Lou Klein

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Full Name: Louis Frank Klein	Primary Position: 2B,SS
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/167	First Game: April 21, 1943
Birthdate: October 22, 1918	Final Game: September 30, 1951
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana	MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: June 20, 1976
Deathplace: Metaire, Louisiana
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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Lou Klein (Louis Frank Klein) was born on October 22, 1918 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He made his Major League debut on April 21, 1943 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1943, his rookie year, he hit .287 with 7 home runs and 62 RBI. Klein played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 5 year career.

Most people believe that Lou Klein's best season was 1943, when he hit for a .287 average and knocked in 62 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1943	STL	N	154	627	91	180	7	62	.287	.342	.410	28	14	50	70	2	15	9	0	4
1945	STL	N	19	57	12	13	1	6	.228	.389	.386	4	1	14	9	1	0	0	0	0
1946	STL	N	23	93	12	18	1	4	.194	.265	.258	3	0	9	7	0	3	1	0	0
1949	STL	N	58	114	25	25	2	12	.219	.355	.325	6	0	22	20	2	4	0	0	2
1951	PHI	A	49	144	22	33	5	17	.229	.279	.382	7	0	10	12	0	2	0	0	4
1951	CLE	A	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1951	TOT	A	51	146	22	33	5	17	.226	.276	.377	7	0	10	13	0	2	0	0	4
Total	NL		254	891	140	236	11	84	.265	.339	.382	41	15	95	106	5	22	10	0	6
Total	AL		51	146	22	33	5	17	.226	.276	.377	7	0	10	13	0	2	0	0	4
Total			305	1037	162	269	16	101	.259	.330	.381	48	15	105	119	5	24	10	0	10

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1943	STL	N	2B	126	0	0	301	356	18	99	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1943	STL	N	SS	51	0	0	55	88	9	19	0	0	0	0	0	.941
1945	STL	N	SS	7	0	0	12	14	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1945	STL	N	3B	4	0	0	5	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1945	STL	N	OF	7	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1945	STL	N	2B	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1946	STL	N	2B	23	0	0	58	60	3	18	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1949	STL	N	3B	7	0	0	2	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1949	STL	N	SS	21	0	0	17	64	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	.890
1949	STL	N	2B	9	0	0	14	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	PHI	A	2B	42	0	0	85	107	5	32	0	0	0	0	0	.975
Total			SS	79	0	0	84	166	21	29	0	0	0	0	0	.923
Total			3B	11	0	0	7	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.920
Total			OF	7	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	202	0	0	460	536	26	152	0	0	0	0	0	.975

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1940).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Ron Northey to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Harry Walker (December 14, 1949).
Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Chicago Cubs (May 2, 1950).
Selected by Cleveland Indians from Chicago Cubs in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 16, 1950).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Allie Clark to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Sam Chapman (May 10, 1951).

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