Billy Klaus
1952–1963 · bats L / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators (1961-71)
821G
.249AVG
.335OBP
.351SLG
More career statistics
626H
40HR
250RBI
14SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 7 | 9 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 285 | 286 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 821 | 2,887 | 2,513 | 357 | 626 | 106 | 15 | 40 | 250 | 331 | 285 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 882 | .249 | .335 | .351 | .686 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1955-06-10 to 1955-06-25
31longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1956-08-19 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1962-08-21 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1955-06-07 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 413 | 1440 | 322 | 20 | 141 | 179 | 131 | .260 | .348 | .364 |
| Away | 408 | 1447 | 304 | 20 | 109 | 152 | 155 | .239 | .315 | .339 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 75 | 181 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 42 | 19 | .110 | .315 | .176 |
| May | 144 | 492 | 100 | 10 | 44 | 62 | 45 | .238 | .329 | .338 |
| June | 150 | 593 | 155 | 13 | 79 | 59 | 39 | .296 | .361 | .446 |
| July | 160 | 536 | 117 | 8 | 40 | 58 | 69 | .248 | .326 | .354 |
| August | 147 | 532 | 130 | 4 | 35 | 50 | 59 | .272 | .338 | .368 |
| September | 145 | 553 | 109 | 3 | 40 | 60 | 55 | .225 | .306 | .289 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 103 | 381 | 88 | 5 | 45 | 41 | 42 | .263 | .339 | .398 |
| detroit-tigers | 102 | 396 | 88 | 9 | 38 | 38 | 35 | .250 | .318 | .352 |
| chicago-white-sox | 100 | 379 | 99 | 3 | 29 | 33 | 32 | .289 | .348 | .377 |
| new-york-yankees | 96 | 363 | 65 | 4 | 22 | 50 | 40 | .210 | .317 | .287 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 92 | 328 | 81 | 4 | 36 | 36 | 22 | .284 | .357 | .389 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 83 | 323 | 76 | 3 | 29 | 43 | 20 | .277 | .368 | .380 |
| baltimore-orioles | 73 | 274 | 50 | 5 | 18 | 42 | 27 | .217 | .336 | .335 |
| boston-red-sox | 28 | 66 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | .262 | .303 | .344 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 |  Boston Braves | 7 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1953 |  Milwaukee Braves | 2 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1955 |  Boston Red Sox | 135 | 541 | 153 | 7 | 60 | 6 | .283 | – | – |
| 1956 | Boston Red Sox | 135 | 520 | 141 | 7 | 59 | 1 | .271 | – | – |
| 1957 | Boston Red Sox | 127 | 477 | 120 | 10 | 42 | 2 | .252 | – | – |
| 1958 | Boston Red Sox | 61 | 88 | 14 | 1 | 7 | – | .159 | – | – |
| 1959 |  Baltimore Orioles | 104 | 321 | 80 | 3 | 25 | 2 | .249 | – | – |
| 1960 | Baltimore Orioles | 46 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 6 | – | .209 | – | – |
| 1961 |  Washington Senators (1961-71) | 91 | 251 | 57 | 7 | 30 | 2 | .227 | – | – |
| 1962 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 102 | 248 | 51 | 4 | 20 | 1 | .206 | – | – |
| 1963 | Philadelphia Phillies | 11 | 18 | 1 | – | – | – | .056 | – | – |