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+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 40 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 15 go ahead

4 Tms
BOS	25
WSA	7
PHI	4
BAL	4

Platoon
vs RHP	35
vs LHP	5

Home/Road
Home	20
Away	20

Outs
0	16
2	14
1	10

13 Opps
DET	9
CLE	5
BAL	5
MIN/WSH	4
KCA	4
NYY	4
CHW	3
PIT	1
SFG	1
BOS	1
CHC	1
CIN	1
LAA	1

34 Pitchers
Ned Garver	3
Virgil Trucks	2
Camilo Pascual	2
Art Ditmar	2
Billy Loes	2
Al McBean	1
Jim Bunning	1
Bob Shaw	1
Don Larsen	1
Don Cardwell	1
Harry Byrd	1
Johnny James	1
Jim Wilson	1
Whitey Ford	1
Billy O'Dell	1
Bill Monbouquette	1
Mike Fornieles	1
Steve Gromek	1
Jim O'Toole	1
Mickey McDermott	1
Mike Garcia	1
Russ Kemmerer	1
Paul Foytack	1
Ray Narleski	1
Bill Fischer	1
Mudcat Grant	1
Ted Abernathy	1
Johnny Kucks	1
Duke Maas	1
Early Wynn	1
Wynn Hawkins	1
Gene Host	1
Johnny Sain	1
Phil Regan	1

14 Parks
Fenway Pk (BOS)	16
Yankee Stad (NYC)	4
Tiger Stad (DET)	4
Memor. Stad (BAL)	3
Munic. Stad (KAN)	2
GriffithStad (WAS)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	1
Crosley Fld (CIN)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1
Wrigley (LA) (LOS)	1
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	36
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	38
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	19
1--	11
12-	3
-2-	3
123	2
--3	1
1-3	1

69 RBI
RISP	10
0 on	19
1 on	15
2 on	4
3 on	2
Any on	21

Inning
1	8
2	3
3	5
4	3
5	6
6	5
7	2
8	4
9	4

1-3	16
4-6	14
7-end	10

RelScore
+4..	3
+2	3
+1	4
Tied	11
-1	5
-2	5
-3	1
-4..	8

Ahead	10
Tied	11
Behind	19

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
SS	25
3B	13
2B	2

OrderPos
2nd	26
1st	5
7th	4
6th	3
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	17

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1955-05-11	BOS		CHW	Virgil Trucks	behind 1-2	b 6	1	1--	2	7	6	0.306	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. White Scores
2	2	2	1	1955-05-25 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	Harry Byrd	behind 0-2	t 3	2	---	1	2	6	0.102	34%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1955-06-07	BOS	@	CLE	Ray Narleski	ahead 8-3	t 9	0	---	1	2	6	0.004	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	1955-06-16	BOS		KCA	Johnny Sain	behind 5-6	b 9	0	1--	2	2	6	0.651	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; K. Olson Scores
5	5	5	1	1955-06-17 (1)	BOS		CLE	Early Wynn	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	12-	3	2	6	0.159	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Piersall Scores; T. Brewer Scores
6	6	6	1	1955-07-31 (1)	BOS		DET	Ned Garver	behind 0-2	b 3	1	---	1	2	6	0.106	41%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	7	1	1955-08-09	BOS	@	NYY	Whitey Ford	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	2	2	6	0.155	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Goodman Scores
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1956-05-27 (2)	BOS		WSH	Camilo Pascual	behind 0-4	b 1	0	-2-	2	2	5	0.104	37%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Goodman Scores
9	9	2	1	1956-06-05	BOS		DET	Virgil Trucks	tied 0-0	b 1	0	-2-	2	2	5	0.116	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Piersall Scores
10	10	3	1	1956-06-30 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	Billy Loes	tied 1-1	t 8	1	1--	2	2	5	0.358	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Nixon Scores
11	11	4	1	1956-07-17 (1)	BOS		KCA	Art Ditmar	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	---	1	2	5	0.073	83%		Home Run
12	12	5	1	1956-08-14	BOS	@	NYY	Johnny Kucks	behind 0-5	t 4	1	---	1	2	5	0.039	10%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	6	1	1956-08-24	BOS		CLE	Mike Garcia	behind 1-5	b 5	0	---	1	2	5	0.072	21%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	7	1	1956-09-16 (2)	BOS	@	DET	Gene Host	behind 1-3	t 5	1	1--	2	2	6	0.214	47%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Porterfield Scores
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1957-05-13	BOS		WSH	Ted Abernathy	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	6	0.103	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	2	1	1957-05-30 (2)	BOS		BAL	Mike Fornieles	behind 0-1	b 2	2	1--	2	7	6	0.214	62%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Jensen Scores
17	17	3	1	1957-06-09 (2)	BOS	@	KCA	Mickey McDermott	tied 1-1	t 5	2	---	1	2	6	0.158	61%		Home Run
18	18	4	1	1957-06-16	BOS	@	DET	Jim Bunning	behind 0-1	t 7	0	---	1	2	6	0.200	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	5	1	1957-06-26	BOS		CHW	Jim Wilson	behind 1-6	b 5	2	---	1	2	6	0.036	9%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	6	1	1957-06-28	BOS		DET	Duke Maas	behind 0-1	b 3	2	---	1	2	6	0.126	51%		Home Run (RF Line)
21	21	7	2	1957-06-28	BOS		DET	Steve Gromek	ahead 6-2	b 8	0	12-	3	2	6	0.006	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Brewer Scores; J. Piersall Scores
22	22	8	1	1957-07-05	BOS		BAL	Billy Loes	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	6	0.103	63%		Home Run (Deep CF)
23	23	9	1	1957-07-06	BOS		BAL	Billy O'Dell	ahead 4-2	b 6	2	1--	2	2	6	0.112	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Piersall Scores
24	24	10	1	1957-09-02 (2)	BOS		WSH	Russ Kemmerer	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	12-	3	2	6	0.222	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Sisler Scores; J. Piersall Scores
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1958-09-14 (1)	BOS	@	DET	Paul Foytack	behind 0-6	t 9	0	---	1	1	6	0.004	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1959-06-02	BAL	@	CHW	Bob Shaw	behind 0-2	t 6	0	--3	2	7	5	0.172	50%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Lockman Scores
27	27	2	1	1959-07-23	BAL	@	KCA	Ned Garver	behind 1-8	t 7	0	---	1	6	6	0.008	2%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	3	1	1959-08-12	BAL		BOS	Bill Monbouquette	tied 2-2	b 5	2	-2-	2	2	6	0.252	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Pearson Scores/unER; B. Klaus Scores/unER
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1960-04-24	BAL	@	NYY	Johnny James	behind 5-15	t 9	1	123	4	1	4	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Robinson Scores; J. Powers Scores; C. Courtney Scores
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1961-04-15	WSA		CLE	Mudcat Grant	behind 0-2	b 6	0	---	1	2	5	0.139	39%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	2	1	1961-05-11	WSA	@	DET	Bill Fischer	behind 0-3	t 5	1	123	4	1	5	0.333	61%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Green Scores; J. Mahoney Scores; M. Keough Scores
32	32	3	1	1961-05-17	WSA	@	NYY	Art Ditmar	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	5	0.101	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	4	1	1961-05-21 (2)	WSA	@	LAA	Ned Garver	ahead 5-1	t 8	2	---	1	7	5	0.024	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	5	1	1961-06-22	WSA		DET	Phil Regan	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	6	0.157	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. O'Connell Scores
35	35	6	1	1961-06-29	WSA	@	CLE	Wynn Hawkins	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	2	2	6	0.155	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. O'Connell Scores
36	36	7	1	1961-07-26	WSA	@	MIN	Camilo Pascual	behind 2-6	t 6	1	1-3	3	6	5	0.175	31%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. King Scores; G. Woodling Scores
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1962-05-08	PHI	@	CIN	Jim O'Toole	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	1--	2	8	6	0.174	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Davis Scores
38	38	2	1	1962-05-13 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	Don Cardwell	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	2	8	6	0.193	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Dalrymple Scores
39	39	3	1	1962-07-01	PHI	@	SFG	Don Larsen	ahead 3-2	t 8	2	---	1	1	4	0.136	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	4	1	1962-07-29	PHI		PIT	Al McBean	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	---	1	6	5	0.107	74%		Home Run (Deep RF)

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