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)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Albert William Kaline
Nickname:   Al or Mr. Tiger
Born On:   12-19-1934
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Baltimore, Maryland
Zodiac:   Sagittarius
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
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 GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1953 Tigers 30 28 9 7 0 0 1 0 2 1 - 5 0 - 1 1 .250 .300 .357
1954 Tigers 138 504 42 139 18 3 4 1 43 22 - 45 7 2 0 21 .276 .305 .347
1955 Tigers 152 588 121 200 24 8 27 0 102 82 12 57 0 6 5 13 .340 .421 .546
1956 Tigers 153 617 96 194 32 10 27 0 128 70 4 55 1 4 1 10 .314 .383 .530
1957 Tigers 149 577 83 170 29 4 23 0 90 43 7 38 6 7 3 10 .295 .343 .478
1958 Tigers 146 543 84 170 34 7 16 0 85 54 6 47 3 5 2 18 .313 .374 .490
1959 Tigers 136 511 86 167 19 2 27 0 94 72 12 42 2 6 4 11 .327 .410 .530
1960 Tigers 147 551 77 153 29 4 15 1 68 65 3 47 5 5 3 18 .278 .354 .426
1961 Tigers 153 586 116 190 41 7 19 0 82 66 2 42 4 5 4 16 .324 .393 .515
1962 Tigers 100 398 78 121 16 6 29 1 94 47 3 39 2 4 1 17 .304 .376 .593
1963 Tigers 145 551 89 172 24 3 27 0 101 54 12 48 3 4 4 12 .312 .375 .514
1964 Tigers 146 525 77 154 31 5 17 0 68 75 6 51 2 3 3 12 .293 .383 .469
1965 Tigers 125 399 72 112 18 2 18 0 72 72 11 49 0 3 0 9 .281 .388 .471
1966 Tigers 142 479 85 138 29 1 29 0 88 81 7 66 1 6 5 7 .288 .392 .534
1967 Tigers 131 458 94 141 28 2 25 0 78 83 10 47 2 6 1 16 .308 .411 .541
1968 Tigers 102 327 49 94 14 1 10 0 53 55 7 39 1 3 3 4 .287 .392 .428
1969 Tigers 131 456 74 124 17 0 21 0 69 54 4 61 0 7 1 11 .272 .346 .447
1970 Tigers 131 467 64 130 24 4 16 0 71 77 5 49 3 7 1 20 .278 .377 .450
1971 Tigers 133 405 69 119 19 2 15 0 54 82 9 57 1 6 7 12 .294 .416 .462
1972 Tigers 106 278 46 87 11 2 10 0 32 28 5 33 1 5 2 11 .313 .374 .475
1973 Tigers 91 310 40 79 13 0 10 1 45 29 4 28 0 5 3 10 .255 .320 .394
1974 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 GS 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 ZR
1953 Tigers OF 20 - - 12 0.6 12 11 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1954 Tigers RF 135 - - 308 2.3 299 283 16 9 0 n/a n/a n/a .971 0.00 -
1955 Tigers RF 152 - - 327 2.2 320 306 14 7 4 n/a n/a n/a .979 0.00 -
1956 Tigers OF 153 - - 367 2.4 361 343 18 6 4 n/a n/a n/a .984 0.00 -
1957 Tigers OF 145 - - 337 2.3 332 319 13 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .985 0.00 -
1958 Tigers RF 145 - - 341 2.4 339 316 23 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .994 0.00 -
1959 Tigers OF 136 - - 372 2.7 368 364 4 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .989 0.00 -
1960 Tigers CF 142 - - 377 2.7 372 367 5 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .987 0.00 -
1961 Tigers 3B 1 - - 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1961 Tigers OF 147 - - 391 2.7 387 378 9 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .990 0.00 -
1962 Tigers RF 100 - - 237 2.4 233 225 8 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .983 0.00 -
1963 Tigers OF 140 - - 264 1.9 262 257 5 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .992 0.00 -
1964 Tigers RF 136 - - 287 2.1 284 278 6 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .990 0.00 -
1965 Tigers 3B 1 - - 3 3.0 3 2 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1965 Tigers OF 112 - - 198 1.8 195 193 2 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .985 0.00 -
1966 Tigers OF 136 - - 288 2.1 286 279 7 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .993 0.00 -
1967 Tigers OF 130 - - 235 1.8 231 217 14 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .983 0.00 -
1968 Tigers 1B 22 - - 169 7.7 165 152 13 4 15 n/a n/a n/a .976 0.00 -
1968 Tigers OF 74 - - 135 1.8 132 131 1 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .978 0.00 -
1969 Tigers 1B 9 - - 67 7.4 67 65 2 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1969 Tigers RF 118 - - 208 1.8 201 192 9 7 4 n/a n/a n/a .966 0.00 -
1970 Tigers 1B 52 - - 409 7.9 405 374 31 4 39 n/a n/a n/a .990 0.00 -
1970 Tigers RF 91 - - 161 1.8 159 156 3 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .988 0.00 -
1971 Tigers 1B 5 - - 28 5.6 28 27 1 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1971 Tigers OF 129 - - 213 1.7 213 207 6 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1972 Tigers 1B 11 - - 41 3.7 41 37 4 0 5 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1972 Tigers RF 84 - - 117 1.4 116 111 5 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .991 0.00 -
1973 Tigers 1B 36 - - 258 7.2 257 245 12 1 32 n/a n/a n/a .996 0.00 -
1973 Tigers RF 63 - - 103 1.6 103 102 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
OF Totals 1,322 0 0 2,812 2.1 2,779 2,699 80 33 12 n/a n/a n/a .988 0.00 --
RF Totals 1,024 0 0 2,089 2.0 2,054 1,969 85 35 16 n/a n/a n/a .983 0.00 --
CF Totals 142 0 0 377 2.7 372 367 5 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .987 0.00 --
1B Totals 135 0 0 972 7.2 963 900 63 9 97 n/a n/a n/a .991 0.00 --
3B Totals 2 0 0 5 2.5 5 3 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
22 Years 2,771 - 0 6,255 2.3 6,173 5,938 235 82 126 n/a n/a n/a .987 0.00 --
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 - - n/a 28.0 5.6 14.0 - - -
1954 Tigers 9 5 .643 - - n/a 126.0 11.2 11.7 - - -
1955 Tigers 6 8 .429 - - n/a 21.8 10.3 5.8 - - -
1956 Tigers 7 1 .875 - - n/a 22.9 11.2 4.8 - - -
1957 Tigers 11 9 .550 - - n/a 25.1 15.2 6.4 - - -
1958 Tigers 7 4 .636 - - n/a 33.9 11.6 6.4 - - -
1959 Tigers 10 4 .714 - - n/a 18.9 12.2 5.4 - - -
1960 Tigers 19 4 .826 - - n/a 36.7 11.7 8.1 - - -
1961 Tigers 14 1 .933 - - n/a 30.8 14.0 7.1 - - -
1962 Tigers 4 0 1.000 - - n/a 13.7 10.2 4.2 - - -
1963 Tigers 6 4 .600 - - n/a 20.4 11.5 5.5 - - -
1964 Tigers 4 1 .800 - - n/a 30.9 10.3 7.7 - - -
1965 Tigers 6 0 1.000 - - n/a 22.2 8.1 5.5 - - -
1966 Tigers 5 5 .500 - - n/a 16.5 7.3 5.4 - - -
1967 Tigers 8 2 .800 - - n/a 18.3 9.7 5.9 - - -
1968 Tigers 6 4 .600 - - n/a 32.7 8.4 6.2 - - -
1969 Tigers 1 2 .333 - - n/a 21.7 7.5 6.6 - - -
1970 Tigers 2 2 .500 - - n/a 29.2 9.5 6.6 - - -
1971 Tigers 4 6 .400 - - n/a 27.0 7.1 7.5 - - -
1972 Tigers 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 27.8 8.4 8.7 - - -
1973 Tigers 4 1 .800 - - 0 31.0 11.1 6.9 - - -
1974 Tigers 2 2 .500 - - 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 - - 146 25.4 9.9 6.4 - - -
Al Kaline

Al Kaline Miscellaneous Items of Interest

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