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.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
2	2	Apr 17	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
3	3	Apr 18	PIT		CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
4	4	Apr 19	PIT		CIN	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
5	5	Apr 20	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	GS	33	7.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
6	6	Apr 22	PIT		MLN	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
7	7	Apr 23	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
8	8	Apr 24	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-4	GS	28	7.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
9	9	Apr 25	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	24	6.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
10	10	Apr 26	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-4	GS	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
11	11	Apr 29	PIT	@	LAD	W,7-1	GS	24	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
12	12	Apr 30	PIT	@	LAD	W,3-1	GS	28	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	PIT	@	LAD	W,8-3	GS	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
14	14	May 2	PIT	@	LAD	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
15	17 (2)	May 4 (2)	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	43	9.2	14	0	0	14	2	1B
16	20 (2)	May 7	PIT	@	SFG	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
17	21	May 9	PIT		PHI	W,1-0	CG	45	12.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
18	22	May 10	PIT		PHI	W,14-4	GS	29	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
19	23	May 11 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
20	25 (1)	May 13	PIT		CIN	W,6-3	GS	36	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
21	26	May 14	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
22	27	May 15	PIT		CIN	L,4-9	GS	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
23	29 (1)	May 17	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
24	30	May 18 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
25	32 (1)	May 20	PIT		CHC	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
26	33	May 21	PIT		CHC	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
27	34	May 23	PIT		STL	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
28	35	May 24	PIT		STL	W,6-1	GS	31	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
29	36	May 25 (1)	PIT		SFG	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
30	38 (1)	May 27	PIT		LAD	W,5-3	GS	26	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
31	39	May 28	PIT		LAD	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
32	40	May 30 (1)	PIT		MLN	L,4-7	GS	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	43 (2)	Jun 1	PIT		MLN	W,5-1	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	2	1B
34	44	Jun 2	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
35	45	Jun 3	PIT	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
36	46	Jun 4	PIT	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	7	3	0	10	3	1B
37	48 (1)	Jun 6	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
38	49	Jun 7	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-6	GS	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
39	50	Jun 8	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
40	56 (5)	Jun 15	PIT	@	LAD	W,12-1	GS	29	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
41	57	Jun 17	PIT		SFG	W,6-1	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
42	58	Jun 18	PIT		SFG	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	15	0	0	15	3	1B
43	59	Jun 19	PIT		SFG	W,6-5	GS	26	7.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
44	60	Jun 20	PIT		LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
45	61	Jun 21	PIT		LAD	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
46	63 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	PIT		LAD	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
47	64	Jun 23	PIT		STL	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	9	0	3	12	0	1B
48	65	Jun 24	PIT		STL	L,1-2	GS	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
49	66	Jun 25	PIT		STL	L,1-3	GS	35	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
50	69 (2)	Jun 28	PIT		CHC	W,7-3	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
51	71 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	72	Jul 1	PIT		PHI	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	18	0	0	18	0	1B
53	73	Jul 3	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-0	GS	30	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
54	74	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
55	75	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
56	76	Jul 5	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
57	77	Jul 6	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	110 (32)	Aug 10 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
59	111	Aug 11	PIT		MLN	W,6-4	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
60	112	Aug 12	PIT		MLN	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
61	113	Aug 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-9	GS	36	7.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
62	114	Aug 15	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
63	116 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	10	1	0	11	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	132 (15)	Sep 1 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
65	134 (1)	Sep 2	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
66	135	Sep 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
67	136	Sep 5	PIT		MLN	W,1-0	CG	38	10.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
68	137	Sep 6	PIT		MLN	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
69	139 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
70	148 (8)	Sep 19	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS	19	6.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
71	152 (3)	Sep 26	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
72	153	Sep 27	PIT		PHI	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
							72gm		592.0	591	36	4	631	62