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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Team Record in Appearances: 17-11 / in Starts: 14-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 3

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	1	Apr 19	PIT	@	STL	W,4-3	8-GF	W(1-0)	99	2.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.05	10	3	2	2	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.90	0.239	5.21	0.39%	1.04	8b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 1
2	2	9	Apr 27	PIT		CHC	W,6-5	8-GF	S(1)	7	2.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.55	7	5	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	1	2.40	0.193	10.04	0.48%	-0.01	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	3	13	May 2	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-8	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.80	4.05	4	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.002	.03	0.00%	-0.52	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
4	4	17	May 6	PIT		NYG	L,7-11	7-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	3.99	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.12	0.00%	0.23	7t 1-- 2 out d7	7t 3 out d7
5	5	20	May 9	PIT		BSN	L,5-7	7-8		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.23	3.87	6	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.27	0.035	.73	0.06%	0.99	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
6	6	24	May 18	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-2	GS-13		8	12.1	5	1	1	4	5	0	1	0.92	3.61	44	17	14	2	0	3	90			0	1	0	38	0	1	2	1	0	0	1.76	0.931	4.94	1.57%	4.55	1b start a 1	13b --- 1 out tie
7	7	31	May 27	PIT		CHC	L,0-5	GS-4	L(1-1)	8	3.0	4	4	4	3	2	1	0	2.38	4.33	14	3	5	2	0	1	34			0	1	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.229	2.57	-0.33%	-2.52	1t start tie	4t --- 0 out d4
8	8	34	May 30(1)	PIT		STL	W,5-4	6-GF(17)	BW(2-1)	2	11.2	10	1	1	2	3	0	0	1.83	3.90	47	18	16	3	2	8		1	0	0	0	0	45	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.46	1.212	3.68	1.09%	5.11	6t -2- 1 out a1	17t end tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	9	37	Jun 3	PIT		NYG	W,6-5	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	8	5	4	1	3	0	0	2.28	3.65	37	14	12	0	3	7	55			0	1	0	36	3	0	0	2	0	3	.85	0.129	2.05	0.19%	-0.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
10	10	41	Jun 8	PIT		BSN	W,4-1	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.06	3.61	36	25	3	1	0	2	71			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.322	1.33	0.37%	3.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
11	11	45	Jun 12	PIT		PHI	W,11-5	GS-3		3	2.1	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	2.47	3.54	13	5	0	0	0	7	32			0	0	0	12	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.50	-0.132	2.92	-0.16%	-1.04	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d1
12	12	48	Jun 16	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-2	CG	W(5-1)	3	9.0	5	2	2	2	8	0	1	2.40	3.37	35	12	8	1	1	4	75			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.240	3.00	0.42%	2.49	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
13	13	53	Jun 21	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-3	GS-2		4	2.0	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	2.47	3.55	10	7	0	0	0	3	44			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.85	-0.116	2.65	-0.22%	-0.98	1b start tie	2b 3 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	14	59	Jul 2	PIT		STL	W,5-1	CG	W(6-1)	10	9.0	6	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.29	3.56	37	13	15	6	3	4	70			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	.89	0.245	2.98	0.49%	3.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
15	15	64	Jul 8	PIT	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	W(7-1)	5	9.0	10	2	2	0	0	0	1	2.26	3.54	37	18	8	0	2	10	59			1	0	0	36	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.06	0.408	4.49	1.03%	2.67	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
16	16	69	Jul 12	PIT	@	CHC	W,14-6	GS-3		3	2.1	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	2.51	3.53	12	6	1	0	0	5	35			0	0	0	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.193	6.17	-0.63%	-2.16	1b start a 4	3b -2- 1 out a1
17	17	73	Jul 16	PIT		NYG	W,7-3	CG	W(8-1)	3	9.0	8	3	3	4	2	0	0	2.56	3.57	38	13	11	3	2	8	57			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.186	6.69	0.95%	1.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
18	18	78	Jul 20(1)	PIT		PHI	L,0-11	GS-5	L(8-2)	3	4.2	6	5	5	2	3	0	1	2.89	3.57	23	6	7	1	0	4	33			0	1	0	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.130	6.79	-0.43%	-1.02	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out d3
19	19	83	Jul 24(1)	PIT		BSN	W,5-4	GS-5		3	4.0	6	4	3	1	1	1	1	3.04	3.72	20	7	6	0	2	4	36			0	1	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	.75	-0.225	4.61	-0.82%	-2.41	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	20	95	Aug 5	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(8-3)	11	8.0	9	5	4	3	0	2	0	3.14	3.98	37	18	10	0	3	6	43			0	0	0	32	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.05	-0.329	8.04	-1.52%	-1.01	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
21	21	99	Aug 10	PIT		STL	L,0-5	GS-7	L(8-4)	4	6.1	8	5	3	3	1	0	0	3.20	3.99	29	11	7	0	1	7	39			1	1	0	25	2	1	0	1	0	1	.55	-0.224	2.44	-0.59%	-2.45	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d5
22	22	111	Aug 23(1)	PIT		BSN	L,0-6	GS-1	L(8-5)	12	0.2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.34	4.01	6	2	0	0	0	3	37			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.191	6.08	-0.58%	-2.00	1t start tie	1t 1-3 2 out d2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	23	123	Sep 1	PIT		NYG	W,6-0	SHO	W(9-5)	8	9.0	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.10	3.95	32	10	13	2	1	7	73			0	2	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.405	5.93	1.74%	4.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
24	24	129	Sep 7	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	W(10-5)	5	9.0	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	2.90	3.86	32	18	6	1	3	3	76			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	3	0	1	.56	0.239	5.96	1.53%	3.36	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
25	25	138	Sep 17	PIT	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	W(11-5)	9	9.0	6	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.78	3.79	34	13	9	0	2	6	73			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	0.366	13.23	2.08%	3.01	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
26	26	142	Sep 22(2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,11-6	GS-7	W(12-5)	4	6.2	9	5	4	2	4	1	1	2.89	3.85	32	13	6	2	2	6	40			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	1	.86	-0.094	4.81	-0.32%	-2.22	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out a4
27	27	147	Sep 28	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS-8		5	7.0	9	4	3	2	6	0	0	2.94	3.78	34	9	9	0	3	8	49			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.39	-0.104	48.43	-2.18%	0.18	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a2
28	28	151	Oct 1	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-9	2-2		2	0.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.99	3.80	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	-0.153	46.77	-2.10%	-1.85	2b 12- 0 out tie	2b 123 0 out d1
							17-11		W-L:12-5,Sv:1,BSv:1	4.4	159.1	152	63	53	42	58	7	6	2.99	3.80	669	1.55		6%	7%	121	53	4	25%	3	8	0	611	21	6	3	18	0	14	1.13	3.029	7.22	2.52%	15.71

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