Ted Kluszewski

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 225lb (188cm, 102kg)

Born: September 10, 1924 in Argo, IL us

Died: March 29, 1988 in Cincinnati, OH

Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH

High School: Argo Community HS (Argo, IL)

School: Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN)

Debut: April 18, 1947 (Age 22-220d, 10,304th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1961 (Age 37-021d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Theodore Bernard Kluszewski

Nicknames: Big Klu

Pronunciation: \kluh-ZOO-skee\

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

31.4

5929

1766

279

.298

848

RBI

1028

OBP

.353

SLG

.498

OPS

.850

OPS+

123

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

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CIN		CHC	L,5-6	CG	46	10.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
2	2	Apr 17	CIN		CHC	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
3	3	Apr 18	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
4	4	Apr 19	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
5	5	Apr 20 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
6	6	Apr 20 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
7	7	Apr 22	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
8	8	Apr 25	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
9	9	Apr 26	CIN		PIT	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
10	10	Apr 27 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
11	11	Apr 27 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	18	0	0	18	0	1B
12	12	Apr 29	CIN		NYG	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
13	13	Apr 30	CIN		NYG	L,1-4	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	CIN		BSN	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
15	15	May 2	CIN		BSN	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
16	16	May 3	CIN		BSN	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
17	17	May 4 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
18	18	May 4 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
19	19	May 6	CIN		BRO	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
20	20	May 7	CIN		BRO	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
21	21	May 9	CIN	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	10	3	0	13	0
22	22	May 10	CIN	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
23	23	May 11	CIN	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
24	24	May 13	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
25	25	May 14	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
26	26	May 15	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
27	27	May 16	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
28	28	May 17	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
29	29	May 21	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-19	GS	26	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
30	30	May 22	CIN	@	BRO	L,7-8	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	3	1B
31	31	May 23	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
32	32	May 24	CIN		STL	W,11-5	GS	17	4.0	4	0	0	4	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	43 (10)	Jun 3	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
34	44	Jun 4	CIN		PHI	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
35	45	Jun 5	CIN		PHI	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
36	46	Jun 6	CIN		BRO	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
37	48 (1)	Jun 8 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,7-11	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
38	50 (1)	Jun 10	CIN		NYG	W,6-5	CG	60	14.0	14	0	0	14	0
39	53 (2)	Jun 14 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
40	54	Jun 15	CIN	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
41	55	Jun 17	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
42	56	Jun 18 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
43	57	Jun 18 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
44	58	Jun 19	CIN	@	BSN	W,7-4	GS	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
45	59	Jun 20	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
46	60	Jun 22 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-3	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
47	61	Jun 22 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	30	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
48	62	Jun 24 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
49	63	Jun 24 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
50	64	Jun 25	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
51	66 (1)	Jun 28	CIN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
52	67	Jun 29 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,8-9	GS	20	5.0	4	0	0	4	1
53	68	Jun 29 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
54	69	Jun 30	CIN	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	70	Jul 1	CIN	@	STL	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	3
56	71	Jul 2	CIN	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
57	72	Jul 3	CIN		PIT	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
58	73	Jul 4 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
59	74	Jul 4 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
60	75	Jul 5	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
61	76	Jul 6 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
62	77	Jul 6 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
63	78	Jul 10	CIN		BSN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
64	79	Jul 11	CIN		BSN	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	10	3	0	13	3	1B
65	80	Jul 12	CIN		NYG	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
66	81	Jul 13 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
67	82	Jul 13 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
68	83	Jul 14	CIN		NYG	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
69	84	Jul 16	CIN		BRO	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
70	85	Jul 17	CIN		BRO	L,1-2	GS	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
71	86	Jul 18	CIN		PHI	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
72	87	Jul 19	CIN		PHI	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
73	88	Jul 20 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	8	0	0	8	1
74	89	Jul 20 (2)	CIN		PHI	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
75	90	Jul 22	CIN	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	44	9.1	10	0	0	10	1	1B
76	91	Jul 23	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
77	92	Jul 24 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	1	11	2	1B
78	93	Jul 24 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	41	10.1	9	0	0	9	1	1B
79	94	Jul 25	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
80	95	Jul 26	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
81	96	Jul 27	CIN	@	NYG	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
82	97	Jul 29 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
83	98	Jul 29 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	9	0	0	9	0	1B
84	99	Jul 30	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	100	Aug 1	CIN	@	BSN	W,2-0	GS	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
86	101	Aug 2	CIN	@	BSN	W,8-3	GS	30	6.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
87	102	Aug 3 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
88	103	Aug 3 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
89	104	Aug 5	CIN		CHC	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
90	105	Aug 6	CIN		CHC	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
91	106	Aug 7	CIN		STL	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
92	107	Aug 8	CIN		STL	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
93	108	Aug 9	CIN		STL	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
94	109	Aug 10 (1)	CIN		STL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
95	110	Aug 10 (2)	CIN		STL	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
96	111	Aug 11	CIN	@	PIT	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
97	112	Aug 13 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	6	4	0	10	2	1B
98	113	Aug 13 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
99	114	Aug 14	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
100	115	Aug 16	CIN	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
101	116	Aug 17	CIN	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
102	117	Aug 19 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
103	118	Aug 19 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
104	119	Aug 20	CIN		BRO	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
105	120	Aug 22	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
106	121	Aug 23	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
107	122	Aug 24 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
108	123	Aug 24 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,3-6	CG	34	7.0	7	1	0	8	1
109	124	Aug 25	CIN		NYG	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
110	125	Aug 26	CIN		BSN	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
111	126	Aug 27	CIN		BSN	L,7-12	CG	49	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
112	127	Aug 28	CIN		BSN	W,5-4	CG	48	11.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
113	128	Aug 30	CIN		CHC	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
114	129	Aug 31 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	135 (5)	Sep 6	CIN	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
116	136	Sep 7	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
117	137	Sep 9 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
118	138	Sep 9 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
119	139	Sep 10	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-5	CG	38	10.0	13	1	0	14	3	1B
120	140	Sep 12 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
121	141	Sep 12 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
122	142	Sep 13	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	6	1	1	8	1	1B
123	143	Sep 14	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	4	1B
124	144	Sep 15	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	1B
125	145	Sep 16	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
126	146	Sep 17	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
127	147	Sep 19	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
128	148	Sep 21	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
129	149	Sep 23	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	10	0	0	10	1
130	150	Sep 24	CIN	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	1	11	1
131	151	Sep 25	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	7	0	0	7	0
132	152	Sep 26	CIN		PIT	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
133	153	Sep 27	CIN		PIT	L,6-9	GS	20	5.0	7	0	0	7	0
							133gm		1134.0	1121	66	8	1195	116