Bob Klinger

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: June 4, 1908 in Allenton, MO us

Died: August 19, 1977 in Villa Ridge, MO

Buried: Allen Cemetery, Allenton, MO

High School: Eureka HS (Eureka, MO)

Debut: April 19, 1938 (Age 29-319d, 8,444th in major league history)
vs. STL 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 23, 1947 (Age 39-111d)
vs. PHA 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: Robert Harold Klinger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.9

ERA

3.68

265

130

1089.2

357

WHIP

1.387

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-21 / in Starts: 14-19
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 88 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	62 (30-21-11) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 88 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	59 (30-18-9)

Most Driven In
L Handley	3
P Young	2
E Fletcher	2

Most Driven In By
A Vaughan	2
J Rizzo	1
G Suhr	1
F Bell	1
B Brubaker	1

1939 Batting Game Log

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1939 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	29	2 (1)	Apr 18	PIT		STL	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.86	0.008	2.40	0.01%	0.21	P
2	30	4 (1)	Apr 23	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.99	-0.025	2.30	-0.04%	-0.24	P
3	31	8 (3)	Apr 27	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	GS-0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0			0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	32	11 (2)	May 2	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.300	.664	9	1.64	-0.053	2.35	-0.05%	-0.45	P
5	33	15 (3)	May 7	PIT	@	BSN	W,9-2	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.400	.357	.757	9	.79	0.026	1.47	0.03%	1.00	P
6	34	19 (3)	May 13	PIT		CHC	L,2-6	GS-6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.412	.333	.745	9	1.29	0.021	3.11	0.03%	0.09	P
7	35	23 (3)	May 17	PIT		PHI	L,3-7	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.421	.313	.734	9	1.49	0.001	3.26	0.00%	0.03	P
8	36	27 (3)	May 21	PIT		NYG	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.368	.455	.368	.823	9	.46	0.034	.99	0.04%	0.48	P
9	37	31 (3)	May 25	PIT		BRO	L,2-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.368	.455	.368	.823	9						P
10	38	35 (3)	May 29	PIT	@	STL	W,7-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.423	.318	.741	9	.47	0.011	1.12	0.02%	-0.46	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	39	41 (5)	Jun 4 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-14	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	9	.95	0.017	2.96	0.03%	0.14	P
12	40	46 (4)	Jun 9	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.400	.308	.708	9	1.45	-0.073	2.95	-0.09%	-0.71	P
13	41	49 (2)	Jun 11 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-5	1-GF	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.412	.333	.745	9	1.06	0.022	1.85	0.02%	-0.03	P
14	42	51 (1)	Jun 16	PIT		BSN	W,4-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.303	.378	.303	.681	9	.70	-0.078	.78	-0.05%	-1.29	P
15	43	54 (2)	Jun 22	PIT		NYG	W,8-7	GS-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.368	.294	.663	9	.94	-0.003	.86	0.00%	-0.47	P
16	44	57 (2)	Jun 25	PIT		BRO	L,5-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.270	.341	.270	.612	9	.66	-0.054	.85	-0.04%	-0.91	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	45	60 (2)	Jul 2 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,8-5	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.333	.268	.602	9	.79	0.039	1.16	0.03%	0.07	P
18	46	65 (4)	Jul 6	PIT		CHC	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.347	.289	.636	9	.97	0.092	1.64	0.09%	1.27	P
19	47	73 (7)	Jul 16 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.333	.277	.610	9	1.31	-0.070	1.34	-0.04%	-0.53	P
20	48	77 (3)	Jul 20	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-4	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.315	.260	.575	9	.80	-0.070	1.08	-0.06%	-0.95	P
21	49	81 (3)	Jul 23 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.298	.245	.544	9	1.36	-0.096	2.94	-0.13%	-0.71	P
22	50	82	Jul 25	PIT		PHI	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.298	.245	.544	9						P
23	51	85 (2)	Jul 27	PIT		PHI	L,8-9	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.293	.241	.534	9	1.51	-0.042	2.73	-0.05%	-0.35	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	52	89 (3)	Aug 1	PIT		BRO	L,3-5	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.288	.236	.524	9	1.05	-0.026	.62	-0.01%	-0.16	P
25	53	95 (5)	Aug 6 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,6-0	CG(8)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.297	.237	.534	9	1.16	-0.053	.52	-0.01%	-1.06	P
26	54	99 (3)	Aug 13	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.284	.226	.509	9	1.09	-0.082	.16	-0.01%	-0.65	P
27	55	102 (2)	Aug 16 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.215	.271	.215	.487	9	1.67	0.060	.10	0.00%	0.13	P
28	56	107 (4)	Aug 20 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.271	.215	.487	9						P
29	57	113 (5)	Aug 26 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.209	.264	.209	.473	9	.50	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.34	P
30	58	118 (4)	Aug 31 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-11	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.209	.264	.209	.473	9						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	59	123 (4)	Sep 4 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.197	.250	.197	.447	9	.87	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-1.07	P
32	60	126 (2)	Sep 7	PIT		CIN	W,8-7	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.247	.194	.441	9	1.53	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.16	P
33	61	129 (2)	Sep 10 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-9	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.244	.192	.435	9	1.02	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.36	P
34	62	133 (3)	Sep 13 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,7-4	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.232	.182	.414	9	1.08	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-1.08	P
35	63	139 (5)	Sep 17 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,10-1	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.210	.256	.210	.466	9						P
36	64	145 (5)	Sep 22 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,9-10	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.253	.207	.460	9	.42	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.11	P
37	65	150 (4)	Sep 27 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.253	.207	.460	9						P
							16-21		88	82	9	17	0	0	0	7	5	0	11	0	0		1	2	0	0	.207	.253	.207	.460		1.01	-0.642	1.26	-0.25%	-8.64

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