George C Kell was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1983 along with Walter Alston, Juan Marichal and Brooks Robinson. Kell was a 3B\1B with 15 seasons MLB experience playing with the Philadelphia Athletics (1943-1946), Detroit Tigers (1946-1952), Boston Red Sox (1952-1954), Chicago White Sox (1954-1956) and Baltimore Orioles (1956-1957). For his MLB career he hit .306/.367/.414 with 78 HR, 870 RBI, 881 R, 51 SB in 1795 games.
I believe his three best seasons were 1950 when he hit .340/.403/.484 with 8 HR, 101 RBI, 114 R, 3 SB in 157 games, 1947 when he hit .320/.387/.412 with 5 HR, 93 RBI, 75 R, 9 SB in 152 games and 1949 when he hit .343/.424/.467 with 3 HR, 59 RBI, 97 R, 7 SB in 134 games.
Kell was the American League batting champ in 1949. He led the AL in doubles in 1950 (56) and 1951 (36).
He was an All Star ten times (1947-1954, 1956-1957).
Hall of Fame page
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