Johnny Kling
Johnny Kling
Full name: John Kling
Born: February 25, 1875, Kansas City, Missouri
Died January 31, 1947, Kansas City, Missouri
Buried at Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri
First Game: September 11, 1900; Final Game: September 21, 1913
Managed First Game: April 11, 1912; Managed Final Game: October 5, 1912
Umpired First Game: August 31, 1901; Umpired Final Game: August 31, 1901
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 9.5" Weight: 160
Brother of Bill Kling
Johnny Kling
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record 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 BFW Year Team Team
1900 CHI N 15 51 8 15 3 1 0 7 2 0 1 0 .294 .321 .392 -0.1 1900 CHI N
1901 CHI N 74 256 26 70 6 3 0 21 9 1 3 8 .273 .301 .320 -0.9 1901 CHI N
1902 CHI N 114 431 49 123 19 3 0 57 29 0 0 12 24 .285 .330 .343 2.7 1902 CHI N
1903 CHI N 132 491 67 146 29 13 3 68 22 2 9 23 .297 .330 .428 2.8 1903 CHI N
1904 CHI N 123 452 41 110 18 0 2 46 16 1 14 7 .243 .271 .296 -0.9 1904 CHI N
1905 CHI N 111 380 26 83 8 6 1 52 28 0 17 13 .218 .272 .279 -0.2 1905 CHI N
1906 CHI N 107 343 45 107 15 8 2 46 23 1 8 14 .312 .357 .420 3.9 1906 CHI N
1907 CHI N 104 334 44 95 15 8 1 43 27 2 4 9 .284 .342 .386 2.9 1907 CHI N
1908 CHI N 126 424 51 117 23 5 4 59 21 3 13 16 .276 .315 .382 2.4 1908 CHI N
1910 CHI N 91 297 31 80 17 2 2 32 37 27 2 7 3 .269 .354 .360 1.9 1910 CHI N
1911 CHI N Daily Splits 27 80 8 14 3 2 1 5 8 0 14 0 1 0 0i 2i 0 1 0 .175 .250 .300 0.2 1911 CHI N
1911 BOS N Daily Splits 75 241 32 54 8 1 2 24 30 0 29 0 7 0 0i 6i 0 0 0 .224 .310 .290 -1.8 1911 BOS N
1911 TOT N 102 321 40 68 11 3 3 29 38 0 43 0 8 0 0i 8i 0 1 0 .212 .295 .293 -1.6 1911 TOT N
1912 BOS N 81 252 26 80 10 3 2 30 15 30 0 7 3 .317 .356 .405 0.7 1912 BOS N
1913 CIN N 80 209 20 57 7 6 0 23 14 14 0 3 2 .273 .318 .364 0.8 1913 CIN N
Total Splits 1260 4241 474 1151 181 61 20 513 281 0i 114i 12 106 0i 0i 8i 0i 123 0i .271 .318 .357 14.4 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 BFW Year Team Team
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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
1906 CHI N Daily Splits 6 17 2 3 1 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .176 .333 .235 1906 CHI N
1907 CHI N Daily Splits 5 19 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 .250 .211 1907 CHI N
1908 CHI N Daily Splits 5 16 2 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 .250 .333 .313 1908 CHI N
1910 CHI N Daily Splits 5 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .077 .143 .077 1910 CHI N
Total Splits 21 65 6 12 2 0 0 4 8 1 11 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 2 .185 .274 .215 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 GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1900 CHI N C 15 49 15 7 2 4 .901
1901 CHI N C 69 319 75 20 7 14 .952
1901 CHI N 1B 1 6 0 1 0 .857
1901 CHI N OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1902 CHI N C 112 471 158 17 16 17 .974
1902 CHI N SS 1 1 2 2 1 .600
1903 CHI N C 132 565 189 24 13 9 .969
1904 CHI N C 104 499 135 17 6 16 .974
1904 CHI N OF 10 10 0 1 0 .909 9 0 1
1904 CHI N 1B 6 51 0 2 2 .962
1905 CHI N C 106 538 136 24 12 16 .966
1905 CHI N OF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4
1905 CHI N 1B 1 7 1 0 0 1.000
1906 CHI N C 96 520 126 12 7 7 .982
1906 CHI N OF 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 3
1907 CHI N C 98 499 109 8 11 2 .987
1907 CHI N 1B 2 10 2 0 1 1.000
1908 CHI N C 117 596 149 16 11 4 .979
1908 CHI N OF 6 6 4 1 1 .909 1 1 4
1908 CHI N 1B 2 5 0 0 0 1.000
1910 CHI N C 86 407 118 11 10 10 .979
1911 CHI N Daily C 25 22 20 196.1i 122 34 5 2 0 2 18 28i 0i .969
1911 BOS N Daily C 71 70 66 597.1 302 106 21 6 0 11 38 64i 5i .951
1911 BOS N 3B 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 -
1911 TOT N C 96 92 86 793.2i 424 140 26 8 0 13 56 92i 5i .956
1912 BOS N C 74 322 108 19 20 8 .958
1913 CIN N C 63 259 94 9 3 6 .975
Total C 1168 92i 86i 793.2i 5468 1552 210 126 0i 126 56i 92i 5i .971
Total OF 24 23 5 2 1 .933 10 1 13
Total 1B 12 79 3 3 3 .965
Total 3B 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total SS 1 1 2 2 1 .600
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
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World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1906 CHI N Daily C 6 6 6 53 45 9 1 3 0 3 6 6 0 .982
1907 CHI N Daily C 5 5 5 48 25 10 1 0 0 0 5 6 1 .972
1908 CHI N Daily C 5 5 5 45 32 6 0 1 0 1 2 5 1 1.000
1910 CHI N Daily C 3 3 3 25 11 7 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 1.000
Total C 19 19 19 171 113 32 2 4 0 4 19 20 2 .986
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Managerial Record Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1912 BOS N 155 52 101 .340 693 871 8
Umpiring Record
Year LG
1901 NL
Transactions Transactions
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Al Kaiser , Orlie Weaver and Hank Griffin to Boston
Rustlers in exchange for Cliff Curtis , Wilbur Good , Bill Collins and Peaches Graham
(June 10, 1911 ).
Sold by Boston Braves to Cincinnati Reds (February, 1913).
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