Charlie Keller

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Full Name: Charles Ernest Keller	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/185	First Game: April 22, 1939
Birthdate: September 12, 1916	Final Game: September 14, 1952
Birthplace: Middletown, Maryland	MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: May 23, 1990
Deathplace: Frederick, Maryland
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
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Charlie Keller (Charles Ernest Keller) was born on September 12, 1916 in Middletown, Maryland. He made his Major League debut on April 22, 1939 for the New York Yankees. In 1939, his rookie year, he hit .334 with 11 home runs and 83 RBI. Keller played for the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 13 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Charlie Keller's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1941, when he slugged 33 home runs, hit for a .298 average and knocked in 122 runs. However, others believe that it was 1942, when he slugged 26 home runs, hit for a .292 average and knocked in 108 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1939	NY	A	111	398	87	133	11	83	.334	.447	.500	21	6	81	49	0	11	6	0	4
1940	NY	A	138	500	102	143	21	93	.286	.411	.508	18	15	106	65	0	3	8	0	11
1941	NY	A	140	507	102	151	33	122	.298	.416	.580	24	10	102	65	1	0	6	0	3
1942	NY	A	152	544	106	159	26	108	.292	.417	.513	24	9	114	61	2	1	14	0	5
1943	NY	A	141	512	97	139	31	86	.271	.396	.525	15	11	106	60	0	2	7	0	7
1945	NY	A	44	163	26	49	10	34	.301	.412	.577	7	4	31	21	0	0	0	0	2
1946	NY	A	150	538	98	148	30	101	.275	.405	.533	29	10	113	101	4	0	1	0	5
1947	NY	A	45	151	36	36	13	36	.238	.404	.550	6	1	41	18	1	0	0	0	3
1948	NY	A	83	247	41	66	6	44	.267	.372	.417	15	2	41	25	0	1	1	0	7
1949	NY	A	60	116	17	29	3	16	.250	.392	.379	4	1	25	15	2	1	2	0	3
1950	DET	A	50	51	7	16	2	16	.314	.453	.569	1	3	13	6	0	0	0	0	0
1951	DET	A	54	62	6	16	3	21	.258	.370	.435	2	0	11	12	0	1	0	0	0
1952	NY	A	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total			1170	3790	725	1085	189	760	.286	.410	.518	166	72	784	499	10	20	45	0	50

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1939	NY	A	OF	105	0	0	213	5	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1940	NY	A	OF	136	0	0	317	5	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1941	NY	A	OF	137	0	0	328	7	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1942	NY	A	OF	152	0	0	321	10	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1943	NY	A	OF	141	0	0	338	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.994
1945	NY	A	OF	44	0	0	110	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1946	NY	A	OF	149	0	0	324	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1947	NY	A	OF	43	0	0	85	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1948	NY	A	OF	66	0	0	126	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1949	NY	A	OF	31	0	0	41	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1950	DET	A	OF	6	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	DET	A	OF	8	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	NY	A	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			OF	1019	0	0	2235	46	46	6	0	0	0	0	0	.980

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1937).
Released by New York Yankees (December 6, 1949).
Signed by Detroit Tigers (December 29, 1949).
Released by Detroit Tigers (November 9, 1951).
Signed by New York Yankees (September 5, 1952).
Released by New York Yankees (October 13, 1952).

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