George Clyde Kell was an American Major League Baseball third baseman who played 15 seasons for the Philadelphia Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, and Baltimore Orioles.
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20 Facts About George Kell
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George Kell was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983.
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George Kell struck out only 287 times in 6,702 at-bats during his career.
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In college, George Kell played for Arkansas State, where the baseball facility, Tomlinson Stadium–George Kell Field, is named after him.
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George Kell entered the leagues with the Philadelphia Athletics as a September call-up in the 1943 season.
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In 1946 George Kell played 26 games with the Athletics before being traded to Detroit on May 18 for Barney McCosky.
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George Kell played 131 games at third base and led the league in putouts, assists, fielding percentage and double plays.
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George Kell was hampered by issues in the 1948 season, playing just 92 games while batting.
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On October 2,1949, George Kell went 2-for-3 while Williams was hitless in two official at bats.
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George Kell had 179 hits while walking a career high 71 times with 13 strikeouts.
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George Kell led the league in hits for a second and final time the next year, having 191 in 147 games to go with 36 doubles while batting.
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George Kell spent the 1954 season playing mostly at third and first base with minimal time in the outfield.
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George Kell continued this positioning for 1955, although he played 128 total games while batting.
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George Kell went through one more early season-trade with 1956, where he played 123 games while batting.
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George Kell would spend time at third base while sharing time with second-year third baseman and fellow Arkansan Brooks Robinson.
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George Kell made it to the All-Star Game that year, his ninth selection.
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George Kell played 1,795 games, but he never played for a team that made the postseason or the World Series.
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George Kell was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1983.
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George Kell initially called Tigers games on both radio and television, splitting the play-by-play with Van Patrick and then with Ernie Harwell.
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George Kell died at age 86 in his sleep in his hometown of Swifton, Arkansas, on March 24,2009.
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