Al Kaline Stats

Al Kaline was born on Wednesday, December 19, 1934, in Baltimore, Maryland. Kaline was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 25, 1953, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Al Kaline baseball stats page.
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Al Kaline

Al Kaline Autograph on a 1971 Topps (#180)

Al Kaline Autograph on a 1971 Topps (#180)
 

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Birth Name:   Albert William Kaline
Nickname:   Al or Mr. Tiger
Born On:   12-19-1934  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Baltimore, Maryland
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Southern High School (Baltimore, MD)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   06-25-1953 (Age 18)
Last Game:   10-02-1974
Draft:   Not Applicable
Al Kaline

Al Kaline Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Al Kaline

Al Kaline Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1953 19 Tigers 30 28 9 7 0 0 1 0 2 1 - 5 0 - 1 1 .250 .300 .357
1954 20 Tigers 138 504 42 139 18 3 4 1 43 22 - 45 7 2 0 21 .276 .305 .347
1955 21 Tigers 152 588 121 200 24 8 27 0 102 82 12 57 0 6 5 13 .340 .421 .546
1956 22 Tigers 153 617 96 194 32 10 27 0 128 70 4 55 1 4 1 10 .314 .383 .530
1957 23 Tigers 149 577 83 170 29 4 23 0 90 43 7 38 6 7 3 10 .295 .343 .478
1958 24 Tigers 146 543 84 170 34 7 16 0 85 54 6 47 3 5 2 18 .313 .374 .490
1959 25 Tigers 136 511 86 167 19 2 27 0 94 72 12 42 2 6 4 11 .327 .410 .530
1960 26 Tigers 147 551 77 153 29 4 15 1 68 65 3 47 5 5 3 18 .278 .354 .426
1961 27 Tigers 153 586 116 190 41 7 19 0 82 66 2 42 4 5 4 16 .324 .393 .515
1962 28 Tigers 100 398 78 121 16 6 29 1 94 47 3 39 2 4 1 17 .304 .376 .593
1963 29 Tigers 145 551 89 172 24 3 27 0 101 54 12 48 3 4 4 12 .312 .375 .514
1964 30 Tigers 146 525 77 154 31 5 17 0 68 75 6 51 2 3 3 12 .293 .383 .469
1965 31 Tigers 125 399 72 112 18 2 18 0 72 72 11 49 0 3 0 9 .281 .388 .471
1966 32 Tigers 142 479 85 138 29 1 29 0 88 81 7 66 1 6 5 7 .288 .392 .534
1967 33 Tigers 131 458 94 141 28 2 25 0 78 83 10 47 2 6 1 16 .308 .411 .541
1968 34 Tigers 102 327 49 94 14 1 10 0 53 55 7 39 1 3 3 4 .287 .392 .428
1969 35 Tigers 131 456 74 124 17 0 21 0 69 54 4 61 0 7 1 11 .272 .346 .447
1970 36 Tigers 131 467 64 130 24 4 16 0 71 77 5 49 3 7 1 20 .278 .377 .450
1971 37 Tigers 133 405 69 119 19 2 15 0 54 82 9 57 1 6 7 12 .294 .416 .462
1972 38 Tigers 106 278 46 87 11 2 10 0 32 28 5 33 1 5 2 11 .313 .374 .475
1973 39 Tigers 91 310 40 79 13 0 10 1 45 29 4 28 0 5 3 10 .255 .320 .394
1974 40 Tigers 147 558 71 146 28 2 13 0 64 65 2 75 1 5 1 12 .262 .337 .389
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
22 Years 2,834 10,116 1,622 3,007 498 75 399 4 1,583 1,277 131 1,020 45 104 55 271 .297 .376 .480
Al Kaline

Al Kaline Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1953 Tigers CF 11 4 171 9 0.8 9 8 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.42
1953 Tigers LF 5 0 24 3 0.6 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.38
1953 Tigers RF 4 0 18 10 2.5 10 10 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 15.00
1954 Tigers RF 135 133 372 305 2.3 296 280 16 9 0 n/a n/a n/a .970 21.48
1955 Tigers RF 152 151 435 327 2.2 320 306 14 7 4 n/a n/a n/a .979 19.86
1956 Tigers CF 10 9 255 34 3.4 33 30 3 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .971 3.49
1956 Tigers LF 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1956 Tigers RF 144 144 3,777 327 2.3 322 308 14 5 4 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.30
1957 Tigers CF 23 23 474 55 2.4 52 50 2 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .945 2.96
1957 Tigers LF 5 2 66 7 1.4 7 6 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.86
1957 Tigers RF 136 118 3,390 273 2.0 271 261 10 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .993 2.16
1958 Tigers CF 4 2 69 13 3.3 13 12 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.09
1958 Tigers RF 145 141 3,627 335 2.3 333 311 22 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .994 2.48
1959 Tigers CF 122 121 3,135 331 2.7 327 323 4 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .988 2.82
1959 Tigers RF 15 15 387 38 2.5 38 38 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.65
1960 Tigers CF 142 142 3,831 374 2.6 369 364 5 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .987 2.60
1961 Tigers 3B 1 1 27 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.00
1961 Tigers CF 22 20 456 68 3.1 68 67 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.03
1961 Tigers LF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1961 Tigers RF 141 127 3,441 320 2.3 316 308 8 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .988 2.48
1962 Tigers RF 100 100 2,646 238 2.4 234 226 8 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .983 2.39
1963 Tigers CF 2 1 24 3 1.5 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.38
1963 Tigers RF 140 139 3,645 263 1.9 261 256 5 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .992 1.93
1964 Tigers RF 136 136 3,579 287 2.1 284 278 6 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .990 2.14
1965 Tigers 3B 1 0 15 3 3.0 3 2 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.40
1965 Tigers CF 62 60 1,536 108 1.7 108 108 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.90
1965 Tigers RF 51 51 1,329 88 1.7 85 83 2 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .966 1.73
1966 Tigers CF 86 84 2,028 183 2.1 182 177 5 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .995 2.42
1966 Tigers RF 54 52 1,359 104 1.9 103 101 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .990 2.05
1967 Tigers CF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1967 Tigers RF 130 127 3,255 241 1.9 235 221 14 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .975 1.95
1968 Tigers 1B 22 18 495 169 7.7 165 152 13 4 15 n/a n/a n/a .976 9.00
1968 Tigers LF 5 1 54 2 0.4 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.00
1968 Tigers RF 70 67 1,752 133 1.9 130 129 1 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .977 2.00
1969 Tigers 1B 9 9 207 67 7.4 67 65 2 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 8.74
1969 Tigers RF 118 109 2,922 206 1.7 199 190 9 7 4 n/a n/a n/a .966 1.84
1970 Tigers 1B 52 48 1,209 409 7.9 405 374 31 4 39 n/a n/a n/a .990 9.04
1970 Tigers RF 91 75 2,058 163 1.8 161 158 3 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .988 2.11
1971 Tigers 1B 5 2 87 28 5.6 28 27 1 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 8.69
1971 Tigers CF 3 1 30 5 1.7 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1971 Tigers RF 128 104 2,901 209 1.6 209 203 6 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.95
1972 Tigers 1B 11 4 132 41 3.7 41 37 4 0 5 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 8.39
1972 Tigers RF 84 64 1,710 116 1.4 115 110 5 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .991 1.82
1973 Tigers 1B 36 29 720 258 7.2 257 245 12 1 32 n/a n/a n/a .996 9.64
1973 Tigers RF 63 52 1,305 103 1.6 103 102 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.13
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
RF Totals 2,037 1,905 43,908 4,086 2.0 4,025 3,879 146 61 28 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.48
CF Totals 488 467 12,012 1,183 2.4 1,169 1,147 22 14 3 n/a n/a n/a .988 2.63
1B Totals 135 110 2,850 972 7.2 963 900 63 9 97 n/a n/a n/a .991 9.12
LF Totals 17 3 147 12 0.7 12 11 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.20
3B Totals 2 1 42 5 2.5 5 3 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.21
22 Years 2,825 2,486 58,959 6,258 2.2 6,174 5,940 234 84 128 n/a n/a n/a .987 2.83
Al Kaline

Al Kaline Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1953 Tigers 1 0 1.000 1 13 n/a 28.0 5.6 14.0 - - -
1954 Tigers 9 5 .643 3 0 n/a 126.0 11.2 11.7 - - -
1955 Tigers 6 8 .429 0 0 n/a 21.8 10.3 5.8 - - -
1956 Tigers 7 1 .875 0 0 n/a 22.9 11.2 4.8 - - -
1957 Tigers 11 9 .550 5 0 n/a 25.1 15.2 6.4 - - -
1958 Tigers 7 4 .636 2 0 n/a 33.9 11.6 6.4 - - -
1959 Tigers 10 4 .714 0 0 n/a 18.9 12.2 5.4 - - -
1960 Tigers 19 4 .826 5 0 n/a 36.7 11.7 8.1 - - -
1961 Tigers 14 1 .933 5 0 n/a 30.8 14.0 7.1 - - -
1962 Tigers 4 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 13.7 10.2 4.2 - - -
1963 Tigers 6 4 .600 5 0 n/a 20.4 11.5 5.5 - - -
1964 Tigers 4 1 .800 10 0 n/a 30.9 10.3 7.7 - - -
1965 Tigers 6 0 1.000 14 0 n/a 22.2 8.1 5.5 - - -
1966 Tigers 5 5 .500 6 0 n/a 16.5 7.3 5.4 - - -
1967 Tigers 8 2 .800 2 0 n/a 18.3 9.7 5.9 - - -
1968 Tigers 6 4 .600 16 0 n/a 32.7 8.4 6.2 - - -
1969 Tigers 1 2 .333 9 0 n/a 21.7 7.5 6.6 - - -
1970 Tigers 2 2 .500 3 0 n/a 29.2 9.5 6.6 - - -
1971 Tigers 4 6 .400 15 1 n/a 27.0 7.1 7.5 - - -
1972 Tigers 1 0 1.000 25 0 n/a 27.8 8.4 8.7 - - -
1973 Tigers 4 1 .800 10 0 0 31.0 11.1 6.9 - - -
1974 Tigers 2 2 .500 3 0 146 42.9 7.4 8.7 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
22 Years 137 65 .678 139 14 146 25.4 9.9 6.4 - - -
Al Kaline

Al Kaline Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1953 Detroit Tigers 25 $6,000.00 - -
1954 Detroit Tigers 6 $6,000.00 - -
1955 Detroit Tigers 6 $9,000.00 Stats -
1956 Detroit Tigers 6 $20,000.00 Stats -
1957 Detroit Tigers 6 $29,000.00 Stats -
1958 Detroit Tigers 6 $29,000.00 Stats -
1959 Detroit Tigers 6 $31,000.00 Stats -
1960 Detroit Tigers 6 $40,000.00 Stats -
1961 Detroit Tigers 6 $39,000.00 Stats -
1962 Detroit Tigers 6 $49,000.00 Stats -
1963 Detroit Tigers 6 $55,000.00 Stats -
1964 Detroit Tigers 6 $56,000.00 Stats -
1965 Detroit Tigers 6 $54,000.00 Stats -
1966 Detroit Tigers 6 $54,000.00 Stats -
1967 Detroit Tigers 6 $54,000.00 Stats -
1968 Detroit Tigers 6 $70,000.00 - Stats
1969 Detroit Tigers 6 $88,000.00 - -
1970 Detroit Tigers 6 $90,000.00 - -
1971 Detroit Tigers 6 $95,000.00 Stats -
1972 Detroit Tigers 6 $100,000.00 - -
1973 Detroit Tigers 6 $100,000.00 - -
1974 Detroit Tigers 6 $110,000.00 Stats -




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