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: 15-23 / in Starts: 7-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 7

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 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	66	1	Apr 16	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	5.2	5	4	4	4	0	0	0	6.35	5.11	26	12	5	0	1	5	39			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	2	.85	0.148	1.96	0.21%	-0.25	1b start a 1	6b -2- 2 out a3
2	67	5	Apr 25	PIT		STL	L,9-10	GS-2	L(1-1)	8	1.1	6	5	5	1	0	0	0	11.57	5.14	11	0	4	0	1	6	21			0	0	0	10	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.24	-0.326	3.23	-0.51%	-3.54	1t start tie	2t 1-- 1 out d3
3	68	10	Apr 30	PIT		PHI	L,2-6	GS-3	L(1-2)	4	2.2	7	4	4	2	0	0	0	12.10	5.17	16	3	4	0	2	7	26			1	0	0	14	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.267	2.25	-0.30%	-3.14	1t start tie	3t -23 2 out d4
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
4	69	14	May 8	PIT		NYG	L,6-10	GS-3	L(1-3)	7	2.0	4	4	4	2	1	0	0	13.11	5.14	12	2	3	1	0	4	31			2	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.259	1.36	-0.17%	-2.95	1t start tie	3t --3 0 out d3
5	70	19	May 14	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	W(2-3)	5	9.0	7	2	2	2	1	0	1	8.27	4.55	36	12	13	1	1	7	64			0	1	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	.69	0.092	.45	0.04%	2.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
6	71	21	May 18	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-15	6-6		3	1.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	9.14	4.47	8	3	0	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.117	.19	-0.04%	-2.55	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d5
7	72	24	May 22	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-3	GS-7	L(2-4)	3	7.0	7	3	1	0	5	0	0	7.22	3.76	29	11	6	0	0	7	60			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.035	.45	-0.01%	0.67	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d2
8	73	26	May 26	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(3-4)	3	9.0	6	2	2	2	5	0	0	5.97	3.47	35	10	12	2	1	6	70			1	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.447	.59	0.11%	2.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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	74	31	Jun 2(1)	PIT		NYG	W,2-1	GS-8	W(4-4)	6	8.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	5.12	3.43	29	11	9	2	0	5	68			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	0.234	.27	0.03%	2.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
10	75	35	Jun 6	PIT		BSN	W,7-6	GS-2		3	1.0	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	5.79	3.38	7	1	0	0	0	5	28			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.260	.16	-0.02%	-2.90	1t start tie	2t 1-- 0 out d3
11	76	38	Jun 9(1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-6	GS-7	L(4-5)	2	7.0	7	3	3	4	2	0	0	5.53	3.48	31	10	8	1	0	7	49			0	0	0	26	3	0	1	0	0	0	.81	-0.065	.17	-0.01%	0.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
12	77	42	Jun 14	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-8	GS-7	L(4-6)	4	6.0	11	7	7	0	0	0	0	6.03	3.43	28	14	4	0	0	10	22			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.18	-0.540	.12	-0.03%	-2.88	1b start tie	7b 123 0 out a1
13	78	47	Jun 17(2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-5	4-5		2	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	5.84	3.56	11	3	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.89	-0.022	.06	0.00%	-0.09	4b --- 0 out d2	5b 3 out d3
14	79	50	Jun 21	PIT	@	BRO	L,8-10	GS-4	L(4-7)	3	3.1	10	7	7	0	0	1	0	6.51	3.74	18	3	5	1	0	10	12			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.345	.11	-0.02%	-3.84	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d2
15	80	54	Jun 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-7	7-GF	S(1)	3	2.1	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	6.42	3.65	11	4	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.092	.11	0.01%	0.02	7b --- 2 out a3	9b end a 2
16	81	58	Jun 30(1)	PIT		STL	L,0-1	GS-8	L(4-8)	4	8.0	5	1	1	4	5	0	1	5.85	3.65	31	9	7	0	0	5	69			0	2	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.289	.10	0.02%	2.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
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
17	82	63	Jul 4(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-9	GS-3	L(4-9)	3	2.2	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	5.88	3.70	16	5	4	0	0	5	32			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	-0.282	.08	-0.01%	-3.95	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out d5
18	83	66	Jul 6(1)	PIT	@	STL	W,15-8	3-5	W(5-9)	1	1.1	4	3	2	1	0	1	0	6.01	3.89	8	2	1	0	0	4		1	0	0	1	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.25	-0.259	.01	0.00%	-2.55	3b -2- 2 out tie	5b 1-- 0 out a1
19	84	71	Jul 13	PIT		PHI	W,9-8	8-8	BS(1)	6	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.10	3.89	3	0	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.30	-0.507	.08	-0.01%	-2.46	8t 12- 0 out a2	8t --3 1 out d1
20	85	75	Jul 15(2)	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	CG	W(6-9)	1	9.0	10	3	3	4	3	0	0	5.79	3.87	38	9	12	0	0	10	54			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.75	0.402	.05	0.01%	1.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
21	86	82	Jul 23	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-9	GS-5	L(6-10)	7	4.1	11	6	5	1	4	1	0	6.00	3.91	24	5	3	1	0	11	22			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.308	.01	0.00%	-3.79	1b start a 1	5b --- 1 out d5
22	87	88	Jul 29	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-7	7-7		5	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.98	3.94	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.005	.01	0.00%	0.33	7b -2- 2 out d4	7b 3 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
23	88	90	Aug 1(1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-8	5-7		2	3.0	7	4	4	0	1	1	0	6.17	4.02	15	5	2	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	.20	-0.089	.01	0.00%	-2.43	5b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d7
24	89	92	Aug 2	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-2		S(2)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.14	4.02	1												1					0
25	90	97	Aug 7(1)	PIT		STL	W,10-9	7-8	BW(7-10)	4	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	6.15	3.99	6	1	2	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.79	-0.127	.19	-0.01%	-0.42	7t --- 2 out a1	8t 3 out tie
26	91	100	Aug 10	PIT		CHC	L,0-1	GS-8	L(7-11)	2	8.0	7	1	1	2	2	0	2	5.77	3.99	34	13	8	2	1	7	64			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	.97	0.281	.13	0.02%	2.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
27	92	105	Aug 14	PIT	@	STL	L,6-7	8-8		3	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.80	4.10	5	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.227	.10	-0.02%	-0.49	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out d1
28	93	108	Aug 17	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS-8		2	7.2	9	4	3	3	2	0	1	5.65	4.10	33	14	5	1	0	8	46			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	3	0	0	.97	0.040	.07	0.00%	-0.52	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a1
29	94	113	Aug 22(1)	PIT		NYG	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	12	4	3	3	3	1	0	5.55	4.16	36	17	6	2	1	7	39			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	2	0	1	1.38	-0.204	.12	-0.01%	-0.61	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
30	95	118	Aug 25(2)	PIT		BRO	L,1-8	GS-3	L(7-12)	2	2.1	6	4	2	1	1	0	0	5.59	4.15	16	5	3	0	0	6	33			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.00	-0.243	.11	-0.02%	-2.72	1t start tie	3t 1-3 1 out d3
Sept				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
31	96	123	Sep 1(2)	PIT		STL	T,5-5	1-2		6	1.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.53	4.19	6	3	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.054	.04	0.00%	0.91	1t 12- 2 out d3	2t 3 out d3
32	97	127	Sep 5	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.49	4.22	6	3	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.13	8b 1-- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
33	98	130	Sep 8(2)	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	GS-4	W(8-12)	2	4.0	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	5.59	4.19	18	10	1	0	0	5	34			2	1	0	16	2	0	1	0	0	0	.93	-0.228	.00	0.00%	-1.95	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d2
34	99	136	Sep 13	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-8	GS-6	L(8-13)	4	5.1	9	7	7	2	2	0	0	5.84	4.16	27	9	5	1	0	9	22			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.334	.00	0.00%	-3.29	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out d3
35	100	137	Sep 14(1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-5	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.80	4.14	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
36	101	140	Sep 15(2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-3			0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.75	4.14	5												4					0
37	102	141	Sep 16	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-6	8-GF	S(3)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.67	4.11	6	5	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.24	0.338	.00	0.00%	0.99	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
38	103	145	Sep 19(2)	PIT		STL	L,2-8	8-GF		2	2.0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.59	4.09	8	2	3	1	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	.08	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-1.05	8t 12- 0 out d3	9t end d 6
39	104	147	Sep 21(2)	PIT		CIN	W,8-7	7-7	BS(3)	1	0.1	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	5.58	4.10	5	1	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.40	-0.393	.00	0.00%	-3.26	7t 1-3 1 out a4	7t 12- 2 out tie
							15-23		W-L:8-13,Sv:3,BSv:3	3.2	142.0	196	103	88	53	48	6	5	5.58	4.10	662	1.58		5%	2%	188	41	11	64%	10	8	0	596	31	10	4	16	0	12	1.08	-3.066	.36	-0.76%	-33.11

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