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Bob Klinger
Robert Harold Klinger

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 19, 1938
Final Game September 23, 1947
Born June 4, 1908 in Allenton, MO
Died August 19, 1977 in Villa Ridge, MO

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1938 30 PIT NL  12   5  28  21  10   1   4  1  159.3  152   63   53   7   42   58   6   0   659       2  2.99  3.78  126 1.218
 1939 31 PIT NL  14  17  37  33  10   2   3  0  225.0  251  120  109  11   81   64   3   6   989       0  4.36  3.84   88 1.476
 1940 32 PIT NL   8  13  39  22   3   0   6  3  142.0  196  102   85   5   53   48   5   5   662       0  5.39  3.81   71 1.754
 1941 33 PIT NL   9   4  35   9   3   0  18  4  116.7  127   58   51   5   30   36   1   2   499       0  3.93  3.63   92 1.346
 1942 34 PIT NL   8  11  37  19   8   1   9  1  152.7  151   69   55   6   45   58   3   4   657       0  3.24  3.38  104 1.284
 1943 35 PIT NL  11   8  33  25  14   3   6  0  195.0  185   77   59   6   58   65   0   0   809       0  2.72  3.47  128 1.246
 1946 38 BOS AL   3   2  28   1   0   0  20  9   57.0   49   16   15   1   25   16   1   1   236       0  2.37  3.68  155 1.298
 1947 39 BOS AL   1   1  28   0   0   0  17  5   42.0   42   20   18   5   24   12   1   1   194       1  3.86  3.89  101 1.571
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .520  66  61 265 130  48   7  83 23 1089.7 1153  525  445  46  358  357  20  19  4705       3  3.68  3.67  100 1.387
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  10  45  22   8   1  14  3  187.3  198   90   76   7   61   61   3   3   809   0   0  3.68  3.67  100 1.387
 Career High     14  17  39  33  14   3  20  9  225.0  251  120  109  11   81   65   6   6   989   0   2  2.37  3.89  155 1.218

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1938 30 PIT NL  28   60    5   10   0  0   0    3   0      2  13  .167  .194  .167   -1   10   1           0   1
 1939 31 PIT NL  37   84    9   17   0  0   0    6   0      5  12  .202  .247  .202   23   17   1           0   2
 1940 32 PIT NL  39   42    3    6   0  0   0    0   0      1   2  .143  .163  .143  -15    6   1           0   3
 1941 33 PIT NL  35   32    1    8   2  0   0    3   0      2   4  .250  .294  .313   71   10   1           0   1
 1942 34 PIT NL  37   40    3    8   1  0   0    3   0      5   4  .200  .289  .225   50    9   5           0   2
 1943 35 PIT NL  33   65    5   16   2  0   0    4   0      5   2  .246  .300  .277   65   18   4           0   4
 1946 38 BOS AL  28   16    1    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   2  .313  .313  .313   71    5   3           0   1
 1947 39 BOS AL  28    9    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .111  .111  .111  -40    1   2           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      265  348   28   71   5  0   0   21   0  0  20  41  .204  .247  .218   30   76  18   0   0   0  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        213   17   43   3  0   0   13   0  0  12  25  .204  .247  .218   30   46  11   0   0   0   9
 Career High     39   84    9   17   2  0   0    6   0  0   5  13                          18   5   0   0   0   4
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1938 30 PIT NL   63   52    2   1.0   100| .167  .276| .194  .340| .167  .393| .361  .733|  -1  .066  -8.5  -0.9     
 1939 31 PIT NL   90   70    4   1.5   102| .202  .278| .247  .343| .202  .397| .449  .740|  23  .118  -9.2  -0.9     
 1940 32 PIT NL   44   40    1   0.7    97| .143  .270| .163  .335| .143  .389| .306  .724| -15  .031  -6.7  -0.7     
 1941 33 PIT NL   35   26    3   3.1    94| .250  .266| .294  .336| .313  .374| .607  .711|  71  .368  -1.2  -0.1     
 1942 34 PIT NL   50   39    3   2.1    89| .200  .259| .289  .332| .225  .360| .514  .692|  50  .247  -2.5  -0.3     
 1943 35 PIT NL   74   57    5   2.4    92| .246  .268| .300  .337| .277  .364| .577  .701|  65  .282  -3.0  -0.3     
 1946 38 BOS AL   19   15    2   3.6   100| .313  .270| .313  .346| .313  .389| .626  .735|  71  .429  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1947 39 BOS AL   11   10    0   0.0   102| .111  .271| .111  .352| .111  .389| .222  .741| -40  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       386  309   20   1.7    97| .204  .271| .247  .339| .218  .382| .465  .721|  30  .164 -33.6  -3.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1938 30 PIT NL P 28 4 34 0 2 1.000 .964 1.36 1.13 2.15 2.21 21 159.3 1939 31 PIT NL P 37 7 62 3 5 .958 .960 1.86 1.09 2.76 2.19 33 225.0 1940 32 PIT NL P 39 6 33 0 1 1.000 .963 1.00 1.10 2.47 2.22 22 142.0 1941 33 PIT NL P 35 4 25 1 3 .967 .963 0.83 1.09 2.24 2.23 9 116.7 1942 34 PIT NL P 37 14 35 1 0 .980 .968 1.32 1.17 2.89 2.35 19 152.7 1943 35 PIT NL P 33 14 37 0 2 1.000 .960 1.55 1.16 2.35 2.27 25 195.0 1946 38 BOS AL P 28 1 11 1 0 .923 .952 0.43 1.01 1.89 2.01 1 57.0 1947 39 BOS AL P 28 4 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.95 1.71 1.93 0 42.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1938 30 PIT NL P 28 4 34 0 2 1.000 .964 1.36 1.13 2.15 2.21 21 159.3 1939 31 PIT NL P 37 7 62 3 5 .958 .960 1.86 1.09 2.76 2.19 33 225.0 1940 32 PIT NL P 39 6 33 0 1 1.000 .963 1.00 1.10 2.47 2.22 22 142.0 1941 33 PIT NL P 35 4 25 1 3 .967 .963 0.83 1.09 2.24 2.23 9 116.7 1942 34 PIT NL P 37 14 35 1 0 .980 .968 1.32 1.17 2.89 2.35 19 152.7 1943 35 PIT NL P 33 14 37 0 2 1.000 .960 1.55 1.16 2.35 2.27 25 195.0 1946 38 BOS AL P 28 1 11 1 0 .923 .952 0.43 1.01 1.89 2.01 1 57.0 1947 39 BOS AL P 28 4 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.95 1.71 1.93 0 42.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 265 54 241 6 13 .980 .962 1.11 1.09 2.44 2.22 130 1089.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 265 54 241 6 13 .980 .962 1.11 1.09 2.44 2.22 130 1090
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1946   WS    BOS STL     L   1   0  13.50  0  1  0  0   0.2   2   1   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1946   WS    BOS STL     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

ERA
1938 NL-2.99-5
1943 NL-2.72-10

Won-Loss %
1938 NL-.706-2
1941 NL-.692-4

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1938 NL-1.218-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
1938 NL-8.59-5

Saves
1940 NL-3-6
1941 NL-4-7
1946 AL-9-1
1947 AL-5-8

Innings
1939 NL-225.0-10

Games Started
1939 NL-33-7

Shutouts
1939 NL-2-8
1943 NL-3-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
1939 NL-81-9

Hits Allowed
1939 NL-251-7

Losses
1939 NL-17-1

Earned Runs Allow.
1939 NL-109-3

Wild Pitches
1939 NL-6-5
1940 NL-5-6
1942 NL-4-9

Hit Batsmen
1938 NL-6-5
1940 NL-5-9

Batters Faced
1939 NL-989-9

Games Finished
1941 NL-18-7
1946 AL-20-4

Adjusted ERA+
1938 NL-126-4
1943 NL-128-8

 

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (549) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 34 (687) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1189) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1117) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

October 5, 1937: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1937 rule 5 draft.

May 7, 1946: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

May 9, 1946: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

September 24, 1947: Released by the Boston Red Sox.


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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