Alex Kellner

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Full Name: Alexander Raymond Kellner	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/200	First Game: April 29, 1948
Birthdate: August 26, 1924	Final Game: June 23, 1959
Birthplace: Tucson, Arizona	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: May 3, 1996
Deathplace: Tucson, Arizona
Bat/Throw: Right/Left

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Born on August 26, 1924 in Tucson, Arizona, Alex Kellner (Alexander Raymond Kellner) played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Kansas City Athletics, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 12 year career. Kellner broke into the bigs on April 29, 1948 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 3.75 ERA in 245 innings pitched in 1949, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Alex Kellner's best season was 1949, when he posted a 3.75 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 94 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1948	PHI	A	13	1	0	0	7.83	14	20	20	0	0	0	23	21	0	16	0	3	2
1949	PHI	A	38	27	20	12	3.75	94	120	102	19	0	1	245	243	18	129	0	7	2
1950	PHI	A	36	29	8	20	5.47	85	157	137	15	0	2	225.1	253	28	112	0	8	2
1951	PHI	A	33	29	11	14	4.46	94	118	104	11	1	2	209.2	218	20	93	0	9	4
1952	PHI	A	34	33	12	14	4.36	105	124	112	14	2	0	231.1	223	21	86	0	3	4
1953	PHI	A	25	25	11	12	3.93	81	98	88	14	2	0	201.2	210	8	51	0	10	4
1954	PHI	A	27	27	6	17	5.39	69	118	104	8	1	0	173.2	204	16	88	0	4	6
1955	KC	A	30	24	11	8	4.20	75	81	76	6	3	0	162.2	164	18	60	2	3	5
1956	KC	A	20	17	7	4	4.32	44	49	44	5	0	0	91.2	103	15	33	3	1	2
1957	KC	A	28	21	6	5	4.27	72	65	63	3	0	0	132.2	141	18	41	3	4	2
1958	KC	A	7	6	0	2	5.88	22	24	22	0	0	0	33.2	40	5	8	0	0	0
1958	CIN	N	18	7	7	3	2.30	42	24	21	4	0	0	82	74	8	20	1	1	3
1958	Total		25	13	7	5	3.35	64	48	43	4	0	0	115.2	114	13	28	1	1	3
1959	STL	N	12	4	2	1	3.16	19	17	13	0	0	0	37	31	9	10	2	0	1
Total	NL		30	11	9	4	2.57	61	41	34	4	0	0	119	105	17	30	3	1	4
Total	AL		291	239	92	108	4.54	755	974	872	95	9	5	1730.1	1820	167	717	8	52	33
Total			321	250	101	112	4.41	816	1015	906	99	9	5	1849.1	1925	184	747	11	53	37

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1948	PHI	A	P	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1949	PHI	A	P	38	0	0	9	46	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.948
1950	PHI	A	P	36	0	0	13	27	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.930
1951	PHI	A	P	33	0	0	15	31	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1952	PHI	A	P	34	0	0	17	28	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1953	PHI	A	P	25	0	0	5	28	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.943
1954	PHI	A	P	27	0	0	6	32	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1955	KC	A	P	30	0	0	4	30	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.919
1956	KC	A	P	20	0	0	1	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1957	KC	A	P	28	21	132.2	5	24	2	4	0	3	1	3	5	.935
1958	KC	A	P	7	6	33.2	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.000
1958	CIN	N	P	18	7	82	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1.000
1958	Total		P	25	13	115.2	5	11	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1.000
1959	STL	N	P	12	4	37	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.875
Total			P	321	38	285.1	83	280	17	27	0	4	1	5	6	.955

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1948	PHI	A	13	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1949	PHI	A	38	92	7	20	0	10	.217	.273	.228	1	0	7	15	0	4	0	0	2
1950	PHI	A	36	80	5	16	0	3	.200	.238	.213	1	0	4	13	0	0	0	0	4
1951	PHI	A	33	79	5	18	0	9	.228	.237	.266	3	0	1	13	0	2	0	0	3
1952	PHI	A	34	82	6	17	1	10	.207	.217	.268	2	0	1	9	0	4	0	0	2
1953	PHI	A	25	69	4	15	0	0	.217	.270	.246	2	0	3	8	2	5	0	0	3
1954	PHI	A	27	55	2	10	0	6	.182	.207	.218	2	0	2	8	0	5	0	0	1
1955	KC	A	30	56	6	12	0	5	.214	.267	.286	2	1	4	7	0	2	0	0	3
1956	KC	A	21	30	2	6	0	2	.200	.273	.200	0	0	3	10	0	3	0	0	1
1957	KC	A	28	47	7	11	3	6	.234	.265	.468	2	0	2	10	0	1	0	0	3
1958	KC	A	8	11	0	1	0	0	.091	.167	.182	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0
1958	CIN	N	18	28	5	10	0	6	.357	.400	.357	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	1
1958	Total		26	39	5	11	0	6	.282	.333	.308	1	0	3	8	0	2	0	0	1
1959	STL	N	12	9	0	2	0	0	.222	.222	.222	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		30	37	5	12	0	6	.324	.359	.324	0	0	2	10	0	0	0	0	1
Total	AL		293	606	44	126	4	51	.208	.245	.257	16	1	28	96	2	28	0	0	22
Total			323	643	49	138	4	57	.215	.251	.261	16	1	30	106	2	28	0	0	23

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (1941).
Released by Cincinnati Reds (1946).
Signed by Philadelphia Athletics (1947).
Claimed on waivers by Cincinnati Reds from Kansas City Athletics (June 23, 1958).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Alex Grammas and George Crowe to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Bob Mabe, Eddie Kasko and Del Ennis (October 3, 1958).

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