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Billy
Klaus		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 185
 
Born: December 9, 1928 in Usa, IL, FOX LAKE
 
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
1952 23 OAK AL     5 5 5 3 4 3 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8
1953 24 OAK AL     5 5 5 3 4 3 4 5 4 6 8 7 8 9 8
1954 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 4 6 8 7 8 9 8
1955 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 3 3 3 4 5 4 7 8 8 8 9 9
1956 27 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 4 5 4 7 9 8 7 8 8
1957 28 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 3 4 4 8 9 9 7 8 8
1958 29 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 3 4 4 8 10 10 6 7 6
1959 30 OAK AL $ 685,714   7 7 6 3 3 3 3 4 3 8 9 9 5 6 6
1960 31 OAK AL $ 1,514,286   7 7 6 3 3 3 3 4 4 7 9 9 6 6 6
1961 32 OAK AL $ 2,421,429   7 7 6 3 3 3 3 4 3 7 9 8 6 6 6
1962 33 COL NL $ 3,904,878   6 6 6 3 3 3 3 4 3 7 9 8 5 6 6
1963 34 COL NL $ 3,904,878   6 6 6 3 3 3 3 4 3 7 9 8 6 6 6
1964 35 OAK AL $ 3,904,878   7 7 6 3 3 3 3 4 3 7 9 8 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 6 7 7 5 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,904,878   7 7 7 3 4 3 4 5 5 8 10 10 8 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
1952 23 AAA   2 8 3 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 .375 .444 1.125 1.569 3.2  
    AA   135 484 58 133 18 1 25 63 5 4 98 48 .275 .397 .471 .868 93.7  
1953 24 AAA   136 549 94 155 19 0 16 60 17 4 91 37 .282 .384 .404 .789 91.6  
1954 25 OAK AL 4 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5 0.2
    AAA   135 495 81 148 21 4 20 88 14 2 69 59 .299 .385 .479 .864 91.6  
1955 26 OAK AL 74 158 15 38 7 1 2 22 4 1 16 15 .241 .309 .335 .644 17.6 2.0
1956 27 OAK AL 115 260 36 72 9 1 6 29 2 1 31 25 .277 .352 .388 .740 35.9 5.4
1957 28 OAK AL 89 249 32 59 5 1 5 31 4 0 34 27 .237 .325 .325 .650 31.0 4.1
    AAA   31 120 22 40 4 0 6 14 4 2 22 21 .333 .437 .517 .953 26.4  
1958 29 OAK AL 108 196 32 55 5 0 0 17 5 1 33 31 .281 .384 .306 .690 25.8 3.8
    AAA   2 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.2  
1959 30 OAK AL 119 289 37 71 5 1 5 28 6 0 40 57 .246 .336 .322 .658 34.3 4.6
1960 31 OAK AL 134 396 49 111 13 2 6 50 8 2 74 93 .280 .393 .369 .762 62.8 14.0
1961 32 OAK AL 137 442 40 103 12 2 9 37 6 1 47 89 .233 .305 .330 .635 45.6 6.1
1962 33 CLN NL 69 208 22 60 4 0 1 18 0 0 21 37 .288 .355 .322 .677 23.5 3.9
  COL NL 22 24 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 .292 .370 .292 .662 2.6 0.6
  TOT   91 232 25 67 4 0 1 20 0 0 24 41 .289 .357 .319 .676 26.1 4.5
    AAA   25 103 18 26 0 0 4 9 2 0 14 17 .252 .342 .369 .711 14.5  
1963 34 COL NL 120 251 30 60 3 1 4 32 4 0 28 46 .239 .313 .307 .620 25.5 3.1
10 Years Sim 991 2480 296 638 63 9 38 266 39 6 327 425 .257 .342 .336 .678 305.1 47.8
6 Years AAA 331 1282 218 374 44 4 48 176 37 9 197 135 .292 .385 .445 .830 227.6  
1 Years AA 135 484 58 133 18 1 25 63 5 4 98 48 .275 .399 .471 .870 93.7  
7 Years Minors 466 1766 276 507 62 5 73 239 42 13 295 183 .287 .389 .452 .841 321.3  
162 Game Average 405 48 104 10 1 6 43 6 0 53 69 .257 .342 .336 .678 49.9  
Career Highs 137 442 49 111 13 2 9 50 8 2 74 93 .289 .393 .388 .762 62.8  
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   1858 229 509 47 5 31 213 33 6 260 272 .274 .361 .355 .716 259.6
vs LH   622 67 129 16 4 7 53 6 0 67 153 .207 .284 .280 .563 53.3
Home 504 1179 133 300 27 4 18 131 14 4 156 192 .254 .340 .330 .670 144.9
Away 487 1301 163 338 36 5 20 135 25 2 171 233 .260 .345 .341 .686 168.0
RISP   599 0 165 20 2 8 220 0 0 98 93 .275 .369 .356 .725 87.2
Pinch Hitting   202 35 63 3 0 1 31 3 0 31 21 .312 .400 .342 .742 30.8
Close/Late   403 52 96 12 2 4 42 0 0 53 71 .238 .324 .308 .632 44.0
Mar/Apr 168 415 47 107 8 2 4 46 5 0 53 68 .258 .340 .316 .656 49.5
May 198 512 65 138 17 2 9 58 15 2 68 73 .270 .354 .363 .717 71.6
June 183 500 59 136 12 3 6 59 5 1 60 78 .272 .347 .344 .691 63.9
July 159 393 47 94 12 0 9 36 4 1 43 79 .239 .313 .338 .651 44.4
August 149 365 41 88 7 0 4 32 6 2 64 73 .241 .356 .293 .649 44.9
Sep/Oct 134 295 37 75 7 2 6 35 4 0 39 54 .254 .339 .353 .692 38.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1954 25 OAK AL SS 3 1 14.0 4 4 1 0 .889 5.14 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 1 6.0 3 5 1 1 .889 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1955 26 OAK AL 2B 27 13 146.3 49 67 2 15 .983 7.13 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    3B 17 15 129.0 5 33 1 3 .974 2.65 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    SS 17 6 72.0 14 27 2 7 .953 5.13 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    1B 6 4 43.0 60 1 0 9 1.000 12.77 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1956 27 OAK AL SS 43 29 295.0 41 108 4 20 .974 4.55 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    2B 27 17 167.7 38 64 2 14 .981 5.48 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    3B 15 8 84.0 2 18 2 3 .909 2.14 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 16 0 38.3 52 2 0 0 1.000 12.68 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1957 28 OAK AL 1B 40 33 305.3 356 28 4 29 .990 11.32 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    3B 28 22 219.0 14 42 1 4 .982 2.30 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    2B 6 5 44.0 9 17 0 2 1.000 5.32 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 7 1 17.3 2 7 0 2 1.000 4.67 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 29 OAK AL SS 32 10 136.3 22 47 5 7 .932 4.56 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    1B 25 10 103.7 125 6 1 10 .992 11.37 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 15 9 92.7 17 33 2 5 .962 4.86 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 10 7 66.0 3 19 1 2 .957 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1959 30 OAK AL SS 44 25 270.7 37 87 8 17 .939 4.12 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    2B 29 24 212.0 44 80 3 18 .976 5.26 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    3B 17 16 137.0 9 35 3 0 .936 2.89 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    1B 3 0 7.0 8 0 0 1 1.000 10.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 2 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 1 0.0
1960 31 OAK AL SS 110 102 903.3 93 348 27 52 .942 4.39 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    2B 11 7 75.0 6 34 1 4 .976 4.80 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 9 5 52.0 3 15 1 0 .947 3.12 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 3 0 12.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 9.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 32 OAK AL SS 105 97 890.3 124 348 17 52 .965 4.77 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    2B 12 8 76.0 8 32 1 6 .976 4.74 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    1B 7 6 63.0 75 6 0 7 1.000 11.57 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 9 7 62.7 3 13 1 3 .941 2.30 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1962 33 CLN NL 2B 29 20 232.6 62 94 4 26 .975 6.04 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    1B 15 14 150.5 178 21 4 23 .980 11.90 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 7 2 27.2 1 9 1 1 .909 3.31 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 5 1 17.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.18 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  COL NL 2B 9 7 27.1 7 11 1 3 .947 5.98 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 5 5 17.5 21 2 0 3 1.000 11.83 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 2 0 3.2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.81 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   2B 38 27 259.7 69 105 5 29 .972 6.03   0.7
      1B 20 19 168.0 199 23 4 26 .982 11.89   0.3
      SS 9 2 30.4 1 10 1 1 .917 3.26   0.1
      3B 7 1 19.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.84   0.1
1963 34 COL NL 3B 30 21 202.7 12 52 1 3 .985 2.84 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    2B 34 15 163.0 39 56 0 22 1.000 5.25 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 19 16 150.7 27 68 5 14 .950 5.68 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    1B 8 7 57.0 69 8 1 5 .987 12.16 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  SS 389 289 2780.0 365 1054 70 172 .953 4.59 0 0 .000 0 12.6
  2B 200 126 1242.4 282 493 17 116 .979 5.61 0 0 .000 0 6.0
  3B 142 102 971.3 53 231 11 18 .963 2.63 0 0 .000 0 4.4
  1B 128 79 797.3 957 74 10 87 .990 11.64 0 0 .000 0 1.8
  CF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 2 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   862 596 5798.7 1658 1852 108 393 .970 5.45 0 0 .000 1 24.8
Career Highs   133 118 1092.0 381 399 29 68 .990 7.79 0 0 .000 1  
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
1955 26 OAK AL 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167
1959 30 OAK AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
1961 32 OAK AL 8 20 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .250 .286 .250 .536
Career Post-Season Batting 14 23 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 4 .261 .346 .261 .607
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.
On-Base Pct
1960-5-.373*
 Stolen Bases
1960-9-8
 Walks
1960-8-74
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Richie Scheinblum (955)
  2. Rick Joseph (950)
  3. Willie Smith (948)
  4. Ralph Lapointe (942)
  5. Joe Cunningham (931)
  6. Tony Lupien (929)
  7. Tony Bartirome (928)
  8. Larry Herndon (923)
  9. Steve Garvey (921)
  10. Bob Repass (920)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by Oakland in 1952
Injured on 5/17/1953 with a Bruised Hand, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 9/6/1954, off Paul Foytack (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 5/6/1955, off Joe Presko (BSN)
Injured on 8/3/1956 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $685,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,514,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,421,429 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with Oakland in 1961
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/2/1962 to a 3-year deal worth $3,904,878 per year
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Colorado on 7/1/1962 (Going to CLN: C Danny Kravitz, P Earl Francis. Going to COL: 1B Billy Klaus, C Russ Nixon, CF Richie Ashburn)
Traded from Colorado to Oakland on 4/2/1964 (Going to COL: SS Jim Brideweser, SS Leo Cardenas, P Gene Conley. Going to OAK: C Andy Etchebarren, 1B Billy Klaus, RF Lou Clinton, P Mickey Lolich)
 
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