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Al Kaline

Birthdate:

12/19/1934

Height / Weight:

6' 2" / 180 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Baltimore, MD, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

One of the all-time great Detroit Tigers' players, Kaline had 3007 lifetime hits with a .297 career average, smashed 498 doubles, 75 triples and 399 homers. Kaline played his whole career with the Tigers. Al Kaline was an excellent outfielder and won 11 Gold Glove Awards. He was selected for 15 All-Star games. Playing in the 1968 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, this Hall of Famer hit .379, with two home runs and he drove in 8 runs. Kaline made some sparkling fielding plays stopping the Cardinals from scoring and the Tigers went on to win the World Series. The Tigers, except in the above world series, never won any more pennants and because of this Kaline was overlooked by the media. Al Kaline was an outstanding all-around player and fans in Detroit appreciated his all-around efforts day after day. Baseball fans salute your style of ball playing.

Al Kaline gave his best during his 22 year career with the Detroit Tigers. Coming from a sports family, Al's father and two uncles played semi-pro baseball. Young Al possessed a powerful throwing arm, was a disciplined hitter with great determination. Kaline has said, 'When I first came up to the Tigers I was scared stiff, but I had desire. Desire is something you must have to make it in the majors'. Baseball historians have often stated, 'Al Kaline was not spectacular, but was as close to perfect as a ballplayer could be'. Al Kaline collected 3,007 career hits along with 399 home runs. baseballhistorian.com archives

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
22 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1953	DET (AL)	30	28	9	7	0	0	1	2	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.300	SLG
1954	DET (AL)	138	504	42	139	18	3	4	43	22	45	9	5	0	0	7	2	.276	.305	SLG
1955	DET (AL)	152	588	121	200	24	8	27	102	82	57	6	8	12	5	0	6	.340	.421	SLG
1956	DET (AL)	153	617	96	194	32	10	27	128	70	55	7	1	4	1	1	4	.314	.383	SLG
1957	DET (AL)	149	577	83	170	29	4	23	90	43	38	11	9	7	3	6	7	.295	.343	SLG
1958	DET (AL)	146	543	84	170	34	7	16	85	54	47	7	4	6	2	3	5	.313	.374	SLG
1959	DET (AL)	136	511	86	167	19	2	27	94	72	42	10	4	12	4	2	6	.327	.410	SLG
1960	DET (AL)	147	551	77	153	29	4	15	68	65	47	19	4	3	3	5	5	.278	.354	SLG
1961	DET (AL)	153	586	116	190	41	7	19	82	66	42	14	1	2	4	4	5	.324	.393	SLG
1962	DET (AL)	100	398	78	121	16	6	29	94	47	39	4	0	3	1	2	4	.304	.376	SLG
1963	DET (AL)	145	551	89	172	24	3	27	101	54	48	6	4	12	4	3	4	.312	.375	SLG
1964	DET (AL)	146	525	77	154	31	5	17	68	75	51	4	1	6	3	2	3	.293	.383	SLG
1965	DET (AL)	125	399	72	112	18	2	18	72	72	49	6	0	11	0	0	3	.281	.388	SLG
1966	DET (AL)	142	479	85	138	29	1	29	88	81	66	5	5	7	5	1	6	.288	.392	SLG
1967	DET (AL)	131	458	94	141	28	2	25	78	83	47	8	2	10	1	2	6	.308	.411	SLG
1968	DET (AL)	102	327	49	94	14	1	10	53	55	39	6	4	7	3	1	3	.287	.392	SLG
1969	DET (AL)	131	456	74	124	17	0	21	69	54	61	1	2	4	1	0	7	.272	.346	SLG
1970	DET (AL)	131	467	64	130	24	4	16	71	77	49	2	2	5	1	3	7	.278	.377	SLG
1971	DET (AL)	133	405	69	119	19	2	15	54	82	57	4	6	9	7	1	6	.294	.416	SLG
1972	DET (AL)	106	278	46	87	11	2	10	32	28	33	1	0	5	2	1	5	.313	.374	SLG
1973	DET (AL)	91	310	40	79	13	0	10	45	29	28	4	1	4	3	0	5	.255	.320	SLG
1974	DET (AL)	147	558	71	146	28	2	13	64	65	75	2	2	2	1	1	5	.262	.337	SLG
22 years		2834	10116	1622	3007	498	75	399	1583	1277	1020	137	65	131	55	45	104	.297	.376	.SLG

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