Ed Klieman

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: March 21, 1918 in Norwood, OH us

Died: November 15, 1979 in Homosassa, FL

Buried: Cremated

Debut: September 24, 1943 (Age 25-187d, 9,528th in major league history)
vs. BOS 9.0 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 5 BB, 1 ER, L

Last Game: June 2, 1950 (Age 32-073d)
vs. DET 2.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1944 season

Full Name: Edward Frederick Klieman

Nicknames: Specs or Babe

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

1948 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.9

ERA

3.49

222

542.0

130

WHIP

1.410

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-24 / in Starts: 5-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 8

1945 Pitching Game Log

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1945 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	49	7	Apr 28	CLE		DET	L,1-5	7-8		99	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.50	4.20	8	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.13	-0.004	.23	0.00%	-0.17	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d5
2	50	9	Apr 29(2)	CLE		DET	L,0-4	8-GF		0	2.0	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	9.00	3.70	12	1	3	1	1	6		0	0	2	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.193	1.20	-0.20%	-2.17	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	51	11	May 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	8-8		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.20	3.50	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.024	.65	0.03%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out d1
4	52	17	May 12	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	5-GF(7)		6	2.1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	6.14	3.79	11	4	2	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	1	0	1	.35	-0.059	.58	-0.06%	-0.63	5t -23 2 out d3	7t end d 4
5	53	23	May 20(2)	CLE		PHA	W,4-2		S(1)	7	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.87	3.74	1												1					0
6	54	28	May 29	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2			8	0.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.40	4.38	3												1					0
7	55	29	May 30(1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	9-9	H(1)	0	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.19	4.66	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.36	-0.084	8.78	-0.10%	-0.19	9b --- 0 out a1	9b -2- 1 out a1
8	56	30	May 30(2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-7	8-8	HL(0-1)	-1	0.2	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	7.71	4.84	5	2	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.54	-0.135	5.77	-0.19%	-1.35	8b -2- 0 out a3	8b 12- 2 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	57	33	Jun 2	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-1)	2	9.0	6	0	0	4	4	0	0	3.93	4.01	37	15	8	2	1	6	75			2	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.48	0.628	3.06	0.78%	4.08	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
10	58	37	Jun 6	CLE		DET	L,1-8			3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.72	3.94	3												3					0
11	59	40	Jun 9	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	W(2-1)	2	9.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.86	3.41	32	14	13	2	3	3	73			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.33	0.447	2.84	0.57%	2.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
12	60	44	Jun 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.97	3.72	7	1	4	0	1	1		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	-0.022	.85	-0.03%	-0.16	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
13	61	47	Jun 16	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	GS-		2	8.1	9	3	3	4	1	0	0	3.03	3.76	38						50						33					0
14	62	52	Jun 22(2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-3	GS-8	L(2-2)	5	8.0	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.89	3.62	28	12	9	2	0	3	68			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	1	0	0	.82	0.066	.82	0.04%	1.31	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
15	63	57	Jun 29	CLE		PHA	W,4-2		S(2)	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.79	3.59	5												5					0
16	64	59	Jun 30(2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-7	GS-5	L(2-3)	0	4.1	6	7	6	2	0	0	0	3.59	3.63	22	8	6	1	0	6	23			1	0	0	19	0	2	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.263	.66	-0.13%	-3.75	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	65	60	Jul 1(1)	CLE		WSH	L,5-6	8-GF		0	2.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.46	3.65	9	3	2	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	.86	0.069	.50	0.02%	0.83	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
18	66	65	Jul 5	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG(11)	W(3-3)	3	11.0	10	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.02	3.57	44	20	9	1	2	10	72			0	0	0	39	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.80	0.705	1.22	0.29%	3.55	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
19	67	68	Jul 7	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	6-8	BS(1)	1	3.0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	2.88	3.75	15	9	0	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.08	-0.129	1.14	-0.08%	0.04	6t 123 0 out a1	8t 3 out d2
20	68	73	Jul 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-7	L(3-4)	6	7.0	5	3	2	1	4	1	0	2.85	3.76	28	12	8	1	0	3	60			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	.58	-0.126	.80	-0.10%	0.17	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
21	69	75	Jul 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	7-GF	S(3)	1	2.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	3.73	7	4	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.29	0.443	3.05	0.25%	1.45	7b -23 2 out a1	9b end a 1
22	70	77	Jul 18	CLE	@	PHA	T,2-2	GS-7		1	6.1	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.77	3.62	23	9	8	0	0	5	56			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.48	-0.034	1.97	-0.03%	0.87	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out tie
23	71	83	Jul 23	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	W(4-4)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.60	3.47	32	15	4	0	0	5	77			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.83	0.536	2.02	0.36%	2.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
24	72	87	Jul 29(1)	CLE		SLB	L,0-4			5	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.74	3.49	9												6					0
25	73	89	Jul 31	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	GS-5		1	4.1	7	5	4	1	2	1	0	2.98	3.57	21	6	5	0	2	7	32			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.418	1.77	-0.42%	-3.54	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	74	91	Aug 2	CLE		CHW	W,13-7			1	0.2	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.05	3.58	6												5					0
27	75	92	Aug 3	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-6	6-GF(8)	BS(2)	0	2.2	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	3.06	3.61	12	5	2	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	.98	-0.294	1.33	-0.24%	-1.72	6b -23 1 out a1	8b end d 3
28	76	94	Aug 5(1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	9-GF	S(4)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.03	3.60	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	0.080	1.08	0.04%	0.84	9b 1-- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
29	77	95	Aug 5(2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,9-10	5-GF(8)		-1	4.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	2.92	3.64	16	4	7	0	3	1		3	2	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.033	.31	0.02%	1.67	5b 123 0 out d6	8b end d 1
30	78	100	Aug 10	CLE		NYY	L,4-10	8-8		4	0.1	2	3	3	0	0	0	1	3.16	3.66	4	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.042	.82	-0.04%	-1.05	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 123 1 out d2
31	79	102	Aug 12(1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-7			1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.13	3.63	4												4					0
32	80	107	Aug 16	CLE		PHA	W,7-6		W(5-4)	3	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.15	3.64	10												8					0
33	81	114	Aug 21	CLE		WSH	L,8-11	GS-5	L(5-5)	4	4.1	7	7	6	5	1	0	1	3.50	3.75	26	8	4	1	0	7	19			0	1	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	-0.627	2.13	-0.65%	-5.75	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d4
34	82	121	Aug 30	CLE	@	CHW	T,4-4			8	3.0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.41	3.77	13												11					0
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
35	83	123	Sep 1	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5		L(5-6)	1	2.0	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.43	3.79	12												10					0
36	84	129	Sep 6	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-9	GS-3	L(5-7)	4	3.0	8	6	6	1	0	0	0	3.78	3.78	17	2	6	1	1	8	18			1	0	0	16	1	1	0	1	0	0	.82	-0.347	.24	-0.06%	-4.67	1b start tie	3b 3 out d6
37	85	135	Sep 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.75	3.76	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.40	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
38	86	137	Sep 14	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	7-9	HL(5-8)	1	2.0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	3.84	3.74	9	4	2	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.13	-0.066	.00	0.00%	0.00	7b -23 1 out a2	9b 1-3 1 out a1
							12-24		W-L:5-8,Sv:4,BSv:2,Hld:3	2.8	126.2	123	60	54	49	33	3	4	3.84	3.74	539	1.61		4%	5%	92	52	16	56%	10	3	0	471	9	6	4	14	0	6	1.19	0.190	1.54	0.08%	-4.26

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