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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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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1958 KCA AL 18 2B 2 2 17.0 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 0.2 14.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.24 4.00 .975 5.24 4.70
1959 KCA AL 19 2B 16 16 139.2 79 34 41 4 11 .949 -2.8 -24.1 -2.8 -2.0 -0.9 0 4.83 4.69 .977 5.29 4.73
1960 KCA AL 20 2B 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70
1961 KCA AL 21 1B 11 10 82.0 84 78 4 2 4 .976 1.0 14.6 1.0 0.8 0.1 0 9.00 7.45 .990 9.45 8.29
1961 KCA AL 21 OF 7 7 57.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -14.7 -0.7 0.5 -1.2 0 1.74 1.57 .973 2.24 1.99
1961 KCA AL 21 3B 6 5 42.0 13 3 6 4 0 .692 -3.0 -85.7 -3.0 -0.1 -2.9 0 1.93 1.50 .962 3.17 2.78
1961 KCA AL 21 LF 4 4 31.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 7.7 0.2 0.5 -0.3 0 2.32 2.00 .962 2.00 1.62
1961 KCA AL 21 RF 3 3 26.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -41.5 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 0.35 0.33 1.000 2.08 1.73
1961 KCA AL 21 2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.70
1963 MLN NL 23 1B 12 7 69.2 83 76 6 1 11 .988 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.2 0 10.59 6.83 .989 9.82 8.36
1963 WSA AL 23 2B 3 2 21.0 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.0 57.1 1.0 0.0 1.0 0 5.14 4.00 .983 5.10 4.67
1964 MLN NL 24 3B 4 3 26.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -92.3 -2.0 -0.3 -1.7 0 1.73 1.25 .940 2.94 2.60
1964 MLN NL 24 2B 2 0 6.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -18.9 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 2.84 1.00 .950 5.26 4.60
1965 MLN NL 25 1B 4 2 21.0 26 20 4 2 0 .923 -1.0 -57.1 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 10.29 6.00 .992 10.03 8.60
1968 CLE AL 28 3B 4 3 21.1 4 0 2 2 0 .500 -2.6 -146.2 -2.6 -1.7 -0.8 0 0.84 0.50 .975 3.04 2.68
1968 CLE AL 28 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.30
1968 CLE AL 28 2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.30
1969 CLE AL 29 3B 56 53 416.1 137 46 82 9 7 .934 -7.2 -20.8 -7.2 -1.6 -5.6 0 2.77 2.29 .956 3.16 2.74
1969 CLE AL 29 2B 21 19 151.1 72 37 34 1 8 .986 0.3 2.4 -0.7 -1.1 0.5 1 4.22 3.38 .976 5.21 4.58
1969 CLE AL 29 C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 5.60 0 0 0 0
1970 CLE AL 30 1B 5 4 33.1 36 35 1 0 4 1.000 0.7 25.2 0.7 0.5 0.2 0 9.72 7.20 .992 9.59 8.14
1970 CLE AL 30 2B 5 4 31.0 12 4 8 0 2 1.000 0.3 11.6 0.3 0.1 0.3 0 3.48 2.40 .975 5.34 4.64
4 Seasons 3B 70 64 505.2 159 51 93 15 7 .906 -14.8 -35.1 -14.8 -3.7 -11.0 0 2.56 2.06 .957 3.14 2.73
9 Seasons 2B 52 44 370.1 186 81 100 5 23 .973 -1.4 -4.5 -2.4 -3.0 0.7 1 4.40 3.48 .977 5.25 4.64
5 Seasons 1B 33 23 207.0 230 210 15 5 19 .978 0.7 4.1 0.7 1.4 -0.9 0 9.78 6.82 .990 9.66 8.33
1 Season OF 7 7 57.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -14.7 -0.7 0.5 -1.2 0 1.74 1.57 .973 2.24 1.99
1 Season LF 4 4 31.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 7.7 0.2 0.5 -0.3 0 2.32 2.00 .962 2.00 1.62
1 Season RF 3 3 26.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -41.5 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 0.35 0.33 1.000 2.08 1.73
1 Season C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 5.60 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons TOT 163 138 1141.0 586 353 208 25 49 .957 -16.2 -17.0 -17.2 -4.8 -12.4 0 1 0 4.43 3.44 .934 4.97 4.46 0 0 0 0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

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

                                         

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

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Transactions

Before 1957 Season: Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent.

December 15, 1961: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Bob Shaw to the Milwaukee Braves for Joe Azcue, Ed Charles and Manny Jimenez.

Before 1963 Season: Sent to the Washington Senators by the Milwaukee Braves as part of a conditional deal.

May 6, 1963: Returned by the Washington Senators to the Milwaukee Braves as part of a conditional deal.

September 25, 1965: Sent by the Milwaukee Braves to the New York Mets to complete an earlier deal made on August 5, 1965. The Milwaukee Braves sent players to be named later to the New York Mets for Billy Cowan. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

October 12, 1966: Traded by the New York Mets with Ernie Bowman to the Cleveland Indians for Floyd Weaver.

August 11, 1970: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

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