Chuck Klein (Charles Herbert Klein) was born on October 7, 1904 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He made his Major League debut on July 30, 1928 for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1928, his rookie year, he hit .360 with 11 home runs and 34 RBI. Klein played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 16 year career.
There is some disagreement on what was Chuck Klein's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1930, when he slugged 40 home runs, hit for a .386 average and knocked in 170 runs. However, others believe that it was 1932, when he slugged 38 home runs, hit for a .348 average and knocked in 137 runs.
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1928
PHI
N
64
253
41
91
11
34
.360
.396
.577
14
4
14
22
1
7
0
0
0
1929
PHI
N
149
616
126
219
43
145
.356
.407
.657
45
6
54
61
0
9
5
0
0
1930
PHI
N
156
648
158
250
40
170
.386
.436
.687
59
8
54
50
4
13
4
0
0
1931
PHI
N
148
594
121
200
31
121
.337
.398
.584
34
10
59
49
1
2
7
0
0
1932
PHI
N
154
650
152
226
38
137
.348
.404
.646
50
15
60
49
1
0
20
0
0
1933
PHI
N
152
606
101
223
28
120
.368
.422
.602
44
7
56
36
1
4
15
0
3
1934
CHI
N
115
435
78
131
20
80
.301
.372
.510
27
2
47
38
2
1
3
0
6
1935
CHI
N
119
434
71
127
21
73
.293
.355
.488
14
4
41
42
1
9
4
0
10
1936
PHI
N
117
492
83
152
20
86
.309
.352
.520
30
7
33
45
0
5
6
0
6
1936
CHI
N
29
109
19
32
5
18
.294
.384
.477
5
0
16
14
0
1
0
0
2
1936
TOT
N
146
601
102
184
25
104
.306
.358
.512
35
7
49
59
0
6
6
0
8
1937
PHI
N
115
406
74
132
15
57
.325
.386
.495
20
2
39
21
1
3
3
0
6
1938
PHI
N
129
458
53
113
8
61
.247
.304
.356
22
2
38
30
0
4
7
0
7
1939
PIT
N
85
270
37
81
11
47
.300
.361
.511
16
4
26
17
0
6
1
0
4
1939
PHI
N
25
47
8
9
1
9
.191
.333
.340
2
1
10
4
0
2
1
0
0
1939
TOT
N
110
317
45
90
12
56
.284
.357
.486
18
5
36
21
0
8
2
0
4
1940
PHI
N
116
354
39
77
7
37
.218
.304
.333
16
2
44
30
0
2
2
0
8
1941
PHI
N
50
73
6
9
1
3
.123
.229
.164
0
0
10
6
0
1
0
0
2
1942
PHI
N
14
14
0
1
0
0
.071
.071
.071
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
1943
PHI
N
12
20
0
2
0
3
.100
.100
.100
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
1944
PHI
N
4
7
1
1
0
0
.143
.143
.143
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
Total
1753
6486
1168
2076
300
1201
.320
.379
.543
398
74
601
521
12
69
79
0
55
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1928
PHI
N
OF
63
0
0
128
7
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.978
1929
PHI
N
OF
149
0
0
321
18
12
3
0
0
0
0
0
.966
1930
PHI
N
OF
156
0
0
362
44
17
10
0
0
0
0
0
.960
1931
PHI
N
OF
148
0
0
292
13
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
.971
1932
PHI
N
OF
154
0
0
331
29
15
3
0
0
0
0
0
.960
1933
PHI
N
OF
152
0
0
339
21
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
.986
1934
CHI
N
OF
110
0
0
222
6
9
2
0
0
0
0
0
.962
1935
CHI
N
OF
111
0
0
215
11
10
7
0
0
0
0
0
.958
1936
PHI
N
OF
117
0
0
213
13
17
2
0
0
0
0
0
.930
1936
CHI
N
OF
29
0
0
63
3
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
.917
1936
TOT
N
OF
146
0
0
276
16
23
2
0
0
0
0
0
.927
1936
TOT
N
RF
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1937
PHI
N
OF
102
0
0
175
11
10
3
0
0
0
0
0
.949
1938
PHI
N
OF
119
0
0
229
8
10
1
0
0
0
0
0
.960
1939
PIT
N
OF
66
0
0
133
4
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
.951
1939
PHI
N
OF
11
0
0
20
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1939
PHI
N
1B
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1939
TOT
N
OF
77
0
0
153
5
7
1
0
0
0
0
0
.958
1939
TOT
N
RF
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1940
PHI
N
OF
96
0
0
180
4
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
.984
1941
PHI
N
OF
14
0
0
22
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.958
1943
PHI
N
OF
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1944
PHI
N
OF
1
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
OF
1600
0
0
3250
194
135
39
0
0
0
0
0
.962
Total
1B
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Transactions[]
Traded by Fort Wayne (Central) to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Harvey MacDonald (July 28, 1928).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Ted Kleinhans, Mark Koenig, Harvey Hendrick and $65000 (November 21, 1933).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Fabian Kowalik to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Ethan Allen and Curt Davis (May 21, 1936).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (@June 6, 1939).
Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (June 7, 1939).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (March, 1940).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (March 26, 1940).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (January 12, 1942).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (August 7, 1942).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (June 12, 1944).