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.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
2	2	Apr 10	DET		CLE	W,12-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
3	3	Apr 11	DET		NYY	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
4	4	Apr 12	DET		NYY	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
5	5	Apr 13	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
6	6	Apr 15	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	46	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	RF
7	7	Apr 16	DET	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
8	8	Apr 17	DET	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
9	9	Apr 20 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
10	10	Apr 20 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
11	11	Apr 21	DET	@	WSA	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
12	12	Apr 22	DET	@	WSA	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
13	13	Apr 23	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.1	5	0	0	5	0	RF
14	14	Apr 24	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
15	15	Apr 25	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
16	16	Apr 26	DET		BOS	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
17	17	Apr 27	DET		BOS	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
18	18	Apr 28	DET		WSA	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
19	19	Apr 29	DET		WSA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
20	20	Apr 30	DET		BAL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	DET		BAL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
22	22	May 2	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
23	23	May 3	DET	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
24	24	May 4	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	43	10.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
25	25	May 6	DET		KCR	L,6-7	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
26	26	May 7	DET		KCR	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
27	27	May 9	DET		MIN	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
28	28	May 11	DET		MIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
29	29	May 13	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
30	30	May 14	DET		CHW	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
31	31	May 15	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	40	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
32	32	May 17	DET	@	MIN	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
33	33	May 18	DET	@	MIN	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
34	34	May 20	DET	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
35	35	May 22	DET	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
36	36	May 23	DET		CAL	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
37	37	May 24	DET		CAL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
38	38	May 25	DET		CAL	W,10-0	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
39	39	May 27	DET	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
40	40	May 28	DET	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
41	42 (1)	May 30	DET	@	SEP	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
42	43	May 31	DET	@	SEP	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	47 (3)	Jun 4	DET	@	CAL	W,5-4	GS	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
44	48	Jun 6	DET		OAK	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	49	Jun 7	DET		OAK	W,2-0	GS	27	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
46	50	Jun 9	DET		SEP	L,2-3	CG	39	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
47	51	Jun 10	DET		SEP	W,5-0	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
48	52	Jun 11	DET		SEP	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	53	Jun 13	DET	@	KCR	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
50	54	Jun 15	DET	@	KCR	W,7-0	GS	25	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
51	55	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
52	57 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
53	58	Jun 18	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
54	59	Jun 19	DET	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
55	60	Jun 20	DET		WSA	L,2-7	CG	46	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
56	61	Jun 21	DET		WSA	W,9-5	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
57	63 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	DET		WSA	L,5-9	CG	32	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
58	64	Jun 23	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
59	65	Jun 24	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
60	66	Jun 25	DET		NYY	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
61	67	Jun 26	DET		NYY	L,0-6	GS	22	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
62	68	Jun 27	DET	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
63	70 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
64	71	Jun 29 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	GF	12	2.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	72	Jul 1	DET		BOS	W,12-4	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
66	73	Jul 2	DET		BOS	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
67	75 (1)	Jul 4	DET		BAL	W,4-1	CG	24	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
68	76	Jul 5	DET		BAL	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
69	77	Jul 6	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
70	78	Jul 7	DET	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
71	79	Jul 8	DET	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
72	81 (1)	Jul 10	DET		CLE	L,5-7	CG	49	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
73	82	Jul 11	DET		CLE	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
74	84 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
75	85	Jul 13 (2)	DET		CLE	L,4-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
76	86	Jul 14	DET	@	WSA	L,0-3	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
77	87	Jul 15	DET	@	WSA	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
78	88	Jul 16	DET	@	WSA	W,3-0	GF	10	2.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
79	91 (2)	Jul 19	DET	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
80	92	Jul 20 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
81	93	Jul 20 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	41	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
82	94	Jul 24	DET		KCR	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
83	95	Jul 25	DET		KCR	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
84	96	Jul 26	DET		KCR	W,12-2	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
85	97	Jul 27	DET		KCR	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
86	98	Jul 29 (1)	DET	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
87	100 (1)	Jul 30	DET	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
88	101	Jul 31	DET	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	102	Aug 1	DET		CHW	W,8-0	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
90	103	Aug 2	DET		CHW	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
91	104	Aug 3	DET		CHW	W,6-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
92	105	Aug 4	DET		MIN	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
93	106	Aug 5	DET		MIN	W,4-3	GF	21	5.0	2	1	0	3	1	PH RF
94	108 (1)	Aug 7	DET		MIN	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
95	110 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
96	111	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
97	113 (1)	Aug 11	DET		CAL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
98	115 (1)	Aug 13	DET		CAL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
99	116	Aug 15	DET	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
100	118 (1)	Aug 17	DET	@	OAK	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
101	119	Aug 19	DET	@	SEP	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
102	120	Aug 20	DET	@	SEP	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
103	121	Aug 21	DET	@	SEP	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
104	123 (1)	Aug 23	DET	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
105	126 (2)	Aug 26 (2)	DET		OAK	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
106	127	Aug 27	DET		OAK	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
107	128	Aug 28	DET		OAK	W,5-3	CG	59	13.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
108	129	Aug 29	DET		SEP	W,6-1	GS	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	132 (2)	Sep 1 (1)	DET	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
110	133	Sep 1 (2)	DET	@	KCR	L,2-3	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
111	134	Sep 2	DET	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
112	135	Sep 3	DET	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
113	136	Sep 4	DET		BAL	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
114	137	Sep 5	DET		BAL	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	RF
115	139 (1)	Sep 7	DET		BAL	L,5-6	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
116	145 (5)	Sep 13	DET	@	WSA	L,6-11	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
117	146	Sep 14	DET	@	WSA	W,7-4	CG	57	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
118	147	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
119	148	Sep 16	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	56	12.2	1	0	1	2	0	RF
120	150 (1)	Sep 18	DET		CLE	L,4-6	GS	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B RF
121	151	Sep 19	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
122	153 (1)	Sep 21	DET		BOS	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
123	155 (1)	Sep 24 (2)	DET		WSA	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
124	158 (2)	Sep 27	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
125	159	Sep 28	DET	@	BOS	W,10-3	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
							127gm		1043.0	255	11	7	273	7