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Bobby Klaus

Robert Francis Klaus

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop
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
Teams (by GP): Mets/Reds 1964-1965

Final Game: October 3, 1965
Relatives: Brother of Billy Klaus
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:32AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
1964 26 TOT NL 96 336 302 35 68 13 4 4 17 4 4 29 43 .225 .291 .334 .626 77 101 3 0 3 2 0 45/6
1964 26 CIN NL 40 100 93 10 17 5 1 2 6 1 0 4 13 .183 .212 .323 .535 47 30 1 0 1 2 0 45/6
1964 26 NYM NL 56 236 209 25 51 8 3 2 11 3 4 25 30 .244 .325 .340 .664 90 71 2 0 2 0 0 54/6
1965 27 NYM NL 119 337 288 30 55 12 0 2 12 1 6 45 49 .191 .302 .253 .556 62 73 4 1 3 0 0 465
2 Seasons 215 673 590 65 123 25 4 6 29 5 10 74 92 .208 .297 .295 .592 70 174 7 1 6 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 507 445 49 93 19 3 5 22 4 8 56 69 .208 .297 .295 .592 70 131 5 1 5 2 0
NYM (2 yrs) 175 573 497 55 106 20 3 4 23 4 10 70 79 .213 .312 .290 .601 74 144 6 1 5 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 40 100 93 10 17 5 1 2 6 1 0 4 13 .183 .212 .323 .535 47 30 1 0 1 2 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1964 26 CIN NL 100 -7 0 0 0 0 1 3 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 45/6
1964 26 NYM NL 236 -2 0 0 0 -4 1 8 3 0.3 7 0.8 -0.5 $ 54/6
1965 27 NYM NL 337 -12 -3 0 1 -1 3 12 0 -0.2 1 0.1 -0.3 $ 465
2 Seasons 673 -21 -3 0 1 -4 5 23 0 -0.3 5 0.6 -0.9 $
NYM (2 yrs) 573 -14 -3 0 1 -5 4 20 3 0.1 8 0.9 -0.8 $
CIN (1 yr) 100 -7 0 0 0 0 1 3 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 TOT NL 26 2B 43 40 32 347.0 211 91 116 4 18 .981 -1 -5 5.37 4.81 .973 5.22 5.19
1964 TOT NL 26 3B 39 32 27 286.0 101 31 66 4 4 .960 -1 -5 3.05 2.49 .941 2.93 2.91
1964 TOT NL 26 SS 8 2 2 36.1 11 5 4 2 0 .818 -1 -26 2.23 1.13 .964 5.00 5.00
1964 CIN NL 26 2B 18 16 11 136.0 71 33 36 2 7 .972 -0 -4 4.57 3.83 .973 5.22 5.19
1964 CIN NL 26 3B 11 6 5 61.0 26 8 18 0 1 1.000 1 26 3.84 2.36 .941 2.94 2.91
1964 CIN NL 26 SS 3 0 0 11.0 6 2 3 1 0 .833 -0 -55 4.09 1.67 .963 4.99 5.00
1964 NYM NL 26 3B 28 26 22 225.0 75 23 48 4 3 .947 -2 -13 2.84 2.54 .941 2.93 2.91
1964 NYM NL 26 2B 25 24 21 211.0 140 58 80 2 11 .986 -1 -6 5.89 5.52 .973 5.22 5.19
1964 NYM NL 26 SS 5 2 2 25.1 5 3 1 1 0 .800 -0 -14 1.42 0.80 .964 5.01 5.00
1965 NYM NL 27 2B 72 60 39 521.0 345 146 188 11 46 .968 -2 -5 5.77 4.64 .974 5.28 5.28
1965 NYM NL 27 SS 28 2 1 76.2 40 15 25 0 5 1.000 1 22 4.70 1.43 .964 4.92 4.93
1965 NYM NL 27 3B 25 20 9 163.0 59 18 41 0 3 1.000 -0 -1 3.26 2.36 .951 2.82 2.82
2 Seasons 2B 115 100 71 868.0 556 237 304 15 64 .973 -3 -5 5.61 4.70 .974 5.26 5.25
2 Seasons 3B 64 52 36 449.0 160 49 107 4 7 .975 -1 -4 3.13 2.44 .945 2.89 2.88
2 Seasons SS 36 4 3 113.0 51 20 29 2 5 .961 1 6 3.90 1.36 .964 4.95 4.94
2 Seasons TOT 215 156 110 1430.0 767 306 440 21 76 .973 -4 -4 4.70 3.47 .967 4.49 4.49
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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