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Billy Klaus

Retired

High Level

MLB

Years

1952-1963 (1952-1963)

Proper Name

William Joseph Klaus

Positions

SS (425) ... 3B (272) ... 2B (43) ... OF (1)

Height / Weight

5-10 / 165

Bats / Throws

Left / Right

Birthdate

December 9,1928

Death Date

December 3,2006 Age: 77.359

Place

Spring Grove, Illinois

High School

Grant Community (Fox Lake,IL)

MLB Debut

MLBAM ID

Retrosheet#

klaub101

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Brother of Bobby Klaus [1960] Selected by the Washington Senators from the Baltimore Orioles (#34 overall) in the 1960 MLB Expansion Draft

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1952	Boston Braves	NL	MLB	BSN	2	23	SS		7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	.250	.000	.000	20.00	20.00	1.00	0.00
1953	Milwaukee Braves	NL	MLB	MLN	2	24	SS-3B		2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1955	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	BOS	35	26	SS	103	135	541	83	153	26	2	7	60	6	0	60	44	0	4	5	0	4	204	610	35	118	.283	.351	.377	.728	.216	.094	.295	9.84	7.21	0.73	77.29
1956	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	BOS	35	27	3B	108	135	520	91	141	29	5	7	59	1	0	90	43	1	6	3	0	7	201	620	41	100	.271	.378	.387	.765	.290	.116	.283	14.52	6.94	0.48	74.29
1957	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	BOS	35	28	SS	99	127	477	76	120	18	4	10	42	2	0	55	53	0	1	4	0	12	176	537	32	88	.252	.326	.369	.695	.237	.117	.263	10.24	9.87	0.96	47.70
1958	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	BOS	35	29	SS		61	88	5	14	4	0	1	7	0	0	5	16	0	0	0	0	2	21	93	5	9	.159	.204	.239	.443	.136	.080	.183	5.38	17.20	3.20	88.00
1959	Baltimore Orioles	AL	MLB	BAL	6	30	SS-3B	96	104	321	33	80	11	0	3	25	2	4	51	38	0	3	2	1	6	100	377	14	66	.249	.350	.312	.662	.215	.063	.273	13.53	10.08	0.75	107.00
1960	Baltimore Orioles	AL	MLB	BAL	6	31	2B		46	43	8	9	2	0	1	6	0	0	9	9	0	1	0	0	1	14	53	3	6	.209	.346	.326	.672	.326	.117	.242	16.98	16.98	1.00	43.00
1961	Washington Senators II	AL	MLB	WS2	6	32	3B	92	91	251	26	57	8	2	7	30	2	2	30	34	2	1	3	3	1	90	287	17	40	.227	.311	.359	.670	.251	.132	.235	10.45	11.85	1.13	35.86
1962	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	MLB	PHI	32	33	3B-SS	84	102	248	30	51	8	2	4	20	1	1	29	43	1	4	1	3	4	75	283	14	37	.206	.290	.302	.592	.214	.096	.233	10.25	15.19	1.48	62.00
1963	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	MLB	PHI	32	34	SS-3B		11	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	20	0	1	.056	.105	.056	.161	.056	.000	.071	5.00	20.00	4.00	0.00
Tot:	MLB (11 yrs)		MLB						821	2513	357	626	106	15	40	250	14	7	331	285	4	21	18	7	37	882	2887	161	465	.249	.335	.351	.686	.236	.102	.266	11.47	9.87	0.86	62.83
Tot:	AL (7 yrs)		AL						699	2241	322	574	98	13	36	229	13	6	300	237	3	16	17	4	33	806	2577	147	427	.256	.342	.360	.702	.241	.104	.271	11.64	9.20	0.79	62.25
Tot:	NL (4 yrs)		NL						122	272	35	52	8	2	4	21	1	1	31	48	1	5	1	3	4	76	310	14	38	.191	.275	.279	.555	.202	.088	.217	10.00	15.48	1.55	68.00
Avg:	MLB - 162 game avg		MLB						162	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’

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