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Billy Klaus
William Joseph Klaus

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 16, 1952
Final Game May 17, 1963
Born December 9, 1928 in Fox Lake, IL
Died December 3, 2006 in Sarasota, FL

Brother of Bobby Klaus

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 23 BSN NL   7    4    3    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .200  .000  -39    0   0           0   0
 1953 24 MLN NL   2    2    1    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1955 26 BOS AL 135  541   83  153  26  2   7   60   6  0  60  44  .283  .351  .377   90  204   4   5   0   0   4 MVP-13,RoY-2
 1956 27 BOS AL 135  520   91  141  29  5   7   59   1  0  90  43  .271  .378  .387   94  201   6   3   0   1   7
 1957 28 BOS AL 127  477   76  120  18  4  10   42   2  0  55  53  .252  .326  .369   86  176   1   4   0   0  12
 1958 29 BOS AL  61   88    5   14   4  0   1    7   0  0   5  16  .159  .204  .239   19   21   0   0   0   0   2
 1959 30 BAL AL 104  321   33   80  11  0   3   25   2  4  51  38  .249  .350  .312   86  100   3   2   1   0   6
 1960 31 BAL AL  46   43    8    9   2  0   1    6   0  0   9   9  .209  .346  .326   84   14   1   0   0   0   1
 1961 32 WSA AL  91  251   26   57   8  2   7   30   2  2  30  34  .227  .311  .359   83   90   1   3   3   2   1
 1962 33 PHI NL 102  248   30   51   8  2   4   20   1  1  29  43  .206  .290  .302   62   75   4   1   3   1   4
 1963 34 PHI NL  11   18    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .056  .105  .056  -52    1   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     821 2513  357  626 106 15  40  250  14  7 331 285  .249  .335  .351   82  882  21  18   7   4  37
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        496   70  124  21  3   8   49   3  1  65  56  .249  .335  .351   82  174   4   4   1   1   7
 Career High    135  541   91  153  29  5  10   60   6  4  90  53  .283  .378  .387   94  204   6   5   3   2  12
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1952 23 BSN NL    5    4    0   0.0    95| .000  .258| .200  .330| .000  .384| .200  .714| -39  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1953 24 MLN NL    2    2    0   0.0   105| .000  .267| .000  .337| .000  .416| .000  .753|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1955 26 BOS AL  610  401   78   5.2   110| .283  .277| .351  .358| .377  .412| .728  .770|  90  .558  -7.6  -0.8 100%
 1956 27 BOS AL  620  395   83   5.6   116| .271  .281| .378  .365| .387  .429| .765  .794|  94  .572  -2.8  -0.3 100%
 1957 28 BOS AL  537  374   59   4.3   104| .252  .270| .326  .343| .369  .407| .695  .750|  86  .486  -9.8  -1.0 100%
 1958 29 BOS AL   93   76    4   1.4   103| .159  .268| .204  .338| .239  .408| .443  .746|  19  .115 -10.2  -1.1   0%
 1959 30 BAL AL  377  256   37   3.9    96| .249  .257| .350  .328| .312  .392| .662  .720|  86  .444  -3.7  -0.4  33%
 1960 31 BAL AL   53   36    5   3.7   100| .209  .262| .346  .336| .326  .401| .672  .737|  84  .417  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1961 32 WSA AL  287  201   30   4.0   100| .227  .258| .311  .332| .359  .401| .670  .734|  83  .429  -5.7  -0.6  50%
 1962 33 PHI NL  283  207   23   3.0   100| .206  .266| .290  .333| .302  .404| .592  .737|  62  .313 -13.1  -1.3  50%
 1963 34 PHI NL   20   18    0   0.0    88| .056  .253| .105  .315| .056  .378| .161  .693| -52  .000  -3.5  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     2887 1970  319   4.3   106| .249  .270| .335  .346| .351  .410| .686  .756|  82  .477 -58.4  -6.2  66%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1952 23 BSN NL SS 4 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.25 4.70 1955 26 BOS AL SS 126 207 391 28 55 .955 .959 4.75 4.04 3B 8 7 20 3 0 .900 .951 3.38 2.73 1956 27 BOS AL 3B 106 120 242 21 18 .945 .949 3.42 2.78 3.45 3.22 105 944.0 SS 26 35 64 6 8 .943 .960 3.81 4.10 3.90 4.98 25 228.7 1957 28 BOS AL SS 118 204 417 25 93 .961 .963 5.26 4.43 5.45 5.11 116 1026.0 1958 29 BOS AL SS 27 18 35 7 2 .883 .964 1.96 4.17 4.14 4.96 8 115.3 1959 30 BAL AL SS 59 77 147 7 21 .970 .959 3.80 3.97 4.95 4.87 41 407.0 3B 49 43 84 6 7 .955 .952 2.59 2.72 3.15 3.21 45 362.3 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70 0.00 5.33 0 2.7 1960 31 BAL AL 2B 30 19 29 2 9 .960 .980 1.60 4.66 5.04 5.46 3 85.7 SS 12 10 17 0 5 1.000 .961 2.25 4.37 5.17 5.11 5 47.0 3B 2 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 3.00 2.70 3.60 3.12 2 15.0 1961 32 WSA AL 3B 51 40 107 6 3 .961 .950 2.88 2.79 3.26 3.18 43 406.0 SS 18 24 47 2 8 .973 .956 3.94 4.37 4.53 4.84 16 141.0 2B 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.70 4.50 5.40 0 2.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 1962 33 PHI NL 3B 53 43 72 2 4 .983 .949 2.17 2.56 3.00 2.95 39 345.3 SS 30 29 49 7 11 .918 .963 2.60 4.43 5.36 5.05 8 131.0 2B 11 21 21 0 6 1.000 .974 3.82 4.68 5.64 5.31 7 67.0 1963 34 PHI NL SS 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 4.22 2.25 4.80 0 12.0 3B 3 0 5 0 1 1.000 .943 1.67 2.53 2.65 2.91 2 17.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1959 30 BAL AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70 0.00 5.33 0 2.7 1960 31 BAL AL 2B 30 19 29 2 9 .960 .980 1.60 4.66 5.04 5.46 3 85.7 1961 32 WSA AL 2B 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.70 4.50 5.40 0 2.0 1962 33 PHI NL 2B 11 21 21 0 6 1.000 .974 3.82 4.68 5.64 5.31 7 67.0 1955 26 BOS AL 3B 8 7 20 3 0 .900 .951 3.38 2.73 1956 27 BOS AL 3B 106 120 242 21 18 .945 .949 3.42 2.78 3.45 3.22 105 944.0 1959 30 BAL AL 3B 49 43 84 6 7 .955 .952 2.59 2.72 3.15 3.21 45 362.3 1960 31 BAL AL 3B 2 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 3.00 2.70 3.60 3.12 2 15.0 1961 32 WSA AL 3B 51 40 107 6 3 .961 .950 2.88 2.79 3.26 3.18 43 406.0 1962 33 PHI NL 3B 53 43 72 2 4 .983 .949 2.17 2.56 3.00 2.95 39 345.3 1963 34 PHI NL 3B 3 0 5 0 1 1.000 .943 1.67 2.53 2.65 2.91 2 17.0 1961 32 WSA AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 1961 32 WSA AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 1952 23 BSN NL SS 4 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.25 4.70 1955 26 BOS AL SS 126 207 391 28 55 .955 .959 4.75 4.04 1956 27 BOS AL SS 26 35 64 6 8 .943 .960 3.81 4.10 3.90 4.98 25 228.7 1957 28 BOS AL SS 118 204 417 25 93 .961 .963 5.26 4.43 5.45 5.11 116 1026.0 1958 29 BOS AL SS 27 18 35 7 2 .883 .964 1.96 4.17 4.14 4.96 8 115.3 1959 30 BAL AL SS 59 77 147 7 21 .970 .959 3.80 3.97 4.95 4.87 41 407.0 1960 31 BAL AL SS 12 10 17 0 5 1.000 .961 2.25 4.37 5.17 5.11 5 47.0 1961 32 WSA AL SS 18 24 47 2 8 .973 .956 3.94 4.37 4.53 4.84 16 141.0 1962 33 PHI NL SS 30 29 49 7 11 .918 .963 2.60 4.43 5.36 5.05 8 131.0 1963 34 PHI NL SS 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 4.22 2.25 4.80 0 12.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 425 606 1169 83 203 .955 .961 4.18 4.21 219 2108.0 3B* 272 253 536 38 33 .954 .950 2.90 2.72 236 2089.7 2B* 43 40 51 2 16 .978 .977 2.12 4.67 10 157.3 LF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0 0.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 741 899 1756 123 252 .956 .958 3.58 3.69
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1955-AL-13-0.08
Car-949-0.08 shares

Doubles
1955 AL-26-9
1956 AL-29-4

Bases on Balls
1956 AL-90-6

Singles
1955 AL-118-10

At Bats per Strikeout
1955 AL-12.3-8
1956 AL-12.1-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 6 (1642) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2504) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

Before 1947 Season: Free agent signing by the Cleveland Indians voided.

Before 1947 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

December 5, 1949: Drafted by the Dallas (Texas) from the Chicago Cubs in the 1949 minor league draft.

October 1, 1950: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the Dallas (Texas). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

February 1, 1954: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with Johnny Antonelli, Don Liddle, Ebba St. Claire, and $50,000 to the New York Giants for Bobby Thomson and Sam Calderone.

December 14, 1954: Traded by the New York Giants to the Boston Red Sox for Del Wilber.

December 15, 1958: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Jim Busby.

December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Washington Senators from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1960 expansion draft.

April 5, 1962: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Washington Senators.

October 19, 1962: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

April 1, 1963: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

May 24, 1963: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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