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Lou Klimchock

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Full Name: Louis Stephen Klimchock Primary Position: 3B,2B,1B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/180 First Game: September 27, 1958
Birthdate: October 15, 1939 Final Game: August 2, 1970
Birthplace: Hostetter, Pennsylvania MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Lou Klimchock (Louis Stephen Klimchock) was born on October 15, 1939 in Hostetter, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on September 27, 1958 for the Kansas City Athletics. In 1969, his rookie year, he hit .287 with 6 home runs and 26 RBI. Klimchock played for the Kansas City Athletics, Washington Senators, Milwaukee Braves and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Lou Klimchock's best season was 1969, when he hit for a .287 average.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1958 KC A 2 10 2 2 1 1 .200 .200 .500 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1959 KC A 17 66 10 18 4 13 .273 .284 .470 1 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 2
1960 KC A 10 10 0 3 0 0 .300 .300 .300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 KC A 57 121 8 26 1 16 .215 .244 .289 4 1 5 13 0 1 0 0 1
1962 MIL N 8 8 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1963 WAS A 9 14 1 2 0 2 .143 .143 .143 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1963 MIL N 24 46 6 9 0 1 .196 .196 .217 1 0 0 12 0 1 0 0 0
1963 Total 33 60 7 11 0 3 .183 .183 .200 1 0 0 13 0 1 0 0 0
1964 MIL N 10 21 3 7 0 2 .333 .364 .429 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
1965 MIL N 34 39 3 3 0 3 .077 .119 .077 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 1
1966 NY N 5 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1
1968 CLE A 11 15 0 2 0 3 .133 .176 .133 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
1969 CLE A 90 258 26 74 6 26 .287 .331 .422 13 2 18 14 0 1 0 3 4
1970 CLE A 41 56 5 9 1 2 .161 .213 .214 0 0 3 9 1 0 0 1 1
Total NL 81 119 12 19 0 6 .160 .179 .185 3 0 3 27 0 1 0 0 3
Total AL 237 550 52 136 13 63 .247 .283 .362 18 3 28 44 1 3 0 5 8
Total 318 669 64 155 13 69 .232 .264 .330 21 3 31 71 1 4 0 5 11

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1958 KC A 2B 2 2 17 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 KC A 2B 16 16 139.2 34 41 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 .949
1960 KC A 2B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1961 KC A OF 7 7 57 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 KC A RF 3 3 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 KC A 3B 6 5 42 3 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .692
1961 KC A 2B 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 KC A 1B 11 10 82 78 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1961 KC A LF 4 4 31 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 WAS A 2B 3 2 21 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 MIL N 1B 12 7 69.2 76 6 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1964 MIL N 3B 4 3 26 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 MIL N 2B 2 0 6.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1965 MIL N 1B 4 2 21 20 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1968 CLE A 2B 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1968 CLE A 3B 4 3 21.1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
1968 CLE A 1B 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1969 CLE A C 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1969 CLE A 3B 55 53 416.1 46 82 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 .934
1969 CLE A 2B 22 19 151.1 37 34 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1970 CLE A 1B 5 4 33.1 35 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1970 CLE A 2B 5 4 31 4 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 1B 33 23 207 210 15 5 19 0 0 0 0 0 .978
Total C 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 3 3 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 2B 53 44 370.1 81 100 5 23 0 0 0 0 0 .973
Total LF 4 4 31 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 69 64 505.2 51 93 15 7 0 0 0 0 0 .906
Total OF 7 7 57 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Kansas City Athletics (1957).
  • Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Bob Shaw to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Joe Azcue, Ed Charles and Manny Jimenez (December 15, 1961).
  • Sent to Washington Senators by Milwaukee Braves for future considerations (1963).
  • Returned to Milwaukee Braves (May 6, 1963).
  • Traded by Milwaukee Braves with Ernie Bowman to New York Mets (@September 25, 1965) completing trade in which New York Mets traded Billy Cowan to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for 2 players to be named later (August 11, 1965).
  • Traded by New York Mets with Ernie Bowman to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Floyd Weaver (October 12, 1966).
  • Released by Cleveland Indians (August 11, 1970).

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