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Chuck
Klein		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: October 7, 1904 in Usa, IN, INDIANAPOLIS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1936   
All-Star Selections 1931    1932    1933    1934    1936    1938    1939    1940   
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
1930 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   79 79 73 77 82 81 67 76 73 38 44 42 74 77 76
1931 26 MIN AL $ 5,128,571   9 9 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 4 5 5 8 8 8
1932 27 MIN AL $ 6,285,714   9 9 8 8 9 8 7 8 8 4 5 5 8 8 8
1933 28 MIN AL $ 6,285,714   9 9 8 8 9 8 7 8 8 4 5 4 8 8 8
1934 29 DET AL $ 6,285,714   9 9 8 8 9 8 7 8 8 4 5 5 8 8 8
1935 30 DET AL $ 13,000,000   9 9 8 8 9 8 7 8 8 4 5 5 8 8 8
1936 31 DET AL $ 13,000,000   9 9 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 4 5 5 8 8 8
1937 32 DET AL $ 13,000,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 4 5 5 8 8 8
1938 33 TAM AL $ 13,000,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 4 5 4 7 7 7
1939 34 TAM AL $ 13,000,000   8 8 7 8 8 8 7 8 8 4 5 4 7 7 7
1940 35 TAM AL $ 13,000,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 6 5
1941 36 TAM AL $ 5,000,001   5 5 5 4 5 5 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 5 5 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 13,000,000   79 79 73 77 82 81 67 76 73 38 44 42 74 77 76
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
1930 25 MIN AL 105 402 76 125 34 4 15 66 1 0 41 15 .311 .375 .527 .902 72.0 11.4
1931 26 MIN AL 155 604 100 213 41 7 34 120 4 2 44 41 .353 .395 .613 1.007 125.3 24.3
1932 27 MIN AL 146 543 114 178 35 6 30 106 0 0 66 31 .328 .397 .580 .978 109.7 21.3
1933 28 MIN AL 113 432 101 137 26 7 17 68 0 0 57 34 .317 .393 .528 .921 82.7 15.7
1934 29 DET AL 150 589 103 191 25 13 22 98 3 0 55 39 .324 .380 .523 .903 107.5 21.6
1935 30 DET AL 159 612 119 181 27 5 24 106 2 2 72 54 .296 .367 .474 .840 97.7 15.8
1936 31 DET AL 155 623 108 196 20 10 36 139 1 1 70 55 .315 .381 .552 .933 118.7 23.6
1937 32 DET AL 156 602 106 182 31 6 20 95 4 1 66 49 .302 .371 .473 .845 95.7 19.1
1938 33 DET AL 102 407 60 117 23 2 17 64 0 0 29 36 .287 .334 .479 .813 59.6 7.9
1939 34 TAM AL 146 544 91 174 28 9 23 112 2 0 52 71 .320 .375 .531 .907 97.9 23.1
1940 35 TAM AL 152 569 86 163 23 4 24 104 0 1 48 94 .286 .340 .467 .807 83.6 14.7
1941 36 TAM AL 131 409 54 117 14 2 10 58 1 0 26 82 .286 .328 .403 .731 49.2 7.3
12 Years Sim 1670 6336 1118 1974 327 75 272 1136 18 7 626 601 .312 .371 .516 .887 1099.7 205.9
162 Game Average 614 108 191 31 7 26 110 1 0 60 58 .312 .371 .516 .887 106.7  
Career Highs 159 623 119 213 41 13 36 139 4 2 72 94 .353 .397 .613 1.007 125.3  
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   4603 837 1512 244 57 213 878 14 5 476 418 .328 .389 .545 .934 906.7
vs LH   1733 281 462 83 18 59 258 4 2 150 183 .267 .324 .437 .761 243.5
Home 832 3096 562 979 158 33 142 588 10 3 290 276 .316 .373 .526 .900 571.8
Away 838 3240 556 995 169 42 130 548 8 4 336 325 .307 .370 .506 .875 578.4
RISP   1663 0 524 84 19 80 801 0 0 272 168 .315 .401 .533 .934 349.1
Pinch Hitting   130 22 36 5 1 4 28 0 0 13 16 .277 .340 .423 .763 18.8
Close/Late   737 140 222 33 5 42 135 0 0 107 65 .301 .388 .531 .919 147.4
Mar/Apr 293 1156 224 362 66 12 50 206 2 1 113 101 .313 .374 .521 .894 211.2
May 322 1225 194 371 68 9 46 196 2 0 123 120 .303 .365 .486 .850 208.8
June 301 1147 199 366 59 16 44 199 6 1 101 105 .319 .371 .514 .884 206.1
July 287 1060 188 337 63 14 44 187 3 2 113 102 .318 .380 .528 .909 200.2
August 246 922 174 290 42 15 47 196 4 0 92 92 .315 .374 .546 .920 177.8
Sep/Oct 221 826 139 248 29 9 41 152 1 3 84 81 .300 .365 .506 .871 146.1
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
1930 25 MIN AL LF 101 97 886.0 206 5 6 2 .972 2.14   2.8
    RF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1931 26 MIN AL LF 151 149 1335.7 291 12 10 2 .968 2.04   4.9
    RF 3 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.80    
1932 27 MIN AL LF 132 129 1144.0 263 11 14 1 .951 2.16   3.0
    RF 11 1 30.0 6 0 1 0 .857 1.80    
1933 28 MIN AL LF 106 105 936.7 200 6 5 1 .976 1.98   2.7
    RF 5 0 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1934 29 DET AL LF 141 139 1247.3 257 10 16 2 .943 1.93   1.5
    RF 8 0 15.7 5 0 1 0 .833 2.87    
1935 30 DET AL LF 139 138 1232.0 304 4 15 0 .954 2.25   2.5
    RF 11 8 79.0 16 1 3 0 .850 1.94    
1936 31 DET AL LF 151 150 1356.7 346 13 16 2 .957 2.38   3.5
    RF 3 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1937 32 DET AL LF 136 136 1213.0 262 8 13 1 .954 2.00   3.3
    RF 16 12 108.0 28 0 1 0 .966 2.33    
1938 33 DET AL LF 97 97 869.7 223 14 9 1 .963 2.45   1.6
    RF 4 1 14.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64    
1939 34 TAM AL LF 109 109 970.0 208 6 12 1 .947 1.99   3.3
    RF 33 24 232.0 61 1 2 0 .969 2.41    
1940 35 TAM AL LF 125 118 1075.7 228 9 15 1 .940 1.98   2.4
    RF 16 13 124.7 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.53    
1941 36 TAM AL RF 65 61 522.7 112 6 7 1 .944 2.03   1.3
    LF 44 33 307.3 75 3 2 0 .975 2.28    
  LF 1432 1400 12574.0 2863 101 133 14 .957 2.12   31.2
  RF 178 120 1146.0 270 9 16 1 .946 2.19   1.3
Career Totals   1610 1520 13719.9 3133 110 149 15 .956 2.13   32.6
Career Highs   154 150 1359.7 347 14 18 2 .977 2.42    
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
1932 27 MIN AL 20 79 18 32 14 0 5 21 0 0 11 4 .405 .478 .772 1.250
1934 29 DET AL 20 78 14 23 6 1 5 17 1 0 5 9 .295 .329 .590 .919
Career Post-Season Batting 40 157 32 55 20 1 10 38 1 0 16 13 .350 .406 .682 1.087
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
1931-5-.353
1932-7-.328
1934-9-.324
1939-7-.320
CAR-39-.312
 On-Base Pct
1932-7-.397
 Slugging Pct
1931-3-.613
1932-3-.580
1933-5-.521*
1934-5-.523
1935-10-.474
1936-3-.552
1939-5-.531
CAR-28-.516
 OPS
1931-3-1.007
1932-3-.978
1933-6-.909*
1934-5-.903
1936-4-.933
1939-5-.907
CAR-30-.887
 XR
1931-2-125.3
1932-5-109.7
1934-3-107.5
1935-10-97.7
1936-2-118.7
1939-8-97.9
 Games
1931-9-155
1934-5-150
1935-1-159
1937-6-156
At-Bats
1934-4-589
1935-7-612
1936-4-623
1937-10-602
 Runs
1932-4-114
1933-8-101
1934-9-103
1935-3-119
1936-7-108
1937-8-106
 Hits
1931-3-213
1934-2-191
1936-7-196
1939-10-174
 Total Bases
1931-2-370
1932-5-315
1934-3-308
1935-6-290
1936-1-344
1937-9-285
1939-7-289
 Singles
1934-8-131
1936-10-130
 Triples
1934-3-13
1936-4-10
1939-4-9
Homeruns
1931-3-34
1932-3-30
1933-9-17
1934-5-22
1935-3-24
1936-2-36
1937-10-20
1938-10-17
1939-8-23
1940-7-24
 RBIs
1931-6-120
1932-5-106
1934-9-98
1935-5-106
1936-2-139
1939-5-112
1940-8-104
 Strikeouts
1940-8-94
1941-8-82
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 146    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 52    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Jackie Brandt (869)
  5. Jackie Jensen (866)
  6. Rickey Henderson (866)
  7. Bob Nieman (861)
  8. Jim Spencer (857)
  9. Vince Dimaggio (857)
  10. Sid Gordon (855)
History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Ed Baecht (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/1930, off George Uhle (MON)
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 7/28/1930
Injured on 7/30/1930 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 6 weeks
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,128,571 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1931, hitting .396 with 11 HR, 29 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Seattle (M) on 5/27/1931
Was selected to the 1931 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Chicago (A) on 8/8/1931
Won Player of the Week award on 8/24/1931, hitting .423 with 4 HR, 12 RBI
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,285,714 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1932 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle (M) on 9/14/1932
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,285,714 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1933, hitting .435 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 8/13/1933 with a Spasms Back, out for 4 weeks
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,285,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Minnesota to Detroit on 2/17/1934 (Going to DET: LF Chuck Klein. Going to MIN: P Dave Keefe, 1B Sam West)
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
9/1/1934: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $13,000,000 per year, for 6 years
Drove in 7 runs against Cincinnati on 8/28/1935
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Oakland on 6/29/1936
Hit 3 homeruns against Oakland, driving in 6 runs on 6/29/1936
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1936, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1936, hitting .352 with 7 HR, 25 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1936, hitting .393 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1936
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1937, hitting .625 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1938, hitting .429 with 4 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
Injured on 7/29/1938 with a Torn Rib Cage Muscle, out for full season
Traded from Detroit to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1938 (Going to DET: RF Carl Reynolds, 2B Greg Mulleavy, LF Beau Bell, C Rollie Hemsley. Going to TAM: LF Chuck Klein)
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston (A) on 7/9/1939
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1940, hitting .423 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1940, hitting .340 with 9 HR, 25 RBI
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/3/1941 to a 1-year deal worth $5,000,001 per year
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston (A) on 4/4/1941
 
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