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Billy Klaus
William Joseph Klaus
William Joseph Klaus
Bats: Left
, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 165 lb.
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 165 lb.
Born: December 9, 1928 in Fox Lake, IL
High School: Grant Community (Fox Lake, IL)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1946.
(All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1952
Final Game: May 17, 1963
Died: December 3, 2006 in Sarasota, FL
Relatives: Brother of Bobby Klaus
About biographical information
Career Home Runs
For all seasons after 1973, the play-by-play data is complete (summary of missing data for
pre-1974). For some games from 1954 to 1973, we do not have
complete play-by-play.
Billy Klaus: 40 Career Home Runs
1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 14 go ahead, 1 lacking some details
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Play By Play
Glossaries · Click headers to sort · · CSV · PRE · LINK · View Pitches · WE and WPA Explanation| 1955 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1955-05-11 | BOS | CHW | Virgil Trucks | behind 1-2 | b 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 6 | 31% | 71% | Home Run; White Scores | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1955-05-25 (1) | BOS | @ | BAL | Harry Byrd | behind 0-2 | t 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10% | 34% | Home Run | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1955-06-07 | BOS | @ | CLE | Ray Narleski | ahead 8-3 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0% | 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 | 65% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run; Olson Scores | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1955-06-17 (1) | BOS | CLE | Early Wynn | ahead 2-0 | b 4 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16% | 93% | Home Run (Deep RF); Piersall Scores; Brewer Scores | ||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1955-07-31 (1) | BOS | DET | Ned Garver | behind 0-2 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11% | 41% | Home Run | ||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1955-08-09 | BOS | @ | NYY | Whitey Ford | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 6 | 16% | 69% | Home Run; Goodman Scores | |
| 1956 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | 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 | 10% | 37% | Home Run; Goodman Scores | ||
| 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1956-06-05 | BOS | DET | Virgil Trucks | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12% | 72% | Home Run; Piersall Scores | ||
| 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1956-06-30 (1) | BOS | @ | BAL | Billy Loes | tied 1-1 | t 8 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 5 | 36% | 86% | Home Run; Nixon Scores | |
| 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1956-07-17 (1) | BOS | KCA | Art Ditmar | ahead 2-0 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7% | 83% | Home Run | ||
| 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1956-08-14 | BOS | @ | NYY | Johnny Kucks | behind 0-5 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4% | 10% | Home Run | |
| 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1956-08-24 | BOS | CLE | Mike Garcia | behind 1-5 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7% | 21% | Home Run | ||
| 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1956-09-16 (2) | BOS | @ | DET | Gene Host | behind 1-3 | t 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 6 | 21% | 47% | Home Run; Porterfield Scores | |
| 1957 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1957-05-13 | BOS | WSH | Ted Abernathy | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10% | 63% | Home Run | ||
| 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1957-05-30 (2) | BOS | BAL | Mike Fornieles | behind 0-1 | b 2 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 6 | 22% | 62% | Home Run; Jensen Scores | ||
| 17 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1957-06-09 (2) | BOS | @ | KCA | Mickey McDermott | t 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| 18 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1957-06-16 | BOS | @ | DET | Jim Bunning | behind 0-1 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 6 | 20% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 19 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1957-06-26 | BOS | CHW | Jim Wilson | behind 1-6 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4% | 9% | Home Run | ||
| 20 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1957-06-28 | BOS | DET | Duke Maas | behind 0-1 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13% | 51% | Home Run | ||
| 21 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1957-06-28 | BOS | DET | Steve Gromek | ahead 6-2 | b 8 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1% | 100% | Home Run; Brewer Scores; Piersall Scores | ||
| 22 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1957-07-05 | BOS | BAL | Billy Loes | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10% | 63% | Home Run | ||
| 23 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 1957-07-06 | BOS | BAL | Billy O'Dell | ahead 4-2 | b 6 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11% | 95% | Home Run; Piersall Scores | ||
| 24 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 1957-09-02 (2) | BOS | WSH | Russ Kemmerer | ahead 1-0 | b 4 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 2 | 6 | 22% | 90% | Home Run; Sisler Scores; Piersall Scores | ||
| 1958 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | 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% | 1% | Home Run | |
| 1959 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | 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 | 17% | 50% | Home Run (Deep RF); Lockman Scores | |
| 27 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1959-07-23 | BAL | @ | KCA | Ned Garver | behind 1-8 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1% | 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 | 25% | 80% | Home Run (Deep RF); Pearson Scores/unER; Klaus Scores/unER | ||
| 1960 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | 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% | 0% | Home Run (Deep RF); Robinson Scores; Powers Scores; Courtney Scores | |
| 1961 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 30 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1961-04-15 | WSA | CLE | Mudcat Grant | behind 0-2 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14% | 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 | 33% | 61% | Home Run (Deep RF); Green Scores; Mahoney Scores; Keough Scores | |
| 32 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 1961-05-17 | WSA | @ | NYY | Art Ditmar | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10% | 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 | 2% | 97% | 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 | 16% | 74% | Home Run (Deep RF); O'Connell Scores | ||
| 35 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 1961-06-29 | WSA | @ | CLE | Wynn Hawkins | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 6 | 16% | 69% | Home Run (Deep RF); 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 | 18% | 31% | Home Run (Deep RF); King Scores; Woodling Scores | |
| 1962 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | 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 | 18% | 75% | Home Run (Deep RF); Davis Scores | |
| 38 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1962-05-13 (1) | PHI | @ | CHC | Don Cardwell | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 6 | 19% | 66% | Home Run (Deep RF); Dalrymple Scores | |
| 39 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 1962-07-01 | PHI | @ | SFG | Don Larsen | ahead 3-2 | t 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14% | 84% | Home Run | |
| 40 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 1962-07-29 | PHI | PIT | Al McBean | ahead 1-0 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11% | 75% | Home Run (Deep RF) |
About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia
Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the 1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members. David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable database from the Society for American Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.
For years from 1954 to 2009, RetroSheet play-by-play data has been used whenever the home run occurred in a game for which we have complete play-by-play data.
There are a handful of cases where the home run logs totals do not agree with the totals on our player pages. We are working to reconcile all of those differences, but believe that in all cases the Home Run Encyclopedia is correct.
