Lou Klein

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 167lb (180cm, 75kg)

Born: October 22, 1918 in New Orleans, LA us

Died: June 20, 1976 in Metairie, LA

Buried: St. Louis Cemetery #3, New Orleans, LA

High School: Samuel J. Peters HS (New Orleans, LA)

Debut: April 21, 1943 (Age 24-181d, 9,409th in major league history)
vs. CIN 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1951 (Age 32-343d)
vs. WSH 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: Louis Frank Klein

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.1

1037

269

.259

162

RBI

101

OBP

.330

SLG

.381

OPS

.711

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	31-25 / in Starts: 15-8
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	39 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 142 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	73 (39-26-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 142 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	95 (49-30-15)

Most Driven In
C Diering	2
R Nelson	2
Self	2
N Jones	1
M Marion	1
R Schoendienst	1

Most Driven In By
S Musial	4
E Slaughter	4
R Schoendienst	3
R Northey	2
Self	2
J Garagiola	1
H Pollet	1
D Rice	0

1949 Batting Game Log

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1949 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	197	53 (52)	Jun 16	STL		BRO	W,6-2	7-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	2.22	0.025	12.37	0.08%	0.18	PH
2	198	54	Jun 17	STL		PHI	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	2						SS
3	199	55	Jun 18	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.375	.819	7	.41	0.007	1.95	0.02%	-0.21	SS
4	200	56	Jun 19	STL		PHI	W,6-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.364	.462	.364	.825	7						SS
5	201	57	Jun 20	STL		NYG	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	.357	.471	.357	.828	7	.39	0.006	1.90	0.02%	0.22	SS
6	202	58	Jun 21	STL		NYG	L,5-6	CG(12)	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.368	.455	.421	.876	7	2.01	0.017	9.90	0.05%	0.58	SS
7	203	59	Jun 22	STL		NYG	W,11-8	CG	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1			0	0	0	.304	.407	.348	.755	2						SS
8	204	60	Jun 23	STL		NYG	W,10-6	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1			0	0	0	.259	.355	.296	.651	2						SS
9	205	61	Jun 24	STL		BSN	W,8-4	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.281	.361	.500	.861	2	.72	0.216	3.95	0.71%	1.39	SS
10	206	62	Jun 25	STL		BSN	L,6-10	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	1	.257	.366	.457	.823	2	.71	-0.062	4.19	-0.22%	-1.17	SS
11	207	64 (1)	Jun 27	STL		CHC	L,4-6	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.357	.444	.802	9						PH
12	208	67 (2)	Jun 30	STL		CHC	L,5-12	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.243	.349	.432	.781	9						PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	209	68	Jul 1	STL		CIN	L,2-10	3-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.364	.447	.811	9	.39	0.013	1.82	0.04%	0.13	PH
14	210	69	Jul 2	STL		CIN	L,0-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.356	.436	.791	9	1.10	-0.029	5.10	-0.08%	-0.25	PH
15	211	71 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,9-4	5-5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.370	.436	.805	9	1.28	0.021	5.77	0.06%	0.33	PH
16	212	72	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.367	.429	.796	7	.60	-0.025	2.96	-0.07%	-0.26	SS
17	213	79 (6)	Jul 10 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	.262	.415	.429	.844	2	.78	0.077	3.93	0.23%	0.82	SS
18	214	82 (2)	Jul 16	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.407	.419	.826	9	1.29	-0.037	7.03	-0.12%	-0.32	PH
19	215	83	Jul 17	STL	@	NYG	W,10-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.407	.419	.826	7						SS
20	216	84	Jul 18	STL	@	NYG	L,4-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.409	.809	9	1.03	-0.027	5.47	-0.09%	-0.11	PH
21	217	86 (1)	Jul 20	STL	@	BSN	W,6-4	6-GF(10)	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.421	.444	.865	2	3.36	0.463	17.68	1.46%	2.03	SS
22	218	87	Jul 21	STL	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.403	.440	.843	2	1.11	0.002	6.68	0.01%	0.37	2B
23	219	89 (1)	Jul 23	STL	@	BRO	W,5-4	2-GF	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.415	.442	.858	6	2.92	-0.021	28.27	-0.12%	-0.13	PR 3B
24	220	90	Jul 24	STL	@	BRO	W,14-1	CG	6	5	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.423	.439	.861	2	.37	0.087	3.60	0.51%	1.70	3B SS
25	221	91	Jul 25	STL	@	BRO	T,4-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.413	.417	.830	2	1.00	-0.062	10.37	-0.38%	-0.32	3B SS
26	222	92	Jul 26	STL		PHI	W,9-5	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0	0	.266	.405	.406	.811	2	1.00	-0.021	6.39	-0.08%	-0.74	SS
27	223	93	Jul 27	STL		PHI	W,7-3	CG	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0			0	0	0	.254	.405	.388	.793	2						SS
28	224	94	Jul 28	STL		PHI	W,10-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.405	.388	.793	2						2B
29	225	96 (1)	Jul 30	STL		BRO	W,7-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.405	.388	.793	7						3B
30	226	97	Jul 31	STL		BRO	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.412	.397	.809	8	.56	0.035	5.77	0.22%	1.88	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	227	98	Aug 1	STL		BSN	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.393	.375	.768	6	.48	-0.051	3.23	-0.20%	-1.03	SS
32	228	101 (2)	Aug 4	STL		BSN	W,10-2	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.389	.370	.759	9	.15	-0.004	.97	-0.02%	-0.49	PH
33	229	103 (1)	Aug 6	STL		NYG	L,1-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.385	.365	.749	9	1.86	-0.052	11.78	-0.20%	-0.45	PH
34	230	104	Aug 7	STL		NYG	W,9-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.380	.360	.740	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.17	3B
35	231	107 (2)	Aug 10	STL		CIN	W,8-0	3-GF	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.389	.355	.745	2	.35	0.016	2.24	0.06%	0.43	PH SS
36	232	108	Aug 12	STL		PIT	W,8-2	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.241	.394	.367	.761	2						SS
37	233	109	Aug 13	STL		PIT	L,3-6	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.385	.357	.742	2	.71	0.003	4.56	0.01%	-0.01	SS
38	234	110	Aug 14	STL		PIT	L,0-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.235	.381	.353	.734	9						PH
39	235	113 (2)	Aug 17	STL	@	CIN	W,4-3	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.377	.349	.726	9	4.48	-0.116	29.07	-0.45%	-0.45	PH
40	236	114	Aug 19	STL	@	PIT	L,2-8	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.230	.374	.345	.719	9						PH
41	237	115	Aug 20	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	7-GF	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.376	.360	.736	8	3.08	0.277	21.11	1.14%	1.25	PH 2B
42	238	116	Aug 21 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.372	.348	.720	6	.95	-0.068	6.65	-0.28%	-0.71	3B
43	239	117	Aug 21 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.219	.359	.333	.692	2						3B
44	240	119 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.356	.330	.686	9	1.45	-0.038	17.25	-0.27%	-0.11	PH
45	241	120	Aug 24	STL	@	BRO	L,0-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.353	.327	.679	9	1.25	-0.031	17.08	-0.25%	-0.31	PH 3B
46	242	123 (2)	Aug 27 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,5-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.218	.352	.327	.679	6	.83	-0.039	6.00	-0.17%	-0.38	2B
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
47	243	130 (6)	Sep 3	STL		CIN	T,9-9	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.350	.324	.673	9	.89	-0.022	6.71	-0.10%	-0.17	PH
48	244	134 (3)	Sep 5 (2)	STL		PIT	L,4-5	5-6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.347	.320	.667	9	1.03	-0.025	6.03	-0.09%	-0.31	PH
49	245	138 (3)	Sep 10	STL	@	CIN	W,6-5	9-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.347	.320	.667	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
50	246	139	Sep 11 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-5	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.352	.320	.672	1	1.75	0.026	15.24	0.14%	0.34	PH
51	247	142 (2)	Sep 14	STL		NYG	W,9-3	5-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.349	.317	.667	6	.18	-0.005	1.53	-0.02%	-0.17	2B
52	248	146 (3)	Sep 19	STL		PHI	L,3-4	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.212	.354	.317	.672	9						PH
53	249	149 (2)	Sep 21 (2)	STL		BRO	L,0-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.210	.352	.314	.666	7	.08	-0.002	1.26	-0.02%	-0.11	PH 2B
54	250	150	Sep 22	STL		BRO	L,6-19	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	.209	.346	.309	.655	1	.36	0.030	9.37	0.47%	0.23	2B
55	251	151	Sep 24	STL		CHC	W,3-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.209	.346	.309	.655	5						PR
56	252	153 (1)	Sep 27	STL	@	PIT	L,4-6	4-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.209	.351	.309	.660	9	1.44	0.016	19.57	0.13%	0.17	PH
57	253	156 (2)	Oct 1	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	3-GF	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.358	.327	.685	2	1.77	0.072	38.32	0.93%	0.65	2B
58	254	157	Oct 2	STL	@	CHC	W,13-5	GS-2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.219	.355	.325	.680	6	.65	0.026	14.77	0.36%	0.26	2B
							31-25		142	114	25	25	6	0	2	12	22	0	20	2	4		3	2	0	3	.219	.355	.325	.680		1.01	0.698	8.00	3.40%	4.60

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