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Billy Klaus
William Joseph Klaus
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: December 9, 1928 in 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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1952 23 BSN NL 7 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -39 0 0 0 0 /6
1953 24 MLN NL 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1955 26 BOS AL 135 610 541 83 153 26 2 7 60 6 0 60 44 .283 .351 .377 .729 90 204 4 0 4 5 0 *6/5 MVP-13,RoY-2
1956 27 BOS AL 135 620 520 91 141 29 5 7 59 1 0 90 43 .271 .378 .387 .764 94 201 7 1 6 3 0 *56
1957 28 BOS AL 127 537 477 76 120 18 4 10 42 2 0 55 53 .252 .326 .369 .695 86 176 12 0 1 4 0 *6
1958 29 BOS AL 61 93 88 5 14 4 0 1 7 0 0 5 16 .159 .204 .239 .443 19 21 2 0 0 0 0 6
1959 30 BAL AL 104 377 321 33 80 11 0 3 25 2 4 51 38 .249 .350 .312 .662 86 100 6 0 3 2 1 65/4
1960 31 BAL AL 46 53 43 8 9 2 0 1 6 0 0 9 9 .209 .346 .326 .672 84 14 1 0 1 0 0 46/5
1961 32 WSA AL 91 287 251 26 57 8 2 7 30 2 2 30 34 .227 .311 .359 .670 83 90 1 2 1 3 3 56/47
1962 33 PHI NL 102 283 248 30 51 8 2 4 20 1 1 29 43 .206 .290 .302 .593 62 75 4 1 4 1 3 564
1963 34 PHI NL 11 20 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .056 .105 .056 .161 -52 1 0 0 1 0 0 /65
11 Seasons 821 2887 2513 357 626 106 15 40 250 14 7 331 285 .249 .335 .351 .686 82 882 37 4 21 18 7
162 Game Avg. 162 570 496 70 124 21 3 8 49 3 1 65 56 .249 .335 .351 .686 82 174 7 1 4
BOS (4 yrs) 458 1860 1626 255 428 77 11 25 168 9 0 210 156 .263 .346 .370 .716 86 602 25 1 11 12 0
PHI (2 yrs) 113 303 266 31 52 8 2 4 20 1 1 30 47 .195 .279 .286 .564 55 76 4 1 5 1 3
MLN (2 yrs) 9 7 6 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -57 0 0 0 0
BAL (2 yrs) 150 430 364 41 89 13 0 4 31 2 4 60 47 .245 .350 .313 .663 86 114 7 0 4 2 1
WSA (1 yr) 91 287 251 26 57 8 2 7 30 2 2 30 34 .227 .311 .359 .670 83 90 1 2 1 3 3
AL (7 yrs) 699 2577 2241 322 574 98 13 36 229 13 6 300 237 .256 .342 .360 .702 86 806 33 3 16 17 4
NL (4 yrs) 122 310 272 35 52 8 2 4 21 1 1 31 48 .191 .275 .279 .555 52 76 4 1 5 1 3
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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 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.60
1961 WSA AL 32 OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.60
1 Season OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1955-AL-13-8%
0.08 Career Shares (949th)

Doubles s c a p y
1955 AL--26--9th
1956 AL--29--4th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 AL--90--6th

Singles s c a p y
1955 AL--118--10th

AB per SO s c a p y
1955 AL--12.295--8th
1956 AL--12.093--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 6 (1654), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2504), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

Before 1947 Season: Free agent signing by the Cleveland Indians voided.

Before 1947 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

December 5, 1949: Drafted by Dallas (Texas) from the Chicago Cubs in the 1949 minor league draft.

October 1, 1950: Purchased by the Boston Braves from Dallas (Texas). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

February 1, 1954: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with Johnny Antonelli, Don Liddle, Ebba St. Claire and $50,000 to the New York Giants for Sam Calderone and Bobby Thomson.

December 14, 1954: Traded by the New York Giants to the Boston Red Sox for Del Wilber.

December 15, 1958: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Jim Busby.

December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Washington Senators from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1960 expansion draft.

April 5, 1962: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Washington Senators.

October 19, 1962: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

April 1, 1963: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

May 24, 1963: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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