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Johnny
Kling		  
Nickname: Noisy
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: February 25, 1875 in Kansas City, MO.
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1906   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1901 26 MLA AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1902 27 SLA AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 6 2 2 2 10 9 9
1903 28 SLA AL $ 1,600,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 2 2 10 10 10
1904 29 SLA AL $ 1,600,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1905 30 SLA AL $ 1,878,571   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1906 31 SLA AL $ 2,100,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 3 10 10 10
1907 32 SLA AL $ 2,100,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 3 10 10 10
1908 33 SLA AL $ 2,100,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 3 3 10 10 10
1909 34 SLA AL $ 2,660,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 3 3 10 10 10
1910 35 SLA AL $ 2,660,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 6 6 4 3 3 10 10 10
1911 36 SLA AL $ 2,660,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 6 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1912 37 SLA AL $ 2,660,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 3 10 9 9
1913 38 BRO NL $ 1,900,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 4 10 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,660,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 6 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1901 26 MLA AL 50 172 20 55 10 0 1 26 21 5 11 15 .320 .357 .395 .752 25.2 6.6
1902 27 SLA AL 115 437 49 127 13 6 3 46 33 8 25 19 .291 .328 .368 .696 52.5 9.5
1903 28 SLA AL 111 416 45 119 26 5 4 46 25 7 18 19 .286 .320 .401 .721 51.3 6.4
1904 29 SLA AL 142 564 75 172 35 10 5 84 39 14 27 25 .305 .336 .429 .765 78.5 13.4
1905 30 SLA AL 145 582 95 147 35 5 1 51 40 16 36 23 .253 .296 .335 .631 57.2 7.1
1906 31 SLA AL 136 547 63 137 23 5 3 52 41 9 26 32 .250 .283 .327 .610 52.9 8.8
1907 32 SLA AL 136 534 62 154 21 9 1 58 54 9 29 33 .288 .322 .367 .689 64.4 11.1
1908 33 SLA AL 140 559 58 157 13 5 2 58 38 7 30 31 .281 .316 .333 .649 62.3 12.1
1909 34 SLA AL 131 485 57 129 18 5 0 47 26 6 26 36 .266 .310 .324 .634 49.5 11.7
1910 35 SLA AL 126 475 45 134 19 2 3 52 25 11 23 20 .282 .321 .349 .670 50.6 10.8
1911 36 SLA AL 132 526 73 159 23 11 3 66 37 5 38 27 .302 .349 .405 .754 76.7 13.8
1912 37 SLA AL 99 348 41 85 14 9 1 30 13 5 21 30 .244 .288 .345 .633 34.1 4.4
1913 38 BRO NL 138 490 58 125 16 10 4 66 32 3 33 32 .255 .303 .353 .656 58.6 9.4
13 Years Sim 1601 6135 741 1700 266 82 31 682 424 105 343 342 .277 .316 .362 .678 713.7 125.1
162 Game Average 620 74 172 26 8 3 69 42 10 34 34 .277 .316 .362 .678 72.2  
Career Highs 145 582 95 172 35 11 5 84 54 16 38 36 .320 .357 .429 .765 78.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4320 501 1134 180 60 23 477 278 70 235 271 .263 .302 .348 .650 462.3
vs LH   1815 240 566 86 22 8 205 146 35 108 71 .312 .349 .397 .746 253.2
Home 797 2967 375 839 137 38 15 349 211 66 172 161 .283 .322 .370 .692 355.3
Away 804 3168 366 861 129 44 16 333 213 39 171 181 .272 .310 .355 .665 360.2
RISP   1583 0 431 67 20 4 595 0 0 130 84 .272 .322 .347 .669 178.4
Pinch Hitting   35 7 15 3 0 1 8 2 0 3 2 .429 .474 .600 1.074 8.6
Close/Late   834 101 247 33 14 6 96 1 0 74 44 .296 .353 .391 .743 112.9
Mar/Apr 165 632 73 169 27 10 3 73 45 7 31 39 .267 .304 .356 .660 70.6
May 284 1073 130 310 40 10 8 122 72 26 64 61 .289 .328 .367 .695 129.9
June 279 1074 118 291 62 15 5 115 65 20 62 64 .271 .310 .371 .681 123.2
July 284 1101 148 328 53 17 6 131 86 16 56 53 .298 .332 .393 .725 145.7
August 278 1084 136 278 44 15 3 107 79 15 56 62 .256 .295 .333 .628 110.7
Sep/Oct 311 1171 136 324 40 15 6 134 77 21 74 63 .277 .321 .352 .673 135.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1901 26 MLA AL C 46 45 412.3 118 47 14 1 .922 3.60 145 37 .255 2 2.4
    1B 3 1 19.0 27 1 1 1 .966 13.26 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1902 27 SLA AL C 114 114 1043.7 298 104 34 0 .922 3.47 313 77 .246 7 6.2
    1B 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1903 28 SLA AL C 69 69 613.0 269 54 20 3 .942 4.74 171 34 .199 2 2.5
    1B 38 35 316.7 385 24 3 32 .993 11.62 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 3 3 31.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.87 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1904 29 SLA AL 1B 142 141 1248.7 1523 114 11 117 .993 11.80 0 0 .000 0 2.2
1905 30 SLA AL C 88 86 781.7 287 67 22 2 .941 4.08 186 41 .220 2 3.5
    1B 56 53 486.3 559 40 7 38 .988 11.09 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1906 31 SLA AL C 119 119 1070.3 583 114 17 1 .976 5.86 265 83 .313 2 6.6
    1B 14 14 123.0 170 20 3 18 .984 13.90 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1907 32 SLA AL C 136 134 1246.0 636 102 23 0 .970 5.33 309 72 .233 7 6.2
1908 33 SLA AL C 138 136 1236.3 639 115 31 2 .961 5.49 304 80 .263 8 8.4
1909 34 SLA AL C 124 123 1122.7 547 91 29 2 .957 5.11 257 55 .214 5 2.6
    RF 1 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 0 4.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1910 35 SLA AL C 112 112 998.3 552 80 20 3 .969 5.70 200 58 .290 3 4.3
    1B 5 2 23.0 27 6 1 4 .971 12.91 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1911 36 SLA AL C 126 126 1103.0 450 117 32 0 .947 4.63 282 84 .298 2 4.6
    1B 2 1 14.0 10 1 0 2 1.000 7.07 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1912 37 SLA AL 1B 70 70 615.3 825 56 16 62 .982 12.89 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    C 14 14 123.7 70 15 2 0 .977 6.19 41 12 .293 0 0.5
    RF 7 7 61.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 3.10 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1913 38 BRO NL C 136 134 1204.3 614 137 28 3 .964 5.61 298 102 .342 4 7.1
  C 1222 1212 10955.3 5063 1043 272 17 .957 5.02 2771 735 .265 44 54.9
  1B 333 317 2850.6 3528 263 42 274 .989 11.97 0 0 .000 0 5.2
  RF 13 11 110.0 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.37 0 0 .000 0 0.4
Career Totals   1568 1540 13915.9 8620 1306 314 291 .969 6.42 2771 735 .265 44 60.4
Career Highs   145 141 1269.0 1523 137 34 117 .993 11.80 313 102 .342 8  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Singles
1908-7-137
 Stolen Bases
CAR-47-424
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 13th round, 196th overall pick, by Milwaukee in 1901
Hit first career homerun on 4/28/1901, off Jesse Tannehill (DET)
1/3/1903: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,600,000 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Detroit on 8/4/1903
2/14/1904: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,600,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/3/1904, hitting .600 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
2/13/1905: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,878,571 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis (A) on 3/5/1906 to a 3-year deal worth $2,100,000 per year
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1906
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cleveland on 6/13/1908
10/17/1908: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (A), $2,660,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cleveland on 7/14/1911
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/14/1913 to a 1-year deal worth $1,900,000 per year
 
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