#79 Alex Kellner, Starting Pitcher, 35 yrs, St. Louis (N) Cardinals Thursday, 10/5/1959 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Alex Kellner
8/26/1924 35 USA,AZ,TUCSON 6"0 210
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) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Average Suffers Prone 2.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Extension : 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 $ 830,000 (2 year(s)) 11 Year(s), 162 Days (2054 total Days) 172 Day(s) 12 Year(s), 97 Days (2161 total Days) 12 Year(s) 1 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 4 | 8 | 6 | 86-89 Mph |
Versus LHB | 4 | 8 | 6 | |
Versus RHB | 4 | 8 | 6 | |
Talent | 3 | 7 | 6 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 7 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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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7.07 | 118.1 | 159 | 99 | 93 | 48 | 52 | 3 | 20.0 | 1 | 2 | 13.3 |
Projected | 29 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7.07 | 124.0 | 167 | 104 | 98 | 50 | 55 | | | | | |
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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 | 13 | 8 | 16.0 | 12.1 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 13 | 2 | 15.4 | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 7.05 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 182 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 34 | 36 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .264 | .327 | .484 | .811 |
vs. RHB | 312 | 111 | 21 | 5 | 14 | 64 | 63 | 29 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .356 | .410 | .590 | 1.000 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 14 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7.04 | 62.2 | 80 | 52 | 49 | 27 | 33 |
Road | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7.11 | 55.2 | 79 | 47 | 44 | 21 | 19 |
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 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8.24 | 31.2 | 46 | 29 | 29 | 14 | 10 |
May | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
June | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 6.2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
July | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6.27 | 37.1 | 47 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 20 |
August | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7.43 | 23.0 | 31 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 10 |
Sept./Oct. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.10 | 16.2 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 9 |
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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 |
1957 | 31 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 4.66 | 237.2 | 267 | 144 | 123 | 29 | 80 | 121 | 13 | 0 | 1.46 | .306 | SLN |
1958 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3.48 | 82.2 | 74 | 36 | 32 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 1.16 | .243 | SLN |
1959 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7.07 | 118.1 | 159 | 99 | 93 | 25 | 48 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 1.75 | .321 | STL |
Total | 454 | 294 | 117 | 125 | 12 | 4.84 | 2389.2 | 2678 | 1423 | 1284 | 313 | 772 | 1164 | 124 | 11 | 1.44 | .394 | |
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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 |
1957 | 31 | 78 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .205 | .215 | .256 | .472 | SLN |
1958 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .353 | .647 | SLN |
1959 | 28 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .250 | .257 | .507 | STL |
Total | 419 | 1129 | 247 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 111 | 95 | 39 | 175 | 1 | 1 | .219 | .245 | .259 | .504 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 28 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 26 | 2 | .923 | 118.1 | 1.98 | | | | |
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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... Injured on 4/6/1957 with a Fractured Finger, out for 3 weeks... 6/21/1959: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (N), $830,000 per year, for 2 years.
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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 1956 - 19 - 6th
| Losses 1953 - 24 - 2nd 1954 - 16 - 9th
| IP 1953 - 303.0 - 7th 1955 - 289.0 - 10th 1956 - 304.0 - 8th
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CG 1953 - 15 - 8th 1956 - 22 - 7th
| SHO 1953 - 3 - 4th 1955 - 2 - 5th
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