Lou Klein stats
Age 108
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- Age
- 108 yearsOct 22, 1918
Lou Klein played 5 MLB seasons, 1943 to 1951.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 305
- AB
- 1,037
- R
- 162
- H
- 269
- HR
- 16
- RBI
- 101
- SB
- 10
- AVG
- .259
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | STL | 154 | 627 | 91 | 180 | 7 | 62 | 9 | .287 |
| 1945 | STL | 19 | 57 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .228 |
| 1946 | STL | 23 | 93 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .194 |
| 1949 | STL | 58 | 114 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 12 | 0 | .219 |
| 1951 |  CLE/ATH | 51 | 146 | 22 | 33 | 5 | 17 | 0 | .226 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 5
- AB
- 22
- R
- 0
- H
- 3
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .136
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 1,171
- TB
- 395
- XBH
- 79
- HBP
- 5
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | STL | 694 | 257 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | STL | 72 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | STL | 105 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | STL | 142 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | CLE/ATH | 158 | 55 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 6.8
- RC
- 142.1
- RC/27
- 4.80
- ISOP
- .122
- SECA
- .232
- BB/K
- 0.88
- AB/HR
- 64.8
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | STL | 5.8 | 93.6 | 5.5 | .123 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 89.6 | 0 |
| 1945 | STL | 0.3 | 10.1 | 6.2 | .158 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 57 | 0 |
| 1946 | STL | -0.1 | 6.9 | 2.4 | .065 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 93 | 0 |
| 1949 | STL | 0.6 | 15.8 | 4.6 | .105 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 57 | 0 |
| 1951 | CLE/ATH | 0.2 | 15.8 | 3.7 | .151 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 29.2 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO
Bio
- Age
- 108 yearsOct 22, 1918
- Debut
- 1943
What were Lou Klein's career stats?
Lou Klein played 5 seasons for the Cardinals. He was a career .259 hitter with 269 hits, 16 home runs and 101 RBI. His best season was 1943: a .287 batting average, 7 home runs and 62 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
5 seasons, 1 postseason, 1943 to 1951
Championships
- 1946 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals