- Born
- Died
- Birth nameGeorge Clyde Kell
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- George Kell was born on August 23, 1922 in Swifton, Arkansas, USA. He was married to Carolyn. He died on March 24, 2009 in Swifton, Arkansas, USA.
- SpouseCarolyn(? - March 24, 2009) (his death)
- Third baseman with the Philadelphia Athletics (1943-1946[start]), Detroit Tigers (1946[end]-1952[start]), Boston Red Sox (1952[end]-1954[start]), Chicago White Sox (1954[end]-1956[start]), Baltimore Orioles (1956[end]-1957).
- Appeared in ten Major League All-Star games
- Elected to baseball's Hall of Fame in 1983
- In 1949 he and Ted Williams tied for the American League lead in batting at .343. Kell was awarded the title when his average calculated to 5 decimal places (.34291) was higher than Williams's (.34276).
- In 1950 and 1951, led the American League in hits (218, 191) and doubles (56, 36).
- I don't know anybody else who lives 1,000 miles away from their job and gets to commute back and forth. The owner said, 'You can live in your beloved Swifton, but don't you dare miss a game.' I had a few close calls, but I didn't miss any.
- Stengel just talked his head off. I opened the show and asked him a question, and he talked two or three minutes. Then I asked him another one, and by the time he got through with that, they were signaling me to break for a commercial. At the end of the show......I got a call from the guy in New York who had hired me, and he said, "It was great. Absolutely great." All I could think was, "My God, I didn't do anything."
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