Joe Klink
[edit] Biography
Born on February 3, 1962 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Joe Klink (Joseph Charles Klink) played for the Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics, Florida Marlins and Seattle Mariners over the course of his 5 year career. Klink broke into the bigs on April 9, 1987 with the Minnesota Twins, and put up a 4.35 ERA in 62 innings pitched in 1991, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Joe Klink's best season was 1991, when he posted a 4.35 ERA and won 10 games.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1987
| MIN
| A
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6.65
| 17
| 18
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 37
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1990
| OAK
| A
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.04
| 19
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 39.2
| 34
| 1
| 18
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1991
| OAK
| A
| 62
| 0
| 10
| 3
| 4.35
| 34
| 30
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 62
| 60
| 4
| 21
| 5
| 4
| 5
|
| 1993
| FLA
| N
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5.02
| 22
| 22
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 37.2
| 37
| 0
| 24
| 4
| 1
| 0
|
| 1996
| SEA
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.86
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.1
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5.02
| 22
| 22
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 37.2
| 37
| 0
| 24
| 4
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 117
| 0
| 10
| 4
| 4.04
| 72
| 58
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 127
| 134
| 10
| 51
| 5
| 8
| 5
|
| Total
|
|
| 176
| 0
| 10
| 6
| 4.26
| 94
| 80
| 78
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 164.2
| 171
| 10
| 75
| 9
| 9
| 5
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1987
| MIN
| A
| P
| 12
| 0
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1990
| OAK
| A
| P
| 40
| 0
| 39.2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1991
| OAK
| A
| P
| 62
| 0
| 62
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| FLA
| N
| P
| 59
| 0
| 37.2
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1996
| SEA
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 2.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 176
| 0
| 164.2
| 8
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 5
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1987
| MIN
| A
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| OAK
| A
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1991
| OAK
| A
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| FLA
| N
| 59
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| SEA
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 59
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 117
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 176
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by New York Mets in the 36th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1983).
- Traded by New York Mets with Billy Beane and Bill Latham to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Tim Teufel and Pat Crosby (January 16, 1986).
- Traded by Minnesota Twins to Oakland Athletics in exchange for a player to be named later (March 31, 1988); Minnesota Twins received Russ Kibler (June 25, 1988).
- Granted free agency (December 19, 1992).
- Signed by Florida Marlins (January 27, 1993).
- Released by Florida Marlins (March 29, 1994).
- Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (April 20, 1994).
- Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (June 16, 1994).
- Signed by Cleveland Indians (February 9, 1995).
- Granted free agency (October 16, 1995).
- Signed by Seattle Mariners (April 5, 1996).
- Granted free agency (May 18, 1996).
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