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11-01-2006, 04:38 PM
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Today's Featured Tiger Player
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--George Kell-- (http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kellge01.shtml)
(1946-1952)
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Easily the best player to emerge during the WWII player shortage,George Kell remained the AL's premier third baseman long after the war had ended, and eventually earned a spot in the Hall of Fame wearing the Olde English D..
After two seasons as the Philadelphia Athletics' third baseman, Kell was traded to Detroit for Barney McCosky in May 1946 and became a perennial All-Star. He finished the 1946 season at .322, his first of eight consecutive .300 seasons. He missed 57 games in 1948 due to injuries. He first suffered a broken wrist when hit by a Vic Raschi pitch. Then several weeks later Joe DiMaggio smashed a hard grounder off his face, breaking Kell’s jaw, but he got up from the ground and threw out the Yankee star at first base
In 1949, Kell won his only batting title, and in the process denied Ted Williams his third triple crown. Williams had led the batting race until the final week of the season, but Kell came back from an injury to have a hot streak. When Williams went hitless in the season finale, Kell snatched the title, .3429 to .3428. Kell hit .340 the following year, leading the AL with 218 hits and 56 doubles, but lost the batting title to Boston's Billy Goodman. After leading the league in hits and doubles once again in 1951, Kell was sent to Boston in June 1952 as part of a nine-man deal that included Dizzy Trout, Hoot Evers, Walt Dropo, and Johnny Pesky. His brother, Skeeter, played for the Athletics that season.
Kell was a solid hitter and a sure-handed fielder. He batted over .300 nine times and topped the league's third basemen in assists and total chances four times and in fielding percentage seven times. In his career, Kell batted .306, with 78 home runs and 870 runs batted in, 881 runs scored, 2054 hits, 385 doubles, 50 triples, 36 stolen bases, a .482 slugging average, and 621 walks for a .367 on base percentage.
George Kell was as gifted in the field as he was at the plate, leading AL third baseman seven times in fielding and four times each in assists and total chances/game. After concluding his career as Baltimore's third baseman, he was succeeded there by Brooks Robinson. Kell became a Tigers play-by-play man on television from 1959-1996. Kell also served ten years on the Arkansas State Highway commission (1973-83). Kell owns a car dealership, George Kell Motors in Newport, Arkansas. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1983.
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Today's Featured Tiger Player
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--George Kell-- (http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kellge01.shtml)
(1946-1952)
(click on hot linked name for statistics)
Easily the best player to emerge during the WWII player shortage,George Kell remained the AL's premier third baseman long after the war had ended, and eventually earned a spot in the Hall of Fame wearing the Olde English D..
After two seasons as the Philadelphia Athletics' third baseman, Kell was traded to Detroit for Barney McCosky in May 1946 and became a perennial All-Star. He finished the 1946 season at .322, his first of eight consecutive .300 seasons. He missed 57 games in 1948 due to injuries. He first suffered a broken wrist when hit by a Vic Raschi pitch. Then several weeks later Joe DiMaggio smashed a hard grounder off his face, breaking Kell’s jaw, but he got up from the ground and threw out the Yankee star at first base
In 1949, Kell won his only batting title, and in the process denied Ted Williams his third triple crown. Williams had led the batting race until the final week of the season, but Kell came back from an injury to have a hot streak. When Williams went hitless in the season finale, Kell snatched the title, .3429 to .3428. Kell hit .340 the following year, leading the AL with 218 hits and 56 doubles, but lost the batting title to Boston's Billy Goodman. After leading the league in hits and doubles once again in 1951, Kell was sent to Boston in June 1952 as part of a nine-man deal that included Dizzy Trout, Hoot Evers, Walt Dropo, and Johnny Pesky. His brother, Skeeter, played for the Athletics that season.
Kell was a solid hitter and a sure-handed fielder. He batted over .300 nine times and topped the league's third basemen in assists and total chances four times and in fielding percentage seven times. In his career, Kell batted .306, with 78 home runs and 870 runs batted in, 881 runs scored, 2054 hits, 385 doubles, 50 triples, 36 stolen bases, a .482 slugging average, and 621 walks for a .367 on base percentage.
George Kell was as gifted in the field as he was at the plate, leading AL third baseman seven times in fielding and four times each in assists and total chances/game. After concluding his career as Baltimore's third baseman, he was succeeded there by Brooks Robinson. Kell became a Tigers play-by-play man on television from 1959-1996. Kell also served ten years on the Arkansas State Highway commission (1973-83). Kell owns a car dealership, George Kell Motors in Newport, Arkansas. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1983.
http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/K/Kell_George.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kell
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