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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
2	2	Apr 8	DET	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
3	3	Apr 11	DET		BAL	L,1-3	CG	48	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
4	4	Apr 12	DET		BAL	L,0-1	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
5	5	Apr 13	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
6	8 (2)	Apr 16	DET	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
7	9	Apr 17	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
8	10	Apr 18	DET	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
9	11	Apr 19	DET	@	BOS	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
10	13 (1)	Apr 21	DET	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
11	14	Apr 22	DET	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
12	15	Apr 24	DET	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
13	16	Apr 25	DET	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
14	19 (2)	Apr 28	DET		KCR	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
15	20	Apr 29	DET		KCR	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	21	May 1	DET		CAL	L,2-6	GS	27	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
17	23 (1)	May 4	DET		TEX	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
18	24	May 5	DET		TEX	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
19	25	May 6	DET		TEX	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
20	26	May 8	DET	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
21	27	May 9	DET	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
22	28	May 10	DET	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
23	29	May 11	DET		MIL	W,6-5	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
24	34 (4)	May 17	DET		BOS	W,1-0	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	47 (12)	Jun 1	DET	@	MIN	W,8-3	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
26	49 (1)	Jun 3	DET	@	MIN	W,8-2	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
27	50	Jun 5	DET	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
28	51	Jun 6	DET	@	CAL	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
29	53 (1)	Jun 8	DET	@	OAK	W,4-1	GS	28	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
30	54	Jun 9	DET	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	6	1	1	8	1	1B
31	56 (1)	Jun 12	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
32	58 (1)	Jun 15	DET		MIN	L,6-13	GS	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
33	60 (1)	Jun 17	DET		MIN	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
34	61	Jun 18	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	GS	30	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B RF
35	62	Jun 19	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	39	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
36	63	Jun 20	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	PH RF 1B
37	65 (1)	Jun 22	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B RF
38	66	Jun 23	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
39	67	Jun 24 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
40	69 (1)	Jun 25	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
41	70	Jun 26	DET	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
42	72 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	DET		MIL	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
43	73	Jun 28	DET		MIL	W,8-6	GS	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B RF
44	74	Jun 29	DET		BAL	L,2-9	GS	35	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
45	75	Jun 30	DET		BAL	W,4-1	GS	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	76	Jul 1 (1)	DET		BAL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
47	77	Jul 1 (2)	DET		BAL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
48	80 (2)	Jul 4	DET		CLE	L,2-5	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
49	81	Jul 5	DET		CLE	W,7-5	GS	31	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B RF
50	86 (4)	Jul 10	DET		TEX	W,5-4	GS	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B RF
51	88 (1)	Jul 12	DET		CAL	W,7-6	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
52	89	Jul 13	DET		CAL	W,8-2	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
53	90	Jul 14	DET		CAL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
54	92 (1)	Jul 16	DET		KCR	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
55	94 (1)	Jul 18	DET		KCR	W,14-4	GS	24	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
56	95	Jul 20	DET	@	TEX	L,6-8	GS	29	6.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
57	96	Jul 21	DET	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
58	97	Jul 22	DET	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	44	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
59	98	Jul 26	DET		BOS	W,6-5	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 1B RF
60	99	Jul 27	DET		BOS	W,4-2	GS	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
61	100	Jul 28	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
62	101	Jul 29	DET	@	BAL	W,8-3	GS	22	5.0	5	0	0	5	3	1B
63	102	Jul 30	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	GF	17	4.0	7	0	0	7	1	PH 1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	107 (4)	Aug 3	DET		NYY	W,7-2	GS	20	6.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
65	108	Aug 4	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	58	14.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
66	110 (1)	Aug 6	DET		NYY	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
67	111	Aug 7 (1)	DET		OAK	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	3	1B
68	112	Aug 7 (2)	DET		OAK	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
69	113	Aug 8	DET		OAK	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
70	114	Aug 9	DET		CHW	L,4-5	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B RF
71	115	Aug 10	DET		CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
72	116	Aug 11	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
73	117	Aug 12	DET		CHW	W,6-2	GS	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
74	120 (2)	Aug 15	DET	@	MIN	L,7-9	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
75	121	Aug 17	DET	@	CAL	L,2-10	GS	35	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
76	123 (1)	Aug 19	DET	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
77	124	Aug 20	DET	@	OAK	L,2-7	GS	25	5.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
78	125	Aug 21	DET	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
79	127 (1)	Aug 24	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	GS	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B RF
80	129 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
81	130	Aug 26 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
82	133 (2)	Aug 29	DET		MIN	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
83	134	Aug 30	DET		CLE	L,0-3	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	153 (18)	Sep 21	DET		BOS	W,5-1	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF 1B
85	154	Sep 22	DET		BOS	W,4-3	GS	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF 1B
86	155	Sep 23	DET		BOS	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
87	158 (2)	Sep 26	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
88	162 (3)	Sep 30	DET	@	NYY	W,8-5	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
							100gm		675.1	347	13	1	361	32