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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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 17 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,14-5	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
2	6	Apr 17 (2)	BOS		BAL	W,12-9	GF	8	2.0	1	0	1	2	0	PH SS
3	8 (1)	Apr 21	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	SS
4	13 (4)	Apr 27	BOS	@	KCA	L,2-6	GF	17	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	17 (3)	May 1 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
6	19 (1)	May 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
7	21 (1)	May 4	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
8	22	May 5	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	39	8.2	3	7	0	10	1	SS
9	23	May 6	BOS		NYY	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
10	24	May 7	BOS		NYY	L,6-9	CG	50	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
11	25	May 8	BOS		NYY	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
12	26	May 10	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
13	27	May 11	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
14	28	May 12	BOS		KCA	W,12-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
15	30 (1)	May 14	BOS		KCA	W,3-1	CG	52	13.0	1	8	0	9	0	3B
16	31	May 15 (1)	BOS		DET	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
17	32	May 15 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-9	CG	48	9.0	1	5	2	8	0	3B
18	33	May 17	BOS		CLE	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
19	34	May 18	BOS		CLE	L,0-19	GS	56	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B SS
20	35	May 20	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	GS	27	6.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
21	36	May 21	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	GS	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
22	37	May 24	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
23	38	May 25 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
24	39	May 25 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
25	40	May 26	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
26	41	May 27	BOS		WSH	W,16-0	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
27	42	May 28	BOS		WSH	L,3-5	GS	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
28	45 (2)	May 30 (2)	BOS		BAL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	46	Jun 1	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
30	47	Jun 2	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
31	50 (2)	Jun 5 (1)	BOS	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	47	9.1	1	5	0	6	0	SS
32	51	Jun 5 (2)	BOS	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
33	52	Jun 7	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
34	53	Jun 8	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	50	12.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
35	54	Jun 9	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
36	55	Jun 10	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
37	56	Jun 11	BOS	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
38	57	Jun 14	BOS		KCA	W,12-4	CG	36	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
39	58	Jun 15	BOS		KCA	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
40	59	Jun 16	BOS		KCA	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
41	60	Jun 17 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
42	61	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
43	62	Jun 18	BOS		CLE	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
44	63	Jun 19	BOS		CLE	W,11-7	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
45	64	Jun 21	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
46	65	Jun 22	BOS		DET	W,12-7	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
47	66	Jun 23	BOS		DET	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
48	67	Jun 24	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
49	68	Jun 25	BOS		CHW	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
50	69	Jun 26 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	8	0	12	0	SS
51	70	Jun 26 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
52	71	Jun 28 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
53	72	Jun 28 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
54	73	Jun 29	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
55	74	Jun 30	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	75	Jul 1	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	49	13.0	0	8	1	9	0	SS
57	76	Jul 2	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
58	77	Jul 3	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
59	78	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
60	79	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
61	80	Jul 6	BOS		WSH	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
62	81	Jul 7	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
63	82	Jul 8	BOS		BAL	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
64	83	Jul 9	BOS		BAL	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
65	84	Jul 10	BOS		BAL	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
66	85	Jul 14 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
67	86	Jul 14 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
68	87	Jul 16	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	6	4	0	10	1	SS
69	88	Jul 17 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
70	89	Jul 17 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
71	90	Jul 19	BOS	@	KCA	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
72	91	Jul 20	BOS	@	KCA	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
73	92	Jul 21	BOS	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
74	93	Jul 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,7-10	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
75	94	Jul 23	BOS	@	CHW	W,9-7	CG	46	9.0	2	7	1	10	1	SS
76	95	Jul 24 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
77	96	Jul 24 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
78	97	Jul 26	BOS		CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
79	98	Jul 27	BOS		CLE	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
80	99	Jul 28	BOS		CLE	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
81	100	Jul 29	BOS		DET	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
82	101	Jul 30	BOS		DET	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
83	102	Jul 31 (1)	BOS		DET	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
84	103	Jul 31 (2)	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	104	Aug 2	BOS		CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
86	105	Aug 3	BOS		CHW	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
87	106	Aug 4	BOS		CHW	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
88	107	Aug 5	BOS		KCA	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
89	108	Aug 6	BOS		KCA	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
90	109	Aug 7	BOS		KCA	W,16-12	CG	50	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
91	110	Aug 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
92	111	Aug 10	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	53	12.2	0	4	1	5	0	SS
93	112	Aug 11	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
94	113	Aug 13	BOS		WSH	L,9-18	CG	52	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
95	114	Aug 14 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
96	115	Aug 14 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
97	116	Aug 15	BOS		WSH	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
98	117	Aug 16	BOS		NYY	L,6-13	CG	49	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
99	118	Aug 17	BOS		NYY	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
100	119	Aug 19	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
101	120	Aug 20	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
102	121	Aug 21	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	4	6	0	10	3	SS
103	122	Aug 23	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
104	123	Aug 24	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
105	124	Aug 25 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
106	125	Aug 25 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
107	126	Aug 26	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	42	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
108	127	Aug 27	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
109	128	Aug 28	BOS	@	KCA	W,14-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
110	129	Aug 30	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	0	5	1	6	1	SS
111	130	Aug 31	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	131	Sep 2	BOS	@	BAL	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
113	132	Sep 3	BOS	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	46	12.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
114	133	Sep 4	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	3	1	10	1	SS
115	134	Sep 5 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	0	8	1	9	0	SS
116	135	Sep 5 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
117	136	Sep 7	BOS		DET	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
118	137	Sep 8	BOS		DET	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
119	138	Sep 9	BOS		CLE	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
120	139	Sep 10	BOS		CLE	L,7-10	GS	45	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
121	140	Sep 11 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
122	141	Sep 11 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
123	142	Sep 13 (1)	BOS		KCA	L,5-6	CG	48	12.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
124	143	Sep 13 (2)	BOS		KCA	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	1	2	3	6	1	SS
125	144	Sep 14	BOS		KCA	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
126	145	Sep 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	2	5	0	7	0	SS
127	146	Sep 17	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS	35	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
128	147	Sep 18	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
129	149 (1)	Sep 20 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
130	150	Sep 21	BOS		BAL	L,7-8	CG	63	13.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
131	151	Sep 23 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
132	152	Sep 23 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	44	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
133	154 (1)	Sep 25 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
							134gm		1167.2	214	411	31	656	55