Alex Kellner

Alexander Raymond Kellner (August 26, 1924 – May 3, 1996) was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics/Kansas City Athletics (1948–1958), Cincinnati Reds (1958) and St. Louis Cardinals (1959). Kellner batted right-handed and threw left-handed. He was born in Tucson, Arizona. His younger brother, Walt, also was a major league pitcher.

Alex Kellner
Pitcher
Born: (1924-08-26)August 26, 1924
Tucson, Arizona
Died: May 3, 1996(1996-05-03) (aged 71)
Tucson, Arizona
Batted: Right Threw: Left
MLB debut
April 29, 1948, for the Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB appearance
June 23, 1959, for the St. Louis Cardinals
MLB statistics
Win–loss record101–112
Earned run average4.41
Strikeouts816
Teams
Career highlights and awards

In a 12-season career, Kellner posted a 101–112 record with 816 strikeouts and a 4.17 ERA in 1,849⅓ innings pitched. He won 20 games for the Athletics in 1949.

Kellner died in Tucson, Arizona, at the age of 71.

Best season

Highlights
  • 1949 American League All-Star
  • In his 1949 rookie season became the Athletics first 20-game winner since Lefty Grove did it in 1933
  • Gave the Athletics their first victory at Fenway Park in three years, beating the Boston Red Sox and Mel Parnell, 6–3, breaking Parnell's 10-winning streak over Philadelphia, and becoming the third left-hander in four seasons to pitch a complete game in Boston April 20, 1951
  • Pitched a one-hit 7–0 shutout against the Washington Senators, allowing only a single by Wayne Terwilliger in the eighth inning, April 20, 1954
  • A good hitting-pitcher, compiled a .215 batting average (138-for-643) with four home runs, 57 RBI, 49 runs, a triple and 16 doubles

Family

One of three sons (four children) of John Justus and Julietta (Garcia) Kellner, in Tucson, Arizona. His paternal great-grandfather, Johann Justus Kellner, a German immigrant, had arrived in central Texas in 1845.[1] His younger brother, Walt, also was a major league pitcher. The two were teammates in 1952 and 1953.

References
  1. "His paternal great-grandfather, Johann Justus Kellner, a German immigrant."


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