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Ted Kluszewski
Theodore Bernard Kluszewski (Big Klu)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 225 lb.
School Indiana University

Debut April 18, 1947
Final Game October 1, 1961
Born September 10, 1924 in Argo, IL
Died March 29, 1988 in Cincinnati, OH

Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1947 22 CIN NL   9   10    1    1   0  0   0    2   0      1   2  .100  .182  .100  -23    1   0           0   0
 1948 23 CIN NL 113  379   49  104  23  4  12   57   1     18  32  .274  .307  .451  106  171   0           0  14
 1949 24 CIN NL 136  531   63  164  26  2   8   68   3     19  24  .309  .333  .411   97  218   0           0  10
 1950 25 CIN NL 134  538   76  165  37  0  25  111   3     33  28  .307  .348  .515  124  277   0           1  20 MVP-18
 1951 26 CIN NL 154  607   74  157  35  2  13   77   6  2  35  33  .259  .301  .387   82  235   0           2  16
 1952 27 CIN NL 135  497   62  159  24 11  16   86   3  3  47  28  .320  .383  .509  145  253   1           4  13 MVP-17
 1953 28 CIN NL 149  570   97  180  25  0  40  108   2  0  55  34  .316  .380  .570  143  325   0           4  13 MVP-7,AS
 1954 29 CIN NL 149  573  104  187  28  3  49  141   0  2  78  35  .326  .407  .642  167  368   0   5       3  12 MVP-2,AS
 1955 30 CIN NL 153  612  116  192  25  0  47  113   1  1  66  40  .314  .382  .585  149  358   0   4  25   4  10 MVP-6,AS
 1956 31 CIN NL 138  517   91  156  14  1  35  102   1  0  49  31  .302  .362  .536  133  277   0   5  22   3  11 MVP-14,AS
 1957 32 CIN NL  69  127   12   34   7  0   6   21   0  0   5   5  .268  .301  .465   97   59   0   0   3   1   2
 1958 33 PIT NL 100  301   29   88  13  4   4   37   0  0  26  16  .292  .348  .402  101  121   1   2   6   1   8
 1959 34 TOT     91  223   22   62  12  2   4   27   0  1  14  24  .278  .319  .404   95   90   1   1   4   0   7
         PIT NL  60  122   11   32  10  1   2   17   0  0   5  14  .262  .291  .410   86   50   0   0   1   0   3
         CHW AL  31  101   11   30   2  1   2   10   0  1   9  10  .297  .351  .396  106   40   1   1   3   0   4
 1960 35 CHW AL  81  181   20   53   9  0   5   39   0  1  22  10  .293  .364  .425  114   77   0   3   5   0   3
 1961 36 LAA AL 107  263   32   64  12  0  15   39   0  0  24  23  .243  .303  .460   93  121   0   3   5   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons    1718 5929  848 1766 290 29 279 1028  20 10 492 365  .298  .353  .498  123 2951   3  23  70  23 143
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        559   80  167  27  3  26   97   2  1  46  34  .298  .353  .498  123  278   0   2   7   2  13
 Career High    154  612  116  192  37 11  49  141   6  3  78  40  .326  .407  .642  167  368   1   5  25   4  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1947 22 CIN NL   11    9    0   0.0   105| .100  .273| .182  .348| .100  .404| .282  .752| -23  .000  -1.8  -0.2     
 1948 23 CIN NL  397  289   53   4.9    99| .274  .265| .307  .339| .451  .393| .758  .732| 106  .541   0.8   0.1     
 1949 24 CIN NL  550  377   73   5.2   105| .309  .272| .333  .345| .411  .406| .744  .752|  97  .556  -3.7  -0.4     
 1950 25 CIN NL  572  393   96   6.5   108| .307  .270| .348  .346| .515  .418| .863  .764| 124  .643  16.7   1.6     
 1951 26 CIN NL  644  468   71   4.1   105| .259  .270| .301  .344| .387  .409| .688  .753|  82  .453 -16.7  -1.7  75%
 1952 27 CIN NL  549  355   95   7.2    97| .320  .261| .383  .334| .509  .389| .892  .724| 145  .731  29.6   3.0  50%
 1953 28 CIN NL  629  403  123   8.1   110| .316  .274| .380  .345| .570  .427| .950  .773| 143  .719  35.5   3.4 100%
 1954 29 CIN NL  659  405  149   9.9   111| .326  .276| .407  .348| .642  .427|1.049  .775| 167  .789  56.3   5.3   0%
 1955 30 CIN NL  686  435  136   8.4   109| .314  .270| .382  .342| .585  .428| .967  .769| 149  .743  42.2   4.1  50%
 1956 31 CIN NL  574  377   99   7.0   107| .302  .270| .362  .337| .536  .426| .898  .763| 133  .696  23.6   2.3 100%
 1957 32 CIN NL  133   95   17   4.9   108| .268  .275| .301  .340| .465  .426| .766  .766|  97  .521  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1958 33 PIT NL  331  224   41   4.9   103| .292  .266| .348  .334| .402  .416| .750  .749| 101  .524   0.8   0.1   0%
 1959 34 TOT     239  171   27   4.2   101| .278  .264| .319  .333| .404  .407| .723  .740|  95  .470  -2.0  -0.2   0%
         PIT NL  127   93   14   4.0   104| .262  .269| .291  .335| .410  .416| .701  .751|  86  .437  -2.8  -0.3   0%
         CHW AL  112   78   13   4.5    98| .297  .259| .351  .330| .396  .396| .747  .726| 106  .508   0.8   0.1   0%
 1960 35 CHW AL  206  135   29   5.8   101| .293  .263| .364  .337| .425  .403| .789  .740| 114  .614   4.2   0.4   0%
 1961 36 LAA AL  290  206   37   4.8   113| .243  .276| .303  .353| .460  .430| .763  .783|  93  .514  -4.1  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     6470 4342 1046   6.4   106| .298  .270| .353  .342| .498  .415| .851  .757| 123  .650 180.5  17.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1947 22 CIN NL  1B    2     10    0    0    1 1.000  .990  5.00  9.25                        
 1948 23 CIN NL  1B   98    833   65    9   60  .990  .990  9.16  8.94                        
 1949 24 CIN NL  1B  134   1140   65   14  109  .989  .991  8.99  7.46                        
 1950 25 CIN NL  1B  131   1123   61   15  101  .987  .990  9.04  7.63                        
 1951 26 CIN NL  1B  154   1381   88    5  115  .997  .989  9.54  6.49                        
 1952 27 CIN NL  1B  133   1121   66    8  116  .993  .990  8.92  7.52                        
 1953 28 CIN NL  1B  147   1285   58    7  149  .995  .990  9.14  6.80                         AS
 1954 29 CIN NL  1B  149   1237  101    5  166  .996  .991  8.98  6.71                         AS
 1955 30 CIN NL  1B  153   1388   86    8  153  .995  .991  9.63  6.54                         AS
 1956 31 CIN NL  1B  131   1166   89   13  110  .990  .989  9.58  7.63  9.89  7.88  130 1142.3 AS
 1957 32 CIN NL  1B   23    161   15    2   11  .989  .990  7.65  8.82  9.37  9.67   19  169.0
 1958 33 PIT NL  1B   72    591   36    4   62  .994  .990  8.71  8.11  9.53  9.54   72  592.0
 1959 34 TOT     1B   49    371   22    0   27 1.000  .989  8.02  8.18  9.53  9.73   49  371.0
         PIT NL  1B   20    151   12    0   14 1.000  .988  8.15  8.04  8.95  9.58   20  164.0
         CHW AL  1B   29    220   10    0   13 1.000  .990  7.93  8.27 10.00  9.84   29  207.0
 1960 35 CHW AL  1B   39    325   19    1   38  .997  .991  8.82  8.04  9.40  9.58   37  329.3
 1961 36 LAA AL  1B   66    520   28    6   51  .989  .990  8.30  8.29  9.93  9.45   59  496.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1947 22 CIN NL  1B    2     10    0    0    1 1.000  .990  5.00  9.25                        
 1948 23 CIN NL  1B   98    833   65    9   60  .990  .990  9.16  8.94                        
 1949 24 CIN NL  1B  134   1140   65   14  109  .989  .991  8.99  7.46                        
 1950 25 CIN NL  1B  131   1123   61   15  101  .987  .990  9.04  7.63                        
 1951 26 CIN NL  1B  154   1381   88    5  115  .997  .989  9.54  6.49                        
 1952 27 CIN NL  1B  133   1121   66    8  116  .993  .990  8.92  7.52                        
 1953 28 CIN NL  1B  147   1285   58    7  149  .995  .990  9.14  6.80                        
 1954 29 CIN NL  1B  149   1237  101    5  166  .996  .991  8.98  6.71                        
 1955 30 CIN NL  1B  153   1388   86    8  153  .995  .991  9.63  6.54                        
 1956 31 CIN NL  1B  131   1166   89   13  110  .990  .989  9.58  7.63  9.89  7.88  130 1142.3
 1957 32 CIN NL  1B   23    161   15    2   11  .989  .990  7.65  8.82  9.37  9.67   19  169.0
 1958 33 PIT NL  1B   72    591   36    4   62  .994  .990  8.71  8.11  9.53  9.54   72  592.0
 1959 34 TOT     1B   49    371   22    0   27 1.000  .989  8.02  8.18  9.53  9.73   49  371.0
         PIT NL  1B   20    151   12    0   14 1.000  .988  8.15  8.04  8.95  9.58   20  164.0
         CHW AL  1B   29    220   10    0   13 1.000  .990  7.93  8.27 10.00  9.84   29  207.0
 1960 35 CHW AL  1B   39    325   19    1   38  .997  .991  8.82  8.04  9.40  9.58   37  329.3
 1961 36 LAA AL  1B   66    520   28    6   51  .989  .990  8.30  8.29  9.93  9.45   59  496.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total  1B*1481  12652  799   97 1269  .993  .990  9.08  7.39              366 3100.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total      1481  12652  799   97 1269  .993  .990  9.08  7.39

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1959   WS    CHW LAD     L   6  23   5   9  1  0  3  10   2   0  .391  .440  .826   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1953   CIN NL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1954   CIN NL   *   4   2   2  0  0  1   3   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1955   CIN NL   *   5   1   2  1  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1956   CIN NL       2   1   2  2  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 4/4      3  14   4   7  3  0  1   4   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .929 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1953 (1B)
1954 (1B)
1955 (1B)
1956 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1950-NL-18-0.04
1952-NL-17-0.05
1953-NL-7-0.21
1954-NL-2-0.65
1955-NL-6-0.33
1956-NL-14-0.05
Car-162-1.33 shares

Batting Average
1949 NL-.309-7
1950 NL-.307-5
1952 NL-.320-3
1953 NL-.316-9
1954 NL-.326-5
1955 NL-.314-6
1956 NL-.302-8

On-base %
1952 NL-.383-8
1954 NL-.407-6
1955 NL-.382-7

Slugging %
1950 NL-.515-9
1952 NL-.509-3
1953 NL-.570-6
1954 NL-.642-3
1955 NL-.585-5
1956 NL-.536-6

OPS
1952 NL-.892-3
1953 NL-.950-6
1954 NL-1.049-3
1955 NL-.967-6
1956 NL-.898-7

Games
1951 NL-154-5
1955 NL-153-7

At Bats
1951 NL-607-7
1955 NL-612-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1955 NL-686-1

Runs
1954 NL-104-8
1955 NL-116-3

Hits
1953 NL-180-8
1954 NL-187-8
1955 NL-192-1

Total Bases
1950 NL-277-10
1953 NL-325-4
1954 NL-368-3
1955 NL-358-2

Doubles
1950 NL-37-4
1951 NL-35-2

Triples
1952 NL-11-3

Home Runs
1950 NL-25-10
1953 NL-40-4
1954 NL-49-1
1955 NL-47-2
1956 NL-35-7

RBI
1950 NL-111-4
1953 NL-108-9
1954 NL-141-1
1955 NL-113-5
1956 NL-102-3

Bases on Balls
1954 NL-78-7

Singles
1949 NL-128-7
1955 NL-120-9

Adjusted OPS+
1952 NL-145-3
1953 NL-143-6
1954 NL-167-4
1955 NL-149-6
1956 NL-133-10

Runs Created
1952 NL-95-8
1953 NL-123-5
1954 NL-149-4
1955 NL-136-3

Adjusted Batting Runs
1952 NL-30-7
1953 NL-35-5
1954 NL-56-4
1955 NL-42-5

Batting Wins
1952 NL-3.0-7
1953 NL-3.4-5
1954 NL-5.3-4
1955 NL-4.1-5

Extra-Base Hits
1950 NL-62-8
1953 NL-65-7
1954 NL-80-4
1955 NL-72-6

Times on Base
1953 NL-239-10
1954 NL-268-4
1955 NL-262-5

Offensive Win%
1952 NL-.731-3
1953 NL-.719-6
1954 NL-.789-3
1955 NL-.743-6
1956 NL-.696-6

Hit By Pitch
1955 NL-4-10

Intentional Walks
1955 NL-25-1
1956 NL-22-2

Grounded into Double Plays
1950 NL-20-4

At Bats per Strikeout
1949 NL-22.1-3
1950 NL-19.2-5
1951 NL-18.4-9
1952 NL-17.8-8
1953 NL-16.8-10
1954 NL-16.4-8
1955 NL-15.3-6
1956 NL-16.7-4

At Bats per Home Run
1953 NL-14.3-4
1954 NL-11.7-1
1955 NL-13.0-4
1956 NL-14.8-3

Outs
1951 NL-468-7

Black Ink: Batting - 11 (208) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 112 (185) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 24.0 (449) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 76.5 (229) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.
December 28, 1957: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dee Fondy.
August 25, 1959: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Chicago White Sox for Harry Simpson and Bob Sagers (minors).
December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels from the Chicago White Sox in the 1960 expansion draft.
October 19, 1961: Released by the Los Angeles Angels.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1953 (1B) 1954 (1B) 1955 (1B) 1956 *	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1950-NL-18-0.04 1952-NL-17-0.05 1953-NL-7-0.21 1954-NL-2-0.65 1955-NL-6-0.33 1956-NL-14-0.05 Car-162-1.33 shares	Batting Average 1949 NL-.309-7 1950 NL-.307-5 1952 NL-.320-3 1953 NL-.316-9 1954 NL-.326-5 1955 NL-.314-6 1956 NL-.302-8	On-base % 1952 NL-.383-8 1954 NL-.407-6 1955 NL-.382-7	Slugging % 1950 NL-.515-9 1952 NL-.509-3 1953 NL-.570-6 1954 NL-.642-3 1955 NL-.585-5 1956 NL-.536-6	OPS 1952 NL-.892-3 1953 NL-.950-6 1954 NL-1.049-3 1955 NL-.967-6 1956 NL-.898-7
Games 1951 NL-154-5 1955 NL-153-7	At Bats 1951 NL-607-7 1955 NL-612-2	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1955 NL-686-1	Runs 1954 NL-104-8 1955 NL-116-3	Hits 1953 NL-180-8 1954 NL-187-8 1955 NL-192-1	Total Bases 1950 NL-277-10 1953 NL-325-4 1954 NL-368-3 1955 NL-358-2
Doubles 1950 NL-37-4 1951 NL-35-2	Triples 1952 NL-11-3	Home Runs 1950 NL-25-10 1953 NL-40-4 1954 NL-49-1 1955 NL-47-2 1956 NL-35-7	RBI 1950 NL-111-4 1953 NL-108-9 1954 NL-141-1 1955 NL-113-5 1956 NL-102-3	Bases on Balls 1954 NL-78-7	Singles 1949 NL-128-7 1955 NL-120-9
Adjusted OPS+ 1952 NL-145-3 1953 NL-143-6 1954 NL-167-4 1955 NL-149-6 1956 NL-133-10	Runs Created 1952 NL-95-8 1953 NL-123-5 1954 NL-149-4 1955 NL-136-3	Adjusted Batting Runs 1952 NL-30-7 1953 NL-35-5 1954 NL-56-4 1955 NL-42-5	Batting Wins 1952 NL-3.0-7 1953 NL-3.4-5 1954 NL-5.3-4 1955 NL-4.1-5	Extra-Base Hits 1950 NL-62-8 1953 NL-65-7 1954 NL-80-4 1955 NL-72-6	Times on Base 1953 NL-239-10 1954 NL-268-4 1955 NL-262-5
Offensive Win% 1952 NL-.731-3 1953 NL-.719-6 1954 NL-.789-3 1955 NL-.743-6 1956 NL-.696-6	Hit By Pitch 1955 NL-4-10	Intentional Walks 1955 NL-25-1 1956 NL-22-2	Grounded into Double Plays 1950 NL-20-4	At Bats per Strikeout 1949 NL-22.1-3 1950 NL-19.2-5 1951 NL-18.4-9 1952 NL-17.8-8 1953 NL-16.8-10 1954 NL-16.4-8 1955 NL-15.3-6 1956 NL-16.7-4	At Bats per Home Run 1953 NL-14.3-4 1954 NL-11.7-1 1955 NL-13.0-4 1956 NL-14.8-3
Outs 1951 NL-468-7