Billy Klaus

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 160lb (175cm, 72kg)

Born: December 9, 1928 in Spring Grove, IL us

Died: December 3, 2006 in Sarasota, FL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Grant Community HS (Fox Lake, IL)

Debut: April 16, 1952 (Age 23-129d, 10,884th in major league history)
vs. BRO 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 17, 1963 (Age 34-159d)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: William Joseph Klaus

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Relatives: Brother of Bobby Klaus

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.2

2513

626

.249

357

RBI

250

OBP

.335

SLG

.351

OPS

.686

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 13	PHI		HOU	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
2	4	Apr 14	PHI		HOU	W,3-0	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR 3B
3	5	Apr 16	PHI		STL	L,6-12	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
4	9 (3)	Apr 22	PHI	@	HOU	W,4-3	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
5	13 (3)	Apr 27	PHI	@	NYM	W,11-9		20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
6	14	Apr 28	PHI	@	NYM	L,6-8	GF	21	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	21 (6)	May 6	PHI		NYM	L,5-7		23	4.1	1	1	0	2	0	PR 3B
8	22	May 8	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	47	9.0	3	2	2	7	1	SS
9	23	May 9	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
10	24	May 11	PHI	@	CHC	W,12-2	CG	40	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
11	25	May 12	PHI	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG	40	8.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
12	26	May 13 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	42	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	SS
13	27	May 13 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-8	GF	13	3.0	1	3	0	4	1	PH SS
14	28	May 15	PHI		CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
15	29	May 16	PHI		CIN	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
16	30	May 17	PHI		CIN	W,9-6	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
17	31	May 18	PHI		CHC	L,8-11	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
18	33 (1)	May 20 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,4-6	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
19	34	May 20 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,2-11	GS	46	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	3B SS
20	35	May 21	PHI	@	STL	L,1-4	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH SS
21	36	May 22	PHI	@	STL	L,2-6	GS	41	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B SS
22	38 (1)	May 24	PHI	@	SFG	L,4-7	GF	22	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	PR 3B
23	41 (2)	May 27 (1)	PHI	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
24	42	May 27 (2)	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-2	GS	34	8.2	2	2	0	4	0	3B SS
25	43	May 30 (1)	PHI		SFG	L,3-4	GF	20	4.0	1	2	0	3	1	PH SS
26	44	May 30 (2)	PHI		SFG	L,2-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	46 (1)	Jun 1 (1)	PHI		LAD	L,4-11	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
28	47	Jun 1 (2)	PHI		LAD	L,5-8	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B SS
29	55 (7)	Jun 10 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	W,7-5	GF	22	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	PH SS
30	56	Jun 10 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-9	GF	12	2.0	0	2	1	3	0	PH SS
31	59 (2)	Jun 13	PHI	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
32	65 (5)	Jun 22 (1)	PHI		STL	L,3-7	GF	15	4.0	0	1	1	2	0	PH SS
33	75 (9)	Jun 30	PHI	@	SFG	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	76	Jul 1	PHI	@	SFG	L,4-5	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
35	78 (1)	Jul 2 (2)	PHI	@	LAD	L,0-4	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B SS
36	79	Jul 4 (1)	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-16	GF	16	4.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
37	80	Jul 4 (2)	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
38	81	Jul 5	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-5	GS	33	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B SS
39	82	Jul 6	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
40	83	Jul 7	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-6	GF	9	2.0	1	2	0	3	1	PR 2B
41	84	Jul 8 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
42	85	Jul 8 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
43	87 (1)	Jul 12	PHI		SFG	L,3-5	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH SS
44	92 (4)	Jul 17 (1)	PHI	@	HOU	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
45	93	Jul 17 (2)	PHI	@	HOU	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
46	98 (4)	Jul 21	PHI		MLN	L,1-8	GF	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH 2B
47	107 (8)	Jul 29	PHI		PIT	W,8-1	GS	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	111 (3)	Aug 4 (2)	PHI	@	MLN	L,3-7	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
49	117 (5)	Aug 10	PHI	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
50	118	Aug 11	PHI	@	STL	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
51	119	Aug 12 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
52	120	Aug 12 (2)	PHI	@	STL	W,9-7	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	PH 2B
53	122 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,9-3	GS	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
54	123	Aug 15 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	W,8-7	GS	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
55	125 (1)	Aug 18	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
56	126	Aug 19	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
57	127	Aug 20	PHI		HOU	W,7-1	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
58	128	Aug 21 (1)	PHI		HOU	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
59	129	Aug 21 (2)	PHI		HOU	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
60	134 (4)	Aug 26	PHI		SFG	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
61	136 (1)	Aug 28 (2)	PHI		NYM	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
62	137	Aug 29	PHI		NYM	W,3-2	CG	35	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
63	138	Aug 30	PHI		NYM	W,8-7	GS	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS 3B
64	139	Aug 31	PHI		PIT	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	140	Sep 1	PHI		PIT	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
66	141	Sep 3 (1)	PHI	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
67	142	Sep 3 (2)	PHI	@	HOU	W,5-3	GF	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
68	143	Sep 4	PHI	@	HOU	L,1-4	GS	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B SS
69	144	Sep 7	PHI	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
70	145	Sep 8	PHI	@	MLN	W,6-4	GF	14	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 3B
71	149 (3)	Sep 14	PHI		STL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
72	150	Sep 15	PHI		STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
73	151	Sep 16	PHI		STL	W,3-1	GS	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
74	153 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
75	154	Sep 20 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,1-4	GS	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B SS
76	155	Sep 21	PHI		CIN	W,8-6	GS	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	3B SS
77	156	Sep 22	PHI		CIN	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
78	157	Sep 23	PHI		CIN	L,2-4	GS	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B SS
79	158	Sep 26	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
80	159	Sep 27	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
81	160	Sep 28	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-7	GS	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	3B SS
82	161	Sep 30	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
							94gm		543.1	93	142	9	244	21