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Al Kaline | Major Leaguer 1953-1974 | |
Full Name: Albert William Kaline Born: December 19,1934 in Baltimore, Maryland Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 Bats: Right Throws: Right High School: Southern (Baltimore,MD) College: Baseball Lists: AL Gold Glove Award Winners ... Retired Numbers ... Hall of Famers Update Player Profile Drafted: Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Detroit Tigers in 1953 Transactions: [Jun 19,1953] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent (bonus baby) by Tigers. Signed by: Ed Katalinas |
| Batting Statistics |
| Year | Team | Lg | Age | Org. | Level | Pos | Ln | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | HBP | IBB | SH | SF | DP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | GB% | ||||||||||
| 1953 | Detroit | AL | 18 | Det | MLB | 30 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 | *.282 | .357 | *639 | -- | ||||||||||||||
| 1954 | Detroit | AL | 19 | Det | MLB | 138 | 504 | 42 | 139 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 45 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 21 | .276 | .305 | .347 | 652 | -- | |||||||||||||
| 1955 | Detroit | AL | 20 | Det | MLB | 152 | 588 | 121 | 200 | 24 | 8 | 27 | 102 | 6 | 8 | 82 | 57 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .340 | .421 | .546 | 967 | -- | ||||||||||||
| 1956 | Detroit | AL | 21 | Det | MLB | 153 | 617 | 96 | 194 | 32 | 10 | 27 | 128 | 7 | 1 | 70 | 55 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .314 | .383 | .530 | 913 | -- | ||||||||||||
| 1957 | Detroit | AL | 22 | Det | MLB | 149 | 577 | 83 | 170 | 29 | 4 | 23 | 90 | 11 | 9 | 43 | 38 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | .295 | .343 | .478 | 821 | 53% | ||||||||||||
| 1958 | Detroit | AL | 23 | Det | MLB | 146 | 543 | 84 | 170 | 34 | 7 | 16 | 85 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 47 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | .313 | .374 | .490 | 864 | 45% | ||||||||||||
| 1959 | Detroit | AL | 24 | Det | MLB | 136 | 511 | 86 | 167 | 19 | 2 | 27 | 94 | 10 | 4 | 72 | 42 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 11 | .327 | .410 | .530 | 940 | 47% | ||||||||||||
| 1960 | Detroit | AL | 25 | Det | MLB | 147 | 551 | 77 | 153 | 29 | 4 | 15 | 68 | 19 | 4 | 65 | 47 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | .278 | .354 | .426 | 780 | 45% | ||||||||||||
| 1961 | Detroit | AL | 26 | Det | MLB | 153 | 586 | 116 | 190 | 41 | 7 | 19 | 82 | 14 | 1 | 66 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | .324 | .393 | .515 | 908 | 52% | ||||||||||||
| 1962 | Detroit | AL | 27 | Det | MLB | 100 | 398 | 78 | 121 | 16 | 6 | 29 | 94 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | .304 | .376 | .593 | 969 | 49% | ||||||||||||
| 1963 | Detroit | AL | 28 | Det | MLB | 145 | 551 | 89 | 172 | 24 | 3 | 27 | 101 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 48 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 12 | .312 | .375 | .514 | 889 | 47% | ||||||||||||
| 1964 | Detroit | AL | 29 | Det | MLB | 146 | 525 | 77 | 154 | 31 | 5 | 17 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 75 | 51 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | .293 | .383 | .469 | 852 | 53% | ||||||||||||
| 1965 | Detroit | AL | 30 | Det | MLB | 125 | 399 | 72 | 112 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 72 | 49 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .281 | .388 | .471 | 859 | 48% | ||||||||||||
| 1966 | Detroit | AL | 31 | Det | MLB | 142 | 479 | 85 | 138 | 29 | 1 | 29 | 88 | 5 | 5 | 81 | 66 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | .288 | .392 | .534 | 926 | 43% | ||||||||||||
| 1967 | Detroit | AL | 32 | Det | MLB | 131 | 458 | 94 | 141 | 28 | 2 | 25 | 78 | 8 | 2 | 83 | 47 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 16 | .308 | .411 | .541 | 952 | 47% | ||||||||||||
| 1968 | Detroit | AL | 33 | Det | MLB | 102 | 327 | 49 | 94 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 53 | 6 | 4 | 55 | 39 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .287 | .392 | .428 | 820 | 49% | ||||||||||||
| 1969 | Detroit | AL | 34 | Det | MLB | 131 | 456 | 74 | 124 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 69 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 61 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .272 | .346 | .447 | 793 | 42% | ||||||||||||
| 1970 | Detroit | AL | 35 | Det | MLB | 131 | 467 | 64 | 130 | 24 | 4 | 16 | 71 | 2 | 2 | 77 | 49 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | .278 | .377 | .450 | 827 | 53% | ||||||||||||
| 1971 | Detroit | AL | 36 | Det | MLB | 133 | 405 | 69 | 119 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 54 | 4 | 6 | 82 | 57 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 12 | .294 | .416 | .462 | 878 | 48% | ||||||||||||
| 1972 | Detroit | AL | 37 | Det | MLB | 106 | 278 | 46 | 87 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | .313 | .374 | .475 | 849 | 47% | ||||||||||||
| 1973 | Detroit | AL | 38 | Det | MLB | 91 | 310 | 40 | 79 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .255 | .320 | .394 | 714 | 54% | ||||||||||||
| 1974 | Detroit | AL | 39 | Det | MLB | 147 | 558 | 71 | 146 | 28 | 2 | 13 | 64 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 75 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | .262 | .337 | .389 | 726 | 46% | ||||||||||||
| Major League Totals - 22 Season(s) | 2834 | 10116 | 1622 | 3007 | 498 | 75 | 399 | 1583 | 137 | 65 | 1277 | 1020 | 55 | 45 | 271 | .297 | .480 | --- | -- | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playoffs Batting Statistics |
| Year | Team | Lg | Age | Org. | Series | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | HBP | IBB | SH | SF | DP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | GB% | ||||||||||||
| 1968 | Detroit | AL | 33 | Det | Ws | 7 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .379 | .379 | .655 | 1034 | -- | ||||||||||||
| 1972 | Detroit | AL | 37 | Det | Ch | 5 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .333 | .421 | 754 | -- | ||||||||||||
| Major League Totals - 2 Season(s) | 12 | 48 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .360 | .563 | 923 | -- | |||||||||||||||||
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[1954] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #23), AL Rookie of the Year (Voting Rank: #3) [1955] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #2) [1956] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #3) [1957] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #10), MLB Gold Glove Award (OF), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1958] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #20), Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL Gold Glove Award (OF) [1959] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #6), AL Gold Glove Award (OF), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1960] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1961] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #9), Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL Gold Glove Award (OF) [1962] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL Gold Glove Award (OF), AL MVP (Voting Rank: #6) [1963] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #2), AL Gold Glove Award (OF), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1964] - AL Gold Glove Award (OF), AL MVP (Voting Rank: #14), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1965] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #16), AL Gold Glove Award (OF) [1966] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #7), AL Gold Glove Award (OF) [1967] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #5), AL Gold Glove Award (OF) [1971] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1972] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #24) [1973] - Roberto Clemente Award [1974] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1980] - Elected to Hall of Fame (340 votes - 88.31%) |
Kaline had his #6 retired by the Detroit Tigers on August 17, 1980. Member of the World Series Champion Detroit Tigers in 1968. Notes: Played in 15 All-Star games during his career (1955-1967, 1971, 1974) | |||||||||||||||
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