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Billy Klaus

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Full Name: William Joseph Klaus Primary Position: SS,3B
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/160 First Game: April 16, 1952
Birthdate: December 9, 1928 Final Game: May 17, 1963
Birthplace: Spring Grove, Illinois MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: December 3, 2006
Deathplace: Sarasota, Florida
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Billy Klaus (William Joseph Klaus) was born on December 9, 1928 in Spring Grove, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on April 16, 1952 for the Boston Braves. In 1955, his rookie year, he hit .283 with 7 home runs and 60 RBI. Klaus played for the Boston Braves, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Washington Senators and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 10 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Billy Klaus's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1956, when he knocked in 59 runs. However, others believe that it was 1955, when he hit for a .283 average and knocked in 60 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1952 BOS N 7 4 3 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1953 MIL N 2 2 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 BOS A 135 541 83 153 7 60 .283 .351 .377 26 2 60 44 0 4 6 0 4
1956 BOS A 135 520 91 141 7 59 .271 .378 .387 29 5 90 43 1 6 1 0 7
1957 BOS A 127 477 76 120 10 42 .252 .326 .369 18 4 55 53 0 1 2 0 12
1958 BOS A 61 88 5 14 1 7 .159 .204 .239 4 0 5 16 0 0 0 0 2
1959 BAL A 104 321 33 80 3 25 .249 .350 .312 11 0 51 38 0 3 2 1 6
1960 BAL A 46 43 8 9 1 6 .209 .346 .326 2 0 9 9 0 1 0 0 1
1961 WAS A 91 251 26 57 7 30 .227 .311 .359 8 2 30 34 2 1 2 3 1
1962 PHI N 102 248 30 51 4 20 .206 .290 .302 8 2 29 43 1 4 1 3 4
1963 PHI N 11 18 1 1 0 0 .056 .105 .056 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0
Total NL 122 272 35 52 4 21 .191 .275 .279 8 2 31 48 1 5 1 3 4
Total AL 699 2241 322 574 36 229 .256 .342 .360 98 13 300 237 3 16 13 4 33
Total 821 2513 357 626 40 250 .249 .335 .351 106 15 331 285 4 21 14 7 37

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1952 BOS N SS 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
1955 BOS A SS 126 0 0 207 391 28 55 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1955 BOS A 3B 8 0 0 7 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1956 BOS A SS 26 0 0 35 64 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1956 BOS A 3B 106 0 0 120 242 21 18 0 0 0 0 0 .945
1957 BOS A SS 118 116 1026 204 417 25 93 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1958 BOS A SS 27 8 115.1 18 35 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 .883
1959 BAL A SS 59 41 407 77 147 7 21 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1959 BAL A 3B 49 45 362.1 43 84 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1959 BAL A 2B 1 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1960 BAL A 2B 30 3 85.2 19 29 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1960 BAL A SS 12 5 47 10 17 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 BAL A 3B 2 2 15 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 WAS A 3B 51 43 406 40 107 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1961 WAS A OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1961 WAS A SS 18 16 141 24 47 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1961 WAS A LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1961 WAS A 2B 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 PHI N 3B 53 39 345.1 43 72 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1962 PHI N SS 30 8 131 29 49 7 11 0 0 0 0 0 .918
1962 PHI N 2B 11 7 67 21 21 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 PHI N SS 5 0 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 PHI N 3B 3 2 17 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 272 131 1145.2 253 536 38 33 0 0 0 0 0 .954
Total SS 425 194 1879.1 606 1169 83 203 0 0 0 0 0 .955
Total LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 2B 43 10 157.1 40 51 2 16 0 0 0 0 0 .978
Total OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1946).
  • Contract voided (1947).
  • Signed by Chicago Cubs (1947).
  • Selected by Dallas (Texas) from Chicago Cubs in the minor league draft (December 5, 1949).
  • Sold by Dallas (Texas) to Boston Braves (@October 1, 1950).
  • Traded by Milwaukee Braves with Johnny Antonelli, Don Liddle, Ebba St. Claire and $50000 to New York Giants in exchange for Bobby Thomson and Sam Calderone (February 1, 1954).
  • Traded by New York Giants to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Del Wilber (December 14, 1954).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Jim Busby (December 15, 1958).
  • Selected by Washington Senators from Baltimore Orioles in the expansion draft (December 14, 1960).
  • Sold by Washington Senators to Philadelphia Phillies (April 5, 1962).
  • Released by Philadelphia Phillies (October 19, 1962).
  • Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (April 1, 1963).
  • Released by Philadelphia Phillies (May 24, 1963).

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