Ron
Klimkowski
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 190
 
Born: March 1, 1944 in Usa, NJ, JERSEY CITY
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1969 25 MIN AL $ 300,000 6 3 4 3 6 7 6 6 7 7
1970 26 MIN AL $ 300,000 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 6
1971 27 MIN AL   6 3 3 3 6 7 6 6 7 6
1972 28 MIN AL $ 300,000 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 6
1973 29 MIN AL $ 300,000 6 3 3 3 6 7 6 6 7 6
1974 30 MIN AL $ 350,000 6 3 3 3 6 7 6 6 7 6
1975 31 MIN AL $ 350,000 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 7
1976 32 MIN AL $ 350,000 6 2 3 2 6 6 6 6 6 6
1977 33 MIA NL $ 300,000 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 6 6 6
1978 34 MIA NL $ 600,000 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 600,000 6 3 4 3 6 7 6 6 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1969 25 MIN AL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 7.3 10 7 1 6 1 8.59 .313 .410 .469 .879 0.0
    AAA   1 1 .500 27 0 0 0 3 19.7 25 12 3 4 21 5.49 .309 .341 .469 .810  
1970 26 MIN AL 1 1 .500 25 0 0 0 2 45.0 66 31 10 17 8 6.20 .344 .394 .583 .978 0.0
    AAA   0 1 .000 18 0 0 0 1 21.0 15 5 2 5 11 2.14 .203 .253 .338 .591  
1971 27 AAA   2 3 .400 74 0 0 0 7 68.7 78 32 4 27 36 4.19 .298 .363 .412 .776  
1972 28 MIN AL 2 5 .286 21 0 0 0 7 35.7 45 17 5 15 5 4.29 .308 .378 .452 .830 2.3
1973 29 MIN AL 1 1 .500 19 0 0 0 11 18.3 22 6 1 7 5 2.95 .324 .377 .397 .774 3.3
1974 30 MIN AL 6 5 .545 36 0 0 0 3 54.7 71 36 10 16 18 5.93 .320 .364 .491 .855 2.6
1975 31 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 1 16.3 14 7 1 9 1 3.86 .222 .324 .286 .610 1.6
    AAA   1 3 .250 21 0 0 0 15 23.0 26 9 2 9 12 3.52 .289 .354 .389 .742  
1976 32 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 13 0 0 0 0 31.3 38 9 0 5 12 2.59 .295 .326 .364 .690 2.8
1977 33 MIA NL 0 5 .000 24 1 1 0 1 46.0 62 33 8 15 8 6.46 .330 .385 .516 .901 0.0
    AAA   1 0 1.000 16 0 0 0 2 20.0 27 14 3 9 8 6.30 .329 .396 .500 .896  
1978 34 AAA   2 0 1.000 16 0 0 0 2 16.0 18 12 1 13 9 6.75 .300 .425 .383 .808  
8 Years Sim 12 17 .414 152 1 1 0 25 254.6 328 146 36 90 58 5.16 .315 .371 .472 .843 12.7
6 Years AAA 7 8 .467 172 0 0 0 30 168.3 189 84 15 67 97 4.49 .291 .358 .416 .774  
Season Average 1 2 .333 19 0 0 0 3 31.8 41 18 4 11 7 5.16 .315 .371 .472 .843  
Career Highs 6 5 1.000 36 1 1 0 11 54.7 71 36 10 17 18 8.59 .344 .410 .583 .978  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   142 74 19 36 30   .293 .342 .449 .791
vs LH   186 72 17 54 28   .335 .394 .492 .886
Home 7 8 .467 83 0 0 0 13 149.0 186 87 19 54 35 5.26 .312 .369 .464 .833
Away 5 9 .357 69 1 1 0 12 105.6 142 59 17 36 23 5.03 .321 .372 .483 .855
Mar/Apr 2 4 .333 17 0 0 0 3 33.7 42 16 7 12 3 4.28 .298 .353 .482 .835
May 1 2 .333 21 0 0 0 4 31.0 41 17 3 13 7 4.94 .342 .406 .458 .864
June 2 2 .500 17 0 0 0 0 33.0 51 17 1 15 9 4.64 .357 .418 .462 .879
July 4 4 .500 33 0 0 0 6 54.6 63 36 7 21 21 5.93 .286 .349 .445 .794
August 3 2 .600 38 0 0 0 7 65.6 83 35 8 21 13 4.80 .307 .357 .452 .809
Sep/Oct 0 3 .000 26 1 1 0 5 36.7 48 25 10 8 5 6.14 .329 .364 .562 .925
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1969 25 MIN AL P 5 0 7.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1970 26 MIN AL P 25 0 45.0 6 6 1 0 .923 2.40    
1972 28 MIN AL P 21 0 35.7 4 8 0 1 1.000 3.03    
1973 29 MIN AL P 19 0 18.3 3 4 0 0 1.000 3.44    
1974 30 MIN AL P 36 0 54.7 5 8 0 1 1.000 2.14    
1975 31 MIN AL P 9 0 16.3 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.20    
1976 32 MIN AL P 13 0 31.3 3 8 0 0 1.000 3.16    
1977 33 MIA NL P 24 1 46.0 1 10 0 2 1.000 2.15    
Career Totals   152 1 254.6 22 48 1 4 .986 2.47    
Career Highs   36 1 54.7 6 10 1 2 1.000 3.44    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1973-7-11
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 6th round, 111st overall pick, by Minnesota in 1969
Earned first career win on 6/27/1970
Injured on 6/14/1972 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Miami on 4/3/1977 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
7/1/1977: Signed a contract extension with Miami, $600,000 per year, for 1 years
7/31/1978: Signed a minor league contract extension with Miami