Johnny Kling

Full Name: John Kling	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 9.5"/160	First Game: September 11, 1900
Birthdate: November 13, 1875	Final Game: September 21, 1913
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri	MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: January 31, 1947
Deathplace: Kansas City, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Johnny Kling (John Kling) was born on November 13, 1875 in Kansas City, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on September 11, 1900 for the Chicago Orphans. In 1901, his rookie year, he hit .273 with 0 home runs and 21 RBI. Kling played for the Chicago Orphans, Chicago Cubs, Boston Rustlers, Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 13 year career.

Most people believe that Johnny Kling's best season was 1903, when he hit for a .297 average and knocked in 68 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1900	CHI	N	15	51	8	15	0	7	.294	.321	.392	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
1901	CHI	N	74	256	26	70	0	21	.273	.301	.320	6	3	9	0	1	3	8	0	0
1902	CHI	N	114	431	49	123	0	57	.285	.330	.343	19	3	29	0	0	12	24	0	0
1903	CHI	N	132	491	67	146	3	68	.297	.330	.428	29	13	22	0	2	9	23	0	0
1904	CHI	N	123	452	41	110	2	46	.243	.271	.296	18	0	16	0	1	14	7	0	0
1905	CHI	N	111	380	26	83	1	52	.218	.272	.279	8	6	28	0	0	17	13	0	0
1906	CHI	N	107	343	45	107	2	46	.312	.357	.420	15	8	23	0	1	8	14	0	0
1907	CHI	N	104	334	44	95	1	43	.284	.342	.386	15	8	27	0	2	4	9	0	0
1908	CHI	N	126	424	51	117	4	59	.276	.315	.382	23	5	21	0	3	13	16	0	0
1910	CHI	N	91	297	31	80	2	32	.269	.354	.360	17	2	37	27	2	7	3	0	0
1911	CHI	N	27	80	8	14	1	5	.175	.250	.300	3	2	8	14	0	1	1	1	3
1911	BOS	N	75	241	32	54	2	24	.224	.310	.290	8	1	30	29	0	7	0	1	4
1911	TOT	N	102	321	40	68	3	29	.212	.295	.293	11	3	38	43	0	8	1	2	7
1912	BOS	N	81	252	26	80	2	30	.317	.356	.405	10	3	15	30	0	7	3	0	0
1913	CIN	N	80	209	20	57	0	23	.273	.318	.364	7	6	14	14	0	3	2	0	0
Total			1260	4241	474	1151	20	513	.271	.318	.357	181	61	281	114	12	106	123	2	7

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1900	CHI	N	C	15	0	0	49	15	7	2	4	0	0	0	.901
1901	CHI	N	1B	1	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1901	CHI	N	OF	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1901	CHI	N	C	69	0	0	319	75	20	7	14	0	0	0	.952
1902	CHI	N	SS	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	.600
1902	CHI	N	C	112	0	0	471	158	17	16	17	0	0	0	.974
1903	CHI	N	C	132	0	0	565	189	24	13	9	0	0	0	.969
1904	CHI	N	OF	10	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1904	CHI	N	1B	6	0	0	51	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	.962
1904	CHI	N	C	104	0	0	499	135	17	6	16	0	0	0	.974
1905	CHI	N	OF	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1905	CHI	N	1B	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1905	CHI	N	C	106	0	0	538	136	24	12	16	0	0	0	.966
1906	CHI	N	OF	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1906	CHI	N	C	96	0	0	520	126	12	7	7	0	0	0	.982
1907	CHI	N	1B	2	0	0	10	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1907	CHI	N	C	98	0	0	499	109	8	11	2	0	0	0	.987
1908	CHI	N	1B	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1908	CHI	N	C	117	0	0	596	149	16	11	4	0	0	0	.979
1908	CHI	N	OF	6	0	0	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.909
1910	CHI	N	C	86	0	0	407	118	11	10	10	0	0	0	.979
1911	CHI	N	C	25	22	196.1	122	34	5	2	2	28	18	0	.969
1911	BOS	N	C	71	70	597.1	302	106	21	6	11	64	38	5	.951
1911	BOS	N	3B	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1911	TOT	N	C	96	92	793.2	424	140	26	8	13	92	56	5	.956
1912	BOS	N	C	74	0	0	322	108	19	20	8	0	0	0	.958
1913	CIN	N	C	63	0	0	259	94	9	3	6	0	0	0	.975
Total			C	1168	92	793.2	5468	1552	210	126	126	92	56	5	.971
Total			1B	12	0	0	79	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	.965
Total			OF	24	0	0	23	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	.933
Total			3B	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			SS	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	.600

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Traded by Chicago Cubs with Al Kaiser, Orlie Weaver and Hank Griffin to Boston Rustlers in exchange for Cliff Curtis, Wilbur Good, Bill Collins and Peaches Graham (June 10, 1911).
Traded by Boston Braves to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Tex McDonald (May 4, 1913).

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