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George Kelly played 16 major-league seasons (1915-1932) as a 1B (1,373), 2B (145), OF (67), 3B (2), P (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 20 | NY1 | 17 | 38 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .158 | .416 | 30 |
| 1916 | 21 | NY1 | 49 | 76 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 24 | .158 | .430 | 37 |
| 1917 | 22 | NY1|PIT | 19 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .067 | .230 | -28 |
| 1919 | 24 | NY1 | 32 | 107 | 12 | 31 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 15 | .290 | .727 | 123 |
| 1920 | 25 | NY1 | 155 | 590 | 69 | 157 | 11 | 94 | 6 | 41 | 92 | .266 | .717 | 111 |
| 1921 | 26 | NY1 | 149 | 587 | 95 | 181 | 23 | 122 | 4 | 40 | 73 | .308 | .884 | 138 |
| 1922 | 27 | NY1 | 151 | 592 | 96 | 194 | 17 | 107 | 12 | 30 | 65 | .328 | .860 | 127 |
| 1923 | 28 | NY1 | 145 | 560 | 82 | 172 | 16 | 103 | 14 | 47 | 64 | .307 | .814 | 120 |
| 1924 | 29 | NY1 | 144 | 571 | 91 | 185 | 21 | 136 | 7 | 38 | 52 | .324 | .902 | 146 |
| 1925 | 30 | NY1 | 147 | 586 | 87 | 181 | 20 | 99 | 5 | 35 | 54 | .309 | .821 | 114 |
| 1926 | 31 | NY1 | 136 | 499 | 70 | 151 | 13 | 80 | 4 | 36 | 52 | .303 | .797 | 119 |
| 1927 | 32 | CIN | 61 | 222 | 27 | 60 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 23 | .270 | .754 | 106 |
| 1928 | 33 | CIN | 116 | 402 | 46 | 119 | 3 | 58 | 2 | 28 | 35 | .296 | .780 | 110 |
| 1929 | 34 | CIN | 147 | 577 | 73 | 169 | 5 | 103 | 7 | 33 | 61 | .293 | .760 | 94 |
| 1930 | 35 | CIN|CHN | 90 | 354 | 40 | 109 | 8 | 54 | 1 | 14 | 36 | .308 | .768 | 90 |
| 1932 | 37 | BRO | 64 | 202 | 23 | 49 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 27 | .243 | .673 | 87 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 22 | NY1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | — |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 1B | 9 | 0 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 1915 | OF | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1916 | 1B | 13 | 0 | 100 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1916 | OF | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1916 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | 1B | 9 | 0 | 68 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1917 | OF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | 1B | 32 | 0 | 341 | 11 | 2 | 17 |
| 1920 | 1B | 155 | 0 | 1759 | 103 | 11 | 115 |
| 1921 | 1B | 149 | 0 | 1552 | 115 | 17 | 132 |
| 1922 | 1B | 151 | 0 | 1642 | 103 | 13 | 123 |
| 1923 | 1B | 145 | 0 | 1568 | 60 | 12 | 111 |
| 1924 | 1B | 125 | 0 | 1309 | 60 | 10 | 107 |
| 1924 | OF | 14 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1924 | 2B | 5 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 2 |
| 1924 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | 2B | 108 | 0 | 272 | 394 | 13 | 68 |
| 1925 | 1B | 25 | 0 | 263 | 16 | 3 | 13 |
| 1925 | OF | 17 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1926 | 1B | 114 | 0 | 1196 | 79 | 9 | 89 |
| 1926 | 2B | 18 | 0 | 37 | 65 | 6 | 12 |
| 1927 | 1B | 49 | 0 | 456 | 32 | 4 | 46 |
| 1927 | 2B | 13 | 0 | 19 | 32 | 4 | 2 |
| 1927 | OF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | 1B | 99 | 0 | 894 | 69 | 9 | 99 |
| 1928 | OF | 13 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 1929 | 1B | 147 | 0 | 1537 | 103 | 11 | 127 |
| 1930 | 1B | 89 | 0 | 917 | 67 | 5 | 75 |
| 1932 | 1B | 62 | 0 | 575 | 36 | 10 | 48 |
| 1932 | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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.
George Kelly won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1921 (NL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1922 (NL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1924 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1924 (NL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1926 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1926, 1925, 1924.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 6 | 34 / 80 | 0 |
| 1925 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 3 | 52 / 80 | 0 |
| 1926 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 23 | 2 / 80 | 0 |
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.