Alex Kellner


Alexander Raymond Kellner was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics/Kansas City Athletics, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals. Kellner batted right-handed and threw left-handed. He was born in Tucson, Arizona. His younger brother, Walt, also was a major league pitcher.
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.

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