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Al Kaline
Full name Albert William Kaline Born December 19, 1934, Baltimore, Maryland Died April 6, 2020, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan First Game: June 25, 1953 ; Final Game: October 2, 1974 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1.5" Weight: 175 Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1980 Named AL Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1955 and 1963) Named outfielder on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1955) Named outfielder on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1962 to 1963 and 1966 to 1967) Won Major League Gold Glove as right fielder (1957) Won AL Gold Glove as center fielder (1959) Won AL Gold Glove as right fielder (1958) Won AL Gold Glove as outfielder (1961 to 1967) Ejections: 1960 (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 SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1953 DET A Daily Splits 30 28 9 7 0 0 1 2 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 .250 .300 .357 -0.3 1953 DET A
1954 DET A Daily Splits 138 504 43 139 18 3 4 43 22 2 45 0 7 2 0 4 21 9 5 .276 .305 .347 -1.4 1954 DET A
1955 DET A Daily Splits 152 588 121 200 24 8 27 102 82 12 57 5 0 6 0 14 13 6 8 .340 .421 .546 4.8 1955 DET A
1956 DET A Daily Splits 153 617 96 194 32 10 27 128 70 4 55 1 1 4 0 13 10 7 1 .314 .383 .530 4.1 1956 DET A
1957 DET A Daily Splits 149 577 83 170 29 4 23 90 43 7 38 3 6 7 0 14 10 11 9 .295 .343 .478 1.5 1957 DET A
1958 DET A Daily Splits 146 543 84 170 34 7 16 85 54 6 47 2 3 5 0 10 18 7 4 .313 .374 .490 3.7 1958 DET A
1959 DET A Daily Splits 136 511 85 167 19 2 27 94 72 12 42 4 2 6 0 7 11 10 4 .327 .410 .530 3.6 1959 DET A
1960 DET A Daily Splits 147 551 77 153 29 4 15 68 65 3 47 3 5 5 0 10 18 19 4 .278 .354 .426 -0.1 1960 DET A
1961 DET A Daily Splits 153 586 116 190 41 7 19 82 66 2 42 4 4 5 0 20 16 14 1 .324 .393 .515 3.8 1961 DET A
1962 DET A Daily Splits 100 398 78 121 16 6 29 94 47 3 39 1 2 4 0 8 17 4 0 .304 .376 .593 3.0 1962 DET A
1963 DET A Daily Splits 145 551 89 172 24 3 27 101 54 12 48 4 3 4 0 13 12 6 4 .312 .375 .514 1.8 1963 DET A
1964 DET A Daily Splits 146 525 77 154 31 5 17 68 75 6 51 3 2 3 0 4 12 4 1 .293 .383 .469 2.6 1964 DET A
1965 DET A Daily Splits 125 399 72 112 18 2 18 72 72 11 49 0 0 3 0 5 9 6 0 .281 .388 .471 1.4 1965 DET A
1966 DET A Daily Splits 142 479 85 138 29 1 29 88 81 7 66 5 1 6 0 9 7 5 5 .288 .392 .534 3.8 1966 DET A
1967 DET A Daily Splits 131 458 94 141 28 2 25 78 83 10 47 1 2 6 0 8 16 8 2 .308 .411 .541 5.1 1967 DET A
1968 DET A Daily Splits 102 327 49 94 14 1 10 52 55 7 39 3 1 3 0 6 4 6 4 .287 .392 .428 1.7 1968 DET A
1969 DET A Daily Splits 131 456 74 124 17 0 21 69 54 4 61 1 0 7 0 12 11 1 2 .272 .346 .447 0.3 1969 DET A
1970 DET A Daily Splits 131 467 64 130 24 4 16 71 77 5 49 1 3 7 0 9 20 2 2 .278 .377 .450 1.6 1970 DET A
1971 DET A Daily Splits 133 405 69 119 19 2 15 54 82 9 57 7 1 6 0 11 12 4 6 .294 .416 .462 2.1 1971 DET A
1972 DET A Daily Splits 106 278 46 87 11 2 10 32 28 5 33 2 1 5 0 4 11 1 0 .313 .374 .475 1.3 1972 DET A
1973 DET A Daily Splits 91 310 40 79 13 0 10 45 29 4 28 3 0 5 0 4 10 4 1 .255 .320 .394 -0.8 1973 DET A
1974 DET A Daily Splits 147 558 71 146 28 2 13 64 65 2 75 1 1 5 0 5 12 2 2 .262 .337 .389 0.1 1974 DET A
Total (22 Years) Splits 2834 10116 1622 3007 498 75 399 1582 1277 133 1020 55 45 104 0 191 271 137 65 .297 .376 .480 43.7 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 BFW Year Team
League Championship 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
1972 DET A Daily Splits 5 19 3 5 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 .333 .421 1972 DET A
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
1968 DET A Daily Splits 7 29 6 11 2 0 2 8 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .379 .400 .655 1968 DET A
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
1955 AL Daily Splits 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .500 .500 1955 AL
1956 AL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1956 AL
1957 AL Daily Splits 1 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 1957 AL
1958 AL Daily 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1958 AL
1959 AL Daily Splits 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .800 1959 AL
1960 AL Daily Splits 2 3 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .667 .750 1.667 1960 AL
1961 AL Daily Splits 2 6 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .500 .500 .500 1961 AL
1962 AL Daily Splits 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1962 AL
1963 AL Daily Splits 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1963 AL
1965 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1965 AL
1966 AL Daily Splits 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1966 AL
1971 AL Daily Splits 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1971 AL
1974 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1974 AL
Total (13 Years) Splits 16 37 7 12 1 0 2 6 2 0 6 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 .324 .375 .514 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
1953 DET A Daily Splits OF 20 4 4 71.1 11 1 0 0 0 1.000 5 11 4
1953 DET A CF 11 4 4 57 8 1 0 0 0 1.000
1953 DET A LF 5 0 0 8 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 DET A RF 4 0 0 6.1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1954 DET A Daily Splits OF 135 133 124 1180.2 283 16 9 0 0 .971 0 0 135
1954 DET A RF 135 133 124 1180.2 280 16 9 0 0 .970
1955 DET A Daily Splits OF 152 151 145 1325.2 306 14 7 4 0 .979 0 0 152
1955 DET A RF 152 151 145 1325.2 306 14 7 4 0 .979
1956 DET A Daily Splits OF 153 153 145 1345 343 18 6 4 0 .984 1 12 142
1956 DET A RF 142 142 134 1241.2 303 14 5 4 0 .984
1956 DET A CF 12 11 11 103 39 3 1 1 0 .977
1956 DET A LF 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1957 DET A Daily Splits OF 145 143 119 1310.2 319 13 5 2 0 .985 5 23 136
1957 DET A RF 136 118 111 1130.2 261 10 2 2 0 .993
1957 DET A CF 23 23 7 158 50 2 3 0 0 .945
1957 DET A LF 5 2 1 22 6 1 0 0 0 1.000
1958 DET A Daily Splits OF 145 143 130 1232.1 316 23 2 4 0 .994 0 4 143
1958 DET A RF 143 141 128 1209 311 22 2 4 0 .994
1958 DET A CF 4 2 2 23.1 12 1 0 0 0 1.000
1959 DET A Daily Splits OF 136 136 128 1174.2 364 4 4 0 0 .989 0 122 15
1959 DET A CF 122 121 114 1045 323 4 4 0 0 .988
1959 DET A RF 15 15 14 129.2 38 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 DET A Daily Splits OF 142 142 137 1277 367 5 5 1 0 .987 0 142 0
1960 DET A CF 142 142 137 1277 364 5 5 1 0 .987
1961 DET A Daily Splits OF 147 147 124 1300.1 378 9 4 3 0 .990 1 22 141
1961 DET A RF 141 127 118 1147 308 8 4 3 0 .988
1961 DET A CF 22 20 6 152 67 1 0 0 0 1.000
1961 DET A LF 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1961 DET A 3B 1 1 1 9 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1962 DET A Daily Splits OF 100 100 98 882 225 8 4 1 0 .983 0 0 100
1962 DET A RF 100 100 98 882 226 8 4 1 0 .983
1963 DET A Daily Splits OF 140 140 126 1223 257 5 2 0 0 .992 0 2 140
1963 DET A RF 140 139 126 1215 257 5 2 0 0 .992
1963 DET A CF 2 1 0 8 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 DET A Daily Splits OF 136 136 127 1193.1 278 6 3 2 0 .990 0 0 136
1964 DET A RF 136 136 127 1193.1 278 6 3 3 0 .990
1965 DET A Daily Splits OF 112 111 100 955.2 193 2 3 0 0 .985 0 62 51
1965 DET A CF 62 60 54 512 108 0 0 0 0 1.000
1965 DET A RF 51 51 46 443.2 83 2 3 0 0 .966
1965 DET A 3B 1 0 0 5.1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000
1966 DET A Daily Splits OF 136 136 98 1130 279 7 2 1 0 .993 0 86 54
1966 DET A CF 86 84 54 676.2 177 5 1 1 0 .995
1966 DET A RF 54 52 44 453.1 101 2 1 0 0 .990
1967 DET A Daily Splits OF 130 127 117 1086.2 217 14 4 2 0 .983 0 1 130
1967 DET A RF 130 127 117 1085.2 221 14 6 2 0 .975
1967 DET A CF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1968 DET A Daily Splits OF 74 68 59 602 131 1 3 0 0 .978 5 0 70
1968 DET A RF 70 67 58 584 128 1 3 0 0 .977
1968 DET A 1B 22 18 14 165 152 13 4 15 0 .976
1968 DET A LF 5 1 1 18 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1969 DET A Daily Splits OF 118 109 99 974 192 9 7 4 0 .966 0 0 118
1969 DET A RF 118 109 99 974 190 9 7 4 0 .966
1969 DET A 1B 9 9 5 69 65 2 0 3 0 1.000
1970 DET A Daily Splits OF 91 75 69 686.1 156 3 2 1 0 .988 0 0 91
1970 DET A RF 91 75 69 686.1 158 3 2 1 0 .988
1970 DET A 1B 52 48 34 403.1 374 31 4 39 0 .990
1971 DET A Daily Splits OF 129 105 94 977 207 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 128
1971 DET A RF 128 104 94 967 203 6 0 0 0 1.000
1971 DET A 1B 5 2 1 29 27 1 0 3 0 1.000
1971 DET A CF 3 1 0 10 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 DET A Daily Splits OF 84 64 53 570 111 5 1 0 0 .991 0 0 84
1972 DET A RF 84 64 53 570 110 5 1 0 0 .991
1972 DET A 1B 11 4 3 44 37 4 0 5 0 1.000
1973 DET A Daily Splits OF 64 52 38 435.1 102 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 64
1973 DET A RF 64 52 38 435.1 102 1 0 0 0 1.000
1973 DET A 1B 36 29 14 240 245 12 1 32 0 .996
1974 DET A Daily Splits DH 146 144 138 -
Total (21 Years) Splits OF 2489 2375 2134 20933 5035 170 73 29 0 .986 17 490 2034
Total (20 Years) RF 2034 1903 1743 16860.1 3864 146 61 28 0 .985
Total (12 Years) CF 490 469 389 4023 1156 22 14 3 0 .988
Total ( 1 Year ) DH 146 144 138 -
Total ( 6 Years) 1B 135 110 71 950.1 900 63 9 97 0 .991
Total ( 5 Years) LF 17 3 2 49.2 11 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 2 Years) 3B 2 1 1 14.1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1972 DET A Daily Splits OF 5 5 5 46.1 13 0 1 0 0 .929 0 0 5
1972 DET A RF 5 5 5 46.1 13 0 1 0 0 .929
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1968 DET A Daily Splits OF 7 7 7 62 18 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 7
1968 DET A RF 7 7 7 62 18 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
1955 AL Daily Splits OF 1 1 1 11 6 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1955 AL RF 1 1 1 11 6 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 AL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1956 AL RF 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 -
1957 AL Daily Splits OF 1 1 1 9 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1957 AL RF 1 1 1 9 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1958 AL Daily Splits OF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1958 AL LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1959 AL Daily Splits OF 2 1 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 2 0
1959 AL CF 2 1 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 AL LF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1960 AL Daily Splits OF 2 0 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 1 0
1960 AL LF 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 AL CF 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 AL Daily Splits OF 2 1 1 12 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 1
1961 AL RF 1 1 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 AL CF 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 AL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1963 AL RF 1 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1966 AL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 8 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0
1966 AL CF 1 1 0 8 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 AL Daily Splits OF 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1971 AL RF 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total (10 Years) Splits OF 13 7 3 73 21 1 0 0 0 1.000 3 5 6
Total ( 6 Years) RF 6 5 3 45 12 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 4 Years) CF 5 2 0 23 6 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 3 Years) LF 3 0 0 5 3 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
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
6-12-1960(1) BOX DET A Bob Stewart Called third strike
Transaction Information
Signed as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) by Detroit Tigers (June 19, 1953 ).
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