Ted Kluszewski
Theodore Bernard Kluszewski (Big Klu)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: September 10, 1924 in Argo, IL
School: Indiana University
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1947
Final Game: October 1, 1961
Died: March 29, 1988 in Cincinnati, OH
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1947 CIN NL 22 1B 2 10 10 0 0 1 1.000 5.00 .990 9.25
1948 CIN NL 23 1B 98 907 833 65 9 60 .990 9.16 .990 8.94
1949 CIN NL 24 1B 134 1219 1140 65 14 109 .989 8.99 .991 7.46
1950 CIN NL 25 1B 131 1199 1123 61 15 101 .987 9.04 .990 7.63 MVP-18
1951 CIN NL 26 1B 154 1474 1381 88 5 115 .997 9.54 .989 6.49
1952 CIN NL 27 1B 133 1195 1121 66 8 116 .993 8.92 .990 7.52 MVP-17
1953 CIN NL 28 1B 147 1350 1285 58 7 149 .995 9.14 .990 6.80 AS,MVP-7
1954 CIN NL 29 1B 149 149 1306.2 1343 1237 101 5 166 .996 6.0 5.5 5.0 1.3 3.6 1 9.22 8.98 .991 6.89 6.71 AS,MVP-2
1955 CIN NL 30 1B 153 153 1343.2 1482 1388 86 8 153 .995 0.6 0.5 -0.4 -1.5 1.1 1 9.87 9.63 .991 6.70 6.54 AS,MVP-6
1956 CIN NL 31 1B 131 130 1142.1 1268 1166 89 13 110 .990 -4.0 -4.2 -5.0 1.2 -6.3 1 9.89 9.58 .989 7.88 7.63 AS,MVP-14
1957 CIN NL 32 1B 23 19 169.0 178 161 15 2 11 .989 -1.6 -11.4 -1.6 0.1 -1.7 0 9.37 7.65 .990 9.67 8.82
1958 PIT NL 33 1B 72 72 592.0 631 591 36 4 62 .994 -3.0 -6.1 -3.0 -0.2 -2.8 0 9.53 8.71 .990 9.54 8.11
1959 TOT MLB 34 1B 49 49 371.0 393 371 22 0 27 1.000 1.3 4.2 1.3 1.6 -0.4 0 9.53 8.02 .989 9.73 8.18
1959 PIT NL 34 1B 20 20 164.0 163 151 12 0 14 1.000 0.2 1.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 8.95 8.15 .988 9.58 8.04
1959 CHW AL 34 1B 29 29 207.0 230 220 10 0 13 1.000 1.1 6.4 1.1 1.4 -0.4 0 10.00 7.93 .990 9.84 8.27
1960 CHW AL 35 1B 39 37 329.1 345 325 19 1 38 .997 0.2 0.7 0.2 -0.9 1.1 0 9.40 8.82 .991 9.58 8.04
1961 LAA AL 36 1B 66 59 496.2 554 520 28 6 51 .989 1.3 3.1 1.3 -1.0 2.3 0 9.93 8.30 .990 9.45 8.29
15 Seasons 1B 1481 668 5750.2 13548 12652 799 97 1269 .993 0.8 0.2 -2.2 0.6 -3.1 3 21.05 9.08 .990 7.95 7.39
15 Seasons TOT 1481 668 5750.2 13548 12652 799 97 1269 .993 0.8 0.2 -2.2 0.6 -3.1 3 21.05 9.08 .983 7.95 7.39
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1947 CIN NL 22 9 9 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 CIN NL 23 113 113 113 0 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 CIN NL 24 136 136 136 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 CIN NL 25 134 134 134 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CIN NL 26 154 154 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CIN NL 27 135 135 135 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CIN NL 28 149 149 149 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CIN NL 29 149 149 149 149 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CIN NL 30 153 153 153 153 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CIN NL 31 138 130 138 138 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1957 CIN NL 32 69 19 69 69 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0
1958 PIT NL 33 100 72 100 100 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
1959 PIT NL 34 60 20 60 60 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0
1959 CHW AL 34 31 29 31 31 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1960 CHW AL 35 81 37 81 81 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0
1961 LAA AL 36 107 59 107 107 0 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0
15 Seasons 1718 668 1718 1718 0 0 1481 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 216 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 CIN NL 29 5825 62% 82% 25% 299 97% 3 1237 51 1172 12 154 96 60 23 1 3 4 1 2 1 2 166 7 2 1 151 9 15 8 7 18 94%
1955 CIN NL 30 5828 64% 82% 28% 297 96% 1 1402 103 1284 14 112 80 55 17 2 2 8 0 7 1 4 155 1 2 6 142 9 12 3 9 18 94%
1956 CIN NL 31 4951 63% 81% 26% 262 95% 0 1161 75 1078 11 94 90 64 19 0 6 13 6 7 0 7 115 3 3 2 102 8 12 1 11 16 81%
1957 CIN NL 32 760 62% 83% 26% 38 92% 1 161 7 150 3 14 15 11 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 11 0 0 1 10 1 1 0 1 5 100%
1958 PIT NL 33 2404 58% 80% 27% 108 95% 0 550 20 521 7 51 38 26 6 0 3 4 1 3 0 2 59 1 0 0 58 1 1 0 1 6 67%
1959 CHW AL 34 860 66% 81% 30% 40 95% 0 222 13 208 1 17 9 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 12 0 3 0 3 1 100%
1959 PIT NL 34 743 60% 79% 26% 30 100% 0 147 5 142 0 13 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 12 0 2 0 2 5 100%
1960 CHW AL 35 1456 66% 77% 27% 58 93% 2 327 14 309 4 22 18 12 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 39 0 0 0 34 0 4 0 4 7 71%
1961 LAA AL 36 2237 64% 73% 27% 97 91% 0 505 25 472 7 38 27 17 8 0 2 6 2 4 0 3 51 1 1 0 49 3 1 0 1 5 80%
8 Seasons 25064 63% 80% 27% 1229 95% 7 5712 313 5336 59 515 385 262 82 4 18 38 10 25 3 21 625 13 8 10 570 31 51 12 39 81 88%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 94% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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