Al Kaline

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: December 19, 1934 in Baltimore, MD us

Died: April 6, 2020 in Bloomfield Hills, MI

High School: Southern HS (Baltimore, MD)

Debut: June 25, 1953 (Age 18-188d, 11,032nd in major league history)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1974 (Age 39-287d)
vs. BAL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1980. (Voted by BBWAA on 340/385 ballots)
View Al Kaline's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Albert William Kaline

Nicknames: Mr. Tiger or Six

Pronunciation: \KAY-line\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

92.8

10116

3007

399

.297

1622

RBI

1582

137

OBP

.376

SLG

.480

OPS

.855

OPS+

134

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
2	2	Apr 18	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
3	3	Apr 19	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
4	4	Apr 20	DET	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
5	7 (2)	Apr 25	DET	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
6	8	Apr 26	DET	@	TEX	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
7	10 (1)	Apr 29	DET		CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
8	11	Apr 30	DET		CHW	L,3-6	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	12	May 2	DET		KCR	L,3-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
10	13	May 3	DET		KCR	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
11	14	May 5	DET		TEX	L,1-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
12	15	May 6	DET		TEX	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
13	16	May 7	DET		TEX	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
14	17	May 9	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
15	18	May 10	DET	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
16	19	May 13	DET	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
17	21 (1)	May 14 (2)	DET	@	KCR	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
18	23 (1)	May 16	DET		BAL	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
19	25 (1)	May 18	DET		BOS	W,7-2	GF	13	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
20	26	May 19	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
21	27	May 20	DET		CLE	L,1-2	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
22	28	May 21	DET		CLE	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
23	29	May 23	DET		MIL	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	30	May 24	DET		MIL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
25	31	May 25	DET		MIL	L,0-2	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
26	32	May 26	DET	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
27	33	May 27	DET	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	39 (5)	Jun 2	DET		MIN	W,5-4	GS	13	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
29	43 (3)	Jun 6 (2)	DET		CAL	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
30	45 (1)	Jun 9	DET		OAK	L,5-10	GF	15	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
31	46	Jun 10	DET		OAK	L,2-5	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
32	47	Jun 11	DET		OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
33	48	Jun 12	DET	@	MIN	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
34	49	Jun 13	DET	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
35	50	Jun 14	DET	@	MIN	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
36	51	Jun 16	DET	@	CAL	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
37	52	Jun 17	DET	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
38	53	Jun 18	DET	@	CAL	W,2-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
39	54	Jun 19	DET	@	OAK	L,4-7	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
40	55	Jun 20	DET	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	38	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
41	56	Jun 21	DET	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
42	57	Jun 24 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
43	58	Jun 24 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	42	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
44	60 (1)	Jun 26	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
45	61	Jun 27	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
46	62	Jun 28	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
47	63	Jun 29	DET	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	65 (1)	Jul 1	DET		BAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	66	Jul 2	DET		BAL	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
50	67	Jul 3	DET		BAL	L,3-15	CG	50	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
51	69 (1)	Jul 5	DET	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
52	70	Jul 6	DET	@	KCR	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
53	71	Jul 7	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
54	72	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
55	73	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
56	74	Jul 9 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
57	75	Jul 10	DET		TEX	W,8-3	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
58	89 (13)	Jul 27 (1)	DET	@	MIL	W,3-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
59	90	Jul 27 (2)	DET	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
60	92 (1)	Jul 29	DET	@	MIL	L,3-8	GS	26	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	112 (19)	Aug 17 (1)	DET		MIN	W,12-2	GF	12	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
62	114 (1)	Aug 18	DET		CAL	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
63	115	Aug 19	DET		CAL	W,10-1	GS	20	5.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
64	116	Aug 20	DET		CAL	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
65	119 (2)	Aug 23	DET		OAK	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
66	120	Aug 26	DET	@	MIN	W,5-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	PH 1B
67	121	Aug 27 (1)	DET	@	MIN	W,5-3	GF	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	1	PH 1B
68	123 (1)	Aug 29	DET	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	126 (2)	Sep 1	DET	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
70	127	Sep 2	DET	@	OAK	W,3-1	GS	44	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B RF
71	128	Sep 3	DET	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
72	129	Sep 4	DET		CLE	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
73	130	Sep 5	DET		CLE	W,4-2	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
74	132 (1)	Sep 7	DET	@	BAL	L,0-9	GS	16	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
75	134 (1)	Sep 9	DET		NYY	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
76	137 (2)	Sep 12	DET		BAL	W,3-2	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
77	138	Sep 13	DET		BAL	W,6-5	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
78	139	Sep 15	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
79	140	Sep 16	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
80	141	Sep 17	DET	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
81	143 (1)	Sep 19 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
82	144	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
83	145	Sep 21	DET	@	BOS	W,10-3	GF	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH RF
84	146	Sep 22	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
85	147	Sep 23	DET	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
86	149 (1)	Sep 27	DET		NYY	W,6-5	GS	49	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF 1B
87	150	Sep 28	DET		NYY	L,2-3	GS	49	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	RF 1B
88	151	Sep 29	DET		MIL	W,12-5	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
89	152	Sep 30	DET		MIL	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
90	153	Oct 1	DET		MIL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
91	154	Oct 2	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
92	155	Oct 3	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
							95gm		614.0	147	9	1	157	5