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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	WSA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
2	2	Apr 14	WSA		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
3	3	Apr 15	WSA		CLE	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
4	7 (3)	Apr 21	WSA	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
5	8	Apr 22	WSA	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	46	9.2	1	2	1	4	0	3B
6	12 (3)	Apr 27	WSA		BAL	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
7	13	Apr 28	WSA		BAL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
8	16 (2)	Apr 30 (2)	WSA		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	17	May 2	WSA		DET	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
10	24 (6)	May 9 (2)	WSA	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
11	25	May 10	WSA	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	43	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
12	26	May 11	WSA	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
13	27	May 12	WSA		BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
14	28	May 13	WSA		BOS	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
15	29	May 14 (1)	WSA		BOS	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
16	31 (1)	May 16	WSA	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
17	32	May 17	WSA	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
18	34 (1)	May 20	WSA	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
19	36 (1)	May 21 (2)	WSA	@	LAA	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
20	37	May 22	WSA	@	LAA	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
21	38	May 23	WSA	@	KCA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
22	42 (3)	May 27	WSA		MIN	W,14-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
23	44 (1)	May 30	WSA		LAA	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
24	45	May 31	WSA		LAA	L,3-5	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	46	Jun 1	WSA		LAA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
26	47	Jun 2	WSA		KCA	W,12-4	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
27	53 (5)	Jun 9 (1)	WSA		CHW	W,1-0	CG	37	10.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
28	54	Jun 9 (2)	WSA		CHW	W,10-9	CG	44	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
29	55	Jun 10	WSA		CHW	W,4-3	GF	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
30	57 (1)	Jun 11 (2)	WSA	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	51	10.1	1	4	0	5	0	3B
31	58	Jun 13	WSA	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	38	8.1	0	0	1	1	0	3B
32	63 (4)	Jun 18 (1)	WSA	@	BOS	L,12-13	CG	45	8.2	2	4	0	6	0	3B
33	65 (1)	Jun 20	WSA		DET	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
34	66	Jun 22	WSA		DET	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
35	67	Jun 23	WSA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
36	68	Jun 24	WSA	@	CHW	L,6-12	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
37	70 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	WSA	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
38	73 (2)	Jun 28 (2)	WSA	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
39	74	Jun 29	WSA	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
40	75	Jun 30	WSA	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	76	Jul 1	WSA	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
42	77	Jul 2	WSA	@	NYY	L,4-13	CG	43	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
43	78	Jul 3	WSA		BOS	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
44	80 (1)	Jul 5	WSA		BAL	L,0-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
45	81	Jul 6	WSA		BAL	W,1-0	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
46	82	Jul 7	WSA		MIN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
47	83	Jul 8	WSA		MIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
48	84	Jul 9	WSA		MIN	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
49	85	Jul 14 (1)	WSA		KCA	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
50	86	Jul 14 (2)	WSA		KCA	L,7-9	CG	45	10.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
51	89 (2)	Jul 16 (2)	WSA		LAA	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	PH 2B
52	90	Jul 18	WSA		NYY	L,3-5	GS	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS 3B
53	93 (2)	Jul 21	WSA	@	LAA	L,5-16	GF	24	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
54	96 (2)	Jul 25	WSA	@	MIN	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
55	97	Jul 26	WSA	@	MIN	L,9-10	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
56	99 (1)	Jul 28	WSA	@	KCA	W,10-6	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	103 (3)	Aug 2 (2)	WSA	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	42	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
58	104	Aug 3	WSA	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
59	112 (7)	Aug 13 (1)	WSA		NYY	W,12-2	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
60	120 (7)	Aug 20	WSA		BAL	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
61	123 (2)	Aug 24	WSA	@	BOS	L,4-5	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
62	126 (2)	Aug 27 (2)	WSA		DET	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	3B
63	127	Aug 28	WSA		DET	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
64	128	Aug 29	WSA		CLE	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	131 (2)	Sep 1 (1)	WSA		CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
66	134 (2)	Sep 3 (1)	WSA		CHW	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
67	136 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	WSA	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
68	138 (1)	Sep 5	WSA	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
69	153 (14)	Sep 23 (1)	WSA	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
70	154	Sep 23 (2)	WSA	@	MIN	L,0-10	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
							71gm		549.1	64	155	8	227	12