#79 Alex Kellner, Starting Pitcher, 32 yrs, St. Louis (N) Cardinals Thursday, 10/5/1956 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Alex Kellner
8/26/1924 32 USA,AZ,TUCSON 6"0 205
Starting Pitcher R L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average Great Leader 2 / 6 (Fair) 2 / 6 (Fair) Average Suffers Normal 3.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 7,000,000 1959 8 Year(s), 162 Days (1538 total Days) 172 Day(s) 9 Year(s), 97 Days (1645 total Days) 9 Year(s) 1 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 5 | 8 | 8 | 86-89 Mph |
Versus LHB | 5 | 8 | 8 | |
Versus RHB | 5 | 8 | 8 | |
Talent | 6 | 9 | 7 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 8 63 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Slider Splitfinger-Fastball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Versus LHP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Versus RHP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 4 (Range), .966 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/14 | PIT | L 5-6 | * | 8.2 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | L | | | | |
8/20 | MIL | L 1-3 | * | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
8/24 | @PHI | L 1-8 | * | 7.2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | L | | | | |
8/29 | CIN | L 3-6 | * | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
9/2 | MIL | W 8-6 | * | 8 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | W | | | | |
9/6 | @CHN | W 6-4 | * | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
9/10 | BRO | W 5-2 | * | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | W | PoG | | | |
9/16 | @BRO | L 3-6 | * | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | L | | | | |
9/20 | @NYN | W 15-4 | * | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | W | | | | |
9/24 | PHI | L 4-7 | * | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 38 | 38 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 4.50 | 304.0 | 339 | 168 | 152 | 84 | 160 | 22 | 57.9 | 0 | 18 | 47.4 |
Projected | 40 | 40 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 4.50 | 319.0 | 357 | 177 | 160 | 88 | 168 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 10.0 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.35 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 352 | 93 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 41 | 19 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .264 | .298 | .364 | .662 |
vs. RHB | 860 | 246 | 42 | 4 | 32 | 123 | 127 | 65 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .286 | .333 | .456 | .789 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 20 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4.55 | 166.0 | 169 | 89 | 84 | 43 | 92 |
Road | 18 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4.43 | 138.0 | 170 | 79 | 68 | 41 | 68 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.10 | 52.2 | 55 | 26 | 24 | 11 | 26 |
May | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.58 | 52.1 | 45 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 26 |
June | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.80 | 45.0 | 60 | 42 | 34 | 18 | 26 |
July | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.08 | 52.2 | 52 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 25 |
August | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5.96 | 54.1 | 72 | 36 | 36 | 18 | 30 |
Sept./Oct. | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.79 | 47.0 | 55 | 27 | 25 | 13 | 27 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1948 | 43 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.51 | 250.0 | 300 | 153 | 153 | 33 | 92 | 143 | 13 | 1 | 1.57 | .000 | PHA |
1949 | 43 | 34 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 4.79 | 250.0 | 261 | 133 | 133 | 29 | 80 | 168 | 13 | 1 | 1.36 | .000 | PHA |
1950 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6.65 | 47.1 | 62 | 39 | 35 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.75 | .331 | PHA |
1951 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9.82 | 36.2 | 52 | 43 | 40 | 9 | 29 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2.21 | .331 | PHA |
1952 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 4.78 | 227.2 | 257 | 136 | 121 | 34 | 67 | 92 | 12 | 1 | 1.42 | .284 | PHA |
1953 | 41 | 41 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 4.87 | 303.0 | 349 | 186 | 164 | 33 | 110 | 117 | 15 | 3 | 1.51 | .300 | PHA |
1954 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 3.99 | 243.1 | 259 | 135 | 108 | 28 | 59 | 96 | 13 | 1 | 1.31 | .277 | PHA SLN |
1955 | 36 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 4.05 | 289.0 | 299 | 151 | 130 | 39 | 80 | 148 | 17 | 2 | 1.31 | .277 | SLN,NL |
1956 | 38 | 38 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 4.50 | 304.0 | 339 | 168 | 152 | 38 | 84 | 160 | 22 | 0 | 1.39 | .297 | SLN |
Total | 357 | 244 | 95 | 98 | 12 | 4.78 | 1951.0 | 2178 | 1144 | 1036 | 250 | 622 | 958 | 105 | 9 | 1.44 | .424 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1952, AAA | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1.42 | 57.0 | 42 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 1.04 | .266 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1948 | 13 | 250 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 41 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .257 | .268 | .525 | PHA |
1949 | 38 | 250 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 41 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .257 | .268 | .525 | PHA |
1950 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PHA |
1951 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | PHA |
1952 | 30 | 82 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .183 | .212 | .207 | .419 | PHA |
1953 | 41 | 99 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .222 | .245 | .263 | .508 | PHA |
1954 | 31 | 88 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .216 | .233 | .227 | .461 | PHA SLN |
1955 | 36 | 112 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 1 | .232 | .243 | .277 | .520 | SLN,NL |
1956 | 38 | 112 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .233 | .241 | .474 | SLN |
Total | 322 | 999 | 218 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 98 | 85 | 37 | 161 | 1 | 1 | .218 | .246 | .257 | .503 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 38 | 38 | 15 | 62 | 3 | 80 | 3 | .963 | 304.0 | 2.37 | | | | |
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Injuries Injured on 4/22/1951 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 5 weeks... Injured on 9/20/1952 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 4-5 weeks... Traded from Philadelphia (A) to St. Louis (N) on 7/25/1954 (Going to SLN: P Alex Kellner. Going to PHA: RF Jackie Jensen)... 7/31/1954: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (N), $7,000,000 per year, for 5 years. Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game... Injured on 9/16/1955 with a Concussion, out for one week... Injured on 5/10/1956 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1954 - 3.99 - 8th 1955 - 4.05 - 6th
| WHIP 1952 - 1.42 - 10th 1954 - 1.31 - 7th 1955 - 1.31 - 7th
| Wins 1955 - 19 - 8th
| Losses 1953 - 24 - 2nd 1954 - 16 - 9th
| IP 1953 - 303.0 - 7th 1955 - 289.0 - 10th
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CG 1953 - 15 - 8th
| SHO 1953 - 3 - 4th 1955 - 2 - 5th
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