Billy Klaus

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 160lb (175cm, 72kg)

Born: December 9, 1928 in Spring Grove, IL us

Died: December 3, 2006 in Sarasota, FL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Grant Community HS (Fox Lake, IL)

Debut: April 16, 1952 (Age 23-129d, 10,884th in major league history)
vs. BRO 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 17, 1963 (Age 34-159d)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: William Joseph Klaus

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Relatives: Brother of Bobby Klaus

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.2

2513

626

.249

357

RBI

250

OBP

.335

SLG

.351

OPS

.686

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
2	2	Apr 18	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
3	3	Apr 20	BOS		NYY	L,7-10	CG	58	12.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
4	4	Apr 21	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
5	5	Apr 22	BOS		BAL	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
6	6	Apr 23	BOS		BAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
7	7	Apr 24	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
8	8	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	W,12-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
9	9	Apr 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	4	1	5	3	SS
10	10	Apr 27	BOS	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
11	11	Apr 28	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	2	SS
12	12	Apr 30	BOS	@	KCA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	BOS	@	KCA	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
14	14	May 2	BOS	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
15	15	May 3	BOS	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
16	16	May 4	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
17	17	May 5 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
18	18	May 5 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
19	19	May 7	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
20	20	May 8	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
21	21	May 9	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
22	22	May 12 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
23	23	May 12 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
24	24	May 13	BOS		WSH	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	5	2	9	2	SS
25	25	May 14	BOS		DET	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
26	26	May 15	BOS		DET	W,11-8	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
27	27	May 16	BOS		DET	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
28	28	May 17	BOS		KCA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
29	29	May 18	BOS		KCA	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	1	10	1	12	1	SS
30	30	May 19	BOS		CHW	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
31	31	May 21	BOS		CLE	L,2-8	GS	30	6.0	0	4	2	6	0	SS
32	40 (8)	May 30 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
33	41	May 30 (2)	BOS		BAL	W,16-5	CG	43	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	SS
34	42	May 31	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	0	5	1	6	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	43	Jun 1	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
36	44	Jun 2	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
37	45	Jun 4	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	38	9.1	0	2	0	2	0	SS
38	46	Jun 5	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
39	47	Jun 6	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
40	48	Jun 7	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	6	4	0	10	2	SS
41	49	Jun 9 (1)	BOS	@	KCA	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
42	50	Jun 9 (2)	BOS	@	KCA	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	6	6	1	13	4
43	51	Jun 10	BOS	@	KCA	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	2	6	1	9	2	SS
44	52	Jun 11	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
45	53	Jun 12	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
46	54	Jun 13	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
47	55	Jun 14	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
48	56	Jun 15	BOS	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
49	57	Jun 16	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	42	9.1	3	4	0	7	1	SS
50	58	Jun 18	BOS		CLE	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
51	59	Jun 19	BOS		CLE	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
52	60	Jun 20	BOS		CLE	W,9-7	CG	46	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
53	61	Jun 21	BOS		KCA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
54	62	Jun 22	BOS		KCA	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	2	8	2	SS
55	63	Jun 23 (1)	BOS		KCA	W,10-6	GS	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
56	64	Jun 23 (2)	BOS		KCA	W,10-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
57	65	Jun 25	BOS		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
58	66	Jun 26	BOS		CHW	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
59	67	Jun 27 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
60	68	Jun 27 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
61	69	Jun 28	BOS		DET	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
62	70	Jun 29	BOS		DET	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
63	71	Jun 30	BOS		DET	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	72	Jul 1	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
65	73	Jul 2	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
66	74	Jul 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
67	75	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
68	76	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
69	77	Jul 5	BOS		BAL	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	5	2	8	0	SS
70	78	Jul 6	BOS		BAL	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
71	79	Jul 7	BOS		BAL	L,4-8	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
72	80	Jul 11	BOS	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	50	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
73	81	Jul 12	BOS	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
74	82	Jul 13	BOS	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
75	83	Jul 14 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	0	3	0	3	0	SS
76	84	Jul 14 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-17	CG	49	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
77	85	Jul 16	BOS	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
78	86	Jul 17	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	50	11.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
79	87	Jul 18	BOS	@	KCA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
80	88	Jul 19	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS	4	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	110 (21)	Aug 11 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	GF	21	5.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
82	115 (4)	Aug 17	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-16	CG	45	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
83	116	Aug 18	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
84	117	Aug 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
85	118	Aug 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
86	119	Aug 22	BOS	@	CLE	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
87	120	Aug 23	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
88	121	Aug 24	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
89	122	Aug 25	BOS	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.1	4	2	0	6	1
90	123	Aug 26	BOS	@	KCA	W,16-0	GS	0	7.0	1	4	0	5	1
91	124	Aug 27	BOS	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	46	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
92	125	Aug 28	BOS	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
93	126	Aug 29	BOS	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
94	127	Aug 30	BOS	@	BAL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
95	128	Aug 31	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	129	Sep 1	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	4	3	1	8	1	SS
97	130	Sep 2 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
98	131	Sep 2 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
99	132	Sep 4	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	47	11.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
100	133	Sep 5	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	8.2	3	3	0	6	0	SS
101	134	Sep 6	BOS		BAL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
102	135	Sep 7	BOS		BAL	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
103	136	Sep 8	BOS		BAL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
104	137	Sep 10	BOS		CHW	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
105	138	Sep 11	BOS		CHW	L,1-4	CG	46	11.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
106	139	Sep 12	BOS		CHW	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
107	140	Sep 13	BOS		CLE	L,3-16	CG	54	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
108	141	Sep 14	BOS		CLE	W,13-10	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
109	142	Sep 15 (1)	BOS		DET	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	1	4	2	7	1	SS
110	143	Sep 15 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
111	144	Sep 17	BOS		KCA	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
112	145	Sep 18	BOS		KCA	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
113	146	Sep 20	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
114	147	Sep 21	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	44	9.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
115	148	Sep 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
116	149	Sep 23	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
117	150	Sep 24	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
118	151	Sep 25	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	48	11.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
							118gm		1026.0	204	417	25	646	93