As you may have heard, MLB Hall of Fame player George Kell died this week.   He played for the A's when they were still in Philadelphia. He played 15 seasons most with Detroit.  He was a legend in Detroit.  After his career was over he later teamed up with another Detroit Hall of Famer Al Kaline to be the broadcast of Tigers games.  The two got better with age and turned out to be a great broadcast team.

Looking through the stats of this legend some remarkable stats pop up.  Through his 15 year career he only struck out 287 times.  Last season Oakland's Jack Cust struck out 197 times to lead the American League.

George Kell had a career .306 average.  The most outstanding stat of all is that he had almost 100 more doubles in his career than strikeouts!  You may need to read that statement again.  Kell had 385 doubles and only struck out 287 for his entire career.

George Kell died this week in Arkansas.  For all his stats and his Hall of Fame career he is widely known as one of the finest human beings to ever walk this earth.  Rest in peace Mr. Kell.