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Al
Kaline		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 185
 
Born: December 19, 1934 in Usa, MD, BALTIMORE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1954   
Gold Glove 1958    1959    1960    1965   
All-Star Selections 1962    1964   
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
1953 18 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 7 6 6 8 8 8
1954 19 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 8 8 8
1955 20 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 9 8 8
1956 21 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 9 9 9
1957 22 BOS AL $ 2,928,571   7 7 7 6 5 5 6 5 6 6 5 6 9 8 8
1958 23 MIN AL $ 2,928,571   7 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 9 8 8
1959 24 MIN AL $ 2,985,714   7 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 9 9 9
1960 25 MIN AL $ 7,000,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 9 9 9
1961 26 MIN AL $ 7,000,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 9 9 9
1962 27 MIN AL $ 7,000,000   7 7 8 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 9 9 9
1963 28 MIN AL $ 7,000,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 9 9 9
1964 29 MIN AL $ 7,500,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 9 9 9
1965 30 MIN AL $ 7,500,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 9 8 9
1966 31 MIN AL $ 7,500,000   6 6 6 5 4 4 5 4 5 6 5 5 8 8 8
1967 32 MON NL $ 7,500,000   6 6 6 5 4 4 5 4 5 6 5 5 7 7 7
1968 33 BSN NL $ 850,000   6 6 6 3 2 3 5 4 5 5 4 5 7 7 7
1969 34 BSN NL $ 850,000   3 3 4 1 1 1 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 4 4
1970 35 KCR AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,500,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 9 9 9
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
1953 18 BOS AL 25 98 9 24 1 1 0 5 1 1 5 12 .245 .279 .276 .554 5.8 0.0
    AAA   135 498 96 139 23 1 39 92 7 7 97 55 .279 .397 .564 .961 109.3  
1954 19 BOS AL 138 476 64 122 25 1 18 73 1 0 60 31 .256 .340 .426 .767 65.6 11.1
1955 20 BOS AL 151 523 60 140 30 0 19 60 1 1 57 55 .268 .341 .434 .775 71.1 10.7
1956 21 BOS AL 156 571 86 170 32 5 18 74 0 2 64 46 .298 .368 .466 .834 91.5 17.9
1957 22 BOS AL 109 404 48 130 24 2 10 60 1 2 31 29 .322 .371 .465 .836 61.9 11.1
1958 23 MIN AL 155 584 81 169 35 2 17 75 1 1 53 51 .289 .348 .443 .792 81.6 13.6
1959 24 MIN AL 155 565 54 172 31 1 15 62 0 2 49 59 .304 .360 .442 .802 82.4 12.5
1960 25 MIN AL 153 570 67 159 28 2 13 67 3 3 55 55 .279 .342 .404 .745 75.4 14.6
1961 26 MIN AL 153 585 69 160 40 2 12 71 1 0 54 54 .274 .335 .410 .746 75.1 15.9
1962 27 MIN AL 150 569 70 168 21 7 11 86 5 0 52 34 .295 .355 .415 .770 78.4 16.2
1963 28 MIN AL 148 564 75 161 22 2 9 51 2 2 47 27 .285 .343 .379 .722 69.0 14.8
1964 29 MIN AL 149 543 65 166 28 0 11 57 6 4 45 51 .306 .355 .418 .773 78.8 14.7
1965 30 MIN AL 154 579 80 165 25 1 11 83 3 1 48 49 .285 .336 .389 .725 73.6 15.8
1966 31 MIN AL 116 316 29 85 10 1 6 38 1 3 23 24 .269 .324 .364 .688 37.4 5.2
1967 32 MON NL 143 466 52 116 16 5 7 49 4 3 32 62 .249 .297 .350 .647 44.6 5.9
1968 33 BSN NL 77 109 13 37 9 0 2 18 0 0 7 17 .339 .381 .477 .858 18.5 4.4
1969 34 BSN NL 41 95 4 21 2 1 1 9 0 0 3 20 .221 .245 .295 .540 5.9 0.0
    AAA   76 253 21 73 7 1 2 23 2 0 25 43 .289 .353 .348 .700 32.0  
1970 35 A   137 514 49 115 25 1 2 55 1 2 54 93 .224 .298 .288 .585 45.0  
17 Years Sim 2173 7617 926 2165 379 33 180 938 30 25 685 676 .284 .343 .414 .757 1016.6 184.6
2 Years AAA 211 751 117 212 30 2 41 115 9 7 122 98 .282 .383 .491 .874 141.3  
1 Years A 137 514 49 115 25 1 2 55 1 2 54 93 .224 .299 .288 .587 45.0  
3 Years Minors 348 1265 166 327 55 3 43 170 10 9 176 191 .258 .350 .409 .758 186.4  
162 Game Average 567 69 161 28 2 13 69 2 1 51 50 .284 .343 .414 .757 75.8  
Career Highs 156 585 86 172 40 7 19 86 6 4 64 62 .339 .381 .477 .858 91.5  
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   4819 593 1366 244 19 111 599 14 13 386 418 .283 .337 .411 .748 649.4
vs LH   2798 333 799 135 14 69 339 16 12 299 258 .286 .354 .418 .772 410.4
Home 1100 3812 469 1064 207 22 82 454 18 11 318 324 .279 .336 .409 .745 510.5
Away 1073 3805 457 1101 172 11 98 484 12 14 367 352 .289 .351 .418 .768 549.3
RISP   1642 0 509 89 9 44 699 0 0 191 145 .310 .373 .456 .828 276.5
Pinch Hitting   196 25 56 10 0 5 36 0 0 18 19 .286 .341 .413 .754 27.6
Close/Late   954 89 255 36 0 20 122 0 0 101 70 .267 .337 .368 .705 121.5
Mar/Apr 367 1272 153 368 62 9 28 164 3 3 122 117 .289 .354 .418 .772 183.1
May 374 1339 160 371 75 4 29 166 7 6 102 93 .277 .328 .404 .732 172.5
June 344 1181 150 335 61 2 26 143 3 4 115 120 .284 .345 .405 .750 163.6
July 340 1201 166 348 56 6 37 161 3 3 118 119 .290 .353 .439 .792 182.2
August 364 1308 146 363 68 6 30 158 8 6 105 102 .278 .330 .407 .737 172.4
Sep/Oct 384 1316 151 380 57 6 30 146 6 3 123 125 .289 .352 .410 .762 186.1
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
1953 18 BOS AL RF 24 24 204.3 23 2 0 0 1.000 1.10   0.1
    CF 1 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.77    
1954 19 BOS AL RF 132 128 1134.7 230 6 4 1 .983 1.87   3.1
    CF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1955 20 BOS AL RF 143 142 1210.0 238 8 5 3 .980 1.83   3.1
    CF 4 0 9.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 4.00    
1956 21 BOS AL RF 147 146 1290.3 263 7 6 1 .978 1.88   2.9
    CF 2 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1957 22 BOS AL RF 104 100 872.0 174 6 3 2 .984 1.86   1.9
    CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1958 23 MIN AL RF 151 146 1314.0 304 11 2 3 .994 2.16   3.5
    CF 4 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40    
1959 24 MIN AL RF 150 145 1275.7 277 5 9 1 .969 1.99   4.4
    CF 4 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1960 25 MIN AL RF 143 142 1248.7 294 8 2 5 .993 2.18   4.2
    CF 7 4 41.3 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.61    
    LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1961 26 MIN AL CF 108 102 921.7 220 10 11 2 .954 2.25   2.8
    RF 46 43 389.7 73 3 1 1 .987 1.76    
1962 27 MIN AL RF 112 111 971.7 211 2 2 0 .991 1.97   2.2
    CF 37 35 308.7 79 2 1 0 .988 2.36    
1963 28 MIN AL CF 147 143 1287.3 333 10 4 4 .988 2.40   3.2
1964 29 MIN AL RF 122 117 1032.7 240 17 1 5 .996 2.24   2.8
    CF 22 19 171.7 43 1 0 0 1.000 2.31    
1965 30 MIN AL RF 150 145 1292.0 263 8 1 2 .996 1.89   3.9
    CF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1966 31 MIN AL RF 68 58 535.7 143 5 1 0 .993 2.49   2.4
    CF 10 9 85.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.91    
    3B 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1967 32 MON NL RF 127 96 916.0 200 11 2 2 .991 2.07   2.8
    CF 6 5 42.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.14    
1968 33 BSN NL CF 38 12 160.0 39 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   1.2
    RF 6 5 40.3 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.79    
1969 34 BSN NL RF 18 12 114.3 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.42   0.4
    CF 13 8 80.7 19 2 0 0 1.000 2.34    
    LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  RF 1643 1560 13841.9 2957 101 39 26 .987 1.99   37.8
  CF 409 337 3135.0 784 27 16 7 .981 2.33   7.1
  LF 2 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  3B 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   2055 1897 16986.6 3741 128 55 33 .986 2.05   44.9
Career Highs   155 146 1319.0 333 18 12 5 1.000 2.40    
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
1965 30 MIN AL 10 38 1 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 .184 .225 .211 .436
Career Post-Season Batting 10 38 1 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 .184 .225 .211 .436
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
1956-5-.298
1959-6-.304
1964-8-.306
 Games
1956-4-156
1958-8-155
 At-Bats
1961-10-585
1965-9-579
 Hits
1956-6-170
1959-5-172
1964-7-166
1965-8-165
 Singles
1956-9-115
1959-3-125
1962-5-129
1963-10-128
1964-3-127
1965-3-128
 Doubles
1958-8-35
1961-6-40
Triples
1956-8-5
1962-6-7
1967-6-5
 RBIs
1965-9-83
 Caught Stealing
1960-10-3
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 39    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Mike Easler (911)
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  6. Lee Mazzilli (906)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1953
Had first career hit on 9/1/1953, off Joe Landrum (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 5/4/1954, off Ken Lehman (SDP)
Injured on 6/12/1954 with a Fractured Hip, out for 3 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1954, hitting .474 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/13/1957 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 7 weeks
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (A) to Minnesota on 2/21/1958 (Going to MIN: RF Al Kaline, 1B Ed Bouchee, P Jim Constable, P Pedro Ramos, CF Jim Busby. Going to BOS: P Bob Miller, CF Duke Snider, SS Johnny Logan)
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1958
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,985,714 through salary arbitration
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 7/14/1959
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 8/27/1959
9/1/1959: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $7,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1959
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1960
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 4/30/1961
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/25/1962
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
7/31/1963: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $7,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1965
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Oakland on 6/24/1966
Traded from Minnesota to Montreal on 2/1/1967 (Going to MON: RF Al Kaline. Going to MIN: RF Rocky Colavito)
Had 2000th career hit on 4/14/1967, off Juan Marichal (COL)
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/16/1968 to a 2-year deal worth $850,000 per year
3/3/1968: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
Traded from Boston (N) to Kansas City on 3/3/1970 (Going to BSN: P Seth Morehead, LF Chuck Hinton, P Gary Gentry. Going to KCR: RF Al Kaline)
10/20/1970: Signed a minor league contract extension with Kansas City
 
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