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Johnny Kling
John Kling (Noisy)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 160 lb.

Born: November 13, 1875 in Kansas City, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1900
Final Game: September 21, 1913
Died: January 31, 1947 in Kansas City, MO
Relatives: Brother of Bill Kling
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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
1900 24 CHC NL 15 54 51 8 15 3 1 0 7 0 2 .294 .321 .392 .713 99 20 0 1 2
1901 25 CHC NL 74 269 256 26 70 6 3 0 21 8 9 .273 .301 .320 .621 83 82 1 3 2/3O
1902 26 CHC NL 114 472 431 49 123 19 3 0 57 24 29 .285 .330 .343 .674 110 148 0 12 *2/6
1903 27 CHC NL 132 524 491 67 146 29 13 3 68 23 22 .297 .330 .428 .758 118 210 2 9 *2
1904 28 CHC NL 123 483 452 41 110 18 0 2 46 7 16 .243 .271 .296 .567 75 134 1 14 *2O/3
1905 29 CHC NL 111 425 380 26 83 8 6 1 52 13 28 .218 .272 .279 .551 61 106 0 17 *2/O3
1906 30 CHC NL 107 375 343 45 107 15 8 2 46 14 23 .312 .357 .420 .777 136 144 1 8 2/O
1907 31 CHC NL 104 367 334 44 95 15 8 1 43 9 27 .284 .342 .386 .728 122 129 2 4 2/3
1908 32 CHC NL 126 461 424 51 117 23 5 4 59 16 21 .276 .315 .382 .697 119 162 3 13 *2/O3
1910 34 CHC NL 91 343 297 31 80 17 2 2 32 3 37 27 .269 .354 .360 .714 109 107 2 7 2
1911 35 TOT NL 102 367 321 40 68 11 3 3 29 1 38 43 .212 .295 .293 .588 61 94 0 8 2/5 MVP-27
1911 35 CHC NL 27 89 80 8 14 3 2 1 5 1 8 14 .175 .250 .300 .550 54 24 0 1 2
1911 35 BSN NL 75 278 241 32 54 8 1 2 24 0 30 29 .224 .310 .290 .600 64 70 0 7 2/5
1912 36 BSN NL 81 274 252 26 80 10 3 2 30 3 15 30 .317 .356 .405 .761 108 102 0 7 2
1913 37 CIN NL 80 226 209 20 57 7 6 0 23 2 14 14 .273 .318 .364 .682 94 76 0 3 2
13 Seasons 1260 4640 4241 474 1151 181 61 20 513 123 281 114 .271 .318 .357 .675 100 1514 12 106
162 Game Avg. 162 597 545 61 148 23 8 3 66 16 36 .271 .318 .357 .675 100 195 2 14
CHC (11 yrs) 1024 3862 3539 396 960 156 51 16 436 118 222 41 .271 .316 .358 .674 103 1266 12 89
BSN (2 yrs) 156 552 493 58 134 18 4 4 54 3 45 59 .272 .333 .349 .682 86 172 0 14
CIN (1 yr) 80 226 209 20 57 7 6 0 23 2 14 14 .273 .318 .364 .682 94 76 0 3

Postseason Batting

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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
1906 30 CHC NL WS CHW L 6 21 17 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 .176 .333 .235 .569 4 1 0 0 0 1
1907 31 CHC NL WS DET W 5 21 19 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .211 .250 .211 .461 4 0 0 1 0 0
1908 32 CHC NL WS DET W 5 19 16 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 .250 .333 .313 .646 5 1 0 1 0 0
1910 34 CHC NL WS PHA L 5 14 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .077 .143 .077 .220 1 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 21 75 65 6 12 2 0 0 4 0 2 8 11 .185 .274 .215 .489 14 3 0 2 0 1
4 WS 21 75 65 6 12 2 0 0 4 0 2 8 11 .185 .274 .215 .489 14 3 0 2 0 1

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1900 CHC NL 24 C 15 71 49 15 7 2 .901 4.27 .952 4.73 4
1901 CHC NL 25 C 69 414 319 75 20 7 .952 5.71 .971 5.90 14
1901 CHC NL 25 1B 1 7 6 0 1 0 .857 6.00 .986 10.00
1901 CHC NL 25 OF 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .933 2.00 0-0-1
1902 CHC NL 26 C 112 646 471 158 17 16 .974 5.62 .965 5.82 17
1902 CHC NL 26 SS 1 5 1 2 2 1 .600 3.00 .940 5.40
1903 CHC NL 27 C 132 778 565 189 24 13 .969 5.71 .967 5.82 9
1904 CHC NL 28 C 104 651 499 135 17 6 .974 6.10 .964 5.74 16
1904 CHC NL 28 OF 10 11 10 0 1 0 .909 1.00 .945 1.86 9-0-1
1904 CHC NL 28 1B 6 53 51 0 2 2 .962 8.50 .983 10.37
1905 CHC NL 29 C 106 698 538 136 24 12 .966 6.36 .963 5.91 16
1905 CHC NL 29 OF 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 1.92 0-0-4
1905 CHC NL 29 1B 1 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 8.00 .975 10.50
1906 CHC NL 30 C 96 658 520 126 12 7 .982 6.73 .970 5.83 7
1906 CHC NL 30 OF 3 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 1.000 1.87 0-0-3
1907 CHC NL 31 C 98 616 499 109 8 11 .987 6.20 .970 5.68 2
1907 CHC NL 31 1B 2 12 10 2 0 1 1.000 6.00 .983 10.25
1908 CHC NL 32 C 117 761 596 149 16 11 .979 6.37 .971 5.46 4
1908 CHC NL 32 OF 6 11 6 4 1 1 .909 1.67 .964 1.98 1-1-4
1908 CHC NL 32 1B 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 .980 10.65
1910 CHC NL 34 C 86 536 407 118 11 10 .979 6.10 .973 5.63 10
1911 TOT NL 35 C 96 590 424 140 26 8 .956 5.88 .966 5.56 13 MVP-27
1911 CHC NL 35 C 25 161 122 34 5 2 .969 6.24 .966 5.56 2
1911 BSN NL 35 C 71 429 302 106 21 6 .951 5.75 .966 5.56 11
1911 BSN NL 35 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 MVP-27
1912 BSN NL 36 C 74 449 322 108 19 20 .958 5.81 .969 5.38 8
1913 CIN NL 37 C 63 362 259 94 9 3 .975 5.60 .970 5.09 6
13 Seasons C 1168 7230 5468 1552 210 126 .971 6.01 .968 5.66 126
5 Seasons OF 24 30 23 5 2 1 .933 1.17 .953 1.91 10-1-13
5 Seasons 1B 12 85 79 3 3 3 .965 6.83 .982 10.38
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
1 Season SS 1 5 1 2 2 1 .600 3.00 .940 5.40
13 Seasons TOT 1206 7350 5571 1562 217 131 .970 5.91 .938 5.63 10-1-13 126
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA ( 3.5%)
1937 BBWAA (10.0%)
1938 BBWAA ( 9.9%)
1939 BBWAA ( 5.1%)
1942 BBWAA ( 6.4%)
1945 BBWAA ( 4.9%)
1946 Nominating Vote ( 9.9%)
1948 BBWAA ( 1.7%)
1953 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1911 NL (27, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1339th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1906 NL  .312 (6th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1906 NL  .420 (7th)
1907 NL  .386 (9th)
1908 NL  .382 (9th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1906 NL  .777 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1903 NL  29 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1903 NL  13 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1908 NL  4 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1906 NL  136 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1903 NL  45 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1906 NL  .737 (7th)
1907 NL  .693 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1908 NL  106.0 (6th)

Oldest s c a p y
1912 NL  born 1875-11-13 (3rd)
1913 NL  born 1875-11-13 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 20 (1004), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 24 (678), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (560), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

August, 1900: Purchased by the Chicago Orphans from St. Joseph (Western).

June 10, 1911: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Hank Griffin, Al Kaiser and Orlie Weaver to the Boston Rustlers for Bill Collins, Cliff Curtis, Wilbur Good and Peaches Graham.

May 4, 1913: Traded by the Boston Braves to the Cincinnati Reds for Tex McDonald.

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