Years
1953-1974 (1953-1974)
Proper Name
Albert William Kaline
Positions
OF (2489) ... DH (146) ... 1B (135) ... 3B (2)
Bats / Throws
Right / Right
Subject of Chapter 50 of the book
The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnarski
[1968] Winner of the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (Character and Integrity) ... World Series Champion with Detroit Tigers
[1980] Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame (Baseball Writers) ... His #6 was retired by the Tigers on August 17,1980
1957 DET 149 143 140 145 5 0 1 96.0 97.9 0 0 4 1 1 8 108 14 13 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 23 136 0 1958 DET 146 143 135 138 2 0 1 97.9 94.4 0 2 6 0 0 70 33 32 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 143 0 1959 DET 136 136 129 129 0 0 0 100.0 94.9 2 0 5 0 0 5 124 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 15 0 1960 DET 147 142 138 141 5 0 0 96.6 97.2 2 1 3 0 11 31 51 29 19 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 1961 DET 153 148 145 148 5 0 0 96.7 98.0 2 0 3 2 6 143 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 22 141 0 1962 DET 100 100 98 98 0 0 0 100.0 98.0 0 0 2 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 1963 DET 145 140 132 136 5 0 0 96.6 94.3 1 1 7 0 0 129 11 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 140 0 1964 DET 146 136 133 141 10 0 0 93.2 97.8 2 2 1 0 0 119 17 1 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 1965 DET 124 110 103 109 14 0 0 88.7 93.6 1 4 10 0 1 0 110 1 0 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 61 51 0 1966 DET 142 136 121 125 6 0 0 95.8 89.0 1 2 14 0 0 0 136 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 54 0 1967 DET 131 127 120 122 2 0 2 96.9 94.5 1 1 7 0 1 95 33 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 130 0 1968 DET 102 86 80 93 15 0 0 84.3 93.0 3 1 5 1 0 74 16 2 0 0 2 6 0 0 22 0 0 0 5 0 70 0 1969 DET 131 118 111 121 9 0 4 90.1 94.1 1 1 8 0 0 116 5 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 118 0 1970 DET 131 123 118 123 3 0 5 93.9 95.9 1 0 7 0 0 124 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 91 0 1971 DET 133 107 103 121 15 1 10 80.5 96.3 1 1 10 0 46 58 11 5 0 0 3 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 128 0 1972 DET 105 67 65 93 25 0 13 63.8 97.0 3 3 6 0 27 35 12 3 6 1 0 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 83 0 1973 DET 91 81 64 74 10 0 0 89.0 79.0 2 3 12 1 12 49 11 9 4 2 2 1 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 64 0 1974 DET 147 144 142 144 1 0 0 98.0 98.6 1 1 1 0 1 107 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 Tot: 2359 2187 2077 2201 132 1 36 92.7 95.0 24 23 111 5 106 1263 717 106 56 8 16 57 0 0 135 0 2 0 11 466 1600 144
G: Games ... GS: Games Started ... CG: Completed Games ... GF: Games Finished ... PH: Pinch Hitter ... PR: Pinch Runner ... DR: Defensive Replacement ... GS%: Games Started % ... CG: Complete Games% ... EXIT PH: Exited for Pinch Hitter ... exit PR: Exited for Pinch Runner ... exit DR: Exited for defensive replacement ... ln1-9: Lineup Slots 1-9 ... Games at position
1957 DET 149 636 577 216 272 .340 .428 170 43 3 14 0 42 0 114 29 4 23 22 12 6 1 0 13 5 5 0 0 90 38 42.22 26 0 7 315 418 16.0 1017 126 12.39 163 59 36.20 5 1 1 1958 DET 146 607 543 226 261 .372 .430 170 54 2 6 4 24 0 113 34 7 16 23 9 4 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 85 28 32.94 34 0 7 300 409 16.9 979 134 13.69 102 38 37.25 7 0 0 1959 DET 136 594 511 242 272 .407 .458 167 71 4 6 1 24 0 119 19 2 27 5 4 0 0 0 15 10 2 0 1 94 41 43.62 30 0 10 308 440 15.2 1019 129 12.66 148 62 41.89 5 1 0 1960 DET 147 629 551 221 265 .351 .421 153 65 3 9 1 34 0 105 29 4 15 10 7 0 2 0 10 2 2 1 0 68 24 35.29 25 0 13 305 424 12.5 1006 88 8.75 126 42 33.33 7 1 0 1961 DET 153 665 586 260 297 .391 .447 190 66 4 17 6 13 0 123 41 7 19 15 6 0 3 0 14 4 1 0 0 82 25 30.49 24 0 15 312 403 15.6 972 125 12.86 104 48 46.15 8 1 0 1962 DET 100 452 398 169 191 .374 .423 121 47 1 6 3 13 0 70 16 6 29 6 4 2 0 0 13 13 3 0 0 94 48 51.06 31 0 12 242 320 20.3 750 131 17.47 73 20 27.40 6 2 0 1963 DET 145 616 551 230 256 .373 .416 172 54 4 13 0 13 0 118 24 3 27 8 6 2 3 0 15 9 3 0 0 101 42 41.58 32 0 8 286 368 20.1 878 145 16.51 116 30 25.86 7 3 2 1964 DET 146 608 525 232 251 .382 .413 154 75 3 3 2 13 0 101 31 5 17 5 4 1 2 0 10 6 1 0 1 68 25 36.76 22 0 18 288 368 13.9 884 98 11.09 119 42 35.29 6 0 0 1965 DET 124 474 399 184 200 .388 .422 112 72 0 5 0 11 0 74 18 2 18 3 0 0 4 0 8 7 3 0 0 72 31 43.06 34 0 14 237 328 16.5 772 101 13.08 114 41 35.96 4 1 0 1966 DET 142 572 479 224 250 .392 .437 138 81 5 7 2 16 0 79 29 1 29 1 1 0 1 0 17 11 1 0 0 88 42 47.73 34 0 13 270 371 15.9 878 101 11.50 138 51 36.96 3 0 0 1967 DET 131 550 458 225 256 .409 .465 141 83 1 7 4 20 0 86 28 2 25 5 2 0 0 0 16 8 1 0 0 78 35 44.87 27 0 10 247 335 15.8 800 97 12.13 117 42 35.90 5 0 0 1968 DET 102 389 327 152 165 .391 .424 94 55 3 5 2 6 0 69 14 1 10 4 1 0 5 1 5 4 1 0 0 52 16 30.77 6 0 6 169 213 19.7 490 73 14.90 80 28 35.00 2 0 0 1969 DET 131 518 456 179 210 .346 .405 124 54 1 10 2 18 0 86 17 0 21 11 0 0 2 0 14 7 0 0 0 69 28 40.58 31 0 7 230 300 16.0 705 96 13.62 76 22 28.95 3 0 0 1970 DET 131 555 467 208 235 .375 .423 130 77 1 8 2 17 0 86 24 4 16 4 4 0 0 0 7 8 1 0 0 71 26 36.62 23 0 12 282 369 14.9 872 109 12.50 82 30 36.59 14 0 0 1971 DET 133 501 405 208 234 .415 .467 119 82 7 7 4 13 0 83 19 2 15 10 4 3 3 1 6 7 2 0 0 54 26 48.15 13 0 13 214 280 13.9 635 79 12.44 91 39 42.86 5 1 1 1972 DET 105 314 278 117 129 .373 .411 87 28 2 4 1 7 0 64 11 2 10 5 1 0 10 0 8 2 0 0 0 32 12 37.50 9 0 3 133 184 12.0 436 39 8.94 61 23 37.70 3 0 0 1973 DET 91 347 310 111 134 .320 .386 79 29 3 4 1 18 0 56 13 0 10 6 2 2 0 0 7 2 0 1 0 45 15 33.33 13 0 4 168 229 15.3 540 74 13.70 66 18 27.27 7 0 0 1974 DET 147 630 558 212 235 .337 .373 146 65 1 5 0 18 0 103 28 2 13 6 1 0 0 0 6 6 1 0 0 64 21 32.81 18 2 9 281 354 14.4 857 95 11.09 124 41 33.06 10 2 1 Tot: 2359 9657 8379 3616 235 .374 .426 2467 1101 48 136 35 320 0 1649 424 54 340 149 68 20 36 2 192 115 31 2 2 1307 523 40.02 432 2 181 4587 6113 15.8 14490 1840 12.70 1900 676 35.58 107 13 5
G: Games ... PA: Plate Appearances ... AB: At Bats ... ONBS: On base (H+BB+HBP) ... ONBS2: All On Base (H+BB+HBP+ERROR+FC+FO) ... OBP: On Base Percentage ... OBP2: On Base Percentage for ONBS2 ... H: Hits ... BB: Walks ... HBP: Hit by Pitch ... ROE: Reached on Error ... FC: Fielder`s Choice ... FO: Forceouts ... CI: Catcher`s Interference ... SGL: Singles ... DBL: Doubles ... TPL: Triples ... HR: Home Runs ... IFH: Infield Hits ... BNT: Bunts ... B-H: Bunt hits ... PH-H: Pinch Hits ... PH-HR: Pinch hit home runs ... HR1: Solo home runs ... HR2: 2-run Homers ... HR3: 3-run Homers ... HR4: Grand Slams ... IPHR: Inside the park homers ... RBI: Runs batted in ... HR-RBI: RBIS on Home Runs ... HR-RBI%: % of RBIs on Home Runs ... RBI2: Runs batted in on outs ... BB4: Walks on 4 pitches ... BB1OP: Walks with 1st base open ... RON: PA with runners on ... BR: # of Baserunners ... RBI%: % of opportunities with RBI ... OPP: RBI Opportunities Points ... CONV: RBIs points converted ... CONV%: Converted% ... LDOF: Leadoff ... OB: Leadoff onbase ... LD-OB%: Leadoff onbase% ... LAST: Last batter of game ... WOH: Walk-off Hits ... WOHR: Walk-off Home Runs
1957 DET 149 636 577 394 169 185 0.91 133 36 16 386 250 12 9 39 6.13 0 39 0 0 42 11 136 8.1 28 9 15 39 94 100 117 79 55 1958 DET 146 607 543 364 138 180 0.77 155 6 19 400 207 24 7 47 7.74 0 47 0 4 24 18 140 12.9 23 10 18 51 62 72 99 80 75 1959 DET 136 594 511 341 141 154 0.92 111 24 19 400 194 15 11 42 7.07 0 42 0 1 24 12 112 10.7 19 4 13 30 63 76 52 81 51 1960 DET 147 629 551 393 145 197 0.74 156 20 21 421 208 19 12 47 7.47 0 47 0 1 34 18 132 13.6 17 7 18 28 59 98 84 105 74 1961 DET 153 665 586 379 168 167 1.01 126 28 13 441 224 28 8 42 6.32 0 42 0 6 13 16 162 9.9 28 9 21 48 68 82 93 101 72 1962 DET 100 452 398 271 92 138 0.67 125 4 9 300 152 14 7 39 8.63 0 39 0 3 13 17 113 15.0 12 8 21 21 49 52 73 55 40 1963 DET 145 616 551 369 123 195 0.63 165 13 17 412 204 12 5 48 7.79 0 48 0 0 13 12 140 8.6 10 16 14 27 72 85 120 73 55 1964 DET 146 608 525 371 145 172 0.84 148 3 21 406 202 21 5 51 8.39 0 51 0 2 13 12 140 8.6 22 1 19 29 74 65 100 96 62 1965 DET 124 474 399 286 83 150 0.55 135 1 14 346 128 5 4 49 10.34 0 49 0 0 11 9 98 9.2 14 2 17 22 40 41 81 67 49 1966 DET 142 572 479 333 97 169 0.57 144 8 17 408 164 15 11 66 11.54 0 66 0 2 16 7 106 6.6 5 8 24 13 66 56 108 71 49 1967 DET 131 550 458 314 119 144 0.83 139 0 5 381 169 10 8 47 8.55 0 47 0 4 20 16 112 14.3 7 10 6 26 63 68 78 61 42 1968 DET 102 389 327 229 69 119 0.58 97 10 12 273 116 7 5 39 10.03 0 39 0 2 6 4 72 5.6 5 5 7 20 42 44 73 43 27 1969 DET 131 518 456 322 98 161 0.61 130 18 13 350 168 16 10 61 11.78 0 61 0 2 18 11 110 10.0 13 12 21 33 54 53 84 65 53 1970 DET 131 555 467 331 127 152 0.84 131 8 13 367 188 24 11 49 8.83 1 49 0 2 17 20 127 15.7 15 4 16 27 57 80 103 61 53 1971 DET 133 501 405 278 86 134 0.64 107 12 15 366 135 13 8 57 11.38 0 57 0 4 13 12 91 13.2 7 8 19 14 57 46 89 53 45 1972 DET 105 314 278 187 66 88 0.75 74 10 4 225 89 7 6 33 10.51 0 33 0 1 7 11 61 18.0 10 1 8 17 30 30 70 45 30 1973 DET 91 347 310 230 85 114 0.75 86 20 8 220 127 12 7 28 8.07 0 28 0 1 18 10 74 13.5 10 8 11 22 45 41 54 47 32 1974 DET 147 630 558 411 131 201 0.65 162 19 20 445 185 16 8 75 11.90 0 75 0 0 18 12 121 9.9 15 3 14 38 63 63 107 93 76 Tot: 2359 9657 8379 5803 2082 2820 0.74 2324 240 256 6547 3110 270 142 859 8.90 1 859 0 35 320 228 2047 11.1 260 125 282 505 1058 1152 1585 1276 940
G: Games ... PA: Plate Appearances ... AB: At Bats ... Outs: Outs ... GO: Groundouts ... AO: Air Outs ... ratio: Groundouts/Airouts ... FLY: Flyballs ... LO: Lineouts ... POP: Popouts ... OUT_IF: Infield Outs ... OUT_OF: Outfield Outs ... OUT_PR: Productive Outs ... RBI_OUT: RBIs on outs ... SO: Strikeouts ... SO%: Strikeout% ... SO3: Struck out on 3 pitches ... SW: Strikeouts swinging ... CAL: Strikeouts looking ... FC: Reached on fielders choice ... FO: Reached on forceout ... GDP: Grounded into Double Play ... OPP: Double play opportunities ... GDP%: Grounded into double play% ... LOC1-9: Balls hit to position location
1957 DET 149 636 11 9 2 0 0 52.4 10 9 0 1 13 18 3 16 0 4 38 54 70.4 0 1 8 31 1 83 272 30.51 1958 DET 146 607 7 6 1 0 0 63.6 4 3 0 1 12 20 2 21 2 3 44 60 73.3 0 1 7 33 5 84 261 32.18 1959 DET 136 594 10 8 2 0 0 62.5 6 5 1 0 17 22 1 14 1 1 37 56 66.1 0 2 13 50 4 85 272 31.25 1960 DET 147 629 19 14 5 0 1 82.6 4 4 0 0 9 14 2 15 3 4 33 47 70.2 0 1 5 28 5 77 265 29.06 1961 DET 153 665 14 12 2 0 0 93.3 1 1 0 0 15 13 2 25 5 6 44 66 66.7 0 2 12 32 3 116 297 39.06 1962 DET 100 452 4 4 0 0 0 100.0 0 0 0 0 7 8 3 9 4 1 18 32 56.3 0 0 5 15 1 78 191 40.84 1963 DET 145 616 6 6 0 0 0 60.0 4 3 1 0 15 20 3 13 2 6 39 59 66.1 0 1 12 22 4 89 256 34.77 1964 DET 146 608 4 4 0 0 0 80.0 1 1 0 0 15 15 5 14 8 3 32 60 53.3 0 0 13 39 4 77 251 30.68 1965 DET 124 474 6 5 1 0 0 100.0 0 0 0 0 15 13 7 10 4 4 27 53 50.9 0 0 9 24 0 72 200 36.00 1966 DET 142 572 5 5 0 0 0 50.0 5 4 0 1 13 13 7 10 5 2 25 50 50.0 0 1 11 24 3 85 250 34.00 1967 DET 131 550 8 8 0 0 0 80.0 2 2 0 0 12 19 1 13 2 4 36 51 70.6 0 2 14 39 2 94 256 36.72 1968 DET 102 389 6 6 0 0 0 60.0 4 1 2 1 15 9 2 17 4 4 30 51 58.8 0 0 7 11 4 49 165 29.70 1969 DET 131 518 1 1 0 0 0 33.3 2 2 0 0 11 16 2 11 2 1 28 43 65.1 0 0 12 18 2 74 210 35.24 1970 DET 131 555 2 2 0 0 0 50.0 2 2 0 0 20 11 4 9 2 5 25 51 49.0 0 0 6 24 1 64 235 27.23 1971 DET 133 501 4 4 0 0 0 40.0 6 4 1 1 22 8 8 10 4 4 22 56 39.3 0 1 4 18 2 69 234 29.49 1972 DET 105 314 1 1 0 0 0 100.0 0 0 0 0 15 6 2 7 3 2 15 35 42.9 0 1 6 12 2 46 129 35.66 1973 DET 91 347 4 3 0 1 0 80.0 1 1 0 0 12 13 2 7 2 1 21 37 56.8 0 0 2 13 3 40 134 29.85 1974 DET 147 630 2 2 0 0 0 50.0 2 2 0 0 27 9 3 12 6 5 26 62 41.9 0 0 8 21 1 71 235 30.21 Tot: 2359 9657 114 100 13 1 1 67.9 54 44 5 5 265 247 59 233 59 60 540 923 58.5 0 13 154 454 47 1353 4113 32.90
G: Games ... PA: Plate Appearances ... AB: At Bats ... SB: Stolen Bases ... SB2: Steals of 2b ... SB3: Steals of 3b ... SBH: Steals of home ... DI: Advanced on defensive indifference ... SB%: Stolen base % ... CS: Caught stealing ... CS2: Caught stealing 2b ... CS3: Caught stealing 3b ... CSH: Caught stealing home ... S12: Advanced from 1st to 2nd on singled... S13: Advanced from 1st to 3rd on single ... S23: Advanced from 2nd to 3rd on single ... S2H: Scored from 2nd on single ... D13: Advanced from 1nd to 3rd on double ... D1H: Scored from 1st on double ... ADVX: Advanced an extra base on hit ... ADV-OPP Advancement opportunities on hits ... ADV_PCT: Advanced extra base % ... PTHR: Pickoff throws ... PCKFF%: Picked off ... WPPB: Advanced on wild pitch or passed ball ... ADV_OUT: Advanced on out ... OOB: Out on bases ... R: Runs scored ... ONBS: On base ... RUN%: % of times on base run scored
1957 DET 149 636 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 199 195 1.02 1958 DET 146 607 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 164 186 0.88 1959 DET 136 594 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 154 163 0.94 1960 DET 147 629 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 163 204 0.80 1961 DET 153 665 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 196 176 1.11 1962 DET 100 452 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 104 144 0.72 1963 DET 145 616 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 143 200 0.72 1964 DET 146 608 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 155 175 0.89 1965 DET 124 474 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 88 153 0.58 1966 DET 142 572 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 108 175 0.62 1967 DET 131 550 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 127 151 0.84 1968 DET 102 389 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 76 126 0.60 1969 DET 131 518 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 109 179 0.61 1970 DET 131 555 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 143 162 0.88 1971 DET 133 501 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 102 149 0.68 1972 DET 105 314 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 72 101 0.71 1973 DET 91 347 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 92 119 0.77 1974 DET 147 630 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 141 210 0.67 Tot: 2359 9657 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 2336 2968 0.79
G: Games ... PA: Plate Appearances ... PIT: Pitches ... STR: Strikes ... BAL: Balls ... FOU: Fouls ... SW: Swing and miss ... CAL: Called strikes ... INPLAY: Balls put in play ... SWINGS: Total swings ... CONT: Contacts ... P-PA: Pitches per plate appearance ... STR%: Strikes% ... Ball%: Balls% ... SWNG%: Swing % ... CONT%: Contact% (per swing) ... FOU%: Foul ball% ... PLAY: Ball in Play% ... FPS: First pitch strikes ... FPSW: First pitch swings ... FPSW%: First pitch swing%... FPIP: First pitches in play ... FPIP%: First pitches in play% ... RUNGO: Runners going while batting ... HIT_RUN: Hit and Runs ... GB Ground balls ... Airballs Balls in air ... GB% Groundball%
