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Lou Klein

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 167lb (180cm, 75kg)

Born: October 22, 1918 in New Orleans, LA us

Died: June 20, 1976 in Metairie, LA

Buried: St. Louis Cemetery #3, New Orleans, LA

High School: Samuel J. Peters HS (New Orleans, LA)

Debut: April 21, 1943 (Age 24-181d, 9,409th in major league history)
vs. CIN 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1951 (Age 32-343d)
vs. WSH 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: Louis Frank Klein

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.1

1037

269

.259

162

RBI

101

OBP

.330

SLG

.381

OPS

.711

OPS+

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

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 21	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	39	10.1	1	1	0	2	1
2	2	Apr 22	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	42	9.2	0	1	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 24	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 25	STL	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
5	5	Apr 27	STL		CHC	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
6	7 (1)	Apr 29	STL		CHC	W,4-3	GF	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	8	May 1	STL		CIN	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
8	9	May 2 (1)	STL		CIN	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	10	May 2 (2)	STL		CIN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
10	11	May 4	STL	@	CHC	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
11	12	May 5	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	53	13.1	3	3	0	6	2
12	13	May 6	STL	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
13	14	May 9 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-1	GS	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
14	15	May 9 (2)	STL	@	PIT	T,3-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
15	16	May 13	STL	@	BSN	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
16	17	May 14	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	43	9.2	4	3	0	7	1
17	18	May 15	STL	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
18	19	May 16 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	6	4	0	10	2
19	20	May 16 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
20	21	May 17	STL	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
21	22	May 18	STL	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
22	23	May 19	STL	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
23	24	May 20	STL	@	BRO	L,2-5	GS	40	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
24	25	May 22 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
25	26	May 22 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	3
26	27	May 23 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	28	May 23 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
28	29	May 26	STL		BSN	L,3-4	CG	42	11.0	3	6	0	9	2
29	30	May 27	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	31	May 28	STL		BSN	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	1	2	0	3	1
31	32	May 29	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	1	0	2	3	0
32	33	May 30 (1)	STL		NYG	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
33	34	May 30 (2)	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
34	35	May 31 (1)	STL		BRO	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
35	36	May 31 (2)	STL		BRO	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	37	Jun 1	STL		BRO	W,11-9	CG	54	12.0	3	3	0	6	1
37	38	Jun 2	STL		BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	7	0	11	2
38	39	Jun 3	STL		PHI	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
39	40	Jun 4	STL		PHI	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
40	41	Jun 5 susp	STL		PHI	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
41	42	Jun 6	STL		PHI	T,1-1	CG	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	43	Jun 9	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
43	44	Jun 10	STL		PIT	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
44	45	Jun 12	STL		PIT	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
45	46	Jun 13 (1)	STL		PIT	L,3-10	GS	35	6.0	2	4	0	6	1
46	47	Jun 13 (2)	STL		PIT	T,4-4	CG	55	12.0	1	5	0	6	0
47	48	Jun 14	STL		CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
48	49	Jun 15	STL		CIN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
49	50	Jun 16	STL		CIN	L,1-4	CG	46	11.0	7	2	1	10	1
50	51	Jun 17	STL		CIN	L,1-6	GS	10	3.0	2	1	0	3	0
51	52	Jun 18	STL		CHC	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
52	53	Jun 19	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
53	54	Jun 20 (1)	STL		CHC	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
54	55	Jun 20 (2)	STL		CHC	L,1-2	CG	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	56	Jun 21	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	26	7.0	3	3	0	6	1
56	57	Jun 23	STL	@	CIN	L,3-8	GS	35	6.0	2	0	1	3	0
57	58	Jun 24	STL	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
58	59	Jun 25	STL	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
59	60	Jun 26	STL	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
60	61	Jun 27 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS	36	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	62	Jun 27 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
62	63	Jun 30 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	43	9.1	4	5	0	9	1
63	64	Jun 30 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	65	Jul 2	STL	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	3
65	66	Jul 3	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
66	67	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	34	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
67	68	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
68	69	Jul 5 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-15	GS	28	5.0	0	0	1	1	0
69	70	Jul 5 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
70	71	Jul 6	STL	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	6	1	9	2
71	72	Jul 9	STL	@	BSN	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
72	73	Jul 10	STL	@	BSN	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
73	76 (2)	Jul 15	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	33	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
74	77	Jul 16	STL	@	PIT	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
75	78	Jul 17 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
76	80 (1)	Jul 18 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
77	81	Jul 18 susp	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
78	82	Jul 21 (1)	STL		NYG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
79	83	Jul 21 (2)	STL		NYG	W,14-6	GS	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	84	Jul 22	STL		NYG	W,6-2	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
81	85	Jul 23	STL		NYG	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
82	86	Jul 24	STL		BSN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
83	87	Jul 25 (1)	STL		BSN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	7	1	10	2
84	88	Jul 25 (2)	STL		BSN	W,7-3	GS	0		1	1	1	3	1
85	89	Jul 26	STL		BSN	W,6-3	GS	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
86	90	Jul 27 (1)	STL		PHI	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
87	91	Jul 27 (2)	STL		PHI	W,5-2	GS	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
88	92	Jul 28	STL		PHI	L,4-6	GS	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	93	Jul 29	STL		PHI	W,13-5	GS	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	94	Jul 30	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	43	11.0	4	3	1	8	2
91	95	Jul 31	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	96	Aug 1 (1)	STL		BRO	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
93	97	Aug 1 (2)	STL		BRO	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	3
94	98	Aug 3	STL		BRO	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
95	99	Aug 6	STL		PIT	W,8-3	GS	27	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
96	100	Aug 7	STL		PIT	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
97	101	Aug 8 (1)	STL		PIT	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	0	6	1	7	1
98	102	Aug 8 (2)	STL		PIT	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
99	103	Aug 11	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
100	104	Aug 12	STL	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
101	105	Aug 14 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,11-1	GS	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
102	106	Aug 14 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	107	Aug 15 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	3	6	3	12	0
104	108	Aug 15 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS	42	9.1	3	2	0	5	0
105	109	Aug 16	STL	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	5	4	0	9	1
106	110	Aug 17	STL	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
107	111	Aug 18 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	6	4	0	10	3
108	112	Aug 18 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
109	113	Aug 19	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
110	114	Aug 20	STL	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
111	115	Aug 21	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
112	116	Aug 22 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
113	117	Aug 22 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-1	GS	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
114	118	Aug 23	STL	@	BSN	W,14-5	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
115	119	Aug 24	STL	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
116	120	Aug 25	STL	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
117	121	Aug 27	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
118	122	Aug 28	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	47	10.1	4	3	0	7	3
119	123	Aug 29 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
120	124	Aug 29 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	2	4	1	7	1
121	125	Aug 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	4	7	0	11	5
122	126	Aug 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
123	127	Aug 31	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	128	Sep 1	STL	@	PIT	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
125	129	Sep 3	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
126	130	Sep 4	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
127	131	Sep 5 (1)	STL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
128	132	Sep 5 (2)	STL		CIN	L,0-4	GS	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
129	133	Sep 6 (1)	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
130	134	Sep 6 (2)	STL		PIT	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
131	135	Sep 8	STL		PIT	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	2	4	0
132	136	Sep 10	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	5	1	1	7	1
133	137	Sep 11	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
134	138	Sep 16	STL		CHC	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
135	139	Sep 17	STL		CHC	W,2-1	GS	35	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
136	140	Sep 18 (1)	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
137	141	Sep 18 (2)	STL		CHC	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
138	142	Sep 19 (1)	STL		CHC	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
139	143	Sep 19 (2)	STL		CHC	L,9-10	CG	46	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
140	144	Sep 22	STL		BRO	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
141	145	Sep 23	STL		BRO	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
142	146	Sep 24	STL		BRO	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
143	147	Sep 25	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
144	148	Sep 26 (1)	STL		PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
145	149	Sep 26 (2)	STL		PHI	L,2-3	GF	0	3.0	1	2	0	3	0
146	150	Sep 27	STL		BSN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
147	151	Sep 28 (1)	STL		BSN	L,5-6	CG	56	13.0	4	1	0	5	1
148	152	Sep 28 (2)	STL		BSN	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
149	153	Sep 29	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
150	154	Sep 30	STL		NYG	W,1-0	GS	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
151	155	Oct 1	STL		NYG	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
152	156	Oct 2	STL		NYG	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
153	157	Oct 3	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
							177gm		1355.0	356	444	27	827	118