Johnny Kling stats
Last played for the Cincinnati Reds, 1913
Bio
- Debut
- 1900
Bio
- Debut
- 1900
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,260
- AB
- 4,241
- R
- 474
- H
- 1,151
- HR
- 20
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 123
- AVG
- .271
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | CHC | 15 | 51 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
| 1901 | CHC | 74 | 256 | 26 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .273 |
| 1902 | CHC | 114 | 431 | 49 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .285 |
| 1903 | CHC | 132 | 491 | 67 | 146 | 3 | 0 | 23 | .297 |
| 1904 | CHC | 123 | 452 | 41 | 110 | 2 | 0 | 7 | .243 |
| 1905 | CHC | 111 | 380 | 26 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .218 |
| 1906 | CHC | 107 | 343 | 45 | 107 | 2 | 0 | 14 | .312 |
| 1907 | CHC | 104 | 334 | 44 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .284 |
| 1908 | CHC | 126 | 424 | 51 | 117 | 4 | 0 | 16 | .276 |
| 1910 | CHC | 91 | 297 | 31 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .269 |
| 1911 |  CHC/ATL | 102 | 321 | 40 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .212 |
| 1912 | ATL | 81 | 252 | 26 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .317 |
| 1913 | CIN | 80 | 209 | 20 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .273 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 21
- AB
- 65
- R
- 6
- H
- 12
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .185
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 4,640
- TB
- 1,514
- XBH
- 262
- HBP
- 12
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | CHC | 54 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1901 | CHC | 269 | 82 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1902 | CHC | 472 | 148 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1903 | CHC | 524 | 210 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1904 | CHC | 483 | 134 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1905 | CHC | 425 | 106 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1906 | CHC | 375 | 144 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1907 | CHC | 367 | 129 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1908 | CHC | 461 | 162 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1910 | CHC | 343 | 107 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1911 | CHC/ATL | 367 | 94 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1912 | ATL | 274 | 102 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | CIN | 226 | 76 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 22.9
- RC
- 536.0
- RC/27
- 4.50
- ISOP
- .086
- SECA
- .181
- BB/K
- 2.46
- AB/HR
- 212.1
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | CHC | 0.1 | 6.6 | 4.8 | .098 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1901 | CHC | 0.4 | 27.1 | 3.9 | .047 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1902 | CHC | 3.2 | 57.1 | 4.8 | .058 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1903 | CHC | 3.6 | 75.6 | 5.8 | .130 | 0.2 | 0 | 163.7 | 0 |
| 1904 | CHC | 0.6 | 38.5 | 2.9 | .053 | 0.1 | 0 | 226 | 0 |
| 1905 | CHC | 0.2 | 33.1 | 2.8 | .061 | 0.2 | 0 | 380 | 0 |
| 1906 | CHC | 3.6 | 56.1 | 6.2 | .108 | 0.2 | 0 | 171.5 | 0 |
| 1907 | CHC | 3.4 | 48.6 | 5.4 | .102 | 0.2 | 0 | 334 | 0 |
| 1908 | CHC | 3.6 | 56.6 | 4.8 | .106 | 0.2 | 0 | 106 | 0 |
| 1910 | CHC | 2.2 | 42.6 | 5.1 | .091 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 148.5 | 0 |
| 1911 | CHC/ATL | -0.5 | 30.7 | 3.2 | .081 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 107 | 0 |
| 1912 | ATL | 1.5 | 38 | 5.7 | .087 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 126 | 0 |
| 1913 | CIN | 1.0 | 25.8 | 4.5 | .091 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Johnny Kling's career stats?
Johnny Kling played 13 seasons for the Cubs, the Braves and the Reds. He was a career .271 hitter with 1,151 hits, 20 home runs and 0 RBI. His best season was 1912: a .317 batting average, 2 home runs and 0 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1900 to 1913
Championships ×2
- 1907 World Series with the Chicago Cubs
- 1908 World Series with the Chicago Cubs