Ted Kluszewski

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 225lb (188cm, 102kg)

Born: September 10, 1924 in Argo, IL us

Died: March 29, 1988 in Cincinnati, OH

Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH

High School: Argo Community HS (Argo, IL)

School: Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN)

Debut: April 18, 1947 (Age 22-220d, 10,304th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1961 (Age 37-021d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Theodore Bernard Kluszewski

Nicknames: Big Klu

Pronunciation: \kluh-ZOO-skee\

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

31.4

5929

1766

279

.298

848

RBI

1028

OBP

.353

SLG

.498

OPS

.850

OPS+

123

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

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 23	CIN		PIT	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
2	6	Apr 24	CIN		PIT	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
3	7	Apr 25 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
4	8	Apr 25 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,10-13	CG	46	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
5	9	Apr 27	CIN		CHC	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
6	10	Apr 28	CIN		CHC	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
7	11	Apr 29	CIN		STL	W,5-4	CG	52	14.0	17	1	0	18	0
8	12	Apr 30	CIN		STL	L,7-13	CG	51	9.0	10	3	0	13	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	13	May 1	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	7	2	0	9	2
10	14	May 2	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
11	15	May 3	CIN		NYG	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
12	16	May 5	CIN		NYG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
13	17	May 7	CIN		BSN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
14	33 (15)	May 26	CIN	@	BSN	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
15	34	May 28	CIN		CHC	L,8-10	CG	47	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
16	35	May 29	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
17	37 (1)	May 30 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
18	39 (1)	May 31 (2)	CIN		STL	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	40	Jun 2	CIN		NYG	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	8	2	1	11	1
20	41	Jun 3	CIN		NYG	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
21	42	Jun 4	CIN		NYG	L,4-5	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	45 (2)	Jun 8	CIN		BRO	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	10	3	0	13	0
23	48 (2)	Jun 12 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	6	1	0	7	0
24	49	Jun 12 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,11-9	GS	16	4.0	4	0	0	4	1
25	50	Jun 13 (1)	CIN		BSN	L,7-8	GF	3	0.1	1	0	0	1	0
26	63 (12)	Jun 26	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	13	3	0	16	2
27	64	Jun 27	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
28	65	Jun 29	CIN		PIT	W,6-5	CG	55	14.0	19	1	0	20	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	68 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	CIN		STL	W,8-6	GF	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
30	71 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
31	72	Jul 6	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
32	73	Jul 7	CIN	@	CHC	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
33	74	Jul 8	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
34	75	Jul 9	CIN	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	11	0	1	12	1
35	76	Jul 10	CIN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
36	77	Jul 11	CIN	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
37	78	Jul 15	CIN		BRO	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
38	80 (1)	Jul 17 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
39	81	Jul 17 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,4-10	GS	19	4.0	5	0	0	5	1
40	82	Jul 18 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,3-0	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	83	Jul 18 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
42	84	Jul 19	CIN		NYG	L,2-14	CG	52	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
43	85	Jul 20	CIN		BSN	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
44	86	Jul 21	CIN		BSN	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
45	87	Jul 23	CIN		PHI	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
46	88	Jul 24	CIN		PHI	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
47	89	Jul 25 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,11-8	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
48	90	Jul 25 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
49	91	Jul 27	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
50	92	Jul 28	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	14	0	0	14	1
51	93	Jul 29	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
52	94	Jul 30	CIN	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
53	95	Jul 31 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	97 (1)	Aug 2	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
55	98	Aug 3	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
56	99	Aug 4	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
57	100	Aug 5	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
58	101	Aug 6	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	8	3	0	11	0
59	102	Aug 7	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
60	103	Aug 8	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-10	GS	31	6.0	5	0	0	5	1
61	104	Aug 9	CIN		STL	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
62	105	Aug 11	CIN		STL	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
63	106	Aug 13	CIN		CHC	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
64	107	Aug 15 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
65	108	Aug 15 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
66	109	Aug 16	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
67	110	Aug 17	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	28	6.0	7	1	0	8	0
68	111	Aug 18	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	5	1	0	6	1
69	112	Aug 19	CIN	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
70	113	Aug 20	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-5	GS	17	5.0	9	2	0	11	1
71	116 (2)	Aug 23	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	GS	25	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
72	117	Aug 25	CIN		PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
73	118	Aug 26	CIN		BRO	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
74	119	Aug 27	CIN		BRO	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
75	120	Aug 28	CIN		BRO	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
76	121	Aug 29 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	6	0	2	8	0
77	122	Aug 29 (2)	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	1
78	123	Aug 31	CIN		BSN	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	124	Sep 1 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	8	3	0	11	3
80	125	Sep 1 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,1-11	CG	50	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
81	129 (3)	Sep 6 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
82	130	Sep 8	CIN		PIT	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
83	131	Sep 9	CIN		PIT	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
84	132	Sep 10	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	8	2	0	10	2
85	133	Sep 11	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
86	134	Sep 12	CIN	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
87	135	Sep 15 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
88	136	Sep 15 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
89	137	Sep 16	CIN	@	BRO	L,6-12	CG	44	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
90	138	Sep 17	CIN	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
91	139	Sep 18	CIN	@	NYG	L,7-12	CG	45	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
92	140	Sep 19	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
93	144 (3)	Sep 23	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
94	146 (1)	Sep 25	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-16	CG	50	8.0	8	0	1	9	1
95	147	Sep 26 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
96	148	Sep 26 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
97	150 (1)	Sep 29	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
98	152 (1)	Oct 1	CIN		PIT	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
							98gm		816.2	833	65	9	907	60