George Kell
Portrait of George Kell, third baseman for the Detroit Tigers, holding a baseball bat. Bowman series. Printed on front: "George Kell." Printed on back: "George Kell. Third base, Detroit Tigers. Born: Swifton, Ark., Aug. 23, 1922. Height: 5-9. Weight: 175. Bats: right. Throws: right. Led the league in total hits for the second straight year in 1951 with 191. Batted a nice .319. In 147 games. Had 2 home runs, 3 triples, 36 doubles. Drove in 59 runs. In the 1951 campaign George was the league's best fielding third baseman for the second straight year. No. 75 in the 1952 series Baseball picture cards. Get a $1.00 value baseball cap of your favorite major league team by sending 5 wrappers and 50 cents to Bowman baseball, P.O. Box 234, New York 23, N.Y. State size: small, medium or large. [Copyright] 1952 Bowman Gum Division, Haelan Laboratories, Inc., Phila. 44, Pa. Ptd. in U.S.A."
- Resource ID:
- hr001706
- Subject:
- Kell, George (George Clyde), 1922-
- Baseball players--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit Tigers (Baseball team)
- Baseball cards
- Publisher:
- Haelan Laboratories. Bowman Gum Division
- Date:
- 1952
- Format:
- 1 baseball card : col. ; 3.25 x 2 in.
- Department:
- Ernie Harwell Sports Collection
- Location:
- Baseball cards-Bowman-1952-Kell, George
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.