HALL OF FAMER GEORGE KELL DEAD AT 86

Hall of Fame third baseman George Kell has passed away at the age of 86.


Kell broke into the major leagues with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1943, and went on to spend 15 seasons with the A’s, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles. One of just eleven third sackers enshrined in Cooperstown, Kell was a 10-time All-Star who batted .306 for his career, barely nipping Boston’s Ted Williams for the American League batting title with a .343 average with the Tigers in 1949. Kell posted nine seasons with a .300 or better batting average before retiring at age 35 in 1957.

Kell then spent nearly 40 years as a broadcaster, mostly with Ernie Harwell doing Tigers games, before retiring from the booth in 1996. Kell was voted into the Hall in 1983.