#79 Alex Kellner, Starting Pitcher, 31 yrs, St. Louis (N) Cardinals Monday, 10/2/1955 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Alex Kellner
8/26/1924 31 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 3 / 6 (Well Known) 4 / 6 (Popular) 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 7 Year(s), 162 Days (1366 total Days) 172 Day(s) 8 Year(s), 97 Days (1473 total Days) 8 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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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 36 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 4.05 | 289.0 | 299 | 151 | 130 | 80 | 148 | 17 | 47.2 | 2 | 17 | 47.2 |
Projected | 38 | 38 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 4.05 | 304.0 | 315 | 159 | 137 | 84 | 156 | | | | | |
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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 | 12.0 | 9.3 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 13 | 2 | 15.4 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.00 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 310 | 78 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 37 | 40 | 26 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .252 | .305 | .406 | .712 |
vs. RHB | 815 | 221 | 36 | 4 | 27 | 105 | 111 | 54 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .271 | .314 | .425 | .739 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 18 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3.91 | 142.2 | 149 | 74 | 62 | 37 | 63 |
Road | 18 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4.18 | 146.1 | 150 | 77 | 68 | 43 | 85 |
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 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.65 | 40.2 | 45 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 17 |
May | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.99 | 52.1 | 61 | 31 | 29 | 16 | 28 |
June | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.86 | 58.1 | 67 | 31 | 25 | 15 | 37 |
July | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.92 | 52.1 | 40 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 21 |
August | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.71 | 51.0 | 47 | 26 | 21 | 18 | 22 |
Sept./Oct. | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.46 | 34.1 | 39 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 23 |
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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 |
Total | 319 | 206 | 76 | 86 | 12 | 4.83 | 1647.0 | 1839 | 976 | 884 | 212 | 538 | 798 | 83 | 9 | 1.44 | .461 | |
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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 |
Total | 284 | 887 | 194 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 88 | 78 | 34 | 142 | 1 | 1 | .219 | .248 | .259 | .507 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 36 | 36 | 18 | 45 | 6 | 66 | 3 | .955 | 289.0 | 2.06 | | | | |
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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...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1954 - 3.99 - 8th
| WHIP 1952 - 1.42 - 10th 1954 - 1.31 - 7th
| Losses 1953 - 24 - 2nd 1954 - 16 - 9th
| IP 1953 - 303.0 - 7th
| CG 1953 - 15 - 8th
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SHO 1953 - 3 - 4th
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