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Lou
Klein		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 180
 
Born: October 22, 1918 in Usa, LA, NEW ORLEANS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1943    1948   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 8 7 7 5 4 5 8 8 8
1944 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 7 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1945 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 7 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1946 27 NYA AL $ 2,564,286   8 8 8 3 3 3 9 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1947 28 NYA AL $ 2,685,714   8 8 8 3 3 3 9 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1948 29 OAK AL $ 2,685,714   8 8 8 3 3 3 9 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1949 30 OAK AL $ 3,420,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 9 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1950 31 OAK AL $ 3,420,000   7 7 8 3 2 3 8 7 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1951 32 OAK AL $ 3,420,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 9 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1952 33 MIN AL $ 2,950,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 8 7 8 3 3 3 7 7 7
1953 34 MIN AL $ 2,950,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 8 7 8 3 2 3 8 7 7
1954 35 MON NL $ 2,200,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 8 7 7 3 2 2 7 7 7
1955 36 MON NL $ 2,200,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 7 6 6 3 2 2 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 7 6 6 3 2 2 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,420,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 9 8 8 5 4 5 8 8 8
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
1943 24 NYA AL 155 558 98 173 27 9 9 92 9 3 50 59 .310 .364 .439 .803 85.2 17.2
1944 25 NYA AL 146 533 65 141 30 3 8 73 7 5 45 58 .265 .324 .377 .701 61.3 7.0
1945 26 NYA AL 159 571 80 172 44 5 8 78 3 4 41 57 .301 .346 .438 .784 78.8 13.2
1946 27 NYA AL 123 452 71 139 32 8 3 63 10 5 32 54 .308 .353 .434 .787 63.3 10.1
1947 28 NYA AL 153 574 68 185 31 6 7 75 2 4 30 58 .322 .354 .434 .787 78.1 11.9
1948 29 OAK AL 155 572 81 171 31 4 7 77 0 0 48 55 .299 .352 .404 .755 73.8 10.2
1949 30 OAK AL 152 599 101 184 34 7 9 61 0 1 50 56 .307 .358 .432 .790 87.7 13.3
1950 31 OAK AL 154 593 81 188 28 8 9 79 0 3 40 55 .317 .361 .437 .797 84.6 13.3
1951 32 OAK AL 146 494 64 158 28 4 4 63 0 0 32 30 .320 .364 .417 .781 63.6 10.5
1952 33 OAK AL 103 361 43 104 24 4 3 50 1 1 15 36 .288 .319 .402 .721 42.3 5.0
  MIN AL 46 163 22 50 8 2 1 18 1 0 6 15 .307 .337 .399 .736 19.9 2.4
  TOT   149 524 65 154 32 6 4 68 2 1 21 51 .294 .325 .401 .726 62.2 7.4
1953 34 MIN AL 130 404 49 119 26 3 4 56 3 1 16 47 .295 .322 .403 .726 46.4 6.6
1954 35 MON NL 151 512 55 151 25 7 7 54 1 1 28 70 .295 .333 .412 .745 62.8 8.0
1955 36 MON NL 144 470 33 98 18 6 1 40 2 2 29 98 .209 .256 .279 .535 27.7 0.0
13 Years Sim 1917 6856 911 2033 386 76 80 879 39 30 462 748 .297 .341 .410 .751 875.5 128.5
162 Game Average 579 76 171 32 6 6 74 3 2 39 63 .297 .341 .410 .751 74.0  
Career Highs 159 599 101 188 44 9 9 92 10 5 50 98 .322 .364 .439 .803 87.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4179 538 1169 219 45 49 533 21 17 261 467 .280 .322 .389 .711 501.2
vs LH   2677 373 864 167 31 31 346 18 13 201 281 .323 .370 .443 .813 408.0
Home 972 3418 458 989 179 42 34 429 17 17 233 403 .289 .335 .396 .731 432.2
Away 945 3438 453 1044 207 34 46 450 22 13 229 345 .304 .347 .424 .771 477.0
RISP   1708 0 531 90 22 24 729 0 0 125 191 .311 .353 .431 .784 249.2
Pinch Hitting   98 13 30 6 0 3 18 0 0 7 12 .306 .352 .459 .812 15.0
Close/Late   715 98 218 46 10 14 99 0 0 54 74 .305 .356 .456 .812 108.3
Mar/Apr 320 1181 129 338 64 15 13 144 4 8 79 134 .286 .334 .399 .733 147.5
May 341 1198 172 355 79 8 8 139 9 6 82 136 .296 .341 .396 .736 153.4
June 330 1211 164 359 63 9 18 151 10 5 79 137 .296 .338 .408 .746 160.4
July 311 1143 149 331 61 13 10 140 7 6 76 125 .290 .334 .392 .726 142.6
August 308 1077 138 320 54 18 17 171 6 3 65 115 .297 .336 .428 .764 147.1
Sep/Oct 307 1046 159 330 65 13 14 134 3 2 81 101 .315 .364 .443 .807 158.2
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
1943 24 NYA AL 2B 153 149 1284.0 283 597 20 148 .978 6.17   7.6
    RF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1944 25 NYA AL 2B 139 135 1207.0 307 494 17 111 .979 5.97   5.0
    SS 1 1 9.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1945 26 NYA AL SS 154 151 1307.7 222 528 29 95 .963 5.16   6.0
1946 27 NYA AL SS 122 119 1030.0 181 418 17 83 .972 5.23   4.9
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1947 28 NYA AL SS 97 93 821.0 142 323 16 72 .967 5.10   4.6
    2B 53 47 405.3 114 157 4 32 .985 6.02   0.7
    3B 1 1 9.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1948 29 OAK AL 2B 118 113 998.3 232 414 8 95 .988 5.82   5.8
    SS 35 32 278.3 46 125 6 22 .966 5.53   1.3
1949 30 OAK AL 2B 98 97 858.7 253 374 14 94 .978 6.57   3.7
    SS 53 50 448.3 94 187 7 36 .976 5.64   2.3
1950 31 OAK AL SS 136 131 1164.3 216 466 25 103 .965 5.27   5.7
    2B 17 16 124.0 31 43 0 13 1.000 5.37   0.4
1951 32 OAK AL SS 139 133 1146.3 196 475 27 93 .961 5.27   5.9
    2B 4 0 7.0 3 4 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
1952 33 OAK AL SS 100 97 833.2 143 333 18 65 .964 5.14   4.9
    2B 3 0 5.5 1 3 0 0 1.000 6.55   0.0
  MIN AL SS 45 43 374.2 64 150 8 29 .964 5.15   1.6
    2B 1 0 2.5 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
  TOT   SS 145 140 1207.4 207 483 26 94 .964 5.14   6.5
      2B 4 0 8.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.0
1953 34 MIN AL 2B 111 97 842.3 182 371 11 81 .980 5.91   4.1
    1B 2 2 18.0 23 2 0 1 1.000 12.50   0.0
    SS 6 0 10.0 3 5 0 1 1.000 7.20   0.1
1954 35 MON NL SS 140 127 1137.3 197 450 29 98 .957 5.12   2.5
    2B 4 2 19.0 3 11 0 2 1.000 6.63   0.1
1955 36 MON NL SS 142 141 1168.0 170 508 21 104 .970 5.22   5.9
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1170 1118 9727.7 1674 3971 203 801 .965 5.22   45.6
  2B 703 656 5757.7 1409 2469 74 576 .981 6.06   27.5
  1B 2 2 18.0 23 2 0 1 1.000 12.50   0.0
  3B 1 1 9.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  RF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1877 1778 15520.4 3106 6445 277 1378 .972 5.54   73.2
Career Highs   154 151 1307.7 347 597 29 148 .983 6.25    
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
1943 24 NYA AL 14 53 12 19 1 3 2 17 1 0 6 6 .358 .424 .604 1.028
1945 26 NYA AL 6 24 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .292 .292 .292 .583
Career Post-Season Batting 20 77 15 26 1 3 2 19 1 0 6 9 .338 .386 .506 .892
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
1945-8-.301
1947-2-.322
1950-9-.317
1951-9-.320
 Games
1945-1-159
1948-10-155
 At-Bats
1949-6-599
1950-8-593
 Hits
1945-10-172
1947-3-185
1948-9-171
1950-8-188
 Total Bases
1947-10-249
 Singles
1943-6-128
1947-1-141
1948-8-129
1949-3-134
1950-2-143
1951-10-122
Doubles
1945-6-44
 Triples
1943-4-9
1945-10-5
1946-5-8
1947-9-6
1949-10-7
1950-3-8
1952-8-6
1954-3-7
1955-7-6
CAR-49-76
 Stolen Bases
1943-9-9
 Caught Stealing
1946-8-5
 Strikeouts
1955-7-98
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 45    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 40    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  5. Tony Kubek (896)
  6. Ken Oberkfell (894)
  7. Phil Rizzuto (891)
  8. Pinky Higgins (891)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 17th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1943
Had first career hit on 4/2/1943, off Max Lanier (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1943, off Walt Masterson (CLE)
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 6/15/1943
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Injured on 9/27/1944 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against San Diego on 4/20/1945
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/1/1946 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1947, hitting .591 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (A) to Oakland on 2/3/1948 (Going to OAK: SS Lou Klein. Going to NYA: P Glenn Elliott)
5/1/1948: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $3,420,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Had 31-game hitting streak snapped on 9/11/1949
5/1/1951: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $2,950,000 per year, for 2 years
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 8/9/1951
Injured on 7/29/1952 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Oakland to Minnesota on 7/31/1952 (Going to OAK: P Harry Byrd, LF Paul O'dea. Going to MIN: SS Lou Klein)
6/1/1953: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $2,200,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Minnesota to Montreal on 3/3/1954 (Going to MON: CF Joe Dimaggio, SS Lou Klein. Going to MIN: P Earl Johnson, 2B Johnny Logan, 3B Al Rosen)
Hit for the cycle against Brooklyn on 8/11/1954
Drove in 7 runs against Brooklyn on 8/11/1954
Injured on 7/7/1955 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 2000th career hit on 7/25/1955, off Billy Pierce (CIN)
 
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