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In a 13 season career, Keller was a .286 hitter with 189 home runs and 760 RBI in 1,170 games. A five time All-Star selection, he compiled a career .410 on-base percentage and a .518 slugging average for a combined .928 OPS. He recorded a career .980 fielding percentage. In his four World Series appearances, he batted .306 with five home runs, and 18 RBI in 19 games. Keller led the American League in bases on balls twice.

Following his retirement as a player, Keller founded Yankeeland Farm and had a successful career as a horse breeder, pacers and trotters, near his hometown of Middletown, Maryland. He returned

to uniform as a Yankee coach from mid-1957 through 1959, serving on the 1958 world championship team.

Charlie Keller died at his Frederick, Maryland, farm at the age of 73.