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Ellis Kinder played 12 major-league seasons (1946-1957) as a P (484). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 12 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 32 | SLA | 33 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .053 | .195 | -42 |
| 1947 | 33 | SLA | 34 | 62 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .129 | .272 | -22 |
| 1948 | 34 | BOS | 28 | 62 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .097 | .297 | -17 |
| 1949 | 35 | BOS | 43 | 92 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 24 | .130 | .336 | -8 |
| 1950 | 36 | BOS | 48 | 71 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .183 | .473 | 24 |
| 1951 | 37 | BOS | 63 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .118 | .290 | -20 |
| 1952 | 38 | BOS | 23 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1953 | 39 | BOS | 69 | 29 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .379 | .793 | 121 |
| 1954 | 40 | BOS | 48 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .185 | .501 | 42 |
| 1955 | 41 | BOS | 43 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .558 | 56 |
| 1956 | 42 | CHA | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1956 | 42 | SLN | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 32 | SLA | 33 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 86.2 | 59 | 36 | 3.32 | 105 |
| 1947 | 33 | SLA | 34 | 26 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 194.1 | 110 | 82 | 4.49 | 83 |
| 1948 | 34 | BOS | 28 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 178 | 53 | 63 | 3.74 | 115 |
| 1949 | 35 | BOS | 43 | 30 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 252 | 138 | 99 | 3.36 | 125 |
| 1950 | 36 | BOS | 48 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 207 | 95 | 78 | 4.26 | 107 |
| 1951 | 37 | BOS | 63 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 127 | 84 | 46 | 2.55 | 162 |
| 1952 | 38 | BOS | 23 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 97.2 | 50 | 28 | 2.58 | 142 |
| 1953 | 39 | BOS | 69 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 107 | 39 | 38 | 1.85 | 216 |
| 1954 | 40 | BOS | 48 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 107 | 67 | 36 | 3.62 | 103 |
| 1955 | 41 | BOS | 43 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 66.2 | 31 | 15 | 2.83 | 140 |
| 1956 | 42 | CHA | 29 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 29.2 | 19 | 8 | 2.73 | 152 |
| 1956 | 42 | SLN | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 25.2 | 4 | 9 | 3.51 | 108 |
| 1957 | 43 | CHA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | — |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | P | 33 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 1947 | P | 34 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 2 |
| 1948 | P | 28 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 2 |
| 1949 | P | 43 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 1 |
| 1950 | P | 48 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 3 | 0 |
| 1951 | P | 63 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 1952 | P | 23 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 1953 | P | 69 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | P | 48 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 1955 | P | 43 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 1956 | P | 51 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Ellis Kinder won: TSN All-Star 1949 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1953, 1951, 1949.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 122 / 336 | 0 |
| 1951 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 7 | 66 / 336 | 2 |
| 1953 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 11 | 41 / 336 | 0 |
Ellis Kinder ranks on 3 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #98 | closers | 1953 | 216 ERA+ |
| #116 | relief pitchers | 1953 | 216 ERA+ |
| #119 | closers | 1951 | 162 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.