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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	LAA	@	BAL	W,7-2	GS	26	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
2	2	Apr 15	LAA	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
3	3	Apr 17	LAA	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
4	4	Apr 20 (1)	LAA	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
5	5	Apr 20 (2)	LAA	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
6	7 (1)	Apr 23 (1)	LAA	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
7	8	Apr 23 (2)	LAA	@	DET	L,2-3		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
8	9	Apr 27	LAA		MIN	L,2-4	GS	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
9	10	Apr 28	LAA		MIN	W,6-5	CG	52	12.0	15	0	1	16	1	1B
10	11	Apr 29	LAA		MIN	W,4-1		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
11	12	Apr 30 (1)	LAA		KCA	W,6-4		13	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	14 (1)	May 2	LAA		BAL	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
13	15	May 3	LAA		BAL	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
14	16	May 4	LAA		BAL	L,7-8	GS	30	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
15	17	May 5	LAA		NYY	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
16	18	May 6	LAA		NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
17	19	May 7	LAA		NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
18	20	May 8	LAA		BOS	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	12	1	1	14	2	1B
19	21	May 9	LAA		BOS	W,8-7	GS	28	6.0	4	0	1	5	0	1B
20	23 (1)	May 12	LAA	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
21	24	May 13	LAA	@	MIN	L,6-13	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
22	25	May 14	LAA	@	MIN	L,3-4	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
23	27 (1)	May 16	LAA	@	KCA	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
24	28	May 18	LAA		CHW	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
25	29	May 19 (1)	LAA		CHW	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
26	31 (1)	May 21 (1)	LAA		WSA	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
27	34 (2)	May 23	LAA		CLE	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
28	35	May 24	LAA		CLE	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
29	36	May 25	LAA		CLE	L,5-13	GS	29	5.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
30	37	May 26	LAA		DET	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
31	38	May 27	LAA		DET	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
32	40 (1)	May 30	LAA	@	WSA	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
33	41	May 31	LAA	@	WSA	W,5-3	CG	55	12.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	42	Jun 1	LAA	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	12	1	0	13	4	1B
35	44 (1)	Jun 3	LAA	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
36	45	Jun 4 (1)	LAA	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
37	47 (1)	Jun 5	LAA	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
38	48	Jun 6 (1)	LAA	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
39	49	Jun 6 (2)	LAA	@	BAL	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
40	51 (1)	Jun 8 (1)	LAA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
41	53 (1)	Jun 9 (1)	LAA	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
42	55 (1)	Jun 10	LAA	@	BOS	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
43	56	Jun 11 (1)	LAA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
44	58 (1)	Jun 12	LAA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
45	59	Jun 13 (1)	LAA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
46	61 (1)	Jun 14 (1)	LAA	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
47	68 (6)	Jun 21	LAA		BOS	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	12	1	1	14	1	1B
48	69	Jun 22	LAA		BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
49	71 (1)	Jun 24	LAA		BAL	W,4-1	GS	32	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
50	75 (3)	Jun 28	LAA		NYY	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	77 (1)	Jul 1	LAA		CHW	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
52	80 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	LAA		KCA	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
53	82 (1)	Jul 5	LAA	@	MIN	W,6-2	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
54	86 (3)	Jul 9 (1)	LAA	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
55	88 (1)	Jul 14	LAA	@	CLE	L,5-7	GS	19	5.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
56	93 (4)	Jul 19 (1)	LAA		MIN	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
57	98 (4)	Jul 24	LAA		DET	L,2-5	GS	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
58	100 (1)	Jul 26	LAA		DET	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
59	101	Jul 28	LAA		CLE	W,8-5	GS	27	6.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
60	103 (1)	Jul 30	LAA		CLE	W,8-6	GS	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	105 (1)	Aug 2 (2)	LAA	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS	27	6.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
62	111 (5)	Aug 8	LAA	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
63	115 (3)	Aug 12	LAA	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
64	116	Aug 13	LAA	@	CLE	W,8-7	GS	27	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
65	117	Aug 14	LAA	@	WSA	W,5-1	GS	23	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
66	133 (15)	Aug 30	LAA		BAL	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
							66gm		496.2	520	28	6	554	51