 33 1.7 32 31 1 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .970 2.30
CF Totals 16 13 240 40 2.5 38 36 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .950 4.28
3B Totals 2 0 0 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
P Totals 1 0 15 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
16 Years 1,583 1,530 35,967 16,317 10.3 16,165 14,790 1,375 152 1,197 n/a n/a n/a .991 12.13
George Kelly

George Kelly Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1915 Giants 0 1 .000 0 0 n/a 38.0 4.2 9.5 - - -
1916 Giants 1 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.2 25.3 - - -
1917 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.3 0.0 2.00 3.60 1.80
1917 Pirates 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.6 0.0 - - -
1919 Giants 1 - - 0 0 n/a 107.0 7.1 7.6 - - -
1920 Giants 6 16 .273 0 0 n/a 53.6 6.4 6.3 - - -
1921 Giants 4 12 .250 0 0 n/a 25.5 8.0 4.8 - - -
1922 Giants 12 3 .800 0 0 n/a 34.8 9.1 5.5 - - -
1923 Giants 14 7 .667 0 0 n/a 35.0 8.8 5.4 - - -
1924 Giants 7 2 .778 2 0 n/a 27.2 11.0 4.2 - - -
1925 Giants 5 2 .714 0 0 n/a 29.3 10.9 5.9 - - -
1926 Giants 4 - - 6 0 n/a 38.4 9.6 6.2 - - -
1927 Reds 1 - - 1 0 n/a 44.4 9.7 10.6 - - -
1928 Reds 2 - - 4 0 n/a 134.0 11.5 6.9 - - -
1929 Reds 7 - - 0 0 n/a 115.4 9.5 5.6 - - -
1930 Reds 1 - - 1 0 n/a 37.6 9.4 5.4 - - -
1930 Cubs 0 - - 0 0 n/a 55.3 10.4 8.7 - - -
1932 Dodgers 0 - - 1 0 n/a 50.5 7.5 9.2 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
16 Years 65 43 .602 15 0 n/a 40.5 8.6 5.9 2.00 3.60 1.80
George Kelly

George Kelly Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1915 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1916 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1917 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1917 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a -
1919 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1920 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1921 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1922 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1923 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1924 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1925 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1926 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1927 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a -
1928 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a -
1929 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a -
1930 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a -
1930 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1932 Brooklyn Dodgers 14 Undetermined n/a -


Did you know that George Kelly is one of only thirteen former Major League ballplayers who are undefeated pitchers (Wins >= 1) with a perfect earned run average (ERA = 0.00)?

Undefeated & Perfect ERA

Name MLB Debut

Stats

Elmer Bliss 09-28-1903

1-0, 0.00

Nestor Chavez 09-09-1967

1-0, 0.00

Rocky Colavito 09-10-1955

1-0, 0.00

John Dagenhard 09-28-1943

1-0, 0.00

Tom Dougherty 04-24-1904

1-0, 0.00

Jake Jaeckel 09-19-1964

1-0, 0.00

Tim Jones 07-26-1988

1-0, 0.00

George Kelly 08-18-1915

1-0, 0.00

John LeRoy 09-26-1997

1-0, 0.00

Brent Mayne 09-26-1966

1-0, 0.00

Stan Rees 06-12-1918

1-0, 0.00

Chris Saenz 04-24-2004

1-0, 0.00

Wilson Valdez 09-07-2004

1-0, 0.00

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