Ron Klimkowski
[edit] Biography
Born on March 1, 1944 in Jersey City, New Jersey, Ron Klimkowski (Ronald Bernard Klimkowski) played for the New York Yankees and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 4 year career. Klimkowski broke into the bigs on September 15, 1969 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 2.65 ERA in 98.1 innings pitched in 1970, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ron Klimkowski's best season was 1970, when he posted a 2.65 ERA.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1969
| NY
| A
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .64
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 6
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| NY
| A
| 45
| 3
| 6
| 7
| 2.65
| 40
| 36
| 29
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 98.1
| 80
| 7
| 33
| 7
| 2
| 3
|
| 1971
| OAK
| A
| 26
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 3.38
| 25
| 19
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 45.1
| 37
| 3
| 23
| 8
| 3
| 1
|
| 1972
| NY
| A
| 16
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 4.02
| 11
| 15
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 31.1
| 32
| 3
| 15
| 7
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 90
| 6
| 8
| 12
| 2.90
| 79
| 71
| 61
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 189
| 155
| 13
| 76
| 23
| 6
| 5
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1969
| NY
| A
| P
| 3
| 1
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1970
| NY
| A
| P
| 45
| 3
| 98.1
| 5
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 6
| 0
| .958
|
| 1971
| OAK
| A
| P
| 26
| 0
| 45.1
| 9
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| .944
|
| 1972
| NY
| A
| P
| 16
| 2
| 31.1
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 90
| 6
| 189
| 17
| 32
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 16
| 7
| 0
| .942
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1969
| NY
| A
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| NY
| A
| 45
| 19
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .053
| .053
| .053
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| OAK
| A
| 26
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .400
| .500
| .400
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| NY
| A
| 16
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 90
| 33
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .091
| .118
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 16
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1964).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox to New York Yankees (August 8, 1967) completing trade in which New York Yankees traded Elston Howard to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Pete Magrini and a player to be named later (August 3, 1967).
- Traded by New York Yankees with Rob Gardner to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Felipe Alou (April 9, 1971).
- Released by Oakland Athletics (May 22, 1972).
- Signed by New York Yankees (May 22, 1972).
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