Bob Klinger

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: June 4, 1908 in Allenton, MO us

Died: August 19, 1977 in Villa Ridge, MO

Buried: Allen Cemetery, Allenton, MO

High School: Eureka HS (Eureka, MO)

Debut: April 19, 1938 (Age 29-319d, 8,444th in major league history)
vs. STL 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 23, 1947 (Age 39-111d)
vs. PHA 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: Robert Harold Klinger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.9

ERA

3.68

265

130

1089.2

357

WHIP

1.387

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-21 / in Starts: 14-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 2

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 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	29	2	Apr 18	PIT		STL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	9	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.86	2.59	33	13	12	3	0	3	48			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.49	-0.118	4.17	-0.20%	0.43	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
2	30	4	Apr 23	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-7	GS-4	L(0-2)	4	4.0	7	4	4	2	2	0	0	5.73	2.77	21	6	4	0	0	7	32			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.180	2.36	-0.25%	-1.96	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
3	31	8	Apr 27	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	GS-		3	8.0	6	3	3	0	3	1	0	4.74	3.07	30						61						28					0
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
4	32	11	May 2	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	W(1-2)	4	9.0	3	2	1	5	3	0	0	3.54	3.24	35	16	8	0	0	3	73			0	1	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.32	0.477	1.89	0.41%	2.73	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
5	33	15	May 7	PIT	@	BSN	W,9-2	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.16	3.27	35	16	9	0	1	6	65			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.82	0.296	1.52	0.33%	2.14	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
6	34	19	May 13	PIT		CHC	L,2-6	GS-6	L(2-3)	5	5.1	10	6	5	2	1	0	0	3.83	3.28	26	11	3	1	0	9	25			0	1	0	24	1	1	0	2	0	0	.96	-0.274	2.31	-0.40%	-3.00	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out d4
7	35	23	May 17	PIT		PHI	L,3-7	GS-8	L(2-4)	3	7.1	9	6	5	5	0	0	0	4.17	3.48	35	10	11	5	2	9	33			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.47	-0.233	3.22	-0.31%	-1.75	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out d3
8	36	27	May 21	PIT		NYG	W,4-1	CG	W(3-4)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	1	3.68	3.43	36	12	13	3	1	6	71			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	.92	0.399	1.99	0.52%	3.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
9	37	31	May 25	PIT		BRO	L,2-8	GS-2	L(3-5)	3	1.2	5	3	3	1	0	0	1	4.03	3.50	10	2	1	0	0	5	32			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.234	2.41	-0.29%	-2.45	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d3
10	38	35	May 29	PIT	@	STL	W,7-0	SHO	W(4-5)	3	9.0	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.50	3.31	35	7	15	2	2	8	74			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.268	1.34	0.39%	4.77	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
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
11	39	41	Jun 4(2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-14	GS-5	L(4-6)	5	5.0	9	5	5	2	2	0	0	3.87	3.29	25	5	7	0	1	9	29			1	0	0	22	4	0	1	0	1	0	.63	-0.202	1.97	-0.38%	-2.37	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
12	40	46	Jun 9	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-4	GS-7	L(4-7)	4	7.0	7	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.98	3.22	28	14	7	1	3	4	48			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	1	0	.67	-0.147	1.36	-0.18%	-0.78	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
13	41	49	Jun 11(2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-5	1-GF(8)	L(4-8)	1	8.0	7	1	1	3	1	1	0	3.73	3.39	34	14	9	0	2	7		0	0	0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.06	0.129	1.85	0.14%	3.05	1b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 1
14	42	51	Jun 16	PIT		BSN	W,4-2	GS-9	W(5-8)	4	8.1	6	2	2	4	2	1	0	3.59	3.53	34	19	5	2	0	4	61			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	0.171	1.15	0.12%	1.51	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a2
15	43	54	Jun 22	PIT		NYG	W,8-7	GS-4		5	3.2	4	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.73	3.52	17	3	6	1	0	4	41			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.012	.78	0.01%	-1.47	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out a3
16	44	57	Jun 25	PIT		BRO	L,5-6	GS-9	L(5-9)	2	8.2	12	6	3	2	2	2	0	3.68	3.70	39	15	8	2	1	12	42			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	2	1	1	1.13	-0.291	1.46	-0.23%	-0.91	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out tie
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	45	60	Jul 2(1)	PIT	@	STL	W,8-5	GS-8	W(6-9)	6	7.2	12	5	5	3	2	1	0	3.82	3.78	37	11	9	0	0	12	34			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.084	1.35	0.07%	-1.28	1b start a 2	8b 1-3 2 out a3
18	46	65	Jul 6	PIT		CHC	W,7-2	CG	W(7-9)	3	9.0	7	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.69	3.76	36	8	15	4	4	7	63			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.27	0.348	2.15	0.36%	2.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
19	47	73	Jul 16(2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-3	GS-6	W(8-9)	9	6.0	7	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.66	3.74	27	14	3	1	0	7	49			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	2	1.46	-0.048	1.50	-0.03%	0.82	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
20	48	77	Jul 20	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-4	GS-6	W(9-9)	3	5.0	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.73	3.70	20	7	8	2	2	5	43			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.66	-0.044	.90	-0.04%	-0.47	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a3
21	49	81	Jul 23(2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(9-10)	2	8.0	7	1	1	4	3	0	1	3.58	3.70	31	8	8	1	0	7	63			0	2	0	25	1	0	2	2	1	0	1.58	0.182	3.42	0.24%	2.68	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
22	50	82	Jul 25	PIT		PHI	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	W(10-10)	1	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.56	3.70	4	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	0.009	4.20	0.01%	0.84	10t 1-3 0 out tie	10t end d 1
23	51	85	Jul 27	PIT		PHI	L,8-9	GS-5		1	4.1	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	3.75	3.67	20	10	3	1	0	7	29			0	0	0	18	3	0	0	0	1	0	.90	-0.246	1.63	-0.27%	-3.49	1t start tie	5t --3 1 out d5
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
24	52	89	Aug 1	PIT		BRO	L,3-5	6-GF		4	4.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.72	3.66	15	6	5	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.64	0.018	.38	0.01%	0.96	6t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
25	53	95	Aug 6(2)	PIT		NYG	W,6-0	SHO(8)	W(11-10)	4	8.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.53	3.62	30	9	12	5	3	5	72			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.261	.38	0.07%	3.92	1t start tie	8t 3 out a6
26	54	99	Aug 13	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-7	L(11-11)	6	7.0	11	5	4	1	0	0	0	3.60	3.59	32	17	7	1	0	7	36			0	1	0	31	3	0	0	2	0	1	1.16	-0.228	.16	-0.02%	-1.43	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d2
27	55	102	Aug 16(1)	PIT		STL	L,3-4	CG	L(11-12)	2	9.0	8	4	3	1	4	2	0	3.57	3.66	36	12	11	3	2	8	60			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.23	-0.412	.08	-0.02%	0.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
28	56	107	Aug 20(1)	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	GS-3	L(11-13)	3	2.0	5	5	5	4	1	0	0	3.78	3.70	15	4	1	0	0	5	23			0	0	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.18	-0.291	.00	0.00%	-3.86	1t start tie	3t 123 0 out d3
29	57	113	Aug 26(1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-6	GS-6	L(11-14)	5	6.0	6	4	4	4	2	1	0	3.85	3.78	29	8	9	0	3	6	42			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	.64	-0.205	.00	0.00%	-0.97	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
30	58	118	Aug 31(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-11	GS-1	L(11-15)	4	0.0	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	4.09	3.78	5	0	0	0	0	5	20			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.315	.00	0.00%	-3.98	1b start tie	1b 12- 0 out d3
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
31	59	123	Sep 4(2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	W(12-15)	3	9.0	8	3	3	2	4	1	0	4.04	3.78	37	20	3	0	2	8	61			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.164	.00	0.00%	1.59	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
32	60	126	Sep 7	PIT		CIN	W,8-7	5-6		2	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.05	3.78	9	3	3	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.03	5t 12- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d2
33	61	129	Sep 10(1)	PIT		STL	L,3-9	GS-5	L(12-16)	2	4.2	10	8	6	4	2	0	0	4.22	3.80	29	9	6	1	1	8	14			0	0	0	23	2	1	0	0	1	2	.72	-0.403	.00	0.00%	-5.87	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d6
34	62	133	Sep 13(2)	PIT		NYG	W,7-4	GS-9	W(13-16)	2	8.2	10	4	4	1	4	0	0	4.22	3.72	37	22	0	0	0	10	51			0	0	0	36	4	0	0	1	0	1	.64	0.211	.00	0.00%	-0.19	1t start tie	9t -23 2 out a3
35	63	139	Sep 17(2)	PIT		PHI	W,10-1	CG	W(14-16)	3	9.0	4	1	1	6	3	0	0	4.08	3.73	36						72						30	2	0			0
36	64	145	Sep 22(2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,9-10	GS-3	L(14-17)	4	2.1	6	7	7	3	1	1	0	4.32	3.81	16	4	2	0	0	6	15			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.323	.00	0.00%	-5.74	1b start tie	3b --- 1 out d7
37	65	150	Sep 27(2)	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	GS-3		4	2.1	7	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.40	3.79	15	2	8	2	0	2	32			0	0	0	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.221	.00	0.00%	-2.43	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d3
							16-21		W-L:14-17	3.5	225.0	251	120	110	82	64	11	3	4.40	3.79	989	1.46		7%	5%	217	46	4	50%	7	7	0	883	48	4	4	21	10	13	1.03	-1.392	1.36	0.05%	-12.76

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