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Al Kaline Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.Com Al Kaline Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kalinal01.shtml BBref.com Mobile S-R: MLB | NBA · CBB | NFL · CFB | NHL | Oly Search Tips play index blog players teams leagues managers leaders awards postseason boxes more [+] bullpen minors Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Encyclopedia of Players > K Listing > Al Kaline Statistics and History Al Kaline Player Page >> Batting Fielding Minors Bullpen Oracle Al Kaline Albert William Kaline Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman Bats: Right, Throws: Right Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb. Born: December 19, 1934 in Baltimore, MD (Age 76) High School: Southern (Baltimore, MD) Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1953. (All Transactions) Debut: June 25, 1953 Team: Tigers 1953-1974 Final Game: October 2, 1974 Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1980 (340/385 ballots). View Al Kaline Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos). View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject About biographical information View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error Our primary suppo like you. Sponsor Your message will 1 of 11 11/7/11 9:30 AM Al Kaline Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kalinal01.shtml HALL OF FAME Fan EloRater Fine Details · Last Updated Nov 7, 2011, 12:08AM All-Time Rank (among Batters): #29. Charlie Gehringer… #30. Joe Morgan… #31. Pete Rose… #32. AL KALINE… #33. Hank Greenberg… #34. Johnny Standard Batting More Stats Glossary · SHARE · CSV · PRE · LINK · More Tools Minors Game Logs [+] Splits [+] HR Log vs. Pitcher Finders [+] Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH 1953 18 DET AL 30 30 28 9 7 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 5 .250 .300 .357 .657 78 10 1 1 0 1954 19 DET AL 138 535 504 42 139 18 3 4 43 9 5 22 45 .276 .305 .347 .652 80 175 21 0 7 1955 20 DET AL 152 681 588 121 200 24 8 27 102 6 8 82 57 .340 .421 .546 .967 162 321 13 5 0 1956 21 DET AL 153 693 617 96 194 32 10 27 128 7 1 70 55 .314 .383 .530 .913 139 327 10 1 1 1957 22 DET AL 149 636 577 83 170 29 4 23 90 11 9 43 38 .295 .343 .478 .821 120 276 10 3 6 1958 23 DET AL 146 607 543 84 170 34 7 16 85 7 4 54 47 .313 .374 .490 .864 130 266 18 2 3 1959 24 DET AL 136 595 511 86 167 19 2 27 94 10 4 72 42 .327 .410 .530 .940 151 271 11 4 2 1960 25 DET AL 147 629 551 77 153 29 4 15 68 19 4 65 47 .278 .354 .426 .781 108 235 18 3 5 1961 26 DET AL 153 665 586 116 190 41 7 19 82 14 1 66 42 .324 .393 .515 .909 138 302 16 4 4 1962 27 DET AL 100 452 398 78 121 16 6 29 94 4 0 47 39 .304 .376 .593 .969 153 236 17 1 2 1963 28 DET AL 145 616 551 89 172 24 3 27 101 6 4 54 48 .312 .375 .514 .889 144 283 12 4 3 1964 29 DET AL 146 608 525 77 154 31 5 17 68 4 1 75 51 .293 .383 .469 .851 134 246 12 3 2 1965 30 DET AL 125 474 399 72 112 18 2 18 72 6 0 72 49 .281 .388 .471 .859 142 188 9 0 0 1966 31 DET AL 142 572 479 85 138 29 1 29 88 5 5 81 66 .288 .392 .534 .927 161 256 7 5 1 1967 32 DET AL 131 550 458 94 141 28 2 25 78 8 2 83 47 .308 .411 .541 .952 176 248 16 1 2 1968 33 DET AL 102 389 327 49 94 14 1 10 53 6 4 55 39 .287 .392 .428 .820 146 140 4 3 1 1969 34 DET AL 131 518 456 74 124 17 0 21 69 1 2 54 61 .272 .346 .447 .793 116 204 11 1 0 1970 35 DET AL 131 555 467 64 130 24 4 16 71 2 2 77 49 .278 .377 .450 .826 127 210 20 1 3 1971 36 DET AL 133 501 405 69 119 19 2 15 54 4 6 82 57 .294 .416 .462 .878 144 187 12 7 1 1972 37 DET AL 106 314 278 46 87 11 2 10 32 1 0 28 33 .313 .374 .475 .849 149 132 11 2 1 1973 38 DET AL 91 347 310 40 79 13 0 10 45 4 1 29 28 .255 .320 .394 .713 96 122 10 3 0 1974 39 DET AL 147 630 558 71 146 28 2 13 64 2 2 65 75 .262 .337 .389 .726 107 217 12 1 1 22 Seasons 2834 11597 10116 1622 3007 498 75 399 1583 137 65 1277 1020 .297 .376 .480 .855 134 4852 271 55 45 162 Game Avg. 162 663 578 93 172 28 4 23 90 8 4 73 58 .297 .376 .480 .855 134 277 15 3 3 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH Player Value--Batters 2 of 11 11/7/11 9:30 AM.
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