Ted Kluszewski

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 225lb (188cm, 102kg)

Born: September 10, 1924 in Argo, IL us

Died: March 29, 1988 in Cincinnati, OH

Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH

High School: Argo Community HS (Argo, IL)

School: Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN)

Debut: April 18, 1947 (Age 22-220d, 10,304th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1961 (Age 37-021d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Theodore Bernard Kluszewski

Nicknames: Big Klu

Pronunciation: \kluh-ZOO-skee\

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

31.4

5929

1766

279

.298

848

RBI

1028

OBP

.353

SLG

.498

OPS

.850

OPS+

123

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

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	CIN		CHC	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
2	2	Apr 21	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
3	3	Apr 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
4	5 (1)	Apr 24	CIN		STL	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
5	8 (2)	Apr 29	CIN		PIT	W,14-6	GS	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
6	10 (1)	Apr 30 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	12 (1)	May 4	CIN		BSN	L,6-12	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
8	13	May 5	CIN		BSN	L,1-13	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
9	14	May 6	CIN		BSN	L,11-15	CG	52	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
10	15	May 7 (1)	CIN		PHI	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
11	16	May 7 (2)	CIN		PHI	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
12	17	May 8	CIN		PHI	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
13	18	May 10	CIN		BRO	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
14	19	May 12	CIN	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
15	20	May 13	CIN	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	7	0	1	8	2
16	21	May 14	CIN	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
17	30 (8)	May 26	CIN		STL	W,9-4	GS	25	7.0	8	0	1	9	1
18	31	May 27	CIN		STL	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
19	32	May 28 (1)	CIN		STL	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
20	33	May 28 (2)	CIN		STL	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
21	34	May 30 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
22	35	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	36	Jun 1 (1)	CIN		NYG	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
24	37	Jun 1 (2)	CIN		NYG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	8	3	0	11	2
25	38	Jun 2	CIN		NYG	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	8	1	2	11	1
26	39	Jun 4 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
27	40	Jun 4 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
28	41	Jun 6	CIN		BSN	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
29	42	Jun 7	CIN		PHI	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
30	43	Jun 8	CIN		PHI	W,8-4	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
31	44	Jun 10	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
32	45	Jun 11 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
33	46	Jun 11 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
34	47	Jun 13	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
35	48	Jun 15 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
36	49	Jun 15 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	42	9.1	7	2	0	9	2	1B
37	50	Jun 17	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
38	51	Jun 18 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	9	1	0	10	0	1B
39	52	Jun 18 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
40	53	Jun 20	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
41	54	Jun 21	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
42	55	Jun 22	CIN	@	BRO	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
43	56	Jun 23	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
44	57	Jun 24	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-12	CG	45	8.0	10	1	0	11	2
45	58	Jun 25 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,6-3	GS	39	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
46	59	Jun 25 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	2	5	0	1B
47	60	Jun 27	CIN	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
48	61	Jun 28	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
49	62	Jun 30	CIN		CHC	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	63	Jul 1	CIN		CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	10.0	8	1	0	9	2
51	64	Jul 2	CIN		CHC	L,0-16	CG	55	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
52	65	Jul 3	CIN		PIT	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
53	66	Jul 4 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	3	1B
54	67	Jul 4 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
55	74 (6)	Jul 13	CIN		BSN	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
56	75	Jul 14	CIN		BSN	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
57	76	Jul 15	CIN		BSN	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	2
58	77	Jul 16 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,16-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
59	78	Jul 16 (2)	CIN		NYG	W,11-10	CG	56	12.0	13	0	0	13	3
60	79	Jul 17	CIN		NYG	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	9	2	1	12	0
61	80	Jul 18	CIN		NYG	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
62	81	Jul 20 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
63	82	Jul 20 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
64	83	Jul 21	CIN		BRO	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
65	84	Jul 22 (1)	CIN		PHI	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
66	85	Jul 22 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
67	86	Jul 23 (1)	CIN		PHI	L,4-12	CG	44	9.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
68	87	Jul 23 (2)	CIN		PHI	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
69	88	Jul 25	CIN	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	11	2	0	13	0
70	89	Jul 26	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
71	90	Jul 28	CIN	@	BSN	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
72	91	Jul 29	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
73	92	Jul 30 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
74	93	Jul 30 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-10	CG	44	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	94	Aug 1 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
76	95	Aug 1 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
77	96	Aug 2	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
78	97	Aug 4	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
79	98	Aug 5	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-3	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
80	99	Aug 6	CIN	@	BRO	W,11-7	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
81	100	Aug 8 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
82	101	Aug 8 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
83	102	Aug 11	CIN		STL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
84	103	Aug 12	CIN		STL	L,1-3	CG	44	9.0	8	2	2	12	1	1B
85	105 (1)	Aug 14	CIN	@	PIT	W,13-8	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
86	106	Aug 15	CIN	@	PIT	L,9-10	CG	44	8.1	5	0	0	5	0
87	107	Aug 16	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	49	11.1	9	0	0	9	1	1B
88	108	Aug 17	CIN	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
89	111 (2)	Aug 20	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
90	112	Aug 22	CIN		PHI	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
91	113	Aug 23	CIN		PHI	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
92	114	Aug 24 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
93	115	Aug 24 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
94	116	Aug 25	CIN		BRO	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
95	117	Aug 26	CIN		BRO	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
96	118	Aug 27 (1)	CIN		NYG	L,6-11	CG	49	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
97	119	Aug 27 (2)	CIN		NYG	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
98	120	Aug 28	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
99	121	Aug 29	CIN		BSN	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
100	122	Aug 30	CIN		BSN	L,4-9	CG	47	9.0	7	2	1	10	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	123	Sep 2	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
102	124	Sep 3	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	48	11.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
103	125	Sep 4 (1)	CIN		STL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
104	126	Sep 4 (2)	CIN		STL	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
105	127	Sep 6	CIN		PIT	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
106	128	Sep 7	CIN		PIT	W,6-4	CG	41	10.0	10	1	0	11	0
107	129	Sep 9 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
108	130	Sep 9 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	3
109	131	Sep 10 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
110	132	Sep 10 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
111	133	Sep 12	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
112	134	Sep 14 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
113	135	Sep 14 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
114	136	Sep 15 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
115	137	Sep 15 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	85	18.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
116	138	Sep 16	CIN	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
117	139	Sep 17 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
118	140	Sep 17 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
119	141	Sep 20 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
120	142	Sep 20 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
121	143	Sep 21	CIN	@	NYG	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
122	144	Sep 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	44	9.1	12	0	0	12	0
123	145	Sep 23	CIN	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
124	146	Sep 24 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
125	147	Sep 24 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
126	148	Sep 26	CIN	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	29	7.0	8	0	1	9	1
127	149	Sep 27	CIN	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	10	1	1	12	1
128	150	Sep 28	CIN	@	STL	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	13	0	0	13	2
129	151	Sep 30	CIN		PIT	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	17	0	0	17	0
130	152	Oct 1 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	3
131	153	Oct 1 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
							131gm		1152.1	1123	61	15	1199	101