Bob Klinger

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Full Name: Robert Harold Klinger	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: April 19, 1938
Birthdate: June 4, 1908	Final Game: September 23, 1947
Birthplace: Allenton, Missouri	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: August 19, 1977
Deathplace: Villa Ridge, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on June 4, 1908 in Allenton, Missouri, Bob Klinger (Robert Harold Klinger) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 8 year career. Klinger broke into the bigs on April 19, 1938 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 2.99 ERA in 159.1 innings pitched in 1938, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bob Klinger's best season was 1938, when he posted a 2.99 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 58 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1938	PIT	N	28	21	12	5	2.99	58	63	53	10	1	1	159.1	152	7	42	0	0	6
1939	PIT	N	37	33	14	17	4.36	64	120	109	10	2	0	225	251	11	81	0	6	3
1940	PIT	N	39	22	8	13	5.39	48	102	85	3	0	3	142	196	5	53	0	5	5
1941	PIT	N	35	9	9	4	3.93	36	58	51	3	0	4	116.2	127	5	30	0	2	1
1942	PIT	N	37	19	8	11	3.24	58	69	55	8	1	1	152.2	151	6	45	0	4	3
1943	PIT	N	33	25	11	8	2.72	65	77	59	14	3	0	195	185	6	58	0	0	0
1946	BOS	A	28	1	3	2	2.37	16	16	15	0	0	9	57	49	1	25	0	1	1
1947	BOS	A	28	0	1	1	3.86	12	20	18	0	0	5	42	42	5	24	0	1	1
Total	NL		209	129	62	58	3.74	329	489	412	48	7	9	990.2	1062	40	309	0	17	18
Total	AL		56	1	4	3	3.00	28	36	33	0	0	14	99	91	6	49	0	2	2
Total			265	130	66	61	3.68	357	525	445	48	7	23	1089.2	1153	46	358	0	19	20

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1938	PIT	N	P	28	0	0	4	34	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1939	PIT	N	P	37	0	0	7	62	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1940	PIT	N	P	39	0	0	6	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1941	PIT	N	P	35	0	0	4	25	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1942	PIT	N	P	37	0	0	14	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1943	PIT	N	P	33	0	0	14	37	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1946	BOS	A	P	28	0	0	1	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1947	BOS	A	P	28	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	265	0	0	54	241	6	13	0	0	0	0	0	.980

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1938	PIT	N	28	60	5	10	0	3	.167	.194	.167	0	0	2	13	0	1	0	0	1
1939	PIT	N	37	84	9	17	0	6	.202	.247	.202	0	0	5	12	0	1	0	0	2
1940	PIT	N	39	42	3	6	0	0	.143	.163	.143	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	3
1941	PIT	N	35	32	1	8	0	3	.250	.294	.313	2	0	2	4	0	1	0	0	1
1942	PIT	N	37	40	3	8	0	3	.200	.289	.225	1	0	5	4	0	5	0	0	2
1943	PIT	N	33	65	5	16	0	4	.246	.300	.277	2	0	5	2	0	4	0	0	4
1946	BOS	A	28	16	1	5	0	2	.313	.313	.313	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1
1947	BOS	A	28	9	1	1	0	0	.111	.111	.111	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
Total	NL		209	323	26	65	0	19	.201	.248	.217	5	0	20	37	0	13	0	0	13
Total	AL		56	25	2	6	0	2	.240	.240	.240	0	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	1
Total			265	348	28	71	0	21	.204	.247	.218	5	0	20	41	0	18	0	0	14

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Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates from St. Louis Cardinals in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 5, 1937).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (May 7, 1946).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (@May 9, 1946).
Released by Boston Red Sox (September 24, 1947).

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