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.

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	DET	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
2	2	Apr 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
3	3	Apr 14 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
4	4	Apr 15	DET		WSA	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
5	5	Apr 16	DET		WSA	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
6	6	Apr 17	DET		WSA	L,4-10	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
7	7	Apr 19 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
8	8	Apr 19 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
9	9	Apr 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
10	10	Apr 23	DET	@	WSA	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
11	11	Apr 24 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
12	13 (1)	Apr 25	DET		MIN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
13	14	Apr 28	DET		KCA	W,13-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
14	15	Apr 29	DET		BAL	L,1-8	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
15	16	Apr 30	DET		BAL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	17	May 1	DET		BAL	L,1-4	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
17	20 (2)	May 6	DET	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
18	21	May 7	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
19	22	May 8	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	41	11.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
20	23	May 10	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
21	24	May 13	DET		CHW	W,5-4	GS	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
22	25	May 14	DET		CHW	L,3-13	GS	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF CF
23	26	May 15	DET		CHW	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
24	27	May 17	DET		NYY	W,7-2	GS	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
25	33 (5)	May 24 (1)	DET		CLE	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
26	34	May 24 (2)	DET		CLE	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
27	35	May 25	DET		CLE	L,2-13	GS	29	5.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
28	36	May 26	DET		CLE	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
29	37	May 27	DET		CAL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
30	38	May 28	DET		CAL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
31	39	May 29	DET		CAL	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
32	40	May 30	DET	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
33	41	May 31	DET	@	KCA	L,1-7	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	42	Jun 1	DET	@	MIN	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
35	43	Jun 2	DET	@	MIN	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
36	44	Jun 3	DET	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
37	45	Jun 4	DET	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
38	46	Jun 5 (1)	DET	@	CAL	W,8-4	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
39	47	Jun 5 (2)	DET	@	CAL	W,4-1	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
40	48	Jun 7	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
41	49	Jun 8	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	43	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
42	50	Jun 9	DET		BOS	W,9-1	GS	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
43	51	Jun 10	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
44	52	Jun 11	DET		NYY	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
45	53	Jun 12 (1)	DET		NYY	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
46	54	Jun 12 (2)	DET		NYY	L,10-12	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
47	55	Jun 13	DET		WSA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
48	56	Jun 14	DET		WSA	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
49	57	Jun 15	DET	@	BOS	W,11-7	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
50	58	Jun 16	DET	@	BOS	W,16-4	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
51	59	Jun 17	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
52	60	Jun 18	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
53	61	Jun 19	DET	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
54	62	Jun 21	DET	@	WSA	W,5-2	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
55	63	Jun 22	DET	@	WSA	W,12-2	GS	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
56	64	Jun 23	DET	@	WSA	W,6-1	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
57	65	Jun 24 (1)	DET		MIN	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
58	66	Jun 24 (2)	DET		MIN	L,2-9	GS	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
59	67	Jun 25	DET		MIN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
60	68	Jun 26 (1)	DET		MIN	L,5-7	GS	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
61	70 (1)	Jun 28	DET	@	CAL	W,15-3	GS	17	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
62	71	Jun 29	DET	@	CAL	L,2-6	GS	32	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	72	Jul 1 (1)	DET		KCA	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
64	73	Jul 1 (2)	DET		KCA	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
65	74	Jul 2	DET		KCA	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
66	75	Jul 3 (1)	DET		KCA	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
67	76	Jul 3 (2)	DET		KCA	L,4-10	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
68	77	Jul 4	DET		CAL	L,6-11	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
69	78	Jul 5	DET		CAL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
70	79	Jul 6	DET		CAL	L,0-1	CG	38	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
71	80	Jul 7	DET	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
72	81	Jul 8	DET	@	MIN	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
73	82	Jul 9	DET	@	MIN	W,8-1	GS	18	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
74	83	Jul 10	DET	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
75	84	Jul 14	DET		BAL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
76	85	Jul 15	DET		BAL	W,8-5	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
77	86	Jul 16	DET		BAL	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
78	89 (2)	Jul 19	DET	@	BAL	L,3-13	GS	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
79	96 (6)	Jul 26	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
80	97	Jul 27	DET	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
81	98	Jul 28	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
82	99	Jul 29	DET	@	KCA	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
83	100	Jul 30	DET	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
84	101	Jul 31 (1)	DET	@	KCA	W,5-4	GS	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF RF
85	102	Jul 31 (2)	DET	@	KCA	W,7-1	GS	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	103	Aug 2	DET		CHW	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
87	104	Aug 3 (1)	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
88	106 (1)	Aug 5	DET		BOS	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
89	107	Aug 6	DET		BOS	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
90	108	Aug 7 (1)	DET		BOS	W,9-2	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
91	109	Aug 7 (2)	DET		BOS	L,6-7	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
92	110	Aug 8	DET	@	WSA	W,5-3	CG	50	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
93	111	Aug 9	DET	@	WSA	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
94	112	Aug 10	DET	@	WSA	L,3-6	CG	51	11.2	3	0	0	3	0	CF
95	113	Aug 12	DET	@	BOS	L,9-13	CG	48	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
96	114	Aug 13	DET	@	BOS	W,13-1	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
97	115	Aug 14 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
98	117 (1)	Aug 15	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
99	118	Aug 16	DET		NYY	W,6-3	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF CF
100	119	Aug 17	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
101	120	Aug 19	DET		BAL	W,10-4	GS	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
102	122 (1)	Aug 21	DET		BAL	W,9-4	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
103	123	Aug 23	DET		CHW	L,1-2	CG	45	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
104	124	Aug 24	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
105	125	Aug 25	DET		CHW	W,8-0	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
106	126	Aug 26	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
107	127	Aug 27	DET	@	NYY	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
108	128	Aug 28	DET	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
109	129	Aug 29	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
110	130	Aug 30	DET	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
111	132 (1)	Aug 31 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	135 (2)	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	44	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
113	136	Sep 3	DET	@	CLE	W,8-1	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
114	137	Sep 4	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	44	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
115	138	Sep 5 (1)	DET		WSA	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
116	139	Sep 5 (2)	DET		WSA	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
117	140	Sep 6	DET		WSA	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
118	141	Sep 7	DET		WSA	W,4-0	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
119	142	Sep 9	DET	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	41	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
120	145 (2)	Sep 13	DET		MIN	W,6-5	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
121	146	Sep 14	DET		MIN	W,3-2	GS	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
122	147	Sep 15	DET		MIN	W,8-5	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
123	148	Sep 16	DET		CLE	W,3-1	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
124	149	Sep 17	DET		CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
125	150	Sep 18	DET		CLE	L,5-6	CG	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
126	151	Sep 21	DET		CAL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
127	152	Sep 22 (1)	DET		CAL	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
128	154 (1)	Sep 23	DET	@	MIN	L,4-12	GS	39	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF
129	155	Sep 24	DET	@	MIN	W,8-1	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
130	156	Sep 25	DET	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
131	157	Sep 26	DET	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
132	158	Sep 27	DET	@	CAL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
133	159	Sep 28	DET	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
134	160	Sep 30	DET		KCA	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
135	161	Oct 1	DET		KCA	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
136	162	Oct 2	DET		KCA	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
							140gm		1130.0	278	7	2	287	1