Alex Kellner
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[edit] Biography
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.
[edit] Statistics
[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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