Johnny Kling
1900–1913 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds
1,264G
.271AVG
.318OBP
.357SLG
More career statistics
1,151H
20HR
513RBI
123SB
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 · Games | 1,264 | 1,265 |
| Batting · At bats | 4,241 | 4,249 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,151 | 1,156 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 12 | 11 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 114 | 316 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,640 | 4,643 |
| Batting · Runs | 474 | 475 |
| Batting · RBI | 513 | 478 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 123 | 125 |
| Batting · Walks | 281 | 279 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,264 | 4,640 | 4,241 | 474 | 1,151 | 181 | 61 | 20 | 513 | 281 | 114 | 123 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1,514 | .271 | .318 | .357 | .675 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1908-09-18 to 1908-09-30
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1907-07-30 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1902-08-25 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1903-07-08 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 631 | 2259 | 564 | 10 | 216 | 144 | 152 | .274 | .313 | .361 |
| Away | 634 | 2384 | 592 | 10 | 262 | 135 | 164 | .271 | .305 | .354 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 94 | 341 | 67 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 21 | .215 | .258 | .286 |
| May | 203 | 726 | 214 | 4 | 78 | 43 | 38 | .320 | .354 | .421 |
| June | 222 | 805 | 162 | 3 | 75 | 50 | 59 | .219 | .263 | .297 |
| July | 248 | 918 | 243 | 6 | 76 | 44 | 60 | .285 | .313 | .370 |
| August | 238 | 889 | 226 | 1 | 101 | 52 | 82 | .278 | .313 | .374 |
| September | 232 | 856 | 216 | 3 | 104 | 61 | 50 | .281 | .324 | .355 |
| October | 28 | 108 | 28 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 6 | .295 | .333 | .379 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 206 | 740 | 182 | 4 | 86 | 24 | 49 | .260 | .278 | .340 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 180 | 668 | 168 | 3 | 75 | 46 | 52 | .279 | .320 | .397 |
| cincinnati-reds | 174 | 647 | 150 | 3 | 63 | 45 | 40 | .256 | .301 | .347 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 174 | 617 | 130 | 2 | 53 | 41 | 45 | .232 | .277 | .291 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 172 | 647 | 165 | 3 | 57 | 36 | 45 | .274 | .311 | .359 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 166 | 606 | 163 | 2 | 65 | 41 | 36 | .297 | .337 | .378 |
| boston-braves | 163 | 618 | 172 | 3 | 67 | 38 | 40 | .307 | .340 | .396 |
| chicago-cubs | 30 | 100 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 9 | .289 | .340 | .344 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 |  Chicago Cubs | 15 | 51 | 15 | – | 7 | – | .294 | – | – |
| 1901 | Chicago Cubs | 74 | 256 | 70 | – | 21 | 8 | .273 | – | – |
| 1902 | Chicago Cubs | 115 | 436 | 126 | – | 57 | 25 | .289 | – | – |
| 1903 | Chicago Cubs | 132 | 491 | 146 | 3 | 52 | 23 | .297 | – | – |
| 1904 | Chicago Cubs | 123 | 453 | 110 | 2 | 32 | 7 | .243 | – | – |
| 1905 | Chicago Cubs | 111 | 380 | 83 | 1 | 39 | 13 | .218 | – | – |
| 1906 | Chicago Cubs | 108 | 344 | 107 | 2 | 45 | 14 | .311 | – | – |
| 1907 | Chicago Cubs | 105 | 334 | 95 | 1 | 43 | 10 | .284 | – | – |
| 1908 | Chicago Cubs | 127 | 425 | 118 | 4 | 67 | 16 | .278 | – | – |
| 1910 | Chicago Cubs | 91 | 297 | 80 | 2 | 35 | 3 | .269 | – | – |
| 1911 | Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs | 103 | 321 | 68 | 3 | 29 | 1 | .212 | – | – |
| 1912 |  Boston Braves | 81 | 252 | 80 | 2 | 28 | 3 | .317 | – | – |
| 1913 |  Cincinnati Reds | 80 | 209 | 58 | – | 23 | 2 | .278 | – | – |