Ted Kluszewski
Ted Kluszewski
Full name: Theodore Bernard Kluszewski
Born: September 10, 1924, Argo, Illinois
Died March 29, 1988, Cincinnati, Ohio
Buried at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
First Game: April 18, 1947; Final Game: October 1, 1961
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 2" Weight: 225
1B on TSN All-Star Team (1954 to 1956)
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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
1947 CIN N 9 10 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .100 .182 .100 -0.2 1947 CIN N
1948 CIN N 113 379 49 104 23 4 12 57 18 32 0 0 14 1 .274 .307 .451 0.0 1948 CIN N
1949 CIN N 136 531 63 164 26 2 8 68 19 24 0 0 10 3 .309 .333 .411 -1.4 1949 CIN N
1950 CIN N 134 538 76 165 37 0 25 111 33 28 1 0 20 3 .307 .348 .515 0.0 1950 CIN N
1951 CIN N 154 607 74 157 35 2 13 77 35 33 2 0 16 6 2 .259 .301 .387 -2.8 1951 CIN N
1952 CIN N 135 497 62 159 24 11 16 86 47 28 4 1 13 3 3 .320 .383 .509 1.8 1952 CIN N
1953 CIN N 149 570 97 180 25 0 40 108 55 34 4 0 13 2 0 .316 .380 .570 1.2 1953 CIN N
1954 CIN N 149 573 104 187 28 3 49 141 78 35 3 0 5 12 0 2 .326 .407 .642 4.2 1954 CIN N
1955 CIN N 153 612 116 192 25 0 47 113 66 25 40 4 0 4 10 1 1 .314 .382 .585 2.1 1955 CIN N
1956 CIN N 138 517 91 156 14 1 35 102 49 22 31 3 0 5 11 1 0 .302 .362 .536 0.9 1956 CIN N
1957 CIN N 69 127 12 34 7 0 6 21 5 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 .268 .301 .465 -0.2 1957 CIN N
1958 PIT N 100 301 29 88 13 4 4 37 26 6 16 1 1 2 8 0 0 .292 .348 .402 -0.9 1958 PIT N
1959 PIT N 60 122 11 32 10 1 2 17 5 1 14 0 0 0 3 0 0 .262 .291 .410 -0.4 1959 PIT N
1959 CHI A 31 101 11 30 2 1 2 10 9 3 10 0 1 1 4 0 1 .297 .351 .396 -0.3 1959 CHI A
1959 Total 91 223 22 62 12 2 4 27 14 4 24 0 1 1 7 0 1 .278 .319 .404 -0.7 1959 Total
1960 CHI A Daily Splits 81 181 20 53 9 0 5 39 22 5 10 0 0 3 0 2 3 0 1 .293 .364 .425 0.1 1960 CHI A
1961 LA A Daily Splits 107 263 32 64 12 0 15 39 24 5 23 0 0 3 0 7 4 0 0 .243 .303 .460 -1.3 1961 LA A
Total NL 1499 5384 785 1619 267 28 257 940 437 57i 322 23 2 16i 132 20 8i .301 .355 .504 4.3 Total NL
Total AL 219 545 63 147 23 1 22 88 55 13 43 0 1 7 0i 9i 11 0 2 .270 .333 .437 -1.5 Total AL
Total Splits 1718 5929 848 1766 290 29 279 1028 492 70i 365 23 3 23i 0i 9i143 20 10i .298 .353 .498 2.8 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
1959 CHI A Daily Splits 6 23 5 9 1 0 3 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .391 .440 .826 1959 CHI A
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
1953 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1953 NL
1954 NL Daily Splits 1 4 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 1.250 1954 NL
1955 NL Daily Splits 1 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1955 NL
1956 NL Daily Splits 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 1956 NL
Total Splits 4 14 4 7 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .929 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 AVG
1947 CIN N 1B 2 10 0 0 1 1.000
1948 CIN N 1B 98 833 65 9 60 .990
1949 CIN N 1B 134 1140 65 14 109 .989
1950 CIN N 1B 131 1123 61 15 101 .987
1951 CIN N 1B 154 1381 88 5 115 .997
1952 CIN N 1B 133 1121 66 8 116 .993
1953 CIN N 1B 147 1285 58 7 149 .995
1954 CIN N 1B 149 1237 101 5 166 .996
1955 CIN N 1B 153 1388 86 8 153 .995
1956 CIN N 1B 131 1166 89 13 110 .990
1957 CIN N 1B 23 161 15 2 11 .989
1958 PIT N 1B 72 591 36 4 62 .994
1959 PIT N 1B 20 151 12 0 14 1.000
1959 CHI A 1B 29 220 10 0 13 1.000
1959 Total 1B 49 371 22 0 27 1.000
1960 CHI A Daily 1B 38 37 32 329.1 325 19 1 38 0 .997
1961 LA A Daily 1B 66 59 45 496.2 520 28 6 51 0 .989
Total 1B 1480 96i 77i 826 i12652 799 97 1269 0i .993
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1959 CHI A Daily 1B 6 6 5 51 58 3 0 2 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
1953 NL Daily 1B 1 1 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
1954 NL Daily 1B 1 1 0 7 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
1955 NL Daily 1B 1 1 1 12 9 1 0 1 0 1.000
1956 NL Daily 1B 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 1.000
Total 1B 4 3 1 29 21 1 0 2 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (1946).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Dee Fondy (December
28, 1957 ).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Harry Simpson and
Bob Sagers (August 25, 1959 ).
Selected by Los Angeles Angels from Chicago White Sox in the expansion draft
(December 14, 1960 ).
Released by Los Angeles Angels (October 19, 1961 ).
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