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Johnny Kling
John Kling (Noisy)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 160 lb.

Debut September 11, 1900
Final Game September 21, 1913
Born November 13, 1875 in Kansas City, MO
Died January 31, 1947 in Kansas City, MO

Brother of Bill Kling

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1900 24 CHC NL  15   51    8   15   3  1   0    7   0      2      .294  .321  .392   99   20   1           0    
 1901 25 CHC NL  74  256   26   70   6  3   0   21   8      9      .273  .301  .320   83   82   3           1    
 1902 26 CHC NL 114  431   49  123  19  3   0   57  24     29      .285  .330  .343  110  148  12           0    
 1903 27 CHC NL 132  491   67  146  29 13   3   68  23     22      .297  .330  .428  118  210   9           2    
 1904 28 CHC NL 123  452   41  110  18  0   2   46   7     16      .243  .271  .296   75  134  14           1    
 1905 29 CHC NL 111  380   26   83   8  6   1   52  13     28      .218  .272  .279   61  106  17           0    
 1906 30 CHC NL 107  343   45  107  15  8   2   46  14     23      .312  .357  .420  136  144   8           1    
 1907 31 CHC NL 104  334   44   95  15  8   1   43   9     27      .284  .342  .386  122  129   4           2    
 1908 32 CHC NL 126  424   51  117  23  5   4   59  16     21      .276  .315  .382  119  162  13           3    
 1910 34 CHC NL  91  297   31   80  17  2   2   32   3     37  27  .269  .354  .360  109  107   7           2    
 1911 35 TOT NL 102  321   40   68  11  3   3   29   1     38  43  .212  .295  .293   61   94   8           0     MVP-27
         CHC NL  27   80    8   14   3  2   1    5   1      8  14  .175  .250  .300   54   24   1           0    
         BSN NL  75  241   32   54   8  1   2   24   0     30  29  .224  .310  .290   64   70   7           0    
 1912 36 BSN NL  81  252   26   80  10  3   2   30   3     15  30  .317  .356  .405  108  102   7           0    
 1913 37 CIN NL  80  209   20   57   7  6   0   23   2     14  14  .273  .318  .364   94   76   3           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1260 4241  474 1151 181 61  20  513 123  0 281 114  .271  .318  .357  100 1514 106   0   0  12   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        545   61  148  23  8   3   66  16  0  36  15  .271  .318  .357  100  195  14   0   0   2   0
 Career High    132  491   67  146  29 13   4   68  24  0  38  43  .317  .357  .428  136  210  17   0   0   3   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1900 24 CHC NL   54   37    6   4.2    95| .294  .282| .321  .343| .392  .372| .713  .714|  99  .497  -0.2   0.0     
 1901 25 CHC NL  269  189   24   3.4    85| .273  .271| .301  .325| .320  .353| .621  .679|  83  .429  -6.0  -0.6     
 1902 26 CHC NL  472  320   49   4.1    76| .285  .263| .330  .318| .343  .324| .673  .641| 110  .576   5.2   0.6     
 1903 27 CHC NL  524  354   69   5.2    90| .297  .274| .330  .337| .428  .357| .758  .693| 118  .618   8.5   0.9     
 1904 28 CHC NL  483  356   36   2.7    78| .243  .258| .271  .316| .296  .333| .567  .649|  75  .405 -14.2  -1.6     
 1905 29 CHC NL  425  314   29   2.5    87| .218  .269| .272  .332| .279  .351| .551  .683|  61  .341 -19.2  -2.2     
 1906 30 CHC NL  375  244   51   5.5    80| .312  .259| .357  .327| .420  .330| .777  .658| 136  .737  13.3   1.6     
 1907 31 CHC NL  367  243   44   4.8    79| .284  .259| .342  .326| .386  .329| .728  .654| 122  .693   8.2   1.0     
 1908 32 CHC NL  461  320   50   4.2    74| .276  .251| .315  .313| .382  .323| .697  .637| 119  .652   7.8   1.0     
 1910 34 CHC NL  343  224   37   4.4    87| .269  .262| .354  .336| .360  .347| .714  .683| 109  .585   4.7   0.5     
 1911 35 TOT NL  367  261   28   2.9   100| .212  .274| .295  .353| .293  .378| .588  .730|  61  .355 -17.4  -1.9     
         CHC NL   89   67    6   2.4    96| .175  .268| .250  .346| .300  .370| .550  .715|  54  .282  -5.5  -0.6     
         BSN NL  278  194   22   3.0   101| .224  .276| .310  .355| .290  .381| .600  .736|  64  .378 -11.9  -1.3     
 1912 36 BSN NL  274  179   36   5.4   100| .317  .280| .356  .350| .405  .382| .761  .732| 108  .605   2.0   0.2     
 1913 37 CIN NL  226  155   24   4.2    91| .273  .270| .318  .334| .364  .367| .682  .701|  94  .533  -2.3  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     4640 3196  483   4.0    85| .271  .265| .318  .329| .357  .346| .675  .675| 100  .555  -9.5  -0.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1900 24 CHC NL C 15 49 15 7 2 .901 .950 4.27 4.73 4 1901 25 CHC NL C 69 319 75 20 7 .952 .971 5.71 5.90 14 1B 1 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 6.00 10.00 OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 2.00 0 0 1 1902 26 CHC NL C 112 471 158 17 16 .974 .965 5.62 5.82 17 SS 1 1 2 2 1 .600 .909 3.00 5.40 1903 27 CHC NL C 132 565 189 24 13 .969 .967 5.71 5.82 9 1904 28 CHC NL C 104 499 135 17 6 .974 .964 6.10 5.74 16 OF 10 10 0 1 0 .909 .943 1.00 1.86 9 0 1 1B 6 51 0 2 2 .962 .983 8.50 10.37 1905 29 CHC NL C 106 538 136 24 12 .966 .963 6.36 5.91 16 OF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.93 0 0 4 1B 1 7 1 0 0 1.000 .976 8.00 10.50 1906 30 CHC NL C 96 520 126 12 7 .982 .970 6.73 5.83 7 OF 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.87 0 0 3 1907 31 CHC NL C 98 499 109 8 11 .987 .971 6.20 5.68 2 1B 2 10 2 0 1 1.000 .984 6.00 10.25 1908 32 CHC NL C 117 596 149 16 11 .979 .971 6.37 5.46 4 OF 6 6 4 1 1 .909 .962 1.67 1.98 1 1 4 1B 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 10.65 1910 34 CHC NL C 86 407 118 11 10 .979 .973 6.10 5.63 10 1911 35 TOT NL C 96 424 140 26 8 .956 .966 5.88 5.56 13 CHC NL C 25 122 34 5 2 .969 .966 6.24 5.56 2 BSN NL C 71 302 106 21 6 .951 .966 5.75 5.56 11 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 1912 36 BSN NL C 74 322 108 19 20 .958 .969 5.81 5.38 8 1913 37 CIN NL C 63 259 94 9 3 .975 .970 5.60 5.09 6
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1901 25 CHC NL 1B 1 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 6.00 10.00 1904 28 CHC NL 1B 6 51 0 2 2 .962 .983 8.50 10.37 1905 29 CHC NL 1B 1 7 1 0 0 1.000 .976 8.00 10.50 1907 31 CHC NL 1B 2 10 2 0 1 1.000 .984 6.00 10.25 1908 32 CHC NL 1B 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 10.65 1911 35 BSN NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 1900 24 CHC NL C 15 49 15 7 2 .901 .950 4.27 4.73 4 1901 25 CHC NL C 69 319 75 20 7 .952 .971 5.71 5.90 14 1902 26 CHC NL C 112 471 158 17 16 .974 .965 5.62 5.82 17 1903 27 CHC NL C 132 565 189 24 13 .969 .967 5.71 5.82 9 1904 28 CHC NL C 104 499 135 17 6 .974 .964 6.10 5.74 16 1905 29 CHC NL C 106 538 136 24 12 .966 .963 6.36 5.91 16 1906 30 CHC NL C 96 520 126 12 7 .982 .970 6.73 5.83 7 1907 31 CHC NL C 98 499 109 8 11 .987 .971 6.20 5.68 2 1908 32 CHC NL C 117 596 149 16 11 .979 .971 6.37 5.46 4 1910 34 CHC NL C 86 407 118 11 10 .979 .973 6.10 5.63 10 1911 35 TOT NL C 96 424 140 26 8 .956 .966 5.88 5.56 13 CHC NL C 25 122 34 5 2 .969 .966 6.24 5.56 2 BSN NL C 71 302 106 21 6 .951 .966 5.75 5.56 11 1912 36 BSN NL C 74 322 108 19 20 .958 .969 5.81 5.38 8 1913 37 CIN NL C 63 259 94 9 3 .975 .970 5.60 5.09 6 1901 25 CHC NL OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 2.00 0 0 1 1904 28 CHC NL OF 10 10 0 1 0 .909 .943 1.00 1.86 9 0 1 1905 29 CHC NL OF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.93 0 0 4 1906 30 CHC NL OF 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.87 0 0 3 1908 32 CHC NL OF 6 6 4 1 1 .909 .962 1.67 1.98 1 1 4 1902 26 CHC NL SS 1 1 2 2 1 .600 .909 3.00 5.40
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 1168 5468 1552 210 126 .971 .968 6.01 5.66 126 OF 24 23 5 2 1 .933 .952 1.17 1.91 10 1 13 1B 12 79 3 3 3 .965 .982 6.83 10.38 SS 1 1 2 2 1 .600 .909 3.00 5.40 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1206 5571 1562 217 131 .970 .968 5.91 5.63
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1906   WS    CHC CHW     L   6  17   2   3  1  0  0   0   4   3  .176  .333  .235   0  0   0   0   0 
 1907   WS    CHC DET     W   5  19   2   4  0  0  0   1   1   4  .211  .250  .211   0  0   1   0   0 
 1908   WS    CHC DET     W   5  16   2   4  1  0  0   2   2   2  .250  .333  .313   0  2   1   0   0 
 1910   WS    CHC PHA     L   5  13   0   1  0  0  0   1   1   2  .077  .143  .077   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        2-2  21  65   6  12  2  0  0   4   8  11  .185  .274  .215   0  2   2   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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1911-NL-27-0.02
Car-1314-0.02 shares

Batting Average
1906 NL-.312-6

Slugging %
1906 NL-.420-7
1907 NL-.386-9
1908 NL-.382-9

OPS
1906 NL-.777-8

Doubles
1903 NL-29-7

Triples
1903 NL-13-8

Home Runs
1908 NL-4-9

Adjusted OPS+
1906 NL-136-10

Extra-Base Hits
1903 NL-45-8

Offensive Win%
1906 NL-.737-7
1907 NL-.693-9

At Bats per Home Run
1908 NL-106.0-6

Oldest Player
1912 NL-36-3
1913 NL-37-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 20 (996) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.9 (1114) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 24.5 (668) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 10, 1911: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Hank Griffin, Al Kaiser, and Orlie Weaver to the Boston Rustlers for Cliff Curtis, Wilbur Good, Bill Collins, and Peaches Graham.

May 4, 1913: Traded by the Boston Braves to the Cincinnati Reds for Tex McDonald.


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Uniforms 
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