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.

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	DET		BOS	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
2	2	Apr 11	DET		BOS	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
3	3	Apr 13	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
4	4	Apr 14	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
5	5	Apr 16	DET	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
6	6	Apr 17	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
7	7	Apr 18	DET		CLE	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
8	8	Apr 20	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
9	9	Apr 21 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
10	10	Apr 21 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
11	11	Apr 24	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
12	12	Apr 26	DET	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
13	13	Apr 27	DET	@	NYY	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
14	14	Apr 28 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
15	15	Apr 28 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
16	16	Apr 29	DET		OAK	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
17	17	Apr 30	DET		OAK	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1	DET		MIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
19	19	May 2	DET		MIN	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
20	20	May 3	DET		CAL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
21	21	May 4	DET		CAL	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
22	22	May 5	DET		CAL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
23	23	May 6	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	24	May 7	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
25	25	May 8	DET	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
26	26	May 10	DET	@	WSA	W,12-1	GS	18	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
27	27	May 11	DET	@	WSA	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
28	28	May 12	DET	@	WSA	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
29	29	May 14	DET		BAL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
30	30	May 15	DET		BAL	L,8-10	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
31	31	May 17	DET		WSA	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
32	32	May 18	DET		WSA	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
33	33	May 19 (1)	DET		WSA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
34	34	May 19 (2)	DET		WSA	W,7-0	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
35	35	May 20	DET	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
36	36	May 21	DET	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
37	38 (1)	May 24	DET	@	OAK	T,2-2	CG	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
38	39	May 25	DET	@	OAK	W,2-1	GS	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	77 (37)	Jul 1	DET		CAL	W,5-1	GS	31	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	1B
40	84 (6)	Jul 7 (2)	DET		OAK	W,7-6	GS	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
41	85	Jul 11	DET	@	MIN	L,4-5	GF	7	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
42	86	Jul 12	DET	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
43	87	Jul 13	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	GF	33	6.2	9	2	0	11	0	PH 1B
44	89 (1)	Jul 15	DET	@	CAL	L,0-4	CG	29	8.0	12	1	1	14	0	1B
45	90	Jul 16	DET	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
46	91	Jul 17	DET	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	9	1	1	11	2	1B
47	93 (1)	Jul 19	DET		BAL	W,5-4	GS	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B LF
48	94	Jul 20	DET		BAL	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
49	96 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	DET		BAL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	97	Jul 23	DET	@	WSA	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
51	98	Jul 24	DET	@	WSA	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
52	99	Jul 25	DET	@	WSA	W,4-1	CG	25	6.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
53	100	Jul 26	DET	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
54	101	Jul 27	DET	@	BAL	W,9-0	GS	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
55	102	Jul 28	DET	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
56	104 (1)	Jul 30	DET		NYY	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
57	105	Jul 31	DET		WSA	W,4-0	GS	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	106	Aug 1	DET		WSA	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
59	107	Aug 2	DET	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
60	108	Aug 3	DET	@	MIN	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
61	109	Aug 4	DET	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	1	9	2	1B
62	110	Aug 6 (1)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	61	17.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
63	111	Aug 6 susp	DET		CLE	W,5-2	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
64	112	Aug 7	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
65	113	Aug 8	DET		CLE	W,13-1	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
66	114	Aug 9	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
67	116 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	DET		BOS	W,5-4	GF	24	6.0	10	0	0	10	1	PH 1B
68	117	Aug 11 (2)	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
69	119 (1)	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
70	120	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
71	121	Aug 16	DET	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
72	122	Aug 17	DET	@	BOS	W,10-9	CG	50	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
73	123	Aug 18	DET	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
74	125 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	DET		CHW	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	2	3	0	RF
75	127 (1)	Aug 22	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
76	128	Aug 23 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
77	129	Aug 23 (2)	DET	@	NYY	T,3-3	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
78	130	Aug 24	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
79	131	Aug 25 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
80	138 (6)	Aug 31	DET		BAL	L,1-5	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	143 (4)	Sep 4	DET	@	OAK	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
82	144	Sep 6	DET		MIN	W,8-3	GS	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
83	147 (2)	Sep 9	DET	@	CAL	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
84	149 (1)	Sep 11	DET	@	CAL	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
85	155 (5)	Sep 19	DET		NYY	W,6-2	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
86	156	Sep 20	DET	@	WSA	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
87	157	Sep 21	DET	@	WSA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
88	158	Sep 22	DET	@	WSA	L,0-6	GS	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
89	159	Sep 23	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
90	160	Sep 24	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
91	161	Sep 25	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
92	162	Sep 27	DET		WSA	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
93	163	Sep 28	DET		WSA	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
94	164	Sep 29	DET		WSA	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
							97gm		767.0	283	14	7	304	15