Ron Klimkowski
Ronald Bernard Klimkowski
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 1, 1944 in Jersey City, NJ
School: Morehead State University
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1969
Final Game: September 22, 1972
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1969 25 NYY AL 0 0 0.64 3 1 2 0 0 0 14.0 6 1 1 0 5 1 3 0 0 0 52 542 0.786 3.9 0.0 3.2 1.9 0.60
1970 26 NYY AL 6 7 .462 2.65 45 3 10 1 1 1 98.1 80 36 29 7 33 7 40 3 0 2 399 133 1.149 7.3 0.6 3.0 3.7 1.21
1971 27 OAK AL 2 2 .500 3.38 26 0 11 0 0 2 45.1 37 19 17 3 23 8 25 1 0 3 195 100 1.324 7.3 0.6 4.6 5.0 1.09
1972 28 NYY AL 0 3 .000 4.02 16 2 3 0 0 1 31.1 32 15 14 3 15 7 11 1 0 1 137 73 1.500 9.2 0.9 4.3 3.2 0.73
4 Seasons 8 12 .400 2.90 90 6 26 1 1 4 189.0 155 71 61 13 76 23 79 5 0 6 783 117 1.222 7.4 0.6 3.6 3.8 1.04
162 Game Avg. 6 9 .400 2.90 64 4 18 1 1 3 134 110 50 43 9 54 16 56 4 0 4 555 117 1.222 7.4 0.6 3.6 3.8 1.04
NYY (3 yrs) 6 10 .375 2.76 64 6 15 1 1 2 143.2 118 52 44 10 53 15 54 4 0 3 588 123 1.190 7.4 0.6 3.3 3.4 1.02
OAK (1 yr) 2 2 .500 3.38 26 0 11 0 0 2 45.1 37 19 17 3 23 8 25 1 0 3 195 100 1.324 7.3 0.6 4.6 5.0 1.09

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 25 NYY AL 3 52 46 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 3 .130 .212 .152 .364 .136 7 2 0 0 1 1
1970 26 NYY AL 45 399 359 36 80 8 1 7 4 6 33 40 .223 .293 .309 .602 .233 111 10 3 3 1 7
1971 27 OAK AL 26 195 168 19 37 8 2 3 7 1 23 25 .220 .316 .345 .661 .241 58 3 1 2 1 8
1972 28 NYY AL 16 137 118 15 32 5 1 3 4 0 15 11 .271 .356 .407 .762 .276 48 5 1 2 1 7
4 Seasons 90 783 691 71 155 22 4 13 16 7 76 79 .224 .304 .324 .628 .235 224 20 5 7 4 23
162 Game Avg. 64 555 489 50 110 16 3 9 11 5 54 56 .224 .304 .324 .628 .235 159 14 4 5 3 16
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1969 25 NYY AL 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 78 78 78 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1970 26 NYY AL 45 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 1 1 1 33% 53 82 38 25 8 1 1 5.3 4.5 6.3
1972 28 NYY AL 16 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 42 50 33 4 1 1 1 1.0 1.6 5.2
3 Seasons 64 6 1 3 2 0 1 2 4 .333 0 0 1 1 3 50% 54 82 33 29 9 2 2 2.7 2.7 6.4
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1969 25 NYY AL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.165 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 7.5
1970 26 NYY AL 45 42 10 5 6 2 1 1 50% 4 2 18 6 33% 6 0.873 13 9 19 6 10 26 10 32 26 7 27 6 5.7
1971 27 OAK AL 26 26 11 2 2 2 2 0 100% 2 0 15 4 27% 8 0.936 7 5 14 2 4 20 9 17 16 5 16 1 5.2
1972 28 NYY AL 16 14 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 7 1 14% 8 0.821 2 4 8 1 1 12 3 11 7 3 7 2 4.5
4 Seasons 90 84 26 7 9 5 4 1 80% 7 2 40 11 28% 0.899 22 19 42 9 15 60 22 62 51 15 52 9 5.4

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1969 25 NYY AL 52 42% 0.0% 5.8% 9.6% 1.9% 17% 1.79 85% 11 2 18%
1970 26 NYY AL 399 39% 1.8% 10.0% 8.3% 4.0% 20% 1.57 78% 69 10 14%
1971 27 OAK AL 195 38% 1.5% 12.8% 11.8% 6.7% 35% 1.62 72% 30 3 10%
1972 28 NYY AL 137 34% 2.2% 8.0% 11.0% 6.6% 28% 1.59 77% 30 5 17%
4 Seasons 783 38% 1.7% 10.1% 9.7% 5.0% 25% 1.60 77% 140 20 14%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1969 25 NYY AL 52 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 22 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1970 26 NYY AL 399 80 7 0 7 3 4 0 7 13 7 1 54% 10 2 2 134 4 6 40% 4 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 6 0
1971 27 OAK AL 195 37 3 0 8 3 0 3 0 12 4 0 33% 4 3 0 69 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1972 28 NYY AL 137 32 3 0 6 2 1 1 2 13 5 0 38% 2 1 0 54 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Seasons 783 155 13 0 21 8 5 4 9 39 17 1 44% 17 6 2 279 16 7 70% 15 5 1 2 0 0 2 1 14 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1969 25 0 0 0.64 3 1 2 0 0 0 14.0 6 1 1 0 5 1 3 0 0 0 52 542 0.786 3.9 0.0 3.2 1.9 0.60 542
1970 26 6 7 .462 2.40 48 4 12 1 1 1 112.1 86 37 30 7 38 8 43 3 0 2 451 147 1.104 6.9 0.6 3.0 3.4 1.13 147
1971 27 8 9 .471 2.68 74 4 23 1 1 3 157.2 123 56 47 10 61 16 68 4 0 5 646 130 1.167 7.0 0.6 3.5 3.9 1.11 130
1972 28 8 12 .400 2.90 90 6 26 1 1 4 189.0 155 71 61 13 76 23 79 5 0 6 783 117 1.222 7.4 0.6 3.6 3.8 1.04 117

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1969 25 1 0 1.000 0.69 13.0 7 1 1 0 6 3 0 1.000 4.8 4.2 2.1 0.50 0.0 3
1970 26 6 4 .600 3.23 92.0 85 37 33 7 35 37 3 1.304 8.3 3.4 3.6 1.06 0.7 45
1971 27 2 2 .500 4.19 43.0 40 22 20 3 25 24 1 1.512 8.4 5.2 5.0 0.96 0.6 26
1972 28 1 2 .333 6.11 28.0 39 21 19 4 18 10 1 2.036 12.5 5.8 3.2 0.56 1.3 16
4 Seasons 10 8 .556 3.73 176.0 171 81 73 14 84 74 5 1.449 8.7 3.8 0.88 0.7 90

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