Billy Klaus
Boston Braves 1952; Milwaukee Braves 1953; Boston Red Sox 1955–1958; Baltimore Orioles 1959–1960; Washington Senators 1961; Philadelphia Phillies 1962–1963
Percentile snapshot
1957 season — qualified batters
of 75 qualified 1957 batters (min 477 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | -24.5 | -38.8 | .149 | 0.0 |
| 1953 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119.3 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 1955 | 135 | 610 | 541 | 83 | 153 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 60 | 60 | 44 | 6 | 0 | .283 | .351 | .377 | .729 | 91.7 | 90.0 | .344 | 2.1 |
| 1956 | 135 | 620 | 520 | 91 | 141 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 59 | 90 | 43 | 1 | 0 | .271 | .378 | .387 | .764 | 99.2 | 93.9 | .363 | 2.3 |
| 1957 | 127 | 537 | 477 | 76 | 120 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 42 | 55 | 53 | 2 | 0 | .252 | .326 | .369 | .695 | 87.2 | 85.5 | .324 | 1.6 |
| 1958 | 61 | 93 | 88 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .204 | .239 | .443 | 7.5 | 18.2 | .207 | -0.6 |
| 1959 | 104 | 377 | 321 | 33 | 80 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 51 | 38 | 2 | 4 | .249 | .350 | .312 | .662 | 93.3 | 87.1 | .317 | 1.3 |
| 1960 | 46 | 53 | 43 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .209 | .346 | .326 | .672 | 94.5 | 85.8 | .325 | 0.3 |
| 1961 | 91 | 287 | 251 | 26 | 57 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 34 | 2 | 2 | .227 | .311 | .359 | .670 | 78.1 | 80.3 | .304 | 0.3 |
| 1962 | 102 | 283 | 248 | 30 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 29 | 43 | 1 | 1 | .206 | .290 | .302 | .593 | 61.4 | 61.8 | .275 | -0.2 |
| 1963 | 11 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .105 | .056 | .161 | -65.1 | -51.7 | .087 | -0.3 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957-06-28 | DET @ BOS Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 1957-09-02 | MIN @ BOS Gameday | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 1955-06-17 | CLE @ BOS Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 1957-05-30 | BAL @ BOS Gameday | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 1955-08-07 | ATH @ BOS Gameday | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952-05-04 | ATL @ STL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952-06-13 | CHC @ ATL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952-06-30 | SF @ ATL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952-07-16 | ATL @ CHC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952-07-19 | ATL @ STL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.