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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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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
1947 22 CIN NL 9 11 10 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 .100 .182 .100 .282 -23 1 0 0 0 /3
1948 23 CIN NL 113 397 379 49 104 23 4 12 57 1 18 32 .274 .307 .451 .758 106 171 14 0 0 3
1949 24 CIN NL 136 550 531 63 164 26 2 8 68 3 19 24 .309 .333 .411 .743 97 218 10 0 0 *3
1950 25 CIN NL 134 572 538 76 165 37 0 25 111 3 33 28 .307 .348 .515 .863 124 277 20 1 0 *3 MVP-18
1951 26 CIN NL 154 644 607 74 157 35 2 13 77 6 2 35 33 .259 .301 .387 .688 82 235 16 2 0 *3
1952 27 CIN NL 135 549 497 62 159 24 11 16 86 3 3 47 28 .320 .383 .509 .892 145 253 13 4 1 *3 MVP-17
1953 28 CIN NL 149 629 570 97 180 25 0 40 108 2 0 55 34 .316 .380 .570 .950 143 325 13 4 0 *3 AS,MVP-7
1954 29 CIN NL 149 659 573 104 187 28 3 49 141 0 2 78 35 .326 .407 .642 1.049 167 368 12 3 0 5 *3 AS,MVP-2
1955 30 CIN NL 153 686 612 116 192 25 0 47 113 1 1 66 40 .314 .382 .585 .967 148 358 10 4 0 4 25 *3 AS,MVP-6
1956 31 CIN NL 138 574 517 91 156 14 1 35 102 1 0 49 31 .302 .362 .536 .898 132 277 11 3 0 5 22 *3 AS,MVP-14
1957 32 CIN NL 69 133 127 12 34 7 0 6 21 0 0 5 5 .268 .301 .465 .765 97 59 2 1 0 0 3 3
1958 33 PIT NL 100 331 301 29 88 13 4 4 37 0 0 26 16 .292 .348 .402 .750 101 121 8 1 1 2 6 3
1959 34 TOT MLB 91 239 223 22 62 12 2 4 27 0 1 14 24 .278 .319 .404 .723 95 90 7 0 1 1 4 3
1959 34 PIT NL 60 127 122 11 32 10 1 2 17 0 0 5 14 .262 .291 .410 .701 86 50 3 0 0 0 1 3
1959 34 CHW AL 31 112 101 11 30 2 1 2 10 0 1 9 10 .297 .351 .396 .747 106 40 4 0 1 1 3 3
1960 35 CHW AL 81 206 181 20 53 9 0 5 39 0 1 22 10 .293 .364 .425 .789 114 77 3 0 0 3 5 3
1961 36 LAA AL 107 290 263 32 64 12 0 15 39 0 0 24 23 .243 .303 .460 .764 93 121 4 0 0 3 5 3
15 Seasons 1718 6470 5929 848 1766 290 29 279 1028 20 10 492 365 .298 .353 .498 .850 123 2951 143 23 3 23 70
162 Game Avg. 162 610 559 80 167 27 3 26 97 2 46 34 .298 .353 .498 .850 123 278 13 2 0
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
CIN (11 yrs) 1339 5404 4961 745 1499 244 23 251 886 20 8 406 292 .302 .357 .512 .869 127 2542 121 22 1 14 50
PIT (2 yrs) 160 458 423 40 120 23 5 6 54 0 0 31 30 .284 .333 .404 .737 97 171 11 1 1 2 7
CHW (2 yrs) 112 318 282 31 83 11 1 7 49 0 2 31 20 .294 .360 .415 .775 111 117 7 0 1 4 8
LAA (1 yr) 107 290 263 32 64 12 0 15 39 0 0 24 23 .243 .303 .460 .764 93 121 4 0 0 3 5
NL (13 yrs) 1499 5862 5384 785 1619 267 28 257 940 20 8 437 322 .301 .355 .504 .859 125 2713 132 23 2 16 57
AL (3 yrs) 219 608 545 63 147 23 1 22 88 0 2 55 43 .270 .333 .437 .769 102 238 11 0 1 7 13

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
1959 34 CHW AL WS LAD L 6 25 23 5 9 1 0 3 10 0 0 2 0 .391 .440 .826 1.266 19 1 0 0 0 2
1 WS 6 25 23 5 9 1 0 3 10 0 0 2 0 .391 .440 .826 1.266 19 1 0 0 0 2

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1967 BBWAA ( 3.1%)
1968 BBWAA ( 4.9%)
1969 BBWAA ( 3.2%)
1970 BBWAA ( 2.7%)
1971 BBWAA ( 2.5%)
1972 BBWAA ( 2.5%)
1973 BBWAA ( 3.7%)
1974 BBWAA ( 7.7%)
1975 BBWAA ( 9.1%)
1976 BBWAA (12.9%)
1977 BBWAA (14.4%)
1978 BBWAA (13.5%)
1979 BBWAA (13.4%)
1980 BBWAA (13.0%)
1981 BBWAA (14.0%)

All-Star Games
1953 (1B)
1954 (1B)
1955 (1B)
1956 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1950 NL (18, 4%)
1952 NL (17, 5%)
1953 NL (7, 21%)
1954 NL (2, 65%)
1955 NL (6, 33%)
1956 NL (14, 5%)
1.33 Career Shares (166th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1949 NL  .309 (7th)
1950 NL  .307 (5th)
1952 NL  .320 (3rd)
1953 NL  .316 (9th)
1954 NL  .326 (5th)
1955 NL  .314 (6th)
1956 NL  .302 (8th)
Career  .298 (239th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1952 NL  .383 (8th)
1954 NL  .407 (6th)
1955 NL  .382 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1950 NL  .515 (9th)
1952 NL  .509 (3rd)
1953 NL  .570 (6th)
1954 NL  .642 (3rd)
1955 NL  .585 (5th)
1956 NL  .536 (6th)
Career  .498 (113th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1952 NL  .892 (3rd)
1953 NL  .950 (6th)
1954 NL  1.049 (3rd)
1955 NL  .967 (6th)
1956 NL  .898 (7th)
Career  .850 (165th)

Games Played s c a p y
1951 NL  154 (5th)
1955 NL  153 (7th)

At Bats s c a p y
1951 NL  607 (7th)
1955 NL  612 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1955 NL  686 (1st)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1954 NL  104 (8th)
1955 NL  116 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1953 NL  180 (8th)
1954 NL  187 (8th)
1955 NL  192 (1st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1950 NL  277 (10th)
1953 NL  325 (4th)
1954 NL  368 (3rd)
1955 NL  358 (2nd)

Doubles s c a p y
1950 NL  37 (4th)
1951 NL  35 (2nd)

Triples s c a p y
1952 NL  11 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1950 NL  25 (10th)
1953 NL  40 (4th)
1954 NL  49 (1st)
1955 NL  47 (2nd)
1956 NL  35 (7th)
Career  279 (151st)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1950 NL  111 (4th)
1953 NL  108 (9th)
1954 NL  141 (1st)
1955 NL  113 (5th)
1956 NL  102 (3rd)
Career  1028 (238th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1954 NL  78 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1949 NL  128 (7th)
1955 NL  120 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1952 NL  145 (3rd)
1953 NL  143 (6th)
1954 NL  167 (5th)
1955 NL  148 (6th)
1956 NL  132 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1952 NL  95 (8th)
1953 NL  123 (5th)
1954 NL  149 (4th)
1955 NL  136 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1952 NL  30 (7th)
1953 NL  35 (5th)
1954 NL  56 (4th)
1955 NL  41 (5th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1952 NL  3.0 (7th)
1953 NL  3.4 (5th)
1954 NL  5.3 (4th)
1955 NL  4.0 (5th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1950 NL  62 (8th)
1953 NL  65 (7th)
1954 NL  80 (4th)
1955 NL  72 (6th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1953 NL  239 (10th)
1954 NL  268 (4th)
1955 NL  262 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1952 NL  .731 (3rd)
1953 NL  .719 (6th)
1954 NL  .789 (3rd)
1955 NL  .743 (6th)
1956 NL  .696 (6th)
Career  .650 (202nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1955 NL  4 (10th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 NL  25 (1st)
1956 NL  22 (2nd)
Career  70 (209th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1950 NL  20 (4th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1949 NL  22.1 (3rd)
1950 NL  19.2 (5th)
1951 NL  18.4 (9th)
1952 NL  17.8 (8th)
1953 NL  16.8 (10th)
1954 NL  16.4 (8th)
1955 NL  15.3 (6th)
1956 NL  16.7 (4th)
Career  16.2 (203rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1953 NL  14.3 (4th)
1954 NL  11.7 (1st)
1955 NL  13.0 (4th)
1956 NL  14.8 (3rd)
Career  21.3 (152nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1951 NL  468 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 11 (210), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 112 (186), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 76 (233), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (534), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  6. Ryan Klesko (899)
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  5. George Kelly (957) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Alvin Davis (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mo Vaughn (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Kent Hrbek (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mo Vaughn (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Hal Trosky (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Joe Adcock (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Joe Adcock (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Andres Galarraga (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.

December 28, 1957: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dee Fondy.

August 25, 1959: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Chicago White Sox for Bob Sagers (minors) and Harry Simpson.

December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels from the Chicago White Sox in the 1960 expansion draft.

October 19, 1961: Released by the Los Angeles Angels.

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