Ted Kluszewski

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 225lb (188cm, 102kg)

Born: September 10, 1924 in Argo, IL us

Died: March 29, 1988 in Cincinnati, OH

Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH

High School: Argo Community HS (Argo, IL)

School: Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN)

Debut: April 18, 1947 (Age 22-220d, 10,304th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1961 (Age 37-021d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Theodore Bernard Kluszewski

Nicknames: Big Klu

Pronunciation: \kluh-ZOO-skee\

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

31.4

5929

1766

279

.298

848

RBI

1028

OBP

.353

SLG

.498

OPS

.850

OPS+

123

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	CIN		STL	W,3-1	GS	28	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
2	2	Apr 21	CIN		STL	W,5-0	GS	26	7.0	11	0	0	11	1
3	3	Apr 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
4	4	Apr 24 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS	29	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
5	6 (1)	Apr 25	CIN	@	STL	L,3-9	GS	28	5.0	3	0	0	3	1
6	7	Apr 27	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	11	0	0	11	3
7	8	Apr 28	CIN	@	CHC	W,2-0	GS	30	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
8	9	Apr 29	CIN		PIT	W,7-3	GS	29	7.0	9	1	0	10	1
9	10	Apr 30	CIN		PIT	W,8-4	GS	34	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	11	May 1 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
11	12	May 1 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,5-2	GS	24	6.0	6	1	0	7	0
12	13	May 3	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
13	14	May 4	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
14	19 (4)	May 8 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	33	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	20	May 11	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-2	GS	30	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
16	21	May 12	CIN	@	NYG	W,3-0	GS	25	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
17	22	May 13	CIN		CHC	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	13	1	0	14	4
18	23	May 14	CIN		CHC	L,1-13	CG	48	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
19	24	May 15 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,6-5	GS	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
20	25	May 15 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,5-8	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
21	26	May 17	CIN		BSN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	3
22	27	May 18	CIN		BSN	W,13-9	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
23	28	May 19	CIN		NYG	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
24	29	May 20	CIN		NYG	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	3
25	30	May 22 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,0-3	GS	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
26	31	May 22 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
27	32	May 24	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	49	11.0	8	1	0	9	2
28	33	May 25	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
29	34	May 27	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
30	35	May 28	CIN	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	39	11.0	17	0	0	17	1
31	36	May 29 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
32	37	May 29 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
33	38	May 30 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
34	39	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	46	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	40	Jun 1	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	41	9.2	13	0	0	13	1
36	41	Jun 2	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	6	0	2	8	0
37	42	Jun 3 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
38	43	Jun 3 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
39	44	Jun 4	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-9	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
40	45	Jun 5	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
41	46	Jun 6	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	4
42	47	Jun 7	CIN	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	9	0	0	9	1
43	48	Jun 8	CIN	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG	68	14.0	15	3	1	19	1
44	49	Jun 9	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
45	50	Jun 10	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-10	CG	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
46	51	Jun 11	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-11	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
47	52	Jun 12	CIN	@	BRO	L,7-20	CG	49	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
48	53	Jun 14	CIN		NYG	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
49	54	Jun 17	CIN		BSN	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
50	55	Jun 18	CIN		BSN	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
51	56	Jun 19 (1)	CIN		BSN	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	10	1	1	12	0
52	57	Jun 19 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
53	58	Jun 21	CIN		BRO	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
54	59	Jun 22	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	42	11.0	13	0	0	13	1
55	60	Jun 23	CIN		BRO	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
56	61	Jun 25	CIN		PHI	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
57	62	Jun 26 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	12	0	0	12	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	70 (7)	Jul 4 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
59	71	Jul 6	CIN		CHC	W,23-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
60	72	Jul 7	CIN		CHC	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
61	73	Jul 8	CIN		STL	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
62	74	Jul 9	CIN		STL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
63	75	Jul 10 (1)	CIN		STL	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
64	78 (2)	Jul 15	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-11	CG	40	8.0	8	0	1	9	1
65	79	Jul 16	CIN	@	BRO	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	10	1	0	11	4
66	80	Jul 17 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	10	1	0	11	1
67	81	Jul 17 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
68	82	Jul 18	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
69	83	Jul 19	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-13	CG	48	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
70	84	Jul 20	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-5	GS	18	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	91 (6)	Jul 27	CIN		BSN	L,7-9	GF	22	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
72	93 (1)	Jul 29	CIN		NYG	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
73	94	Jul 30	CIN		NYG	L,7-8	CG	48	10.0	8	0	0	8	0
74	95	Jul 31 (1)	CIN		NYG	L,0-10	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
75	96	Jul 31 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	7	0	2	9	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	97	Aug 2	CIN		PHI	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
77	98	Aug 3	CIN		PHI	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
78	99	Aug 4 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
79	100	Aug 4 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
80	101	Aug 5	CIN		BRO	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
81	102	Aug 6	CIN		BRO	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	1	12	0
82	103	Aug 7 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,0-7	GS	28	6.0	5	0	0	5	1
83	104	Aug 7 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
84	105	Aug 8	CIN	@	STL	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
85	106	Aug 9	CIN	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
86	107	Aug 10	CIN	@	STL	L,0-8	GS	31	5.0	6	0	0	6	0
87	108	Aug 13	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
88	110 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
89	111	Aug 15	CIN		PIT	L,7-9	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
90	112	Aug 16	CIN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	11	1	0	12	1
91	113	Aug 17	CIN		STL	L,3-4	GF	15	3.0	2	2	0	4	0
92	114	Aug 19	CIN		CHC	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
93	115	Aug 20	CIN		CHC	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
94	116	Aug 21 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
95	117	Aug 21 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
96	118	Aug 23	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	55	12.2	11	2	0	13	0
97	119	Aug 25	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	9	1	0	10	0
98	120	Aug 26	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	39	8.2	11	1	0	12	1
99	121	Aug 27	CIN	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	41	9.2	7	0	0	7	0
100	122	Aug 28 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
101	123	Aug 28 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	32	7.0	6	0	0	6	1
102	124	Aug 29	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	125	Sep 1 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,8-11	CG	45	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
104	126	Sep 1 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	10	1	0	11	2
105	127	Sep 3	CIN	@	STL	T,9-9	CG	76	15.0	9	2	1	12	1
106	128	Sep 4 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	9	0	1	10	0
107	129	Sep 4 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
108	130	Sep 5 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	3
109	131	Sep 5 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	8	0	1	9	2
110	132	Sep 6	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	39	10.0	10	0	1	11	0
111	133	Sep 7	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
112	134	Sep 8	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	3
113	135	Sep 9	CIN		STL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
114	136	Sep 10	CIN		STL	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	1	9	1
115	137	Sep 11 (1)	CIN		STL	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
116	138	Sep 11 (2)	CIN		STL	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
117	139	Sep 13	CIN		BRO	L,3-6	CG	41	10.0	10	1	0	11	0
118	140	Sep 14	CIN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	8	3	0	11	1
119	141	Sep 16	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
120	142	Sep 17	CIN		PHI	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
121	143	Sep 18 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
122	144	Sep 18 (2)	CIN		BSN	T,1-1	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
123	145	Sep 19	CIN		BSN	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	3
124	146	Sep 21 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	11	1	1	13	0
125	147	Sep 21 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,2-5	CG	34	7.0	4	0	0	4	2
126	148	Sep 22 (1)	CIN		NYG	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
127	149	Sep 22 (2)	CIN		NYG	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
128	150	Sep 24	CIN		PIT	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
129	151	Sep 25 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
130	152	Sep 25 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,3-5	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
131	153	Sep 27	CIN		CHC	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
132	154	Sep 30	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
133	155	Oct 2 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
134	156	Oct 2 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
							134gm		1148.0	1140	65	14	1219	109