Ed Klieman

Full Name: Edward Frederick Klieman	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/190	First Game: September 24, 1943
Birthdate: March 21, 1918	Final Game: June 2, 1950
Birthplace: Norwood, Ohio	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: November 15, 1979
Deathplace: Homosassa, Florida
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on March 21, 1918 in Norwood, Ohio, Ed Klieman (Edward Frederick Klieman) played for the Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 8 year career. Klieman broke into the bigs on September 24, 1943 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 3.38 ERA in 178.1 innings pitched in 1944, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Ed Klieman's best season was 1947, when he posted a 3.03 ERA and notched 17 saves.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1943	CLE	A	1	1	0	1	1.00	2	1	1	1	0	0	9	8	0	5	0	0
1944	CLE	A	47	19	11	13	3.38	44	73	67	5	1	5	178.1	185	4	70	2	7
1945	CLE	A	38	12	5	8	3.85	33	60	54	4	1	4	126.1	123	3	49	4	4
1946	CLE	A	9	0	0	0	6.60	2	13	11	0	0	0	15	18	0	10	1	0
1947	CLE	A	58	0	5	4	3.03	21	32	31	0	0	17	92	78	5	39	0	2
1948	CLE	A	44	0	3	2	2.60	18	26	23	0	0	4	79.2	62	3	46	1	2
1949	WAS	A	2	0	0	0	18.00	1	6	6	0	0	0	3	8	0	3	0	0
1949	CHI	A	18	0	2	0	3.00	9	15	11	0	0	3	33	33	2	15	0	0
1949	TOT	A	20	0	2	0	4.25	10	21	17	0	0	3	36	41	2	18	0	0
1950	PHI	A	5	0	0	0	9.53	0	6	6	0	0	0	5.2	10	0	2	1	2
Total			222	32	26	28	3.49	130	232	210	10	2	33	542	525	17	239	9	17

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1943	CLE	A	P	1	0	2	0	0	1.000
1944	CLE	A	P	47	15	35	1	2	.980
1945	CLE	A	P	38	12	37	2	3	.961
1946	CLE	A	P	9	0	0	0	0	.000
1947	CLE	A	P	58	12	20	1	3	.970
1948	CLE	A	P	44	4	21	0	1	1.000
1949	WAS	A	P	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1949	CHI	A	P	18	3	9	0	1	1.000
1949	TOT	A	P	20	3	9	0	1	1.000
1950	PHI	A	P	5	0	0	1	0	.000
Total			P	222	46	124	5	10	.971

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1943	CLE	A	1	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	0	0
1944	CLE	A	47	57	1	6	0	3	.105	.164	.105	0	4	18	2	2
1945	CLE	A	38	40	1	8	1	4	.200	.220	.325	2	1	13	2	2
1946	CLE	A	9	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
1947	CLE	A	58	19	1	2	0	1	.105	.190	.105	0	2	6	1	0
1948	CLE	A	44	14	0	2	0	0	.143	.250	.143	0	2	9	0	0
1949	WAS	A	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
1949	CHI	A	18	8	1	2	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	2	2	0
1949	TOT	A	20	9	1	3	0	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	2	2	0
1950	PHI	A	5	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total			222	144	4	21	1	8	.146	.196	.181	2	9	51	7	4

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (1937).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Joe Haynes and Eddie Robinson to Washington Senators in exchange for Mickey Vernon and Early Wynn (December 14, 1948).
Claimed on waivers by New York Yankees from Washington Senators (May 3, 1949).
Sold by New York Yankees to Chicago White Sox (May 16, 1949).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Hank Majeski (December 14, 1949).
Released by Philadelphia Athletics (June 5, 1950).

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