Al Kaline

Retired
High Level
MLB
Years
1953-1974 (1953-1974)
Proper Name
Albert William Kaline
Nickname
Mr. Tiger
Positions
OF (2489) ... DH (146) ... 1B (135) ... 3B (2)
Height / Weight
6-2 / 180
Bats / Throws
Right / Right
Death Date
April 6,2020   Age:  85.109
High School
Southern (Baltimore,MD)
MLB Debut
MLBAM ID
Retrosheet#
kalia101
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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

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yearteam nameleaguelevelmlb#agepostbc+gabrh2b3bhrrbisbcsbbsohbpshsfibbgdptbpaxbh1bavgobpslgopssecaisobabipbb%so%so/bbab/hr
1953Detroit TigersALMLBDET2518OF3028970012101510001103016.250.300.357.657.179.107.0003.3316.675.0028.00
1954Detroit TigersALMLBDET619OF901385044213918344395224507202117553525114.276.305.347.652.123.071.2954.118.412.05126.00
1955Detroit TigersALMLBDET620OF12915258812120024827102688257506121332168159141.340.421.546.967.342.206.33912.048.370.7021.78
1956Detroit TigersALMLBDET621OF1241536179619432102712871705511441032769369125.314.383.530.913.339.216.31010.107.940.7922.85
1957Detroit TigersALMLBDET622OF112149577831702942390119433836771027663656114.295.343.478.821.262.183.2816.765.970.8825.09
1958Detroit TigersALMLBDET623OF11814654384170347168574544723561826660757113.313.374.490.864.282.177.3188.907.740.8733.94
1959Detroit TigersALMLBDET624OF1281365118616719227941047242426121127159548119.327.410.530.940.356.203.31312.107.060.5818.93
1960Detroit TigersALMLBDET625OF111147551771532941568194654735531823562948105.278.354.426.780.294.148.27910.337.470.7236.73
1961Detroit TigersALMLBDET626OF1241535861161904171982141664244521630266567123.324.393.515.908.326.191.3239.926.320.6430.84
1962Detroit TigersALMLBDET627OF1311003987812116629944047391243172364525170.304.376.593.969.417.289.27510.408.630.8313.72
1963Detroit TigersALMLBDET628OF1271455518917224327101645448434121228361654118.312.375.514.889.303.202.3028.777.790.8920.41
1964Detroit TigersALMLBDET629OF12314652577154315176841755132361224660853101.293.383.469.852.324.176.29812.348.390.6830.88
1965Detroit TigersALMLBDET630OF1251253997211218218726072490031191884743874.281.388.471.859.386.190.28115.1910.340.6822.17
1966Detroit TigersALMLBDET631OF132142479851382912988558166516772565725979.288.392.534.926.415.246.27914.1611.540.8116.52
1967Detroit TigersALMLBDET632OF14013145894141282257882834712610162485505586.308.411.541.952.428.233.29615.098.550.5718.32
1968Detroit TigersALMLBDET633OF12710232749941411053645539313741403892569.287.392.428.820.315.141.29914.1410.030.7132.70
1969Detroit TigersALMLBDET634OF1131314567412417021691254611074112045183886.272.346.447.793.292.175.27010.4211.781.1321.71
1970Detroit TigersALMLBDET635OF-1B1151314676413024416712277491375202105554486.278.377.450.827.336.172.27913.878.830.6429.19
1971Detroit TigersALMLBDET636OF1261334056911919215544682577169121875013683.294.416.462.878.365.168.30716.3711.380.7027.00
1972Detroit TigersALMLBDET3537OF125106278468711210321028332155111323142364.313.374.475.849.266.162.3218.9210.511.1827.80
1973Detroit TigersALMLBDET638OF-1B10191310407913010454129283054101223472356.255.320.394.714.242.139.2498.368.070.9731.00
1974Detroit TigersALMLBDET639DH10514755871146282136422657511521221763043103.262.337.389.726.244.127.28010.3211.901.1542.92
Tot:MLB (22 yrs) MLB     28341011616223007498753991583137651277102055451041312714852115979722035.297.376.480.855.316.182.29611.018.800.8025.35
Tot:AL (22 yrs) AL     28341011616223007498753991583137651277102055451041312714852115979722035.297.376.480.855.316.182.29611.018.800.8025.35
Avg:MLB - 162 game avg MLB     162🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒
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yearteam nameleaguecategoryagegabrh2b3bhrrbisbcsbbsohbpshsfibbgdptbpaxbh1bavgobpslgopssecaisobabipbb%so%so/bbab/hr
1955American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar20140110000012100002610.250.500.5001.000.500.250.50016.6733.332.000.00
1956American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar21130100000000000001301.333.333.333.666.000.000.3330.000.000.000.00
1957American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar22151200020000000002502.400.400.400.800.000.000.4000.000.000.000.00
1958American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar23100000000000000000000.000.000.000.000.000.000.0000.000.000.000.00
1959American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar24120000000001000000200.000.000.000.000.000.000.0000.0050.000.000.00
1959American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar24131100110001000004310.333.3331.3331.6661.0001.000.0000.0033.330.003.00
1960American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar251101000000100000012011.0001.0001.0002.0001.000.0001.00050.000.000.000.00
1960American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar25122100120000000004210.500.5002.0002.5001.5001.500.0000.000.000.002.00
1961American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar26140200001000000002402.500.500.5001.000.250.000.5000.000.000.000.00
1961American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar26121100010000000001201.500.500.5001.000.000.000.5000.000.000.000.00
1962American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar27101000000000000000000.000.000.000.000.000.000.0000.000.000.000.00
1963American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar28130000000001000000300.000.000.000.000.000.000.0000.0033.330.000.00
1965American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar30110000000000000000100.000.000.000.000.000.000.0000.000.000.000.00
1966American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar31140100000000000001401.250.250.250.500.000.000.2500.000.000.000.00
1968Detroit TigersWorld SeriesPlayoffs337296112028000700000192947.379.379.6551.034.276.276.4500.0024.140.006.90
1971American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar36121100000001000001201.500.500.5001.000.000.0001.0000.0050.000.000.00
1972Detroit TigersChampionship SeriesPlayoffs3751935001100220000082114.263.333.421.754.263.158.2509.529.521.004.76
1974American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar39110000000000000000100.000.000.000.000.000.000.0000.000.000.000.00
Tot:AllStar (13 Yrs) AllStar 16377121026102610000194039.324.375.514.889.270.189.3455.0015.003.0018.50
Tot:Playoffs (2 Yrs) Playoffs 124891620390029000002750511.333.360.563.923.271.229.3614.0018.004.5016.00

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