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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CIN		CHC	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
2	2	Apr 12	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
3	3	Apr 14	CIN		CHC	L,4-6	CG	44	10.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
4	4	Apr 16	CIN		MLN	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
5	5	Apr 17 (1)	CIN		MLN	L,1-10	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
6	6	Apr 17 (2)	CIN		MLN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
7	7	Apr 18	CIN	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
8	8	Apr 19	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	45	10.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
9	9	Apr 20	CIN		STL	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
10	10	Apr 22	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
11	11	Apr 23	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
12	12	Apr 24	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
13	13	Apr 27	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	45	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
14	14	Apr 28	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
15	15	Apr 29	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
16	16	Apr 30	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	58	15.1	14	1	0	15	6	1B
18	18	May 3	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
19	20 (1)	May 6	CIN		CHC	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
20	21	May 7	CIN		CHC	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
21	22	May 8 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
22	23	May 8 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
23	24	May 10	CIN		NYG	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	16	1	0	17	0	1B
24	25	May 11	CIN		NYG	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
25	26	May 14	CIN		BRO	L,2-13	CG	53	9.0	7	1	1	9	2	1B
26	27	May 15 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
27	28	May 15 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
28	29	May 17	CIN		PIT	W,9-2	GS	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
29	30	May 18	CIN		PIT	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
30	31	May 20	CIN		STL	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
31	32	May 21	CIN		STL	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
32	33	May 22 (1)	CIN		STL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
33	34	May 22 (2)	CIN		STL	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
34	35	May 25	CIN	@	MLN	W,13-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
35	36	May 26	CIN	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	17	0	0	17	1	1B
36	37	May 27	CIN	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
37	38	May 28	CIN	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
38	39	May 29	CIN	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
39	40	May 30 (1)	CIN		MLN	L,6-7	CG	48	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
40	41	May 30 (2)	CIN		MLN	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	42	Jun 1	CIN	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
42	43	Jun 2	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
43	44	Jun 3	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	44	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
44	45	Jun 4	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
45	46	Jun 5 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	39	8.1	10	0	0	10	0	1B
46	47	Jun 5 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
47	48	Jun 7	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
48	49	Jun 8	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
49	50	Jun 12	CIN	@	PHI	L,8-12	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
50	51	Jun 13	CIN		MLN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
51	52	Jun 14	CIN		BRO	L,0-9	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
52	53	Jun 15	CIN		BRO	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
53	54	Jun 16	CIN		BRO	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
54	55	Jun 17	CIN		PIT	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
55	56	Jun 18	CIN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
56	57	Jun 19 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
57	58	Jun 19 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
58	59	Jun 20	CIN		NYG	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
59	60	Jun 21	CIN		NYG	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
60	61	Jun 22	CIN		NYG	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	16	0	0	16	2	1B
61	62	Jun 24 (1)	CIN		PHI	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
62	63	Jun 24 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
63	64	Jun 26 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,16-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
64	65	Jun 26 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
65	66	Jun 28	CIN	@	STL	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
66	67	Jun 29	CIN	@	STL	L,5-9	CG	36	8.0	11	4	0	15	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	68	Jul 1	CIN		MLN	W,14-2	GS	29	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
68	69	Jul 2	CIN		MLN	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
69	70	Jul 3	CIN		MLN	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
70	71	Jul 4 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
71	72	Jul 4 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	4	1B
72	73	Jul 5	CIN		STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
73	74	Jul 6	CIN		STL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
74	75	Jul 7	CIN		STL	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
75	76	Jul 8 (1)	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
76	77	Jul 8 (2)	CIN	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
77	78	Jul 9	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
78	79	Jul 10 (1)	CIN	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
79	80	Jul 10 (2)	CIN	@	MLN	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
80	81	Jul 14	CIN	@	PIT	W,19-1	GS	28	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
81	82	Jul 15	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
82	83	Jul 16	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	5	0	1	6	2	1B
83	84	Jul 17 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
84	85	Jul 17 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
85	86	Jul 18	CIN	@	BRO	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
86	87	Jul 19 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
87	88	Jul 19 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
88	89	Jul 20 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
89	90	Jul 20 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
90	91	Jul 21	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
91	92	Jul 22	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	52	13.2	15	1	0	16	2	1B
92	93	Jul 23	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
93	94	Jul 24 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
94	95	Jul 24 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
95	96	Jul 26	CIN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
96	97	Jul 27	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
97	98	Jul 28	CIN		BRO	L,2-10	CG	42	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
98	99	Jul 29	CIN		PIT	W,16-5	GS	17	4.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
99	100	Jul 30	CIN		PIT	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
100	101	Jul 31 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
101	102	Jul 31 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	103	Aug 1	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
103	104	Aug 2 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	11	3	0	14	1	1B
104	105	Aug 2 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
105	106	Aug 3	CIN		PHI	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
106	107	Aug 4	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
107	108	Aug 5	CIN		NYG	L,9-12	CG	51	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
108	109	Aug 6	CIN		NYG	W,13-4	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
109	110	Aug 7 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
110	111	Aug 7 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
111	112	Aug 9	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
112	113	Aug 10 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-2	GS	26	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
113	114	Aug 10 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
114	115	Aug 11	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	44	11.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
115	116	Aug 12	CIN	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	38	8.2	12	1	0	13	1	1B
116	117	Aug 13	CIN	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
117	118	Aug 14	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	40	9.2	13	0	0	13	0	1B
118	119	Aug 16	CIN		CHC	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
119	120	Aug 17	CIN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
120	121	Aug 18	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
121	122	Aug 19	CIN		STL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
122	123	Aug 20	CIN		STL	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
123	124	Aug 21	CIN		STL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
124	125	Aug 23	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
125	126	Aug 24	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
126	127	Aug 25 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
127	128	Aug 25 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
128	129	Aug 26	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
129	130	Aug 27	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
130	131	Aug 28 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
131	132	Aug 28 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
132	133	Aug 29	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
133	134	Aug 30 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
134	135	Aug 30 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,7-9	CG	37	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
135	136	Aug 31	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
136	137	Sep 1	CIN	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
137	138	Sep 2	CIN	@	MLN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
138	139	Sep 3	CIN	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	9	1	0	10	1	1B
139	140	Sep 4	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
140	141	Sep 5	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.2	11	0	0	11	4	1B
141	142	Sep 7	CIN		PHI	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
142	143	Sep 8	CIN		PHI	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
143	144	Sep 9	CIN		NYG	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
144	145	Sep 10	CIN		NYG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
145	146	Sep 11 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
146	147	Sep 11 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
147	148	Sep 13	CIN		PIT	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
148	149	Sep 17	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	1B
149	150	Sep 18	CIN	@	CHC	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
150	151	Sep 20	CIN		MLN	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
151	152	Sep 21	CIN		MLN	W,14-5	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
152	153	Sep 24	CIN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	4	1B
153	154	Sep 25	CIN		CHC	W,13-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
							153gm		1343.2	1388	86	8	1482	153