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Ted Kluszewski	Nickname: Big Klu Bats: Left Throws: Left Height: 6' 2'' Weight: 240 Born: September 10, 1924 in Usa, IL, ARGO

Hall of Fame

Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove	1953 1955 1956 1957
All-Star Selections	1948 1949 1950 1951 1955 1957 1958 1959 1960

Ratings - Batting Help

					Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1947	22	OAK	AL		8	8	7	6	7	7	5	6	6	4	4	4	10	10	10
1948	23	OAK	AL	$ 300,000	8	8	8	7	8	8	6	6	6	4	4	4	10	10	10
1949	24	OAK	AL	$ 300,000	9	9	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	4	5	4	10	10	10
1950	25	OAK	AL	$ 300,000	9	9	8	9	9	9	6	6	6	4	5	5	10	10	10
1951	26	OAK	AL	$ 4,742,857	9	9	8	9	10	10	6	6	6	4	5	5	10	10	10
1952	27	SEM	AL	$ 4,742,857	9	9	8	10	10	10	6	6	6	5	6	5	10	10	10
1953	28	SEM	AL	$ 4,742,857	9	9	9	10	10	10	6	7	6	5	5	5	9	10	10
1954	29	SEM	AL	$ 12,000,000	10	10	9	10	10	10	6	7	7	5	5	5	9	10	10
1955	30	SEM	AL	$ 12,000,000	9	9	9	10	10	10	6	7	7	5	6	5	9	9	9
1956	31	SEM	AL	$ 12,000,000	9	9	8	10	10	10	6	6	6	4	4	4	9	9	9
1957	32	SEM	AL	$ 12,000,000	9	9	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	2	3	3	9	9	9
1958	33	DET	AL	$ 12,500,000	9	9	9	7	7	7	6	6	6	2	3	3	8	8	8
1959	34	CLE	AL	$ 12,500,000	9	9	8	7	8	7	6	6	6	2	3	3	8	8	8
1960	35	CLE	AL	$ 12,500,000	9	9	9	7	7	7	6	6	6	2	3	3	8	8	8
1961	36	CLE	AL	$ 12,500,000	8	8	8	6	6	6	4	5	5	2	3	3	7	8	8
1962	37	MON	NL	$ 4,320,000	7	7	7	6	6	6	4	5	4	2	3	3	6	6	6
1963	38	BSN	NL	$ 4,320,000	5	5	4	1	1	1	3	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	3
1964	39	BSN	NL	$ 4,320,000	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	3
OOTP6 Min Ratings					2	2	2	1	1	1	3	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 12,500,000	10	10	9	10	10	10	6	7	7	5	6	5	10	10	10

Batting Stats Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1947	22	AAA		137	519	104	170	27	0	33	107	0	1	68	29	.328	.405	.570	.976	111.3
1948	23	OAK	AL	153	580	82	165	28	1	25	113	1	0	51	24	.284	.338	.466	.804	86.9	12.3
1949	24	OAK	AL	157	587	100	198	38	1	34	140	0	0	56	19	.337	.391	.579	.970	117.3	21.9
1950	25	OAK	AL	155	598	111	197	28	2	43	156	0	0	69	19	.329	.397	.599	.996	127.9	25.3
1951	26	OAK	AL	154	617	107	197	36	1	32	108	0	0	64	17	.319	.381	.536	.918	112.3	22.5
1952	27	OAK	AL	102	409	71	115	18	2	24	83	0	0	54	12	.281	.364	.511	.875	72.5	11.5
		SEM	AL	53	209	53	69	16	0	17	54	0	0	22	8	.330	.392	.651	1.043	46.3	9.9
		TOT		155	618	124	184	34	2	41	137	0	0	76	20	.298	.373	.558	.932	118.9	21.4
1953	28	SEM	AL	129	494	90	137	33	2	30	109	0	0	57	34	.277	.351	.534	.885	89.8	17.9
		AAA		26	105	39	49	9	1	16	37	0	0	20	7	.467	.552	1.029	1.581	43.5
1954	29	SEM	AL	155	606	112	183	29	2	48	148	0	0	54	31	.302	.356	.594	.950	115.0	23.5
1955	30	SEM	AL	156	606	109	177	41	5	47	134	0	0	60	42	.292	.354	.609	.963	118.7	21.7
1956	31	SEM	AL	156	607	89	164	37	3	36	107	0	0	59	50	.270	.333	.519	.852	96.7	19.0
1957	32	SEM	AL	156	611	99	180	31	1	48	155	0	0	54	59	.295	.351	.584	.935	116.8	25.6
1958	33	DET	AL	156	639	120	210	39	5	40	135	0	0	40	68	.329	.368	.593	.961	121.8	27.4
1959	34	NYA	AL	77	300	43	99	21	1	14	59	0	0	14	29	.330	.356	.547	.903	53.0	12.2
		CLE	AL	56	216	34	81	11	2	20	49	0	0	12	24	.375	.404	.722	1.127	53.7	15.5
		TOT		133	516	77	180	32	3	34	108	0	0	26	53	.349	.377	.620	.997	106.6	27.7
1960	35	CLE	AL	156	590	89	172	39	3	25	94	1	0	28	52	.292	.321	.495	.815	85.1	17.7
1961	36	CLE	AL	142	378	40	101	15	1	12	57	0	0	19	46	.267	.302	.407	.709	43.0	6.7
1962	37	MON	NL	50	88	7	27	2	0	1	16	0	0	6	8	.307	.351	.364	.715	10.9	2.3
1963	38	BSN	NL	124	431	39	115	13	3	10	58	0	0	16	73	.267	.293	.381	.673	40.9	4.9
		AAA		2	6	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.333	.429	.833	1.262	1.9
1964	39	AAA		137	553	37	115	13	0	3	31	2	0	29	143	.208	.247	.248	.495	31.4
16 Years Sim				2287	8566	1395	2587	475	35	506	1775	2	0	735	615	.302	.355	.543	.898	1508.9	298.0
4 Years AAA				302	1183	181	336	49	1	53	176	2	1	118	180	.284	.351	.462	.812	188.0
162 Game Average					606	98	183	33	2	35	125	0	0	52	43	.302	.355	.543	.898	106.9
Career Highs				157	639	124	210	41	5	48	156	1	0	76	73	.349	.397	.620	.997	127.9

Career Batting Splits Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		5482	925	1706	295	20	327	1161	0	0	500	357	.311	.367	.551	.918	1043.6
vs LH		3084	470	881	180	15	179	614	2	0	235	258	.286	.334	.528	.862	525.2
Home	1138	4135	698	1284	235	15	246	855	1	0	402	301	.311	.369	.553	.922	796.2
Away	1149	4431	697	1303	240	20	260	920	1	0	333	314	.294	.342	.533	.875	772.6
RISP		2222	0	744	138	8	127	1194	0	0	277	144	.335	.398	.576	.973	478.4
Pinch Hitting		159	21	53	10	1	6	42	0	0	10	9	.333	.366	.522	.888	28.1
Close/Late		940	132	296	54	4	62	181	0	0	116	74	.315	.387	.579	.965	197.9
Mar/Apr	366	1432	251	453	84	9	98	311	0	0	108	99	.316	.362	.593	.955	284.7
May	409	1507	222	438	88	5	70	312	0	0	129	103	.291	.344	.495	.839	248.1
June	391	1428	256	445	73	7	91	305	0	0	131	96	.312	.367	.564	.930	278.1
July	383	1436	227	422	77	6	89	299	0	0	123	96	.294	.348	.542	.890	259.3
August	395	1470	214	419	71	3	83	276	1	0	127	126	.285	.341	.507	.847	247.2
Sep/Oct	343	1293	225	410	82	5	75	272	1	0	117	95	.317	.372	.562	.934	251.4

Fielding Stats Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF	DWS
1948	23	OAK	AL	1B	150	146	1284.0	1525	130	7	155	.996	11.60	4.4
1949	24	OAK	AL	1B	155	147	1286.3	1543	154	13	163	.992	11.87	3.0
1950	25	OAK	AL	1B	152	145	1302.3	1484	135	11	153	.993	11.19	3.4
1951	26	OAK	AL	1B	154	150	1330.7	1529	103	16	146	.990	11.04	2.6
1952	27	OAK	AL	1B	100	99	893.0	1099	85	9	92	.992	11.93	2.9
		SEM	AL	1B	52	52	443.6	546	42	5	45	.992	11.93	0.5
		TOT		1B	152	151	1336.6	1645	127	14	137	.992	11.93	3.4
1953	28	SEM	AL	1B	127	124	1112.7	1550	107	7	129	.996	13.40	2.2
1954	29	SEM	AL	1B	154	151	1346.7	1846	135	13	176	.993	13.24	2.7
1955	30	SEM	AL	1B	152	150	1365.7	1858	136	13	159	.994	13.14	3.4
1956	31	SEM	AL	1B	155	150	1348.3	1834	170	13	171	.994	13.38	2.3
1957	32	SEM	AL	1B	154	150	1350.0	1750	102	6	170	.997	12.35	2.8
1958	33	DET	AL	RF	147	147	1321.7	176	6	20	1	.901	1.24	0.9
				1B	5	0	9.3	12	0	0	0	1.000	11.58	0.0
1959	34	NYA	AL	1B	74	72	622.0	687	56	6	57	.992	10.75	2.1
		CLE	AL	1B	54	53	450.4	497	41	5	41	.991	10.75	0.8
		TOT		1B	128	125	1072.4	1184	97	11	98	.991	10.75	2.9
1960	35	CLE	AL	1B	152	145	1234.3	1430	119	10	132	.994	11.29	2.8
1961	36	CLE	AL	1B	96	87	752.0	880	65	7	73	.993	11.31	2.2
				CF	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.0
1962	37	MON	NL	1B	22	17	151.0	212	11	1	16	.996	13.29	0.3
1963	38	BSN	NL	1B	113	107	942.7	1085	75	11	93	.991	11.08	1.2
				CF	1	1	9.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00	0.0
				1B	2021	1945	17225.0	21367	1666	153	1971	.993	12.03	39.5
				RF	147	147	1321.7	176	6	20	1	.901	1.24	0.9
				CF	3	1	12.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.50	0.0
Career Totals					2171	2093	18558.6	21545	1672	173	1972	.993	11.26	40.4
Career Highs					155	151	1365.7	1858	170	20	176	.997	13.40

Post-Season Batting Stats Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1952	27	SEM	AL	7	29	6	7	1	0	3	11	0	0	2	1	.241	.290	.586	.877
1953	28	SEM	AL	4	15	2	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.267	.313	.400	.713
1957	32	SEM	AL	5	21	1	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.238	.238	.381	.619
1960	35	CLE	AL	11	44	3	11	2	0	2	4	0	0	1	6	.250	.267	.432	.698
1962	37	MON	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career Post-Season Batting				28	110	12	27	5	0	6	19	0	0	4	8	.245	.272	.455	.726

Batting Leaderboards Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.

Batting Average 1949-3-.337 1950-5-.329 1951-10-.319 1957-6-.295 1958-2-.329 1959-1-.349 1960-8-.292	On-Base Pct 1958-8-.368 1959-9-.377	Slugging Pct 1949-4-.579 1950-3-.599 1951-7-.536 1952-9-.558 1953-7-.534 1954-4-.594 1955-3-.609 1956-6-.519 1957-3-.584 1958-2-.593 1959-3-.620 1960-9-.495 CAR-13-.543	OPS 1949-7-.970 1950-3-.996 1951-8-.918 1952-9-.932 1953-9-.885 1954-5-.950 1955-4-.963 1956-8-.852 1957-5-.935 1958-2-.961 1959-3-.997 1960-10-.815 CAR-24-.898	XR 1949-9-117.3 1950-3-127.9 1951-5-112.3 1952-3-118.9 1954-7-115.0 1955-2-118.7 1957-3-116.8 1958-2-121.8 1959-3-106.6 CAR-25-1508.9	Games 1949-3-157 1950-7-155 1952-8-155 1955-4-156 1956-4-156 1957-8-156 1958-4-156 1960-5-156 CAR-49-2287
At-Bats 1949-8-587 1950-6-598 1951-3-617 1952-3-618 1954-4-606 1955-5-606 1956-3-607 1957-3-611 1958-1-639 1960-10-590 CAR-40-8566	Runs 1952-3-124 1954-10-112 1955-4-109 1957-8-99 1958-2-120 1960-6-89 CAR-38-1395	Hits 1949-2-198 1950-3-197 1951-2-197 1952-8-184 1954-9-183 1955-7-177 1956-8-164 1957-3-180 1958-1-210 1959-3-180 1960-7-172 CAR-26-2587	Total Bases 1948-9-270 1949-2-340 1950-3-358 1951-5-331 1952-3-345 1954-2-360 1955-1-369 1956-4-315 1957-1-357 1958-1-379 1959-4-320 1960-7-292 CAR-18-4650	Singles 1949-6-125 1950-6-124 1951-4-128 1958-7-126	Doubles 1949-10-38 1955-3-41 1956-7-37 1958-3-39 1959-10-32 1960-4-39 CAR-41-475
Triples 1955-7-5	Homeruns 1948-9-25 1949-5-34 1950-2-43 1951-8-32 1952-3-41 1953-7-30 1954-2-48 1955-3-47 1956-5-36 1957-3-48 1958-4-40 1959-5-34 1960-9-25 CAR-12-506	RBIs 1948-7-113 1949-5-140 1950-2-156 1952-2-137 1953-5-109 1954-1-148 1955-1-134 1956-5-107 1957-1-155 1958-1-135 1959-4-108 1960-8-94 CAR-8-1775

   Black Ink Test: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 246    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 56    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Oakland in 1947

Had first career hit on 4/4/1948, off Early Wynn (TAM)

Hit first career homerun on 4/4/1948, off Howie Krist (TAM)

Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1948, hitting .360 with 10 HR, 33 RBI

Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game

Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 7/22/1948

Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (A) on 5/16/1949

Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 5/21/1949

Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1949, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 12 RBI

Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1949, hitting .426 with 8 HR, 35 RBI

Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game

Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1949, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 9 RBI

Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 5/12/1950

Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game

Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1950, hitting .560 with 4 HR, 13 RBI

Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Minnesota on 9/29/1950

2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,742,857 through salary arbitration

Had 25-game hitting streak snapped on 4/30/1951

Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1951, hitting .391 with 10 HR, 34 RBI

Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game

2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,742,857 through salary arbitration

Traded from Oakland to Seattle on 7/31/1952 (Going to SEM: 1B Ted Kluszewski. Going to OAK: P Carl Scheib, 3B Jim Brideweser)

Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 8/19/1952

Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1952, hitting .565 with 4 HR, 8 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1952, hitting .481 with 3 HR, 12 RBI

Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1952, hitting .410 with 9 HR, 28 RBI

2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,742,857 through salary arbitration

Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1953

10/20/1953: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $12,000,000 per year, for 4 years

Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1954, hitting .480 with 3 HR, 11 RBI

Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1954, hitting .367 with 9 HR, 26 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1954, hitting .600 with 4 HR, 11 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1954, hitting .450 with 4 HR, 13 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1954, hitting .450 with 4 HR, 12 RBI

Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1954, hitting .387 with 12 HR, 37 RBI

Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Montreal on 4/6/1955

Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 6/2/1955

Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game

Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1955

Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1956, hitting .519 with 5 HR, 11 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1956, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 8 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1956, hitting .429 with 4 HR, 9 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1956, hitting .458 with 4 HR, 8 RBI

Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1956

Drove in 7 runs against New York (A) on 6/11/1957

Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1957, hitting .400 with 6 HR, 13 RBI

Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 6/28/1957

Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game

Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Brooklyn on 8/9/1957

Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1957, hitting .281 with 8 HR, 28 RBI

Won Silver Slugger in 1957, hitting .295 with 48 HR, 155 RBI

Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1957

10/16/1957: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $12,500,000 per year, for 4 years

Traded from Seattle to Detroit on 2/1/1958 (Going to SEM: C Vic Janowicz. Going to DET: 1B Ted Kluszewski)

Had 6 hits with 7 RBI against Tampa Bay on 6/20/1958

Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1958, hitting .517 with 1 HR, 10 RBI

Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1958, hitting .447 with 8 HR, 32 RBI

Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game

Had 24-game hitting streak snapped on 7/7/1958

Drove in 7 runs against Cincinnati on 9/22/1958

Won Silver Slugger in 1958, hitting .329 with 40 HR, 135 RBI

Traded from Detroit to New York (A) on 3/3/1959 (Going to DET: 2B Rocky Bridges, 1B Earl Torgeson, 1B Tom Burgess, P Don Ferrarese. Going to NYA: DH Ted Kluszewski, 2B Bobby Hofman)

Had 2000th career hit on 4/8/1959, off Bob Friend (NYG)

Traded from New York (A) to Cleveland on 7/1/1959 (Going to NYA: P Camilo Pascual. Going to CLE: 1B Ted Kluszewski)

Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game

Hit 3 homeruns against Brooklyn, driving in 3 runs on 7/14/1959

Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1959, hitting .476 with 3 HR, 4 RBI

Hit 3 homeruns against New York (A), driving in 3 runs on 7/22/1959

Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1959, hitting .364 with 11 HR, 23 RBI

Injured on 9/5/1959 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 5 weeks

Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1960, hitting .387 with 4 HR, 9 RBI

Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1960, hitting .343 with 9 HR, 19 RBI

Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game

Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/7/1962 to a 3-year deal worth $4,320,000 per year

Traded from Montreal to Boston (N) on 2/7/1963 (Going to BSN: 1B Ted Kluszewski. Going to MON: P Eli Grba)

Had 500th career homerun on 5/24/1963, off Wes Stock (MIN)

7/31/1964: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)