Billy Klaus stats

Last played for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1963

Age 97

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Billy Klaus played 11 MLB seasons, 1952 to 1963.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
821
AB
2,513
R
357
H
626
HR
40
RBI
250
SB
14
AVG
.249
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1952ATL7430000.000
1953ATL2210010.000
1955BOS135541831537606.283
1956BOS135520911417591.271
1957BOS1274777612010422.252
1958BOS6188514170.159
1959BAL10432133803252.249
1960BAL464389160.209
1961TEX9125126577302.227
1962PHI10224830514201.206
1963PHI111811000.056

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
2,887
TB
882
XBH
161
HBP
4
IBB
7
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1952ATL5000000
1953ATL2000000
1955BOS610204350000
1956BOS620201411000
1957BOS537176320000
1958BOS932150000
1959BAL377100140100
1960BAL531430000
1961TEX28790172300
1962PHI28375141300
1963PHI20100000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
7.0
RC
329.7
RC/27
4.60
ISOP
.102
SECA
.236
BB/K
1.16
AB/HR
62.8
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1952ATL-0.1-0.1-0.7.0000.3100
1953ATL0.0-0.2-2.7.0000000
1955BOS1.979.35.4.0940.21.477.30
1956BOS2.485.96.1150.32.174.30
1957BOS2.5634.7.1170.21.047.70
1958BOS-1.33.31.2.0800.10.3880
1959BAL1.139.94.3.0620.21.31070
1960BAL0.35.84.4.1160.31430
1961TEX0.730.54.1.1310.30.935.90
1962PHI-0.223.63.1.0970.20.7620
1963PHI-0.3-0.9-1.3.0000.10.300

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
97 yearsDec 9, 1928
Debut
1952

What were Billy Klaus's career stats?

Billy Klaus played 11 seasons for the Braves, the Red Sox, the Orioles, the Rangers and the Phillies. He was a career .249 hitter with 626 hits, 40 home runs and 250 RBI. His best season was 1955: a .283 batting average, 7 home runs and 60 RBI.

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