Lou Klimchock
Louis Stephen Klimchock
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 15, 1939 in Hostetter, PA
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1958
Final Game: August 2, 1970
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Standard Batting

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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
1958 18 KCA AL 2 10 10 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .500 .700 85 5 0 0 0 0 0 /4
1959 19 KCA AL 17 68 66 10 18 1 0 4 13 0 0 1 6 .273 .284 .470 .753 102 31 2 0 1 0 0 4
1960 20 KCA AL 10 10 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .300 .600 63 3 0 0 0 0 0 /4
1961 21 KCA AL 57 128 121 8 26 4 1 1 16 0 0 5 13 .215 .244 .289 .533 42 35 1 0 1 1 0 3/5794
1962 22 MLN NL 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 23 TOT MLB 33 61 60 7 11 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 13 .183 .183 .200 .383 10 12 0 0 1 0 0 3/4
1963 23 MLN NL 24 47 46 6 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 12 .196 .196 .217 .413 20 10 0 0 1 0 0 3
1963 23 WSA AL 9 14 14 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -19 2 0 0 0 0 0 /4
1964 24 MLN NL 10 22 21 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .333 .364 .429 .792 122 9 1 0 0 0 0 /54
1965 25 MLN NL 34 42 39 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 8 .077 .119 .077 .196 -44 3 1 0 0 1 0 /3
1966 26 NYM NL 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
1968 28 CLE AL 11 17 15 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .133 .176 .133 .310 -4 2 0 0 0 1 1 /534
1969 29 CLE AL 90 279 258 26 74 13 2 6 26 0 0 18 14 .287 .331 .422 .753 107 109 4 0 1 2 3 54/2
1970 30 CLE AL 41 61 56 5 9 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 9 .161 .213 .214 .427 17 12 1 1 0 1 1 /34
12 Seasons 318 711 669 64 155 21 3 13 69 0 1 31 71 .232 .264 .330 .595 63 221 11 1 4 6 5
162 Game Avg. 162 362 341 33 79 11 2 7 35 0 1 16 36 .232 .264 .330 .595 63 113 6 1 2 3 3
MLN (4 yrs) 76 119 114 12 19 3 0 0 6 0 1 3 24 .167 .186 .193 .379 8 22 2 0 1 1 0
KCA (4 yrs) 86 216 207 20 49 5 1 6 30 0 0 6 20 .237 .257 .357 .614 64 74 3 0 2 1 0
CLE (3 yrs) 142 357 329 31 85 13 2 7 31 0 0 22 23 .258 .303 .374 .677 87 123 5 1 1 4 5
NYM (1 yr) 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
WSA (1 yr) 9 14 14 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -19 2 0 0 0 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 237 587 550 52 136 18 3 13 63 0 0 28 44 .247 .283 .362 .644 76 199 8 1 3 5 5
NL (5 yrs) 81 124 119 12 19 3 0 0 6 0 1 3 27 .160 .179 .185 .364 4 22 3 0 1 1 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1958 18 KCA AL 10 8 1 3.3 100 .125 .200 .264 .200 .333 .500 .401 .700 .734 85 .387 -0.4 0.0 .625 .300 .300 .0
1959 19 KCA AL 68 51 8 4.2 100 .250 .273 .263 .284 .334 .470 .401 .753 .736 102 .481 -0.5 -0.1 .640 .212 .197 .0
1960 20 KCA AL 10 7 1 3.8 101 .300 .300 .263 .300 .337 .300 .403 .600 .740 63 .430 -0.6 -0.1 .429 .000 .000
1961 21 KCA AL 128 98 9 2.4 105 .231 .215 .265 .244 .340 .289 .412 .533 .753 42 .236 -10.5 -1.0 .417 .116 .074 .0
1962 22 MLN NL 8 8 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .266 .000 .333 .000 .404 .000 .737 -100 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1963 23 TOT MLB 61 51 2 1.1 90 .234 .183 .254 .183 .316 .200 .382 .383 .698 10 .082 -7.1 -0.7 .220 .000 .017
1963 23 MLN NL 47 39 2 1.4 88 .265 .196 .253 .196 .315 .217 .378 .413 .693 20 .129 -4.8 -0.5 .237 .000 .022
1963 23 WSA AL 14 12 0 0.0 95 .154 .143 .255 .143 .322 .143 .394 .286 .716 -19 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .167 .000 .000
1964 24 MLN NL 22 15 3 5.4 94 .368 .333 .264 .364 .322 .429 .393 .792 .715 122 .621 0.7 0.1 .667 .143 .095
1965 25 MLN NL 42 38 0 0.0 94 .094 .077 .259 .119 .323 .077 .392 .196 .715 -44 .000 -7.5 -0.8 .135 .051 .000
1966 26 NYM NL 5 6 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .261 .000 .319 .000 .393 .000 .712 -100 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1968 28 CLE AL 17 14 0 0.0 79 .125 .133 .237 .176 .306 .133 .351 .310 .656 -4 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .231 .067 .000
1969 29 CLE AL 279 191 36 5.1 97 .283 .287 .258 .331 .335 .422 .389 .753 .724 107 .584 1.8 0.2 .676 .205 .136 .0
1970 30 CLE AL 61 49 3 1.6 101 .170 .161 .262 .213 .337 .214 .400 .427 .738 17 .148 -6.7 -0.7 .333 .107 .054 .0
12 Seasons 711 536 63 3.2 98 .240 .232 .260 .264 .333 .330 .395 .595 .727 63 .365 -36.1 -3.6 .479 .143 .099 .0
162 Game Avg. 362 273 32 3.2 98 .240 .232 .260 .264 .333 .330 .395 .595 .727 63 .365 -36.1 -3.6 .479 .143 .099
MLN (4 yrs) 119 100 5 1.3 92 .209 .167 .258 .186 .320 .193 .387 .379 .708 8 .117 -13.9 -1.4 .245 .044 .026
KCA (4 yrs) 216 164 19 3.1 103 .236 .237 .264 .257 .338 .357 .408 .614 .746 64 .332 -11.9 -1.2 .497 .150 .121 .0
CLE (3 yrs) 357 254 39 4.1 97 .257 .258 .258 .303 .334 .374 .389 .677 .723 87 .493 -6.7 -0.7 .586 .182 .116 .0
NYM (1 yr) 5 6 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .261 .000 .319 .000 .393 .000 .712 -100 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
WSA (1 yr) 14 12 0 0.0 95 .154 .143 .255 .143 .322 .143 .394 .286 .716 -19 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .167 .000 .000
AL (8 yrs) 587 430 58 3.6 99 .247 .247 .260 .283 .335 .362 .396 .644 .731 76 .420 -20.8 -2.1 .540 .165 .115 .0
NL (5 yrs) 124 106 5 1.3 92 .204 .160 .258 .179 .320 .185 .388 .364 .708 4 .106 -15.3 -1.5 .231 .042 .025

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1958 18 KCA AL 10 10.0% 10.0% 0.0% 10.0% 50% 10.0 10.0 10.0 1.33 80%
1959 19 KCA AL 68 5.9% 8.8% 1.5% 7.4% 28% 6.00 11.0 16.5 5.1 0.86 82%
1960 20 KCA AL 10 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.17 100%
1961 21 KCA AL 128 0.8% 10.2% 3.9% 4.7% 23% 2.60 9.3 121.0 7.6 1.19 84%
1962 22 MLN NL 8 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0 2.00 75%
1963 23 TOT MLB 61 0.0% 21.3% 0.0% 1.6% 9% 4.6 20.0 1.20 77%
1963 23 MLN NL 47 0.0% 25.5% 0.0% 2.1% 11% 3.8 46.0 2.14 72%
1963 23 WSA AL 14 0.0% 7.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 14.0 7.0 0.38 93%
1964 24 MLN NL 22 0.0% 9.1% 4.6% 9.1% 29% 2.00 10.5 10.5 0.71 86%
1965 25 MLN NL 42 0.0% 19.1% 4.8% 0.0% 0% 4.00 4.9 13.0 1.27 76%
1966 26 NYM NL 5 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7 2.00 40%
1968 28 CLE AL 17 0.0% 0.0% 5.9% 0.0% 0% 0.00 5.0 0.56 94%
1969 29 CLE AL 279 2.2% 5.0% 6.5% 7.5% 28% 0.78 18.4 43.0 9.9 0.80 86%
1970 30 CLE AL 61 1.6% 14.8% 4.9% 1.6% 11% 3.00 6.2 56.0 28.0 0.86 77%
12 Seasons 711 1.8% 10.0% 4.4% 5.2% 24% 2.29 9.4 51.5 9.7 0.92 83%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1958 18 KCA AL 0 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1959 19 KCA AL 3 0 40% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 63% 2 1 1 3 2 1 3 0 3
1960 20 KCA AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1961 21 KCA AL 1 0 23% 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 8 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 1
1962 22 MLN NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 23 TOT MLB 0 0 64% 17 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 60% 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 1
1963 23 MLN NL 0 0 67% 14 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
1963 23 WSA AL 0 0 50% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1964 24 MLN NL 0 0 38% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1965 25 MLN NL 2 0 60% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 26 NYM NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 28 CLE AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 29 CLE AL 4 0 23% 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 9 33% 11 8 2 1 0 1 9 4 4
1970 30 CLE AL 0 0 33% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
12 Seasons 10 0 29% 224 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 17 44% 26 17 8 7 3 3 19 5 12
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1958 18 KCA AL 10 100% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1959 19 KCA AL 68 75% 18 1 0 0 0 0.69 4 0 3 3 1 1 3 0 1 1 100% 21 2 10% 8 2 25% 51 10 20% 6 4 67% 6 3 50% 0
1960 20 KCA AL 10 80% 3 9 2 0 0 1.31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 5 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1961 21 KCA AL 123 82% 26 32 6 1 4 0.94 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 26 1 4% 15 6 40% 91 15 16% 10 7 70% 10 7 70% 5
1962 22 MLN NL 8 100% 0 8 0 0 0 0.87 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1963 23 TOT MLB 57 96% 11 20 3 0 2 1.72 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 15 0 0% 10 2 20% 39 3 8% 4 1 25% 3 0 0% 4
1963 23 MLN NL 43 100% 9 14 1 0 1 1.83 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 13 0 0% 10 2 20% 33 1 3% 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 4
1963 23 WSA AL 14 86% 2 6 2 0 1 1.44 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 6 2 33% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1964 24 MLN NL 20 85% 7 5 2 0 0 1.21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 4 1 25% 13 2 15% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 2
1965 25 MLN NL 38 95% 3 26 1 0 2 1.14 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 5 2 40% 20 2 10% 3 2 67% 2 1 50% 4
1966 26 NYM NL 5 100% 0 5 0 0 0 1.94 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 8 1 13% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1968 28 CLE AL 17 94% 2 7 0 0 0 0.84 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 1 50% 14 3 21% 2 2 100% 1 0 0% 0
1969 29 CLE AL 279 94% 74 15 2 0 1 1.16 6 0 3 6 0 1 5 0 1 1 100% 48 4 8% 19 5 26% 147 20 14% 9 5 56% 13 1 8% 0
1970 30 CLE AL 61 97% 9 30 4 0 0 1.46 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 1 7% 5 2 40% 38 1 3% 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 0
12 Seasons 696 90% 155 158 20 1 9 1.24 13 0 18 12 1 2 11 0 4 4 100% 147 11 7% 74 22 30% 438 57 13% 42 24 57% 40 14 35% 15
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1958 18 2 10 10 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .500 .700 85 5 0 0 0 0 0
1959 19 19 78 76 12 20 1 0 5 14 0 0 1 7 .263 .273 .474 .746 100 36 2 0 1 0 0
1960 20 29 88 86 12 23 1 0 5 14 0 0 1 7 .267 .276 .453 .729 95 39 2 0 1 0 0
1961 21 86 216 207 20 49 5 1 6 30 0 0 6 20 .237 .257 .357 .614 64 74 3 0 2 1 0
1962 22 94 224 215 20 49 5 1 6 30 0 0 6 22 .228 .248 .344 .592 58 74 3 0 2 1 0
1963 23 127 285 275 27 60 6 1 6 33 0 1 6 35 .218 .234 .313 .547 48 86 3 0 3 1 0
1964 24 137 307 296 30 67 8 1 6 35 0 1 7 37 .226 .243 .321 .564 53 95 4 0 3 1 0
1965 25 171 349 335 33 70 8 1 6 38 0 1 9 45 .209 .228 .293 .521 42 98 5 0 3 2 0
1966 26 176 354 340 33 70 8 1 6 38 0 1 9 48 .206 .225 .288 .513 40 98 6 0 3 2 0
1967 27 176 354 340 33 70 8 1 6 38 0 1 9 48 .206 .225 .288 .513 40 98 6 0 3 2 0
1968 28 187 371 355 33 72 8 1 6 41 0 1 10 48 .203 .223 .282 .505 38 100 6 0 3 3 1
1969 29 277 650 613 59 146 21 3 12 67 0 1 28 62 .238 .269 .341 .610 68 209 10 0 4 5 4
1970 30 318 711 669 64 155 21 3 13 69 0 1 31 71 .232 .264 .330 .595 63 221 11 1 4 6 5

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1958 18 2 10 10 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 2
1959 19 18 69 68 11 18 1 0 4 14 0 1 6 .265 .275 .456 .731 8 17
1960 20 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 10
1961 21 57 126 120 7 25 4 1 1 15 0 5 13 .208 .238 .283 .521 8 57
1962 22 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
1963 23 33 60 60 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 33
1964 24 10 22 21 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 .333 .364 .429 .792 3 10
1965 25 34 42 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .000 .048 .000 .048 0 34
1966 26 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1968 28 11 19 16 0 3 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 .188 .263 .188 .451 1 11
1969 29 90 280 260 27 76 13 2 6 27 0 18 14 .292 .336 .427 .763 38 90
1970 30 41 62 57 6 10 0 0 1 2 0 3 9 .175 .226 .228 .454 3 41
12 Seasons 320 714 675 63 139 20 3 12 71 0 32 71 .206 .241 .298 .539 65 318
162 Game Avg. 162 361 342 32 70 10 2 6 36 0 16 36 .206 .241 .298 .539 33 318

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1958 AL--born 1939-10-15--1st
1959 AL--born 1939-10-15--3rd
1960 AL--born 1939-10-15--4th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3952), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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