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George Selkirk
George Alexander Selkirk (Twinkletoes)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 182 lb.

Debut August 12, 1934
Final Game September 27, 1942
Born January 4, 1908 in Huntsville, Ontario, CAN
Died January 19, 1987 in Ft.Lauderdale, FL

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Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1934 26 NYY AL  46  176   23   55   7  1   5   38   1  1  15  17  .313  .370  .449  117   79   0           1    
 1935 27 NYY AL 128  491   64  153  29 12  11   94   2  7  44  36  .312  .372  .487  125  239   3           3    
 1936 28 NYY AL 137  493   93  152  28  9  18  107  13  7  94  60  .308  .420  .511  132  252   4           1     AS
 1937 29 NYY AL  78  256   49   84  13  5  18   68   8  2  34  24  .328  .411  .629  157  161   1           2    
 1938 30 NYY AL  99  335   58   85  12  5  10   62   9  4  68  52  .254  .384  .409   99  137   1           3    
 1939 31 NYY AL 128  418  103  128  17  4  21  101  12  5 103  49  .306  .452  .517  148  216   8           8   3 AS
 1940 32 NYY AL 118  379   68  102  17  5  19   71   3  6  84  43  .269  .406  .491  135  186   4           3   3
 1941 33 NYY AL  70  164   30   36   5  0   6   25   1  0  28  30  .220  .340  .360   86   59   1           2   3
 1942 34 NYY AL  42   78   15   15   3  0   0   10   0  0  16   8  .192  .330  .231   60   18   1           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      846 2790  503  810 131 41 108  576  49 32 486 319  .290  .400  .483  127 1347  23   0   0  23  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        534   96  155  25  8  21  110   9  6  93  61  .290  .400  .483  127  258   4   0   0   4   2
 Career High    137  493  103  153  29 12  21  107  13  7 103  60  .328  .452  .629  157  252   8   0   0   8   3

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1934 26 NYY AL  192  122   29   6.3   106| .313  .279| .370  .352| .449  .402| .819  .754| 117  .605   4.2   0.4  50%
 1935 27 NYY AL  541  348   85   6.5   107| .312  .281| .372  .353| .487  .406| .859  .759| 125  .618  16.9   1.6  22%
 1936 28 NYY AL  592  352  106   8.0   119| .308  .295| .420  .370| .511  .433| .931  .803| 132  .662  27.4   2.4  65%
 1937 29 NYY AL  293  175   66  10.0   118| .328  .291| .411  .367| .629  .434|1.040  .800| 157  .763  21.6   1.9  80%
 1938 30 NYY AL  407  255   52   5.4   118| .254  .290| .384  .369| .409  .432| .793  .801|  99  .508   0.9   0.1  69%
 1939 31 NYY AL  537  306   97   8.4   113| .306  .285| .452  .360| .517  .422| .969  .782| 148  .716  36.8   3.4  70%
 1940 32 NYY AL  470  290   73   6.7   107| .269  .274| .406  .347| .491  .416| .897  .762| 135  .633  23.1   2.2  33%
 1941 33 NYY AL  195  132   20   4.0   106| .220  .274| .340  .351| .360  .404| .700  .755|  86  .429  -2.8  -0.3 100%
 1942 34 NYY AL   95   65    6   2.5    93| .192  .263| .330  .337| .231  .368| .561  .706|  60  .283  -3.2  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      3322 2045  534   6.9   112| .290  .284| .400  .359| .483  .419| .883  .778| 127  .636 124.8  11.4  60%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1934 26 NYY AL  OF   46     90    3    1    1  .989  .968  2.02  2.16               43    0    7
 1935 27 NYY AL  OF  127    269    9    7    1  .975  .970  2.19  2.30                0    0  127
 1936 28 NYY AL  OF  135    290   10    8    3  .974  .968  2.22  2.29               18    0  118 AS
 1937 29 NYY AL  OF   69    140    9    2    1  .987  .969  2.16  2.28                0    0   69
 1938 30 NYY AL  OF   95    176    7    5    3  .973  .972  1.93  2.28               95    0    0
 1939 31 NYY AL  OF  124    254    4    3    1  .989  .969  2.08  2.35               86    0   38 AS
 1940 32 NYY AL  OF  111    220    9    9    6  .962  .970  2.06  2.32               79    2   31
 1941 33 NYY AL  OF   47     84    4    3    2  .967  .973  1.87  2.33               19    0   28
 1942 34 NYY AL  OF   19     36    0    0    0 1.000  .976  1.89  2.31                0    0   19
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1934 26 NYY AL  OF   46     90    3    1    1  .989  .968  2.02  2.16               43    0    7
 1935 27 NYY AL  OF  127    269    9    7    1  .975  .970  2.19  2.30                0    0  127
 1936 28 NYY AL  OF  135    290   10    8    3  .974  .968  2.22  2.29               18    0  118
 1937 29 NYY AL  OF   69    140    9    2    1  .987  .969  2.16  2.28                0    0   69
 1938 30 NYY AL  OF   95    176    7    5    3  .973  .972  1.93  2.28               95    0    0
 1939 31 NYY AL  OF  124    254    4    3    1  .989  .969  2.08  2.35               86    0   38
 1940 32 NYY AL  OF  111    220    9    9    6  .962  .970  2.06  2.32               79    2   31
 1941 33 NYY AL  OF   47     84    4    3    2  .967  .973  1.87  2.33               19    0   28
 1942 34 NYY AL  OF   19     36    0    0    0 1.000  .976  1.89  2.31                0    0   19
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF  773   1559   55   38   18  .977  .970  2.09  2.30              340    2  437
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       773   1559   55   38   18  .977  .970  2.09  2.30

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1936   WS    NYY NYG     W   6  24   6   8  0  1  2   3   4   4  .333  .429  .667   0  1   0   0   0 
 1937   WS    NYY NYG     W   5  19   5   5  1  0  0   6   2   0  .263  .333  .316   0  0   0   0   0 
 1938   WS    NYY CHC     W   3  10   0   2  0  0  0   1   2   1  .200  .333  .200   0  0   0   0   0 
 1939   WS    NYY CIN     W   4  12   0   2  1  0  0   0   3   2  .167  .333  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
 1941   WS    NYY BRO     W   2   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
 1942   WS    NYY STL     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  6 World Series        5-1  21  68  11  18  2  1  2  10  11   7  .265  .367  .412   0  1   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1936   NYY AL       0   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1939   NYY AL   *   2   0   1  0  0  0   1   2   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      1   2   0   1  0  0  0   1   3   0   0  0   0   0   0  .500  .800  .500 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1936 *
1939 (LF)

On-base %
1936 AL-.420-10
1939 AL-.452-2
Car-.400-59

Slugging %
1939 AL-.517-9

OPS
1936 AL-.931-10
1939 AL-.969-7
1940 AL-.896-9
Car-.883-89

Triples
1935 AL-12-6

Home Runs
1936 AL-18-10
1939 AL-21-9

Bases on Balls
1936 AL-94-6
1939 AL-103-4
1940 AL-84-9

Strikeouts
1936 AL-60-10

Adjusted OPS+
1935 AL-125-10
1936 AL-132-9
1939 AL-148-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1936 AL-27-10
1939 AL-37-6
1940 AL-23-8

Batting Wins
1936 AL-2.4-10
1939 AL-3.4-6
1940 AL-2.2-8

Offensive Win%
1939 AL-.716-7

Hit By Pitch
1939 AL-8-2
1940 AL-3-8

Caught Stealing
1935 AL-7-9

Power/Speed Number
1936 AL-15.1-5
1939 AL-15.3-4

At Bats per Home Run
1936 AL-27.4-9
1939 AL-19.9-7
1940 AL-19.9-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 18 (1051) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 23.0 (487) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 31.5 (566) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
February 11, 1946: Released by the New York Yankees.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View George Selkirk's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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All-Star 1936 * 1939 (LF)	On-base % 1936 AL-.420-10 1939 AL-.452-2 Car-.400-59	Slugging % 1939 AL-.517-9	OPS 1936 AL-.931-10 1939 AL-.969-7 1940 AL-.896-9 Car-.883-89	Triples 1935 AL-12-6	Home Runs 1936 AL-18-10 1939 AL-21-9
Bases on Balls 1936 AL-94-6 1939 AL-103-4 1940 AL-84-9	Strikeouts 1936 AL-60-10	Adjusted OPS+ 1935 AL-125-10 1936 AL-132-9 1939 AL-148-7	Adjusted Batting Runs 1936 AL-27-10 1939 AL-37-6 1940 AL-23-8	Batting Wins 1936 AL-2.4-10 1939 AL-3.4-6 1940 AL-2.2-8	Offensive Win% 1939 AL-.716-7
Hit By Pitch 1939 AL-8-2 1940 AL-3-8	Caught Stealing 1935 AL-7-9	Power/Speed Number 1936 AL-15.1-5 1939 AL-15.3-4	At Bats per Home Run 1936 AL-27.4-9 1939 AL-19.9-7 1940 AL-19.9-6