Chuck Klein
Chuck Klein
Full name: Charles Herbert Klein
Born: October 7, 1904, Indianapolis, Indiana
Died March 28, 1958, Indianapolis, Indiana
Buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana
First Game: July 30, 1928; Final Game: June 11, 1944
Umpired First Game: May 1, 1942; Umpired Final Game: May 1, 1942
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 185
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1980
NL MVP (1932)
TSN NL MVP (1931 to 1932)
OF on TSN All-Star Team (1932 to 1933)
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Chuck Klein
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1928 PHI N 64 253 41 91 14 4 11 34 14 22 1 7 0 .360 .396 .577 1.0 1928 PHI N
1929 PHI N 149 616 126 219 45 6 43 145 54 61 0 9 5 .356 .407 .657 3.0 1929 PHI N
1930 PHI N 156 648 158 250 59 8 40 170 54 50 4 13 4 .386 .436 .687 5.7 1930 PHI N
1931 PHI N 148 594 121 200 34 10 31 121 59 49 1 2 7 .337 .398 .584 3.0 1931 PHI N
1932 PHI N 154 650 152 226 50 15 38 137 60 49 1 0 20 .348 .404 .646 4.9 1932 PHI N
1933 PHI N 152 606 101 223 44 7 28 120 56 36 1 4 3 15 .368 .422 .602 5.6 1933 PHI N
1934 CHI N 115 435 78 131 27 2 20 80 47 38 2 1 6 3 .301 .372 .510 1.3 1934 CHI N
1935 CHI N 119 434 71 127 14 4 21 73 41 42 1 9 10 4 .293 .355 .488 0.3 1935 CHI N
1936 CHI N 29 109 19 32 5 0 5 18 16 14 0 1 2 0 .294 .384 .477 0.2 1936 CHI N
1936 PHI N 117 492 83 152 30 7 20 86 33 45 0 5 6 6 .309 .352 .520 0.2 1936 PHI N
1936 TOT N 146 601 102 184 35 7 25 104 49 59 0 6 8 6 .306 .358 .512 0.4 1936 TOT N
1937 PHI N 115 406 74 132 20 2 15 57 39 21 1 3 6 3 .325 .386 .495 0.8 1937 PHI N
1938 PHI N 129 458 53 113 22 2 8 61 38 30 0 4 7 7 .247 .304 .356 -1.8 1938 PHI N
1939 PHI N 25 47 8 9 2 1 1 9 10 4 0 2 0 1 .191 .333 .340 -0.1 1939 PHI N
1939 PIT N 85 270 37 81 16 4 11 47 26 17 0 6 4 1 .300 .361 .511 0.5 1939 PIT N
1939 TOT N 110 317 45 90 18 5 12 56 36 21 0 8 4 2 .284 .357 .486 0.4 1939 TOT N
1940 PHI N 116 354 39 77 16 2 7 37 44 30 0 2 8 2 .218 .304 .333 -1.6 1940 PHI N
1941 PHI N 50 73 6 9 0 0 1 3 10 6 0 1 2 0 .123 .229 .164 -1.0 1941 PHI N
1942 PHI N 14 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .071 .071 .071 -0.3 1942 PHI N
1943 PHI N 12 20 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 -0.5 1943 PHI N
1944 PHI N 4 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 -0.1 1944 PHI N
Total 1753 6486 1168 2076 398 74 300 1201 601 521 12 69 55i 79 .320 .379 .543 21.1 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record 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
1935 CHI N Daily Splits 5 12 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .583 1935 CHI N
All-Star Game Batting Record 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
1933 NL Daily Splits 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1933 NL
1934 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1934 NL
Total Splits 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 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 Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1928 PHI N OF 63 128 7 3 0 .978 0 0 63
1929 PHI N OF 149 321 18 12 3 .966 0 25 123
1930 PHI N OF 156 362 44 17 10 .960 0 0 156
1931 PHI N OF 148 292 13 9 0 .971 90 17 43
1932 PHI N OF 154 331 29 15 3 .960 0 0 154
1933 PHI N OF 152 339 21 5 5 .986 0 1 152
1934 CHI N OF 110 222 6 9 2 .962 97 1 15
1935 CHI N OF 111 215 11 10 7 .958 0 0 111
1936 CHI N OF 29 63 3 6 0 .917 0 0 29
1936 PHI N OF 117 213 13 17 2 .930 2 0 115
1936 TOT N RF -
1936 TOT N OF 146 276 16 23 2 .927 2 0 144
1937 PHI N OF 102 175 11 10 3 .949 29 0 75
1938 PHI N OF 119 229 8 10 1 .960 3 0 118
1939 PHI N OF 11 20 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 11
1939 PHI N 1B 1 0 0 0 0 -
1939 PIT N OF 66 133 4 7 0 .951 30 0 37
1939 TOT N RF -
1939 TOT N OF 77 153 5 7 1 .958 30 0 48
1940 PHI N OF 96 180 4 3 2 .984 6 0 90
1941 PHI N OF 14 22 1 1 0 .958 2 0 12
1943 PHI N OF 2 0 0 1 0 .000 2 0 0
1944 PHI N OF 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
Total OF 1600 3250 194 135 39 .962 261 44 1305
Total 1B 1 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1935 CHI N Daily OF 3 2 2 19.2 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 2
1935 CHI N RF 2 1 1 10.2 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1935 CHI N CF 1 1 1 9 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1933 NL Daily OF 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1933 NL RF 1 1 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1934 NL Daily OF 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1934 NL LF 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 2 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 1
Total RF 1 1 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total LF 1 0 0 4 1 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
Umpiring Record
Year LG
1942 NL
Transactions Transactions
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Ted Kleinhans , Mark
Koenig , Harvey Hendrick and $65000 (November 21, 1933 ).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Fabian Kowalik to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for
Ethan Allen and Curt Davis (May 21, 1936 ).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (@June 6, 1939 ).
Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (June 7, 1939 ).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (February 8, 1941 ).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (January 12, 1942 ).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (August 7, 1942 ).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (June 12, 1944 ).
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