baseball september october nicknamed long george high pockets major_league_baseball mlb baseman played mlb career new_york_giants played pittsburgh_pirates cincinnati reds chicago cubs kelly time world series champion led national_league home runs runs batted twice elected selection regarded controversial believe recognition elected consisted teammates career kelly began professional career class northwestern league season purchased new_york_giants victoria equal today giants rebuilding team saw kelly possible replacement played giants mlb seasons appearing games games selected pittsburgh_pirates july hit sufficiently pirates waived kelly reclaimed giants pirates august giants optioned kelly rochester played rest season kelly play professionally military service giants sold kelly rochester season acquire finding success rochester kelly purchased giants suspended regular giants line league leading runs batted rbis led league assists remains league record kelly batted runs consecutive seasons hit batting average higher consecutive seasons opened season hit rbi consecutive games record stood broken giants appeared world series winning kelly set national_league record seven home runs consecutive games matched walker cooper final series season giants playing philadelphia_phillies polo grounds battling pennant offered phillies shortstop intentionally lose games sand rejected bribe reported phillies manager eventually led lifetime suspension giants coach crazy commissioner implicated kelly conspirators commissioner cleared kelly wrongdoing following offseason kelly major_league_baseball mlb players agreed play professional basketball national_league president insisted played suspended giants displeased kelly arrangement concerned chance non baseball activity kelly played games point removed roster avoided suspension mlb kelly naturally baseman saw regular time second baseman injured hand backup began playing base emergence terry requested trade receive playing time giants manager improvement outfield kelly traded cincinnati_reds prior season reds traded contract dispute base reds kelly slated play center field reds released season kelly returned base kelly released reds july signed minor league class american association traded kelly player named later late season fill injured kelly released cubs february returned season participated tour japan rabbit april traded kelly dodgers filled injured kelly played final mlb game july returned international_league finish season played season retiring player profile kelly known excellent defensive baseman positioning hits outfield standard method teaching future handle considered kelly finest baseman seen kelly reputation clutch hitter said player preferred bat big situation considered dangerous clutch situations hall_of_fame induction inducted player receive vote kelly ballot seven times coming close elected garnering vote year voting results kelly vote votes vote votes votes votes votes despite lack support inducted hall_of_fame time kelly election writers ballot voted approximately writers membership players executives selection kelly controversial felt kelly worthy hall according selective choosing members charges levied kelly elected included teammates selections giants teammates led having powers reduced subsequent years baseball historian ranking kelly greatest baseman time cites kelly worst player hall_of_fame coaching career kelly served coach cincinnati_reds managed teammate teammate hired kelly coach returned reds coaching staff coached kelly managed independent chiefs personal life native san kelly remained living california following playing career kelly brother uncle cousin played mlb kelly suffered stroke october died october peninsula hospital california interred california
George Kelly (baseball)