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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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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[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.

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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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