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Chuck Klein
Chuck Klein
Full name Charles Herbert Klein
Born October 7, 1904, Indianapolis, Indiana
Died March 28, 1958, Indianapolis, Indiana
Buried at St. Joseph Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana (Section D- Lot 69 S1/2- Grave 3)
First Game: July 30, 1928 ; Final Game: June 11, 1944
Umpired First Game: May 1, 1942 ; Umpired Final Game: May 1, 1942
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 185
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1980
Named NL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1932)
Named NL Most Valuable Player by The Sporting News (1931 to 1932)
Named outfielder on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1932 to 1933)
Ejections as player: 1930 (1) SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1928 PHI N Daily Splits 64 253 41 91 14 4 11 34 14 0 22 1 7 0 7 1 0 1 .360 .396 .577 1.0 1928 PHI N
1929 PHI N Daily Splits 149 616 126 219 45 6 43 145 54 2 61 0 9 0 15 6 5 8 .356 .407 .657 2.9 1929 PHI N
1930 PHI N Daily Splits 156 648 158 250 59 8 40 170 54 6 50 4 13 1 15 8 4 6 .386 .436 .687 5.7 1930 PHI N
1931 PHI N Daily Splits 148 594 121 200 34 10 31 121 59 4 49 1 2 0 17 2 7 10 .337 .398 .584 2.7 1931 PHI N
1932 PHI N Daily Splits 154 650 152 226 50 15 38 137 60 3 49 1 0 0 10 4 20 9 .348 .404 .646 4.9 1932 PHI N
1933 PHI N Daily Splits 152 606 101 223 44 7 28 120 56 4 36 1 4 0 16 3 15 8 .368 .422 .602 5.7 1933 PHI N
1934 CHI N Daily Splits 115 435 78 131 27 2 20 80 47 4 38 2 1 0 11 6 3 5 .301 .372 .510 1.4 1934 CHI N
1935 CHI N Daily Splits 119 434 71 127 14 4 21 73 41 4 42 1 9 0 11 10 4 1 .293 .355 .488 0.5 1935 CHI N
1936 CHI N Daily Splits 29 109 19 32 5 0 5 18 16 3 14 0 1 0 9 2 0 0 .294 .384 .477 0.4 1936 CHI N
1936 PHI N Daily Splits 117 492 83 152 30 7 20 86 33 1 45 0 5 0 14 6 6 3 .309 .352 .520 0.0 1936 PHI N
1936 TOT N 146 601 102 184 35 7 25 104 49 4 59 0 6 0 23 8 6 3 .306 .358 .512 0.4 1936 TOT N
1937 PHI N Daily Splits 115 406 74 132 20 2 15 57 39 2 21 1 3 0 6 6 3 4 .325 .386 .495 0.8 1937 PHI N
1938 PHI N Daily Splits 129 458 53 113 22 2 8 61 38 3 30 0 4 0 10 7 7 7 .247 .304 .356 -1.8 1938 PHI N
1939 PHI N Daily Splits 25 47 8 9 2 1 1 9 10 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 .191 .333 .340 -0.1 1939 PHI N
1939 PIT N Daily Splits 85 270 37 81 16 4 11 47 26 2 17 0 6 0 4 4 1 2 .300 .361 .511 0.6 1939 PIT N
1939 TOT N 110 317 45 90 18 5 12 56 36 3 21 0 8 0 5 4 2 3 .284 .357 .486 0.5 1939 TOT N
1940 PHI N Daily Splits 116 354 39 77 16 2 7 37 44 7 30 0 2 0 4 8 2 5 .218 .304 .333 -1.6 1940 PHI N
1941 PHI N Daily Splits 50 73 6 9 0 0 1 3 10 2 6 0 1 0 4 2 0 2 .123 .229 .164 -1.0 1941 PHI N
1942 PHI N Daily Splits 14 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .071 .071 .071 -0.3 1942 PHI N
1943 PHI N Daily Splits 12 20 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .100 .100 .100 -0.6 1943 PHI N
1944 PHI N Daily Splits 4 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 -0.1 1944 PHI N
Total (17 Years) Splits 1753 6486 1168 2076 398 74 300 1201 601 48 521 12 69 1 154 76 79 72 .320 .379 .543 21.1 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1935 CHI N Daily Splits 5 12 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .583 1935 CHI N
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1933 NL Daily Splits 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1933 NL
1934 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1934 NL
Total ( 2 Years) Splits 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1928 PHI N Daily Splits OF 63 63 61 555.2 128 7 3 0 0 .978 0 2 62
1928 PHI N RF 62 62 60 543.2 125 6 3 0 0 .978
1928 PHI N CF 2 1 1 12 3 1 0 0 0 1.000
1929 PHI N Daily Splits OF 149 149 145 1295.1 321 18 12 3 0 .966 0 25 124
1929 PHI N RF 124 124 121 1081.2 260 13 8 1 0 .972
1929 PHI N CF 25 25 24 213.2 61 5 4 2 0 .943
1930 PHI N Daily Splits OF 156 156 155 1373.2 362 44 17 10 0 .960 0 0 156
1930 PHI N RF 156 156 155 1373.2 362 44 17 10 0 .960
1931 PHI N Daily Splits OF 148 148 144 1293.1 292 13 9 0 0 .971 90 17 43
1931 PHI N LF 90 90 88 779.2 183 10 5 0 0 .975
1931 PHI N RF 43 41 39 360.1 66 2 2 0 0 .971
1931 PHI N CF 17 17 17 153.1 43 1 2 0 0 .957
1932 PHI N Daily Splits OF 154 154 154 1383 331 29 15 3 0 .960 0 0 154
1932 PHI N RF 154 154 154 1383 331 29 15 4 0 .960
1933 PHI N Daily Splits OF 152 152 151 1336.2 339 21 5 5 0 .986 0 1 152
1933 PHI N RF 152 152 151 1336 339 21 5 5 0 .986
1933 PHI N CF 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1934 CHI N Daily Splits OF 110 110 98 944.2 222 6 9 2 0 .962 95 1 18
1934 CHI N LF 95 93 83 798 184 4 8 2 0 .959
1934 CHI N RF 18 17 15 144.2 38 2 1 0 0 .976
1934 CHI N CF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1935 CHI N Daily Splits OF 111 107 98 952.1 215 11 10 7 0 .958 0 0 111
1935 CHI N RF 111 107 98 952.1 215 11 10 7 0 .958
1936 CHI N Daily Splits OF 29 29 26 251 63 3 6 0 0 .917 0 0 29
1936 CHI N RF 29 29 26 251 63 3 6 0 0 .917
1936 PHI N Daily Splits OF 117 117 115 1028.1 213 13 17 2 0 .930 2 0 115
1936 PHI N RF 115 115 113 1012.1 208 13 17 2 0 .929
1936 PHI N LF 2 2 2 16 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
1936 TOT N RF 144 144 139 1263.1 271 16 23 2 0 .926
1936 TOT N OF 146 146 141 1279.1 276 16 23 2 0 .927 2 0 144
1937 PHI N Daily Splits OF 102 99 89 855.1 175 11 10 3 0 .949 32 0 72
1937 PHI N RF 72 70 63 598.2 114 10 6 3 0 .954
1937 PHI N LF 32 29 26 256.2 61 1 4 0 0 .939
1938 PHI N Daily Splits OF 119 114 99 980.1 229 8 10 1 0 .960 3 0 118
1938 PHI N RF 118 111 98 961 223 8 10 1 0 .959
1938 PHI N LF 3 3 1 19.1 6 0 0 0 0 1.000
1939 PHI N Daily Splits OF 11 10 10 89 20 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 11
1939 PHI N RF 11 10 10 89 20 1 0 1 0 1.000
1939 PHI N 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1939 PIT N Daily Splits OF 66 65 63 575.2 133 4 7 0 0 .951 28 0 39
1939 PIT N RF 39 38 38 338.2 84 3 4 0 0 .956
1939 PIT N LF 28 27 25 237 49 1 3 0 0 .943
1939 TOT N RF 50 48 48 427.2 104 4 4 1 0 .964
1939 TOT N OF 77 75 73 664.2 153 5 7 1 0 .958 28 0 50
1940 PHI N Daily Splits OF 96 90 82 786.2 180 4 3 2 0 .984 6 0 90
1940 PHI N RF 90 86 78 745.2 164 4 3 2 0 .982
1940 PHI N LF 6 4 4 41 16 0 0 0 0 1.000
1941 PHI N Daily Splits OF 14 11 10 102 22 1 1 0 0 .958 2 0 12
1941 PHI N RF 12 10 9 92 21 1 0 0 0 1.000
1941 PHI N LF 2 1 1 10 1 0 1 0 0 .500
1943 PHI N Daily Splits OF 2 2 2 19 0 0 1 0 0 .000 2 0 0
1943 PHI N LF 2 2 2 19 0 0 1 0 0 .000
1944 PHI N Daily Splits OF 1 1 1 9 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1944 PHI N RF 1 1 1 9 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total (16 Years) Splits OF 1600 1577 1503 13831 3250 194 135 39 0 .962 260 46 1307
Total (15 Years) RF 1307 1283 1229 11272.2 2638 171 107 36 0 .963
Total ( 9 Years) LF 260 251 232 2176.2 505 16 22 2 0 .959
Total ( 5 Years) CF 46 43 42 381.2 107 7 6 2 0 .950
Total ( 1 Year ) 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1935 CHI N Daily Splits OF 3 2 2 19.2 4 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3
1935 CHI N RF 3 2 2 19.2 4 0 0 0 0 1.000
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1933 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1933 NL RF 1 1 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1934 NL Daily Splits OF 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0
1934 NL LF 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 2 Years) Splits OF 2 1 0 11 4 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 1
Total ( 1 Year ) RF 1 1 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) LF 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Coaching Record
Year Team START END
1941 PHI N 4-15 9-28
1942 PHI N 4-14 9-27
1943 PHI N 4-24 10- 3
1944 PHI N 4-18 10- 1
1945 PHI N 4-17 9-30
Total ( 5 Years)
Umpiring Record
Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
1942 NL Daily 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
7-24-1930 BOX PHI N Lou Jorda Interference non-call
Transaction Information
Traded by Fort Wayne (Central) to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Harvey
MacDonald (July 28, 1928 ).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Ted Kleinhans , Mark
Koenig , Harvey Hendrick and $65000 (November 21, 1933 ).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Fabian Kowalik to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for
Ethan Allen and Curt Davis (May 21, 1936 ).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (June 6, 1939 ).
Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (June 7, 1939 ).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (March, 1940).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (March 26, 1940 ).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (January 12, 1942 ).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (August 7, 1942 ).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (June 12, 1944 ).
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