Billy Klaus
William Joseph Klaus
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
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
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1952 BSN NL 23 SS 4 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.25 1.000 4.70
1955 BOS AL 26 SS 126 121 1099.2 626 207 391 28 55 .955 -9.4 -10.3 -6.4 0.1 -6.5 -3 4.89 4.75 .959 4.93 4.04 MVP-13,RoY-2
1955 BOS AL 26 3B 8 8 68.0 30 7 20 3 0 .900 2.0 35.3 2.0 1.1 0.9 0 3.57 3.38 .953 3.18 2.72 MVP-13,RoY-2
1956 BOS AL 27 3B 106 105 944.0 383 120 242 21 18 .945 6.5 8.3 7.5 3.0 4.5 -1 3.45 3.42 .949 3.22 2.78
1956 BOS AL 27 SS 26 25 228.2 105 35 64 6 8 .943 -0.6 -3.1 0.4 1.8 -1.4 -1 3.90 3.81 .961 4.98 4.10
1957 BOS AL 28 SS 118 116 1026.0 646 204 417 25 93 .961 13.0 15.2 12.0 6.4 5.6 1 5.45 5.26 .963 5.11 4.43
1958 BOS AL 29 SS 27 8 115.1 60 18 35 7 2 .883 -5.4 -56.2 -4.4 -2.8 -1.6 -1 4.14 1.96 .967 4.96 4.17
1959 BAL AL 30 SS 59 41 407.0 231 77 147 7 21 .970 5.2 15.3 5.2 2.5 2.8 0 4.95 3.80 .958 4.87 3.97
1959 BAL AL 30 3B 49 45 362.1 133 43 84 6 7 .955 -0.7 -2.3 -0.7 2.1 -2.9 0 3.15 2.59 .952 3.21 2.72
1959 BAL AL 30 2B 1 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -45.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70
1960 BAL AL 31 2B 30 3 85.2 50 19 29 2 9 .960 0.8 11.2 -0.2 -0.4 0.2 1 5.04 1.60 .980 5.46 4.66
1960 BAL AL 31 SS 12 5 47.0 27 10 17 0 5 1.000 1.4 35.7 0.4 0.8 -0.4 1 5.17 2.25 .959 5.11 4.37
1960 BAL AL 31 3B 2 2 15.0 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.2 16.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.60 3.00 .950 3.12 2.70
1961 WSA AL 32 3B 51 43 406.0 153 40 107 6 3 .961 2.1 6.2 3.1 -1.0 4.2 -1 3.26 2.88 .950 3.18 2.79
1961 WSA AL 32 SS 18 16 141.0 73 24 47 2 8 .973 0.6 5.1 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 4.53 3.94 .955 4.84 4.37
1961 WSA AL 32 2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.70
1961 WSA AL 32 LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.60
1961 WSA AL 32 OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1962 PHI NL 33 3B 53 39 345.1 117 43 72 2 4 .983 -1.1 -3.8 -1.1 -0.5 -0.6 0 3.00 2.17 .947 2.95 2.56
1962 PHI NL 33 SS 30 8 131.0 85 29 49 7 11 .918 -1.4 -12.8 -2.4 -2.5 0.1 1 5.36 2.60 .965 5.05 4.43
1962 PHI NL 33 2B 11 7 67.0 42 21 21 0 6 1.000 -0.8 -14.3 -0.8 -0.3 -0.5 0 5.64 3.82 .974 5.31 4.68
1963 PHI NL 34 SS 5 0 12.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -20.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 2.25 0.60 .967 4.80 4.22
1963 PHI NL 34 3B 3 2 17.0 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 0.2 14.1 0.2 -0.2 0.4 0 2.65 1.67 .940 2.91 2.53
10 Seasons SS 425 340 3207.2 1858 606 1169 83 203 .955 3.2 1.2 5.2 6.7 -1.4 -2 4.98 4.18 .961 4.99 4.21
7 Seasons 3B 272 244 2157.2 827 253 536 38 33 .954 9.2 5.1 11.2 4.7 6.5 -2 3.29 2.90 .949 3.16 2.72
4 Seasons 2B 43 10 157.1 93 40 51 2 16 .978 0.0 0.0 -1.0 -0.8 -0.2 1 5.21 2.12 .977 5.39 4.67
1 Season LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.60
1 Season OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
11 Seasons TOT 741 594 5523.0 2778 899 1756 123 252 .956 12.4 2.7 15.4 10.6 4.9 -3 4.33 3.58 .914 4.29 3.69
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1952 BSN NL 23 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
1953 MLN NL 24 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 BOS AL 26 135 129 135 135 0 0 0 0 8 126 0 0 0 0 3 1
1956 BOS AL 27 135 130 135 135 0 0 0 0 106 26 0 0 0 0 5 0
1957 BOS AL 28 127 116 127 127 0 0 0 0 0 118 0 0 0 0 9 0
1958 BOS AL 29 61 8 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 46 4
1959 BAL AL 30 104 86 104 104 0 0 0 1 49 59 0 0 0 0 7 1
1960 BAL AL 31 46 10 46 46 0 0 0 30 2 12 0 0 0 0 3 4
1961 WSA AL 32 91 59 91 91 0 0 0 1 51 18 1 0 0 1 23 5
1962 PHI NL 33 102 54 102 102 0 0 0 11 53 30 0 0 0 0 34 7
1963 PHI NL 34 11 2 11 11 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 8 0
11 Seasons 821 594 821 821 0 0 0 43 272 425 1 0 0 1 138 22
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1955 BOS AL 26 4851 65% 79% 25% 523 88% 7 226 121 93 12 374 275 88 0 1 27 0 25 2 23 54 17 5 19 6 3 50 22 28 3 3 0
1956 BOS AL 27 930 56% 75% 26% 84 89% 0 35 20 14 1 54 41 13 0 0 5 1 4 0 2 8 6 0 1 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 0
1957 BOS AL 28 4204 62% 80% 30% 456 91% 2 182 68 93 21 392 303 76 1 5 23 1 19 3 17 82 29 5 24 9 5 78 35 39 1 0 1
1958 BOS AL 29 524 67% 83% 28% 54 85% 0 17 12 4 1 37 33 3 0 0 7 0 6 1 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1959 BAL AL 30 1750 65% 80% 30% 183 92% 1 75 35 34 6 147 120 23 1 1 7 0 4 3 5 21 5 1 10 2 1 21 8 13 0 0 0
1960 BAL AL 31 201 64% 77% 22% 20 95% 0 11 4 7 0 17 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 1 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 0
1961 WSA AL 32 634 61% 82% 27% 64 94% 0 26 16 7 3 49 41 8 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 8 2 0 4 1 0 7 2 5 1 0 1
1962 PHI NL 33 616 58% 75% 33% 65 85% 0 30 9 18 3 52 38 13 0 0 7 0 3 4 5 11 5 1 3 1 1 11 6 5 0 0 0
1963 PHI NL 34 49 53% 84% 37% 2 100% 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 13759 63% 79% 28% 1451 90% 10 603 285 270 48 1124 865 229 2 7 78 2 63 13 60 191 68 12 62 21 10 181 83 94 5 3 2
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1955 BOS AL 26 318 64% 81% 28% 32 84% 0 7 4 2 1 22 22 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 BOS AL 27 4171 62% 78% 26% 366 90% 3 119 93 12 14 237 196 32 3 9 21 0 19 2 15 18 10 2 14 3 2 1 11 64%
1959 BAL AL 30 1547 67% 80% 27% 129 88% 1 43 35 1 7 84 70 8 0 2 6 0 5 1 3 7 2 0 2 4 3 0 5 80%
1960 BAL AL 31 59 78% 69% 29% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 WSA AL 32 1812 68% 79% 26% 158 91% 1 39 30 5 4 112 91 16 1 2 6 0 3 3 6 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 8 63%
1962 PHI NL 33 1529 64% 77% 27% 122 83% 2 42 33 3 6 68 57 8 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 4 75%
1963 PHI NL 34 72 49% 76% 25% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 9508 64% 78% 26% 815 89% 7 250 195 23 32 532 442 66 5 17 38 0 31 7 28 33 16 3 21 10 7 2 28 68%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 89% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1959 BAL AL 30 10 70% 70% 10% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 BAL AL 31 379 65% 76% 24% 32 94% 0 20 7 9 4 30 26 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 9 1 5 3 0 9 3 6 0 0 0
1961 WSA AL 32 7 57% 100% 43% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1962 PHI NL 33 303 63% 81% 26% 26 100% 0 21 8 12 2 22 21 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 1
4 Seasons 699 64% 78% 25% 59 97% 0 41 15 21 6 53 47 5 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 15 2 7 4 0 14 4 9 1 0 1
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1961 WSA AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 50% 0% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 50% 0% 0
MLB Averages 56.7% 2.3% 62% 78% 29% 48%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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