Charlie Keller (original) (raw)
Charlie Keller
Full name Charles Ernest Keller |
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Born September 12, 1916, Middletown, Maryland |
Died May 23, 1990, Frederick, Maryland |
Buried at Christ Reformed Cemetery, Middletown, Maryland |
First Game: April 22, 1939; Final Game: September 14, 1952 |
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 185 |
Brother of Hal Keller |
Named Minor League Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1937) |
SABR Biography |
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1939 NY A Daily Splits 111 398 87 133 21 6 11 83 81 3 49 0 1 10 0 7 4 6 3 .334 .438 .500 2.0 1939 NY A 1940 NY A Daily Splits 138 500 102 143 18 15 21 93 106 4 65 0 3 0 9 11 8 2 .286 .411 .508 2.7 1940 NY A 1941 NY A Daily Splits 140 507 102 151 24 10 33 122 102 8 65 1 0 0 8 3 6 4 .298 .416 .580 4.1 1941 NY A 1942 NY A Daily Splits 152 544 106 159 24 9 26 108 114 10 61 2 1 0 5 5 14 2 .292 .417 .513 4.2 1942 NY A 1943 NY A Daily Splits 141 512 97 139 15 11 31 86 106 4 60 0 2 0 13 7 7 5 .271 .396 .525 4.1 1943 NY A 1945 NY A Daily Splits 44 163 26 49 7 4 10 34 31 3 21 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 .301 .412 .577 1.6 1945 NY A 1946 NY A Daily Splits 150 538 98 148 29 10 30 101 113 13 101 4 0 0 8 5 1 4 .275 .405 .533 3.2 1946 NY A 1947 NY A Daily Splits 45 151 36 36 6 1 13 36 41 3 18 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 .238 .404 .550 0.9 1947 NY A 1948 NY A Daily Splits 83 247 41 66 15 2 6 44 41 3 25 0 1 0 3 7 1 1 .267 .372 .417 -0.3 1948 NY A 1949 NY A Daily Splits 60 116 17 29 4 1 3 16 25 0 15 2 1 0 6 3 2 0 .250 .392 .379 -0.4 1949 NY A 1950 DET A Daily Splits 50 51 7 16 1 3 2 16 13 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .314 .453 .569 0.4 1950 DET A 1951 DET A Daily Splits 54 62 6 16 2 0 3 21 11 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .258 .370 .435 0.3 1951 DET A 1952 NY A Daily Splits 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1952 NY A Total (13 Years) Splits 1170 3790 725 1085 166 72 189 760 784 52 499 10 10 10 0 66 50 45 23 .286 .409 .518 22.8 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1939 NY A Daily Splits 4 16 8 7 1 1 3 6 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .438 .471 1.188 1939 NY A 1941 NY A Daily Splits 5 18 5 7 2 0 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .389 .476 .500 1941 NY A 1942 NY A Daily Splits 5 20 2 4 0 0 2 5 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .238 .500 1942 NY A 1943 NY A Daily Splits 5 18 3 4 0 1 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .222 .300 .333 1943 NY A Total ( 4 Years) Splits 19 72 18 22 3 2 5 18 7 0 11 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 .306 .367 .611 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1940 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1940 AL 1941 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1941 AL 1946 AL Daily Splits 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .400 1.000 1946 AL Total ( 3 Years) Splits 3 7 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .250 .571 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1939 NY A Daily Splits OF 105 102 102 920 213 5 7 1 0 .969 48 0 57 1939 NY A RF 57 56 56 499.2 105 3 5 0 0 .956 1939 NY A LF 48 46 46 420.1 109 1 3 1 0 .973 1940 NY A Daily Splits OF 136 135 134 1191 317 5 11 2 0 .967 65 0 71 1940 NY A RF 71 70 70 632.1 151 3 5 1 0 .969 1940 NY A LF 65 65 64 558.2 165 3 6 1 0 .966 1941 NY A Daily Splits OF 137 137 131 1211 328 7 7 2 0 .980 137 0 0 1941 NY A LF 137 137 131 1211 328 6 7 2 0 .979 1942 NY A Daily Splits OF 152 152 152 1358.1 321 10 5 1 0 .985 152 0 0 1942 NY A LF 152 152 152 1358.1 323 9 5 1 0 .985 1943 NY A Daily Splits OF 141 141 140 1281.1 338 8 2 0 0 .994 141 0 0 1943 NY A LF 141 141 140 1281.1 337 8 2 0 0 .994 1945 NY A Daily Splits OF 44 44 44 398.1 110 4 0 0 0 1.000 44 0 0 1945 NY A LF 44 44 44 398.1 108 5 0 0 0 1.000 1946 NY A Daily Splits OF 149 149 149 1317 324 4 7 0 0 .979 146 0 3 1946 NY A LF 146 146 146 1292 321 4 7 0 0 .979 1946 NY A RF 3 3 3 25 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 1947 NY A Daily Splits OF 43 43 42 369 85 2 3 0 0 .967 43 0 0 1947 NY A LF 43 43 42 369 83 2 3 0 0 .966 1948 NY A Daily Splits OF 66 60 56 526 126 1 3 0 0 .977 66 0 0 1948 NY A LF 66 60 56 526 130 0 3 0 0 .977 1949 NY A Daily Splits OF 31 26 18 221.1 41 0 1 0 0 .976 27 0 4 1949 NY A LF 27 23 15 192.1 39 0 1 0 0 .975 1949 NY A RF 4 3 3 29 4 0 0 0 0 1.000 1950 DET A Daily Splits OF 6 4 4 42 10 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 5 1950 DET A RF 5 3 3 33 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 1950 DET A LF 1 1 1 9 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 1951 DET A Daily Splits OF 8 6 5 58 22 0 0 0 0 1.000 4 0 4 1951 DET A RF 4 3 2 29 13 0 0 0 0 1.000 1951 DET A LF 4 3 3 29 9 0 0 0 0 1.000 1952 NY A Daily Splits OF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 1952 NY A LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Total (13 Years) Splits OF 1019 999 977 8894.1 2235 46 46 6 0 .980 875 0 144 Total (13 Years) LF 875 861 840 7646.1 1957 38 37 5 0 .982 Total ( 6 Years) RF 144 138 137 1248 283 6 10 1 0 .967 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1939 NY A Daily Splits OF 4 4 4 37 6 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4 1939 NY A RF 4 4 4 37 6 0 0 0 0 1.000 1941 NY A Daily Splits OF 5 5 5 45 12 0 0 0 0 1.000 5 0 0 1941 NY A LF 5 5 5 45 12 0 0 0 0 1.000 1942 NY A Daily Splits OF 5 5 5 44 12 1 0 1 0 1.000 5 0 0 1942 NY A LF 5 5 5 44 12 1 0 1 0 1.000 1943 NY A Daily Splits OF 5 5 5 45 10 1 0 0 0 1.000 5 0 0 1943 NY A LF 5 5 5 45 10 1 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 4 Years) Splits OF 19 19 19 171 40 2 0 1 0 1.000 15 0 4 Total ( 3 Years) LF 15 15 15 134 34 2 0 1 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) RF 4 4 4 37 6 0 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1940 AL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 1940 AL RF 1 1 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 1.000 1946 AL Daily Splits OF 1 1 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 1946 AL RF 1 1 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 2 Years) Splits OF 2 2 1 14 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2 Total ( 2 Years) RF 2 2 1 14 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Coaching Record
Year Team START END 1957 NY A 6- 3 10-10 1959 NY A 5-30 6-21 Total ( 2 Years)
Transaction Information
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).