Bob Klinger
1938–1947 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates
265G
.204AVG
.247OBP
.218SLG
More career statistics
71H
0HR
21RBI
0SB
66–61W–L
1,089.2IP
357K
3.68ERA
130GS
23SV
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 · At bats | 348 | 346 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 386 | 384 |
| Batting · RBI | 21 | 24 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,705 | 4,713 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,153 | 1,155 |
| Pitching · p hr | 46 | 47 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,269 | 3,266 |
| Pitching · p k | 357 | 358 |
| Pitching · p r | 523 | 526 |
| Pitching · p w | 358 | 360 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 265 | 386 | 348 | 28 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | .204 | .247 | .218 | .465 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,089.7 | 265 | 130 | 48 | 66 | 61 | 23 | 1,153 | 523 | 445 | 46 | 358 | 357 | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 1.387 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1943-08-31 to 1946-05-23
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1939-08-31 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1938-05-18 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | 8 walks allowed | 1942-05-10 | 1 in 511 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 136 | 202 | 43 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 16 | .234 | .257 | .250 |
| Away | 129 | 182 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 25 | .173 | .214 | .185 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 19 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .273 | .304 | .273 |
| May | 42 | 68 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | .254 | .294 | .286 |
| June | 49 | 84 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 2 | .203 | .250 | .217 |
| July | 54 | 80 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | .149 | .150 | .149 |
| August | 55 | 72 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | .212 | .236 | .242 |
| September | 45 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | .192 | .246 | .192 |
| October | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 39 | 73 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 16 | .154 | .192 | .154 |
| new-york-giants | 38 | 89 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | .282 | .315 | .308 |
| chicago-cubs | 32 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .200 | .229 | .200 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 29 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .281 | .333 | .344 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 27 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .154 | .175 | .154 |
| boston-braves | 24 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .140 | .159 | .163 |
| cincinnati-reds | 20 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .158 | .238 | .158 |
| detroit-tigers | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 28 | 60 | 10 | – | 3 | – | .167 | 159 | 58 |
| 1939 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 37 | 82 | 17 | – | 8 | – | .207 | 225 | 64 |
| 1940 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 39 | 42 | 6 | – | – | – | .143 | 142 | 48 |
| 1941 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 35 | 32 | 8 | – | 3 | – | .250 | 116 | 37 |
| 1942 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 37 | 40 | 8 | – | 3 | – | .200 | 152 | 58 |
| 1943 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 33 | 65 | 16 | – | 5 | – | .246 | 194 | 65 |
| 1946 |  Boston Red Sox | 28 | 16 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .312 | 57 | 16 |
| 1947 | Boston Red Sox | 28 | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | .111 | 42 | 12 |