Al Kaline

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: December 19, 1934 in Baltimore, MD us

Died: April 6, 2020 in Bloomfield Hills, MI

High School: Southern HS (Baltimore, MD)

Debut: June 25, 1953 (Age 18-188d, 11,032nd in major league history)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1974 (Age 39-287d)
vs. BAL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1980. (Voted by BBWAA on 340/385 ballots)
View Al Kaline's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Albert William Kaline

Nicknames: Mr. Tiger or Six

Pronunciation: \KAY-line\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

92.8

10116

3007

399

.297

1622

RBI

1582

137

OBP

.376

SLG

.480

OPS

.855

OPS+

134

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	DET	@	WSA	W,5-0	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
2	2	Apr 7	DET	@	WSA	L,4-14	CG	49	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
3	3	Apr 8	DET	@	WSA	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
4	4	Apr 10	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	42	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	RF
5	5	Apr 11	DET	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
6	6	Apr 12	DET	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
7	7	Apr 14	DET		CLE	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
8	8	Apr 16	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
9	9	Apr 17	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
10	10	Apr 18	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
11	11	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
12	12	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
13	13	Apr 24	DET	@	MIN	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
14	14	Apr 25	DET	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	31	8.1	3	0	1	4	0	RF
15	15	Apr 26	DET	@	MIN	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
16	16	Apr 28	DET	@	KCR	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	RF
17	17	Apr 29	DET	@	KCR	W,8-2	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
18	18	Apr 30	DET	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	40	9.2	12	0	0	12	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 1	DET	@	CHW	L,6-13	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
20	20	May 2	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
21	21	May 3	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
22	22	May 5	DET		MIN	L,5-8	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
23	23	May 6	DET		MIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
24	24	May 7	DET		MIN	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
25	26 (1)	May 9	DET		KCR	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
26	27	May 10	DET		KCR	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
27	28	May 11	DET		CHW	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
28	29	May 12	DET		CHW	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
29	30	May 15	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
30	31	May 16	DET	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
31	32	May 19	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
32	33	May 20	DET		BAL	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
33	34	May 21 (1)	DET		BAL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
34	36 (1)	May 22	DET		WSA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	1B
35	37	May 23	DET		WSA	L,5-6	GS	18	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
36	40 (2)	May 26	DET		NYY	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
37	41	May 27	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	7	2	1	10	2	1B
38	42	May 29	DET	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
39	43	May 30	DET	@	MIL	L,7-9	GS	7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	45 (1)	Jun 2	DET	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.2	12	0	0	12	0	1B
41	46	Jun 3	DET	@	CAL	W,5-4	GS	50	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF 1B
42	47	Jun 4	DET	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
43	48	Jun 5	DET	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
44	49	Jun 6	DET	@	OAK	W,6-4	GS	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF 1B
45	50	Jun 7	DET	@	OAK	L,2-5	GS	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF 1B
46	51	Jun 9	DET		MIL	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
47	52	Jun 10	DET		MIL	W,7-5	GS	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	RF 1B
48	53	Jun 11	DET		MIL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
49	55 (1)	Jun 13	DET		CAL	W,6-5	GS	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B RF
50	56	Jun 14	DET		CAL	W,8-4	GS	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B RF
51	57	Jun 15	DET		OAK	L,7-12	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
52	58	Jun 16	DET		OAK	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
53	59	Jun 17	DET		OAK	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
54	60	Jun 19	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
55	61	Jun 20	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
56	63 (1)	Jun 21 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-8	CG	55	12.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
57	64	Jun 23	DET	@	WSA	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
58	65	Jun 24	DET	@	WSA	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
59	66	Jun 25	DET	@	WSA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
60	68 (1)	Jun 27	DET		CLE	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
61	69	Jun 28 (1)	DET		CLE	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
62	71 (1)	Jun 30	DET		NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	10	2	0	12	3	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	72	Jul 1	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	42	11.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
64	74 (1)	Jul 3	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
65	75	Jul 4	DET	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
66	77 (1)	Jul 6	DET		BOS	W,6-3	GS	22	5.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
67	82 (4)	Jul 10	DET		BAL	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
68	83	Jul 11	DET		BAL	L,5-6	GS	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B RF
69	84	Jul 12 (1)	DET		BAL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
70	86 (1)	Jul 16	DET	@	CHW	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
71	87	Jul 17	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
72	88	Jul 18	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
73	89	Jul 19 (1)	DET	@	KCR	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
74	90	Jul 19 (2)	DET	@	KCR	W,6-4	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
75	91	Jul 20	DET	@	KCR	L,0-3	GS	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B RF
76	92	Jul 21	DET	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
77	93	Jul 22	DET	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
78	95 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	DET		CHW	L,2-5	GS	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B RF
79	96	Jul 24 (2)	DET		CHW	W,5-4	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
80	97	Jul 25	DET		CHW	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
81	98	Jul 26	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
82	99	Jul 28	DET		KCR	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
83	100	Jul 29	DET		KCR	W,10-3	GS	23	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
84	101	Jul 30	DET		KCR	L,2-3	CG	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
85	102	Jul 31	DET		MIN	W,10-9	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	103	Aug 1	DET		MIN	L,4-12	CG	57	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
87	104	Aug 2	DET		MIN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
88	105	Aug 3	DET		WSA	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
89	106	Aug 4	DET		WSA	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
90	107	Aug 5	DET		WSA	W,3-1	GS	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B RF
91	108	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
92	110 (1)	Aug 7	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B RF
93	111	Aug 8	DET	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
94	113 (1)	Aug 10	DET	@	BOS	L,10-11	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
95	114	Aug 11	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
96	115	Aug 12	DET	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
97	117 (1)	Aug 14	DET	@	CAL	L,3-7	GS	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B RF
98	118	Aug 15	DET	@	CAL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
99	119	Aug 16	DET	@	CAL	W,7-1	GS	28	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
100	120	Aug 17	DET	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
101	121	Aug 18	DET	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
102	122	Aug 19	DET	@	OAK	L,0-7	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
103	123	Aug 21	DET		MIL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
104	125 (1)	Aug 23	DET		MIL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
105	126	Aug 25 (1)	DET		CAL	L,4-6	CG	50	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
106	127	Aug 25 (2)	DET		CAL	L,6-10	GF	11	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
107	128	Aug 26	DET		CAL	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
108	129	Aug 28	DET		OAK	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
109	130	Aug 29	DET		OAK	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
110	131	Aug 30	DET		OAK	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
111	132	Aug 31	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	133	Sep 1	DET	@	BOS	W,10-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
113	134	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-4	GS	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B RF
114	136 (1)	Sep 3	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
115	137	Sep 4	DET	@	WSA	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
116	138	Sep 5	DET	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	52	13.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
117	140 (1)	Sep 7	DET		BAL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
118	141	Sep 8	DET		BAL	L,3-6	GS	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B RF
119	142	Sep 9	DET		BOS	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
120	144 (1)	Sep 11	DET		WSA	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
121	145	Sep 12	DET		WSA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
122	146	Sep 13	DET		WSA	L,0-10	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
123	147	Sep 15	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
124	148	Sep 16	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
125	149	Sep 17	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
126	151 (1)	Sep 19	DET		NYY	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
127	153 (1)	Sep 21	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	47	11.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
128	155 (1)	Sep 24	DET	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
129	158 (2)	Sep 26	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
							143gm		1089.2	532	34	6	572	40