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.

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	DET	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
2	2	Apr 12	DET	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
3	3	Apr 14	DET	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
4	4	Apr 15	DET	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
5	5	Apr 16 (1)	DET	@	KCA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
6	6	Apr 16 (2)	DET	@	KCA	L,7-11	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
7	7	Apr 18	DET		CAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
8	8	Apr 20	DET		CAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
9	9	Apr 21	DET		MIN	W,12-4	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
10	10	Apr 22	DET		MIN	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
11	11	Apr 23	DET		MIN	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
12	12	Apr 25	DET		KCA	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
13	13	Apr 28	DET	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
14	14	Apr 29	DET	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
15	15	Apr 30 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
16	16	Apr 30 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 3	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
18	18	May 5	DET		BAL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
19	19	May 6	DET		BAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
20	20	May 7	DET		BAL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
21	21	May 9	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
22	22	May 10	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
23	23	May 12	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	24	May 13	DET	@	BOS	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
25	25	May 14 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
26	26	May 14 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,9-13	CG	46	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
27	27	May 16	DET	@	WSA	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
28	28	May 17	DET	@	WSA	W,8-1	GS	20	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
29	29	May 19	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	30	May 20	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
31	31	May 21 (1)	DET		NYY	W,9-4	GS	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
32	32	May 21 (2)	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
33	33	May 23	DET		BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
34	34	May 24	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
35	35	May 25	DET		BOS	W,9-3	GS	24	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
36	36	May 26	DET		WSA	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
37	37	May 27	DET		WSA	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
38	38	May 28	DET		WSA	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
39	39	May 30 (1)	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
40	40	May 30 (2)	DET		CHW	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
41	41	May 31	DET		CLE	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	42	Jun 1	DET		CLE	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
43	43	Jun 2	DET	@	NYY	W,9-5	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
44	44	Jun 3	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
45	45	Jun 4 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
46	46	Jun 4 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,11-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
47	47	Jun 5	DET	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	1	1	1	3	0	RF
48	48	Jun 6 (1)	DET	@	KCA	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
49	50 (1)	Jun 7	DET	@	KCA	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
50	51	Jun 9	DET	@	CAL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
51	52	Jun 10	DET	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
52	53	Jun 11	DET	@	CAL	L,4-6	CG	39	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	RF
53	54	Jun 12	DET	@	MIN	L,5-11	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
54	55	Jun 13	DET	@	MIN	W,15-10	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
55	56	Jun 14	DET	@	MIN	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
56	57	Jun 15	DET	@	MIN	L,4-6	GS	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF CF
57	58	Jun 17 (1)	DET		KCA	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
58	60 (1)	Jun 18	DET		KCA	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
59	61	Jun 19 (1)	DET		CAL	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
60	62	Jun 19 (2)	DET		CAL	W,5-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
61	63	Jun 20	DET		CAL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
62	64	Jun 21	DET		MIN	T,5-5	CG	38	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
63	65	Jun 22	DET		MIN	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
64	66	Jun 23	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
65	67	Jun 24	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
66	68	Jun 25	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
67	69	Jun 27	DET		CLE	L,1-8	GS	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	96 (26)	Jul 28	DET	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
69	97	Jul 29	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
70	98	Jul 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
71	99	Jul 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	100	Aug 1	DET	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
73	101	Aug 2 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
74	103 (1)	Aug 3	DET	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
75	104	Aug 4	DET	@	CLE	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
76	105	Aug 5	DET	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
77	106	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
78	108 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
79	109	Aug 8 (2)	DET		CHW	L,4-6	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
80	110	Aug 9	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
81	111	Aug 10	DET		CHW	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
82	112	Aug 11 (1)	DET		BAL	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
83	113	Aug 11 (2)	DET		BAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
84	114	Aug 12	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
85	115	Aug 13	DET		BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
86	116	Aug 15	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
87	117	Aug 16	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
88	118	Aug 17	DET	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	42	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
89	119	Aug 18	DET		CLE	W,4-0	CG	17	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
90	120	Aug 19	DET		CLE	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
91	121	Aug 20 (1)	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
92	122	Aug 20 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
93	123	Aug 22 (1)	DET		MIN	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
94	124	Aug 22 (2)	DET		MIN	W,2-1	CG	43	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
95	125	Aug 23 (1)	DET		MIN	W,10-0	GS	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
96	126	Aug 23 (2)	DET		MIN	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
97	127	Aug 24	DET		MIN	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
98	128	Aug 25	DET	@	KCA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
99	129	Aug 26	DET	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
100	130	Aug 27	DET	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
101	131	Aug 28	DET	@	CAL	W,10-0	GS	16	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
102	132	Aug 29 (1)	DET	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
103	134 (1)	Aug 30	DET	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	1	0	1	2	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	135	Sep 1	DET	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
105	136	Sep 2	DET	@	MIN	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
106	137	Sep 3	DET	@	MIN	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
107	139 (1)	Sep 4 (2)	DET		KCA	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
108	140	Sep 5	DET		KCA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
109	141	Sep 6 (1)	DET		KCA	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
110	143 (1)	Sep 8	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	RF
111	144	Sep 9	DET	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
112	145	Sep 10 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
113	146	Sep 10 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
114	147	Sep 12	DET		BAL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
115	148	Sep 13	DET		BAL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
116	149	Sep 15	DET		WSA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
117	150	Sep 16	DET		WSA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
118	151	Sep 17	DET		WSA	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
119	152	Sep 18	DET		BOS	L,5-6	CG	46	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
120	153	Sep 19	DET		BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
121	154	Sep 20	DET		NYY	W,10-1	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
122	155	Sep 22 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,8-3	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
123	156	Sep 22 (2)	DET	@	WSA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
124	157	Sep 24	DET	@	WSA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
125	158	Sep 25	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
126	159	Sep 26	DET	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
127	160	Sep 30 (1)	DET		CAL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
128	161	Sep 30 (2)	DET		CAL	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
129	162	Oct 1 (1)	DET		CAL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
130	163	Oct 1 (2)	DET		CAL	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
							131gm		1086.2	221	14	6	241	2