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Billy Klaus

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 160lb (175cm, 72kg)

Born: December 9, 1928 in Spring Grove, IL us

Died: December 3, 2006 in Sarasota, FL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Grant Community HS (Fox Lake, IL)

Debut: April 16, 1952 (Age 23-129d, 10,884th in major league history)
vs. BRO 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 17, 1963 (Age 34-159d)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: William Joseph Klaus

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Relatives: Brother of Bobby Klaus

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.2

2513

626

.249

357

RBI

250

OBP

.335

SLG

.351

OPS

.686

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 14	BAL		NYY	L,3-13	GS	35	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
2	12 (9)	Apr 25	BAL	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	38	10.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B SS
3	13	Apr 26 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	2	3B SS
4	14	Apr 26 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	GF	15	4.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH SS
5	15	Apr 29	BAL	@	DET	L,1-7	GS	27	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	18 (2)	May 2	BAL	@	KCA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
7	19	May 3	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS	30	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
8	21 (1)	May 6	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
9	22	May 7	BAL	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
10	23	May 8	BAL		BOS	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
11	25 (1)	May 10 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,2-3	GS	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
12	27 (1)	May 11	BAL	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
13	28	May 14	BAL		KCA	L,1-2	GS	31	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
14	30 (1)	May 16	BAL		DET	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
15	31	May 17 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,8-7	CG	46	11.0	2	6	1	9	0	3B
16	32	May 17 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
17	35 (2)	May 20	BAL		CHW	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
18	36	May 22	BAL		NYY	W,5-0	GS	25	7.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
19	37	May 23	BAL		NYY	L,5-13	GS	47	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	3B SS
20	39 (1)	May 24 (2)	BAL		NYY	W,2-1	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
21	40	May 26	BAL		WSH	W,6-5	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
22	41	May 27	BAL		WSH	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
23	42	May 28	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
24	44 (1)	May 30 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
25	46 (1)	May 31	BAL	@	BOS	W,2-1	GS	31	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	47	Jun 2	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
27	49 (1)	Jun 4	BAL	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
28	50	Jun 5	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-1	GS	29	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
29	52 (1)	Jun 7	BAL	@	KCA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
30	53	Jun 9	BAL		CLE	W,7-3	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
31	54	Jun 10	BAL		CLE	L,8-11	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
32	56 (1)	Jun 13	BAL		CHW	W,6-4	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
33	57	Jun 14 (1)	BAL		CHW	L,6-9	GS	45	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	3B SS
34	58	Jun 14 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,2-3	GS	40	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B SS
35	59	Jun 15	BAL		DET	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
36	60	Jun 17	BAL		DET	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
37	61	Jun 18	BAL		DET	W,7-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
38	62	Jun 19 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
39	64 (1)	Jun 20	BAL		KCA	L,2-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
40	65	Jun 21	BAL		KCA	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
41	66	Jun 23	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
42	67	Jun 24	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
43	68	Jun 25	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B SS
44	69	Jun 26 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,12-7	GS	29	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
45	70	Jun 26 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,4-1	GS	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B SS
46	71	Jun 27	BAL	@	DET	L,2-12	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
47	72	Jun 28	BAL	@	DET	L,2-7	GF	10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	2B
48	73	Jun 30	BAL		NYY	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	74	Jul 1	BAL		NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
50	75	Jul 2	BAL		NYY	W,3-1	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
51	78 (2)	Jul 5 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,0-9	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
52	79	Jul 5 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,3-6	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
53	86 (6)	Jul 14 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
54	89 (2)	Jul 18 (1)	BAL		DET	W,5-2	GS	26	6.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
55	90	Jul 18 (2)	BAL		DET	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
56	91	Jul 19	BAL		DET	W,2-1	GS	21	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
57	93 (1)	Jul 22	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-6	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
58	94	Jul 23	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
59	96 (1)	Jul 25	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	40	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
60	103 (6)	Jul 31	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-5		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	105 (1)	Aug 2 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-4	GF	19	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	PH SS
62	106	Aug 2 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	40	8.1	2	3	0	5	0	SS
63	107	Aug 4	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
64	108	Aug 5 (1)	BAL		CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
65	109	Aug 5 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
66	110	Aug 6	BAL		CHW	T,1-1	GF	33	10.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
67	111	Aug 7	BAL		CLE	L,5-8	GF	17	4.0	2	2	0	4	0	PH SS
68	112	Aug 9	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
69	113	Aug 12	BAL		BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
70	114	Aug 14	BAL		WSH	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
71	116 (1)	Aug 16	BAL		WSH	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
72	117	Aug 18	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
73	118	Aug 19	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
74	119	Aug 20	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
75	121 (1)	Aug 22	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
76	122	Aug 23	BAL	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
77	124 (1)	Aug 25	BAL	@	KCA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
78	126 (1)	Aug 28	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	40	9.1	1	3	1	5	1	SS
79	127	Aug 29	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
80	128	Aug 30	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	129	Sep 1	BAL		NYY	L,0-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
82	130	Sep 2	BAL		BOS	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
83	131	Sep 3	BAL		BOS	W,5-4	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
84	132	Sep 4	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
85	133	Sep 5	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	SS
86	135 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	BAL		WSH	W,7-0	GS	28	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
87	136	Sep 7 (2)	BAL		WSH	L,1-8	CG	45	10.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
88	137	Sep 9 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,2-3	GF	10	2.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
89	138	Sep 9 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
90	139	Sep 10	BAL		CLE	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
91	141 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,1-0	GS	37	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
92	142	Sep 12	BAL		CHW	L,1-6	GS	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
93	143	Sep 13 (1)	BAL		KCA	L,5-9	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
94	146 (2)	Sep 15	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	43	11.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
95	148 (1)	Sep 18	BAL	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
96	149	Sep 19	BAL	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
97	150	Sep 20	BAL	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	6	1	8	1	SS
98	151	Sep 22	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
99	152	Sep 23	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-4	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
100	154 (1)	Sep 26	BAL	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	43	11.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
101	155	Sep 27	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
							109gm		772.0	120	231	13	364	28