Ed Klieman

Edward Frederick Klieman (Specs or Babe)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 21, 1918 in Norwood, OH
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1943
Teams (by GP): Indians/WhiteSox/Athletics/Senators 1943-1950

Final Game: June 2, 1950
Died: November 15, 1979 in Homosassa, FL
Cremated
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Standard Batting

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	Pos	Awards
1937	19	CIN-min	D	39	98	98		20	2	0	0						.204	.204	.224	.429		22					FMT · OHSL
1938	20	CIN-min	B	26	55	55		11	1	0	0						.200	.200	.218	.418		12					CLM · SALL
1939	21	CIN-min	B	35	79	79		25	0	2	0						.316	.316	.367	.684		29					CLM · SALL
1940	22	CLE-CIN-min	C,B	34	63	63		15	1	1	0						.238	.238	.286	.524		18					CHL,JCK,CLM · MATL,SALL
1941	23	CLE-min	C	33	74	74		20	1	0	0						.270	.270	.284	.554		21					CHL · MATL
1942	24	CLE-min	B	36	67	67		12	2	0	0						.179	.179	.209	.388		14					CDR · IIIL
1943	25	CLE-min	AA	45	107	88	9	17	2	0	0	5	0	0	8	15	.193	.260	.216	.476		19		0	11		BLT · IL
1943	25	CLE	AL	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/1
1944	26	CLE	AL	47	63	57	1	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	18	.105	.164	.105	.269	-21	6	2	0	2	1
1945	27	CLE	AL	38	43	40	1	8	2	0	1	4	0	0	1	13	.200	.220	.325	.545	61	13	2	0	2	1
1946	28	ATL-min	AAA	19	43	37	8	9	4	0	0	9	0		2	10	.243	.282	.351	.633		13	0	0	4		INA · AA
1946	28	CLE	AL	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/1
1947	29	CLE	AL	58	22	19	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.105	.190	.105	.296	-15	2	0	0	1	1
1948	30	CLE	AL	44	16	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.143	.250	.143	.393	7	2	0	0	0	1
1949	31	TOT	AL	20	11	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	3	0	0	2	1
1949	31	WSH	AL	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	437	1	0	0	0	/1
1949	31	CHW	AL	18	10	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	2	0	0	2	1
1950	32	BAL-min	AAA	15	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0		BLT · IL
1950	32	PHA	AL	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/1
1951	33	CHW-min	AAA	32	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000		2		0	1		SAC · PCL
8 Yrs				222	160	144	4	21	2	0	1	8	0	0	9	51	.146	.196	.181	.377	8	26	4	0	7
162 Game Avg.				162	117	105	3	15	1	0	1	6	0	0	7	37	.146	.196	.181	.377	8	19	3	0	5

CLE (6 yrs)				197	148	134	3	18	2	0	1	8	0	0	9	49	.134	.189	.172	.360	4	23	4	0	5
WSH (1 yr)				2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	437	1	0	0	0
PHA (1 yr)				5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				18	10	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	2	0	0	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1943	25	CLE	AL	1	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.452	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1944	26	CLE	AL	47	63	-9	0	0	0	6	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.493	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1
1945	27	CLE	AL	38	43	-2	0	0	0	4	2	0.2	1	2	0.2	.504	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	$	1
1946	28	CLE	AL	9	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1947	29	CLE	AL	58	22	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.0	0	$	1
1948	30	CLE	AL	44	16	-2	0	0	0	2	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1949	31	WSH	AL	2	1	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	.525	.500	0.1	0.0	0	$	/1
1949	31	CHW	AL	18	10	-1	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1950	32	PHA	AL	5	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
8 Seasons				222	160	-18	-0	0	0	15	-3	-0.3	4	1	-0.2	.499	.500	-0.2	-0.0	1	$

CLE (6 yrs)				197	148	-17	0	0	0	14	-3	-0.3	3	0	-0.3	.498	.500	-0.3	-0.0	0	$
WSH (1 yr)				2	1	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	.525	.500	0.1	0.0	0	$
PHA (1 yr)				5	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
CHW (1 yr)				18	10	-1	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1943	25	CLE	AL	3	3	0	0.0	81	.000	.000	.248	.000	.321	.000	.342	.000	.663	-100	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1944	26	CLE	AL	63	55	1	0.5	88	.154	.105	.263	.164	.329	.105	.360	.269	.689	-21	.021	-9.0	-1.0	.189	.070	.000
1945	27	CLE	AL	43	36	3	2.2	84	.269	.200	.256	.220	.327	.325	.348	.545	.675	61	.269	-2.2	-0.2	.412	.150	.125	.0
1946	28	CLE	AL	1	1	0	0.0	90		.000	.255	.000	.328	.000	.367	.000	.695	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1947	29	CLE	AL	22	18	0	0.0	94	.154	.105	.259	.190	.338	.105	.373	.296	.711	-15	.000	-3.0	-0.3	.235	.105	.000
1948	30	CLE	AL	16	12	1	2.2	103	.400	.143	.269	.250	.354	.143	.389	.393	.743	7	.208	-1.8	-0.2	.333	.143	.000
1949	31	TOT	AL	11	8	2	6.6	103	.429	.333	.266	.333	.357	.333	.386	.667	.744	80	.665	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1949	31	WSH	AL	1	0	1		104	1.000	1.000	.267	1.000	.358	1.000	.388	2.000	.746	437	.000	0.5	0.0		.000	.000
1949	31	CHW	AL	10	8	1	3.3	103	.333	.250	.266	.250	.357	.250	.386	.500	.743	35	.358	-0.8	-0.1	.333	.000	.000
1950	32	PHA	AL	1	1	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.276	.000	.363	.000	.414	.000	.777	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
8 Yrs				160	134	7	1.4	90	.217	.146	.261	.196	.334	.181	.363	.377	.697	8	.122	-17.6	-1.9	.276	.097	.035	.0
162 Game Avg.				117	98	5	1.4	90	.217	.146	.261	.196	.334	.181	.363	.377	.697	8	.122	-17.6	-1.9	.276	.097	.035

CLE (6 yrs)				148	125	5	1.1	89	.202	.134	.261	.189	.333	.172	.361	.360	.693	4	.081	-17.0	-1.8	.267	.104	.037	.0
WSH (1 yr)				1	0	1		104	1.000	1.000	.267	1.000	.358	1.000	.388	2.000	.746	437		0.5	0.0		.000	.000
PHA (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.276	.000	.363	.000	.414	.000	.777	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
CHW (1 yr)				10	8	1	3.3	103	.333	.250	.266	.250	.357	.250	.386	.500	.743	35	.358	-0.8	-0.1	.333	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1948	30	CLE	AL	WS	BSN	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1943	25	CLE	AL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5				33%
1944	26	CLE	AL	63	0.0%	28.6%	6.4%	0.0%	0%	4.50	3.2		19.0		62%
1945	27	CLE	AL	43	2.3%	30.2%	2.3%	7.0%	38%	13.00	3.1	40.0	10.0		60%
1946	28	CLE	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1947	29	CLE	AL	22	0.0%	27.3%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	3.00	3.2		19.0		59%
1948	30	CLE	AL	16	0.0%	56.3%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	4.50	1.6			0.50	31%
1949	31	TOT	AL	11	0.0%	18.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.5			1.50	64%
1949	31	WSH	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%
1949	31	CHW	AL	10	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0			1.50	60%
1950	32	PHA	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%
8 Yrs				160	0.6%	31.9%	5.6%	1.9%	14%	5.67	2.8	144.0	18.0	0.80	58%
MLB Averages					1.5%	9.3%	9.5%	6.0%	26%	0.99	9.5	61.2	8.5	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1943	25	CLE	AL	-0.7	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	26	CLE	AL	-9.0	-1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	27	CLE	AL	-2.2	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	28	CLE	AL	-0.3	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	29	CLE	AL	-3.0	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	30	CLE	AL	-1.8	-0.2	16	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.46	-0.1	-0.0	-1.9	-0.2	0.80	-1.8	0
1949	31	TOT	AL	-0.3	-0.0	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.18	-0.1	-0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.96	-0.4	0
1949	31	WSH	AL	0.5	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0		0.4	0.0	0.86	0.5	0
1949	31	CHW	AL	-0.8	-0.1	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.38	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.98	-0.8	0
1950	32	PHA	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0		-0.1	-0.0	0.39	-0.3	0
8 Yrs				-17.6	-1.9	24	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.65	-0.2	-0.1	-2.6	-0.3	0.83	-2.5	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2
1948	30	CLE	AL	0%	6	2	0%	2	1
1949	31	TOT	AL	33%	5	1	0%	2	2
1949	31	WSH	AL	0%	3	1	0%	1	1
1949	31	CHW	AL	50%	2	0	0%	1	1
1950	32	PHA	AL		0	0		0	0
8 Yrs				10%	11	3	0%	4	3

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	30	CLE	AL	16	63%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1949	31	TOT	AL	11	14%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1949	31	WSH	AL	1	0%	1			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
1949	31	CHW	AL	10	17%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1950	32	PHA	AL	1	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
8 Yrs				28	46%	21			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	350%	4	4	100%	4	0	0%	10	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			338%			36%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1943	25	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1944	26	48	66	60	1	6	0	0	3	4	20	.100	.156	.100	.256	-25	6	2	2
1945	27	86	109	100	2	14	2	1	7	5	33	.140	.181	.190	.371	9	19	4	4
1946	28	95	110	101	2	14	2	1	7	5	34	.139	.179	.188	.367	8	19	4	4
1947	29	153	132	120	3	16	2	1	8	7	40	.133	.181	.175	.356	4	21	4	5
1948	30	197	148	134	3	18	2	1	8	9	49	.134	.189	.172	.360	4	23	4	5
1949	31	217	159	143	4	21	2	1	8	9	51	.147	.197	.182	.379	9	26	4	7
1950	32	222	160	144	4	21	2	1	8	9	51	.146	.196	.181	.377	8	26	4	7

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1943	25	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1944	26	49	65	59	1	6	0	0	3	4	19	.102	.159	.102	.260	1	47
1945	27	40	46	43	1	9	2	1	4	1	14	.209	.227	.326	.553	3	38
1946	28	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
1947	29	60	23	20	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.000	.091	.000	.091	0	58
1948	30	46	17	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.000	.118	.000	.118	0	44
1949	31	21	11	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	20
1950	32	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
8 Yrs		231	167	151	3	18	2	1	7	9	53	.119	.169	.152	.321	5	222
162 Game Avg.		162	117	106	2	13	1	1	5	6	37	.119	.169	.152	.321	4	222

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