Bobby Klaus
Robert Francis Klaus
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 27, 1937 in Spring Grove, IL
High School: Grant Community (Fox Lake, IL)
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1964
Final Game: October 3, 1965
Relatives: Brother of Billy 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
1964 TOT NL 26 2B 43 40 347.0 211 91 116 4 18 .981 -1.4 -4.8 -0.4 -0.2 -0.1 -1 5.37 4.81 .973 5.22 4.61
1964 TOT NL 26 3B 39 32 286.0 101 31 66 4 4 .960 -1.2 -5.0 -1.2 1.4 -2.6 0 3.05 2.49 .940 2.93 2.60
1964 TOT NL 26 SS 8 2 36.1 11 5 4 2 0 .818 -0.8 -26.4 -0.8 0.3 -1.2 0 2.23 1.13 .964 5.00 4.32
1964 CIN NL 26 2B 18 16 136.0 71 33 36 2 7 .972 -0.4 -3.5 -0.4 0.3 -0.6 0 4.57 3.83 .973 5.22 4.61
1964 CIN NL 26 3B 11 6 61.0 26 8 18 0 1 1.000 1.3 25.6 1.3 0.9 0.4 0 3.84 2.36 .938 2.94 2.60
1964 CIN NL 26 SS 3 0 11.0 6 2 3 1 0 .833 -0.5 -54.5 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 4.09 1.67 .967 4.99 4.33
1964 NYM NL 26 3B 28 26 225.0 75 23 48 4 3 .947 -2.5 -13.3 -2.5 0.5 -3.0 0 2.84 2.54 .940 2.93 2.60
1964 NYM NL 26 2B 25 24 211.0 140 58 80 2 11 .986 -1.0 -5.7 0.0 -0.5 0.5 -1 5.89 5.52 .973 5.22 4.61
1964 NYM NL 26 SS 5 2 25.1 5 3 1 1 0 .800 -0.3 -14.2 -0.3 0.3 -0.7 0 1.42 0.80 .960 5.01 4.32
1965 NYM NL 27 2B 72 60 521.0 345 146 188 11 46 .968 -2.1 -4.8 -2.1 -3.9 1.8 0 5.77 4.64 .974 5.28 4.71
1965 NYM NL 27 SS 28 2 76.2 40 15 25 0 5 1.000 1.4 21.9 1.4 -0.1 1.5 0 4.70 1.43 .962 4.92 4.20
1965 NYM NL 27 3B 25 20 163.0 59 18 41 0 3 1.000 -0.2 -1.5 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 0 3.26 2.36 .949 2.82 2.47
2 Seasons 2B 115 100 868.0 556 237 304 15 64 .973 -3.5 -4.8 -2.5 -4.1 1.7 -1 5.61 4.70 .974 5.26 4.67
2 Seasons 3B 64 52 449.0 160 49 107 4 7 .975 -1.4 -3.7 -1.4 1.5 -2.8 0 3.13 2.44 .943 2.89 2.55
2 Seasons SS 36 4 113.0 51 20 29 2 5 .961 0.6 6.4 0.6 0.2 0.3 0 3.90 1.36 .963 4.95 4.23
2 Seasons TOT 215 156 1430.0 767 306 440 21 76 .973 -4.3 -3.6 -3.3 -2.4 -0.8 -1 4.70 3.47 .939 4.49 3.97

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
1964 NYM NL 26 56 52 56 56 0 0 0 25 28 5 0 0 0 0 2 1
1964 CIN NL 26 40 22 40 40 0 0 0 18 11 3 0 0 0 0 7 1
1965 NYM NL 27 119 82 119 119 0 0 0 72 25 28 0 0 0 0 5 6
2 Seasons 215 156 215 215 0 0 0 115 64 36 0 0 0 0 14 8
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 -- 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
1964 NYM NL 26 955 58% 82% 29% 101 89% 1 58 20 23 15 80 60 15 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 12 3 1 4 1 11 6 4 1 1 0
1964 CIN NL 26 584 62% 74% 29% 50 94% 0 27 13 12 2 38 32 5 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 7 2 1 4 0 7 4 3 0 0 0
1965 NYM NL 27 2323 61% 80% 30% 231 95% 2 150 55 76 19 192 156 27 2 4 11 1 9 1 7 46 14 10 9 2 39 11 25 6 3 2
2 Seasons 3862 60% 79% 29% 382 93% 3 235 88 111 36 310 248 47 2 4 15 1 12 2 10 65 19 12 17 3 57 21 32 7 4 2
MLB Averages 61% 76% 27% 93%

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%
1964 NYM NL 26 958 58% 80% 32% 75 83% 0 20 17 2 1 44 39 4 1 1 4 0 4 0 4 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 6 33%
1964 CIN NL 26 272 61% 72% 24% 20 100% 0 7 4 3 0 16 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1965 NYM NL 27 736 63% 82% 26% 56 91% 1 22 12 2 9 40 30 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 100%
2 Seasons 1966 60% 79% 28% 151 88% 1 49 33 7 10 100 80 16 1 2 4 0 4 0 4 7 4 0 6 0 0 0 9 56%
MLB Averages 61% 76% 27% 90% 66%

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
1964 NYM NL 26 104 38% 81% 31% 5 100% 0 4 2 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 CIN NL 26 53 58% 70% 15% 5 80% 0 2 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 NYM NL 27 331 60% 80% 30% 38 95% 0 16 10 5 1 29 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 2 1 0 5 2 3 0 0 0
2 Seasons 488 55% 79% 29% 48 94% 0 22 13 7 2 35 30 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 5 2 0 2 1 0 5 2 3 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 76% 27% 91%

* 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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