Al Kaline

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: December 19, 1934 in Baltimore, MD us

Died: April 6, 2020 in Bloomfield Hills, MI

High School: Southern HS (Baltimore, MD)

Debut: June 25, 1953 (Age 18-188d, 11,032nd in major league history)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1974 (Age 39-287d)
vs. BAL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1980. (Voted by BBWAA on 340/385 ballots)
View Al Kaline's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Albert William Kaline

Nicknames: Mr. Tiger or Six

Pronunciation: \KAY-line\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

92.8

10116

3007

399

.297

1622

RBI

1582

137

OBP

.376

SLG

.480

OPS

.855

OPS+

134

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	DET		CLE	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
2	2	Apr 9	DET	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
3	3	Apr 10	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
4	4	Apr 11 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	48	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
5	5	Apr 11 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-9	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
6	6	Apr 13	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
7	7	Apr 14	DET	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
8	8	Apr 15	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
9	9	Apr 16	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
10	10	Apr 17	DET		BOS	W,10-9	CG	50	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
11	11	Apr 18	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
12	12	Apr 20	DET		BAL	W,7-6	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
13	13	Apr 21	DET		BAL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
14	14	Apr 23	DET	@	OAK	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
15	15	Apr 24	DET	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
16	17 (1)	Apr 26	DET	@	KCR	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
17	18	Apr 27	DET	@	KCR	L,1-8	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
18	19	Apr 28	DET	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	41	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
19	20	Apr 30	DET	@	CAL	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	21	May 1	DET	@	CAL	L,1-9	GS	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
21	22	May 2	DET	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
22	23	May 4	DET		OAK	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
23	24	May 5	DET		OAK	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	29 (4)	May 11	DET		CAL	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
25	30	May 12	DET		CAL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
26	31	May 14	DET	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
27	32	May 15	DET	@	WSA	L,3-4	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
28	34 (1)	May 17	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
29	35	May 18	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
30	36	May 19	DET	@	CLE	W,12-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
31	37	May 20	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	46	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
32	40 (2)	May 23 (1)	DET		WSA	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
33	42 (1)	May 25	DET		NYY	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
34	43	May 26	DET		NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
35	44	May 27	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
36	45	May 28	DET	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
37	46	May 29	DET	@	MIL	L,2-9	GS	20	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
38	47	May 30	DET	@	MIL	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
39	48	May 31	DET	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	49	Jun 1	DET	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
41	50	Jun 2	DET	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
42	51	Jun 4	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
43	52	Jun 5	DET	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
44	53	Jun 6	DET	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	54	Jun 8	DET		MIL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
46	55	Jun 9	DET		MIL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
47	56	Jun 10	DET		MIL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
48	57	Jun 11	DET		MIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
49	58	Jun 12	DET		MIN	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
50	59	Jun 13	DET		MIN	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
51	60	Jun 14	DET		CHW	W,4-3	GF	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH RF
52	62 (1)	Jun 16	DET		CHW	W,6-5	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF CF
53	63	Jun 17	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
54	64	Jun 18	DET	@	CLE	L,0-7	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
55	66 (1)	Jun 20 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
56	67	Jun 20 susp	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS	39	8.1	4	0	0	4	1	CF 1B
57	68	Jun 22 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-4	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF CF
58	70 (1)	Jun 23	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	53	12.1	5	0	0	5	0	RF
59	72 (1)	Jun 25	DET		CLE	W,6-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
60	73	Jun 26	DET		CLE	W,1-0	GF	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR RF
61	74	Jun 27	DET		CLE	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
62	75	Jun 28 susp	DET	@	BAL	W,9-4	CG	55	15.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
63	77 (1)	Jun 30	DET		BOS	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	78	Jul 1	DET		BOS	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
65	79	Jul 2	DET		BAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
66	80	Jul 3	DET		BAL	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
67	81	Jul 4	DET		BAL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
68	83 (1)	Jul 7	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	49	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
69	85 (1)	Jul 9	DET	@	WSA	W,1-0	CG	41	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
70	86	Jul 10	DET	@	WSA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
71	87	Jul 11	DET	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
72	88	Jul 15	DET	@	OAK	L,7-8	CG	44	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
73	89	Jul 16	DET	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
74	90	Jul 17	DET	@	OAK	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
75	91	Jul 18 (1)	DET	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
76	93 (1)	Jul 19	DET	@	KCR	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
77	95 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	DET	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	43	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
78	96	Jul 21 (2)	DET	@	CAL	L,6-7	GF	5	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
79	97	Jul 23	DET		OAK	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
80	99 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	DET		OAK	W,7-4	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
81	100	Jul 25 (2)	DET		OAK	L,1-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
82	102 (1)	Jul 28	DET		KCR	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
83	103	Jul 29	DET		KCR	W,10-9	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
84	104	Jul 30	DET		CAL	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
85	105	Jul 31	DET		CAL	L,2-3	CG	45	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	107 (1)	Aug 2	DET		WSA	W,11-7	GF	26	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
87	108	Aug 3	DET		WSA	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
88	109	Aug 4	DET		WSA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
89	110	Aug 5	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
90	111	Aug 6	DET	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
91	112	Aug 7	DET	@	BOS	W,12-8	GF	22	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH RF
92	113	Aug 8	DET	@	BOS	W,8-2	GF	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
93	114	Aug 9	DET	@	BOS	L,11-12	GF	42	7.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
94	115	Aug 10	DET	@	MIL	W,12-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
95	118 (2)	Aug 13	DET	@	MIN	L,3-4	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
96	119	Aug 14	DET	@	MIN	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
97	120	Aug 15	DET	@	MIN	W,7-5	GS	39	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	RF 1B
98	121	Aug 17 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 1B
99	123 (1)	Aug 18	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
100	124	Aug 20	DET		MIL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
101	125	Aug 21	DET		MIL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
102	126	Aug 22	DET		MIL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
103	127	Aug 23	DET		MIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
104	128	Aug 24	DET		MIN	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
105	129	Aug 25	DET		MIN	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
106	130	Aug 27	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
107	131	Aug 28	DET		CHW	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
108	132	Aug 29	DET		CHW	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
109	133	Aug 31 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
110	134	Aug 31 (2)	DET		CLE	L,3-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	135	Sep 1	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
112	136	Sep 2	DET		CLE	W,7-0	GS	26	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
113	137	Sep 3	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
114	138	Sep 4	DET	@	NYY	W,9-1	GS	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
115	139	Sep 5	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
116	141 (1)	Sep 7	DET	@	WSA	W,3-2	GF	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
117	144 (2)	Sep 10	DET		BOS	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
118	145	Sep 11	DET		BOS	W,1-0	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
119	146	Sep 12	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
120	147	Sep 13 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-9	GS	35	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
121	149 (1)	Sep 14	DET	@	BAL	W,6-1	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
122	150	Sep 15	DET		WSA	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
123	151	Sep 16	DET		WSA	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
124	152	Sep 17 (1)	DET		BAL	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
125	153	Sep 17 (2)	DET		BAL	W,5-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
126	154	Sep 18	DET		BAL	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
127	155	Sep 19	DET		BAL	L,1-8	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
128	156	Sep 21	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF
129	157	Sep 22	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
130	158	Sep 24	DET		NYY	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
131	159	Sep 25	DET		NYY	W,10-7	GS	18	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
							136gm		1006.0	235	7	0	242	3