Johnny Kling

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: November 13, 1875 in Kansas City, MO us

Died: January 31, 1947 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, MO

Debut: September 11, 1900 (Age 24-302d, 2,218th in major league history)

Last Game: September 21, 1913 (Age 37-312d)
vs. NYG 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1901 season

Full Name: John Kling

Nicknames: Noisy

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Relatives: Brother of Bill Kling

2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

29.1

4246

1154

.272

475

RBI

514

124

OBP

.319

SLG

.357

OPS

.676

OPS+

100

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-54 / in Starts: 24-49
Longest Hitting Streak	10 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	40 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 11 bases loaded PA and 8 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 274 PAs	28
Actual Runners on Base	180 (89-61-30)
Avg. MLBer w/ 274 PAs	28
Avg. Runners on Base	178 (81-61-35)

Most Driven In
B Houser	6
A Devlin	5
E McDonald	3
J Titus	3
F O'Rourke	2
Self	2
G Jackson	2
D Shean	1

Most Driven In By
E McDonald	7
B Sweeney	5
V Campbell	5
Self	2
O Hess	2
J Kirke	1
A Devlin	1
W Dickson	0

1912 Batting Game Log

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1912 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	1104	1	Apr 11	BSN		PHI	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.50	-0.027	1.29	-0.04%	-0.73	C
2	1105	2	Apr 12	BSN		PHI	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.286	.286	.286	.571	8	.90	-0.010	2.45	-0.02%	-0.09	C
3	1106	3	Apr 13	BSN		PHI	L,2-14	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.222	.222	.222	.444	8	.49	-0.025	1.39	-0.04%	-0.55	C
4	1107	4	Apr 15	BSN		NYG	W,3-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.250	.500	.750	8	.95	0.066	2.53	0.11%	0.62	C
5	1108	5	Apr 16	BSN		NYG	L,2-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.214	.214	.429	.643	8	1.07	-0.055	2.98	-0.09%	-0.61	C
6	1109	6	Apr 17	BSN		NYG	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.222	.222	.389	.611	8	.96	-0.027	2.45	-0.04%	-0.54	C
7	1110	7	Apr 19	BSN	@	PHI	L,5-9	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.190	.227	.333	.561	8	.54	-0.019	1.37	-0.03%	-0.24	C
8	1111	8	Apr 20	BSN	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.320	.346	.440	.786	8	1.09	0.285	2.48	0.39%	3.38	C
9	1112	9	Apr 23	BSN	@	BRO	L,0-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.296	.321	.407	.729	8	1.15	-0.099	2.83	-0.15%	-1.01	C
10	1113	10	Apr 24	BSN	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG(8)	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.310	.333	.414	.747	8	.77	-0.016	1.69	-0.02%	-0.40	C
11	1114	11	Apr 25	BSN	@	BRO	W,7-5	GS-10	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.273	.294	.364	.658	8	1.16	-0.060	2.93	-0.09%	-0.23	C
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
12	1115	17 (5)	May 6	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.270	.289	.351	.641	8	1.76	-0.116	3.68	-0.15%	-1.24	C
13	1116	18	May 7	BSN	@	CHC	L,4-9	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.263	.300	.342	.642	8	.83	-0.010	1.66	-0.01%	-0.12	C
14	1117	19	May 8	BSN	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.302	.325	.627	8	1.70	0.070	2.99	0.07%	0.43	C
15	1118	20	May 9	BSN	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.233	.283	.302	.585	8	.65	-0.059	1.03	-0.06%	-0.80	C
16	1119	21	May 10	BSN	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0		.261	.320	.326	.646	8	1.33	0.086	2.07	0.08%	0.61	C
17	1120	22	May 12	BSN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.260	.315	.320	.635	8	1.46	0.032	1.84	0.03%	0.61	C
18	1121	23	May 13	BSN	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.245	.310	.302	.612	8	2.28	-0.172	2.58	-0.12%	-1.11	C
19	1122	24	May 15	BSN	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.259	.317	.310	.628	8	1.70	-0.063	2.14	-0.05%	-0.57	C
20	1123	25	May 16	BSN	@	CIN	L,5-8	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.274	.328	.339	.667	8	.96	0.167	.98	0.10%	1.81	C
21	1124	26	May 17	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG(10)	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.288	.338	.348	.687	8	1.35	0.164	1.05	0.08%	1.22	C
22	1125	27	May 18	BSN	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.290	.338	.348	.686	8	1.88	-0.105	1.40	-0.05%	-0.35	C
23	1126	28	May 20	BSN	@	PIT	L,4-13	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.282	.329	.338	.667	8	1.16	-0.064	.78	-0.03%	-0.61	C
24	1127	29	May 21	BSN	@	PIT	L,9-14	GS-8	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.307	.350	.373	.723	8	1.12	0.219	.66	0.08%	2.41	C
25	1128	30	May 22	BSN	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		.303	.361	.368	.730	8	1.37	-0.025	.74	-0.01%	-0.11	C
26	1129	31	May 23	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.291	.349	.354	.703	8	1.08	-0.081	.60	-0.03%	-0.71	C
27	1130	32	May 24	BSN	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.301	.356	.361	.717	8	1.53	0.126	.75	0.04%	1.28	C
28	1131	33	May 25	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.302	.355	.360	.715	8	1.65	-0.068	.83	-0.02%	-0.57	C
29	1132	34	May 27 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.311	.361	.389	.750	8	1.20	0.143	.63	0.05%	1.46	C
30	1133	36 (1)	May 28	BSN	@	PHI	L,8-10	GS-7	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.309	.356	.383	.739	8	1.33	-0.116	.67	-0.04%	-1.19	C
31	1134	37	May 30	BSN	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.299	.352	.371	.724	8	1.41	-0.102	.44	-0.02%	0.12	C
32	1135	38	May 31 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-9	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.303	.355	.374	.729	8	1.27	-0.052	.34	-0.01%	-0.55	C
33	1136	39	May 31 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-8	2-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.300	.352	.370	.722	9	2.50	-0.075	.58	-0.01%	-0.77	PH
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
34	1137	40	Jun 1	BSN		CHC	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.317	.366	.385	.751	8	1.58	0.206	.32	0.03%	1.66	C
35	1138	41	Jun 3	BSN		CHC	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.311	.360	.377	.737	8	.90	-0.050	.14	0.00%	-0.44	C
36	1139	42	Jun 4	BSN		CHC	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.303	.350	.367	.717	8	1.48	-0.114	.15	-0.01%	-0.65	C
37	1140	44 (1)	Jun 7	BSN		PIT	L,0-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.297	.350	.360	.710	8	1.31	-0.052	.06	0.00%	-0.27	C
38	1141	46 (1)	Jun 10	BSN		STL	W,11-3	CG	4	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.304	.355	.383	.737	8	.51	0.073	.00	0.00%	0.57	C
39	1142	47	Jun 11	BSN		STL	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.294	.344	.370	.713	8	1.20	-0.123	.03	0.00%	-0.76	C
40	1143	48	Jun 12	BSN		STL	L,6-8	GS-6	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.300	.354	.375	.729	8	.63	0.045	.02	0.00%	0.39	C
41	1144	51 (2)	Jun 15	BSN		CIN	L,3-6	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.298	.351	.372	.723	7	3.81	-0.097	.06	0.00%	-0.81	PH
42	1145	52	Jun 17 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.290	.343	.363	.706	8	1.22	-0.096	.01	0.00%	-0.70	C
43	1146	53	Jun 17 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0		0		.283	.341	.354	.695	8	1.43	-0.089	.02	0.00%	-1.19	C
44	1147	56 (2)	Jun 20	BSN		NYG	L,12-21	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.281	.338	.352	.690	8	.14	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.24	C
45	1148	58 (1)	Jun 22 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,5-17	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.278	.333	.368	.702	8	.65	-0.078	.00	0.00%	0.68	C
46	1149	65 (6)	Jun 28 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-12	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.277	.331	.365	.696	8	.29	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.27	C
47	1150	66	Jun 29	BSN	@	NYG	L,6-8	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.281	.333	.367	.700	8	.42	-0.012	.00	0.00%	0.02	C
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
48	1151	71 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,4-7	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.294	.344	.378	.722	8	.59	0.077	.00	0.00%	0.93	C
49	1152	74 (2)	Jul 8	BSN	@	STL	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.299	.348	.388	.736	8	.98	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.43	C
50	1153	76 (1)	Jul 9 (2)	BSN	@	STL	L,7-8	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.298	.346	.384	.730	8	1.21	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.38	C
51	1154	79 (2)	Jul 13	BSN	@	CHC	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.303	.350	.388	.738	9	6.10	-0.141	.00	0.00%	-0.48	PH
52	1155	81 (1)	Jul 15	BSN	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG(10)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		1		.306	.351	.389	.740	8	1.90	0.251	.00	0.00%	1.30	C
53	1156	82	Jul 18 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.311	.355	.391	.746	8	.22	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.86	C
54	1157	84 (1)	Jul 19	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.315	.358	.400	.758	8	1.57	0.108	.00	0.00%	0.98	C
55	1158	85	Jul 20	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.308	.350	.391	.741	8	1.78	-0.162	.00	0.00%	-1.30	C
56	1159	88 (2)	Jul 27 (1)	BSN		STL	L,3-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		1		.308	.353	.390	.743	8	.71	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.40	C
57	1160	90 (1)	Jul 30	BSN		STL	W,7-6	14-GF(14)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.312	.357	.393	.750	5	3.17	0.299	.00	0.00%	0.85	PH
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
58	1161	92 (1)	Aug 1	BSN		PIT	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.307	.351	.386	.737	8	1.58	-0.155	.00	0.00%	-0.89	C
59	1162	93	Aug 2	BSN		PIT	L,0-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.305	.349	.384	.733	7	2.93	-0.190	.00	0.00%	-1.50	PH
60	1163	94	Aug 3 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,13-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.306	.352	.383	.736	8	.12	0.021	.00	0.00%	1.31	C
61	1164	99 (4)	Aug 8	BSN		CIN	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.304	.350	.380	.731	8	1.06	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.88	C
62	1165	100	Aug 9	BSN		CHC	L,7-9	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.309	.353	.394	.747	8	.92	0.096	.00	0.00%	0.49	C
63	1166	101	Aug 10	BSN		CHC	L,10-11	CG	5	4	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.318	.364	.401	.765	8	2.12	0.340	.00	0.00%	2.06	C
64	1167	103 (1)	Aug 13	BSN		CHC	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.316	.362	.398	.760	8	1.28	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.18	C
65	1168	104	Aug 15	BSN	@	STL	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.315	.360	.396	.756	9	2.10	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.30	PH
66	1169	106 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	BSN	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.323	.367	.418	.785	8	.63	0.125	.00	0.00%	1.35	C
67	1170	109 (2)	Aug 20 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.324	.367	.422	.789	8	1.02	0.049	.00	0.00%	0.36	C
68	1171	110	Aug 20 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	W,4-1	1-GF	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.322	.365	.418	.783	8	.40	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.37	C
69	1172	111	Aug 21	BSN	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.330	.372	.425	.796	8	1.12	0.187	.00	0.00%	1.48	C
70	1173	112	Aug 22	BSN	@	CHC	L,5-17	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.332	.373	.425	.798	8	.43	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.10	C
71	1174	113	Aug 24	BSN	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.335	.375	.431	.806	8	1.17	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.40	C
72	1175	114	Aug 25	BSN	@	CHC	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1		0		.329	.369	.423	.792	8	1.93	0.081	.00	0.00%	-0.03	C
73	1176	115	Aug 26 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.324	.364	.418	.782	8	.79	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.68	C
74	1177	118 (2)	Aug 29	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.320	.360	.412	.772	8	.95	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.81	C
75	1178	121 (2)	Aug 31 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.323	.362	.418	.780	8	1.86	-0.117	.00	0.00%	-1.32	C
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
76	1179	122	Sep 2 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-5	CG(12)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.316	.355	.409	.764	8	1.66	-0.235	.00	0.00%	-1.47	C
77	1180	126 (3)	Sep 5	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.321	.358	.413	.771	8	1.20	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.37	C
78	1181	128 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.316	.353	.406	.758	8	1.10	-0.151	.00	0.00%	-1.21	C
79	1182	131 (2)	Sep 12 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,7-0	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.314	.351	.404	.755	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.37	PH
80	1183	137 (5)	Sep 17	BSN		STL	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.317	.354	.406	.759	8	.78	-0.005	.00	0.00%	0.11	C
81	1184	140 (2)	Sep 19 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,7-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.317	.356	.405	.761	8	1.14	0.145	.00	0.00%	1.07	C
							27-54		274	252	26	80	10	3	2	28	15	2	28	0	1		5		3		.317	.356	.405	.761		1.20	-0.171	.68	-0.08%	-0.54

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