Al Kaline

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: December 19, 1934 in Baltimore, MD us

Died: April 6, 2020 in Bloomfield Hills, MI

High School: Southern HS (Baltimore, MD)

Debut: June 25, 1953 (Age 18-188d, 11,032nd in major league history)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1974 (Age 39-287d)
vs. BAL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1980. (Voted by BBWAA on 340/385 ballots)
View Al Kaline's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Albert William Kaline

Nicknames: Mr. Tiger or Six

Pronunciation: \KAY-line\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

92.8

10116

3007

399

.297

1622

RBI

1582

137

OBP

.376

SLG

.480

OPS

.855

OPS+

134

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	1	Apr 9	DET	@	WSA	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	RF
2	2	Apr 13	DET		NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
3	3	Apr 14	DET		NYY	L,5-11	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
4	4	Apr 17	DET		WSA	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
5	5	Apr 18	DET		WSA	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
6	6	Apr 19	DET	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
7	7	Apr 21	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
8	8	Apr 22	DET	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
9	9	Apr 24	DET		KCA	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
10	10	Apr 25	DET		KCA	L,8-9	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
11	11	Apr 26	DET		KCA	W,11-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
12	12	Apr 27	DET		LAA	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
13	13	Apr 28	DET		LAA	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
14	14	Apr 29	DET		LAA	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	DET	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
16	16	May 2	DET	@	KCA	L,8-12	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
17	17	May 3	DET	@	KCA	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
18	18	May 4	DET	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	39	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
19	19	May 5	DET	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
20	20	May 6	DET	@	MIN	L,7-10	CG	44	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
21	21	May 8	DET	@	LAA	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
22	22	May 9	DET	@	LAA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
23	23	May 10	DET	@	LAA	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	24	May 11	DET		BOS	W,5-1	GS	26	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
25	25	May 12	DET		BOS	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
26	26	May 13	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
27	27	May 15	DET		MIN	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
28	28	May 16	DET		MIN	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
29	29	May 18	DET	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
30	30	May 19	DET	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
31	31	May 20 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	43	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
32	32	May 20 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
33	33	May 21	DET	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
34	34	May 24	DET	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
35	35	May 25	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
36	36	May 26	DET	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	94 (57)	Jul 23	DET	@	MIN	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
38	95	Jul 24	DET	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
39	96	Jul 25	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
40	97	Jul 27	DET		LAA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
41	98	Jul 28	DET		LAA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
42	99	Jul 29 (1)	DET		LAA	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
43	100	Jul 29 (2)	DET		LAA	L,8-12	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	101	Aug 1 (1)	DET		KCA	W,6-5	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	102	Aug 1 (2)	DET		KCA	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
46	103	Aug 2	DET		KCA	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
47	104	Aug 3	DET		MIN	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
48	105	Aug 4	DET		MIN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
49	106	Aug 5 (1)	DET		MIN	L,3-8	CG	52	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
50	107	Aug 5 (2)	DET		MIN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
51	108	Aug 6	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	36	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
52	113 (4)	Aug 10	DET	@	NYY	L,0-8	GS	33	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	RF
53	114	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
54	115	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF
55	116	Aug 12	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
56	117	Aug 14 (1)	DET		BAL	W,13-10	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
57	118	Aug 14 (2)	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
58	119	Aug 15	DET		BAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
59	120	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
60	121	Aug 18	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
61	122	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
62	123	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
63	124	Aug 21	DET		CLE	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
64	125	Aug 22	DET		CLE	L,3-7	CG	46	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
65	126	Aug 23	DET		CLE	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
66	127	Aug 24	DET		WSA	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
67	128	Aug 25	DET		WSA	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
68	129	Aug 26 (1)	DET		WSA	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
69	130	Aug 26 (2)	DET		WSA	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	RF
70	131	Aug 27	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
71	132	Aug 30	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
72	133	Aug 31	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	134	Sep 1	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
74	135	Sep 2	DET		CHW	L,8-10	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
75	136	Sep 3 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	39	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
76	137	Sep 3 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
77	138	Sep 5 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
78	139	Sep 5 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
79	140	Sep 7	DET		MIN	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	RF
80	141	Sep 8	DET		MIN	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
81	142	Sep 9	DET		MIN	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
82	143	Sep 10	DET		NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
83	144	Sep 11	DET		NYY	L,7-8	CG	50	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
84	145	Sep 12 (1)	DET		BOS	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
85	146	Sep 12 (2)	DET		BOS	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
86	147	Sep 13	DET		BOS	W,14-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
87	148	Sep 14	DET	@	LAA	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
88	149	Sep 15	DET	@	LAA	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
89	150	Sep 16	DET	@	LAA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
90	151	Sep 18	DET	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
91	152	Sep 19	DET	@	MIN	L,5-12	CG	51	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
92	153	Sep 20	DET	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
93	154	Sep 21	DET	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
94	155	Sep 22	DET	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
95	156	Sep 23	DET	@	KCA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
96	157	Sep 25	DET		LAA	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
97	158	Sep 26	DET		LAA	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
98	159	Sep 28	DET		KCA	W,7-3	CG	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
99	160	Sep 29	DET		KCA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
100	161	Sep 30	DET		KCA	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
							100gm		882.0	226	8	4	238	1