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Bob Klinger

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: June 4, 1908 in Allenton, MO us

Died: August 19, 1977 in Villa Ridge, MO

Buried: Allen Cemetery, Allenton, MO

High School: Eureka HS (Eureka, MO)

Debut: April 19, 1938 (Age 29-319d, 8,444th in major league history)
vs. STL 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 23, 1947 (Age 39-111d)
vs. PHA 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: Robert Harold Klinger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.9

ERA

3.68

265

130

1089.2

357

WHIP

1.387

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-23 / in Starts: 10-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 6

1942 Pitching Game Log

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1942 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	140	3	Apr 16	PIT	@	CIN	L,7-8	9-9		99	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.07	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.47	0.188	11.04	0.36%	0.63	9b -2- 1 out tie	9b 3 out tie
2	141	6	Apr 19	PIT		STL	L,2-3	8-GF		2	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	3.57	9	2	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.22	0.018	.74	0.04%	0.90	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
3	142	10	Apr 23	PIT		CIN	L,3-5	8-GF		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	1.64	7	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.026	.55	0.05%	0.90	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 2
4	143	11	Apr 24	PIT		CIN	L,5-9	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.37	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.11	0.01%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
5	144	16	Apr 30	PIT		PHI	L,3-6			5	4.2	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0.87	3.23	18												17					0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	145	21	May 4	PIT		BSN	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	3	9.0	6	1	1	3	1	0	0	0.93	3.05	36						69						32	3	0			0
7	146	28	May 10(2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	5	2	1	8	7	0	0	0.95	3.09	41	14	7	1	2	5	70			5	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.60	0.397	4.95	0.74%	1.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
8	147	35	May 17(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	9-GF(11)	L(2-1)	6	2.1	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	1.17	3.21	12	4	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.56	-0.146	6.33	-0.22%	-0.59	9b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
9	148	38	May 23	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	GS-		5	2.0	6	4	1	0	1	0	0	1.38	3.08	13						35						12					0
10	149	39	May 24(1)	PIT		CHC	L,5-7	8-9		0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.30	3.11	8	6	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.42	0.038	.94	0.05%	0.90	8t --- 0 out d2	9t 3 out d2
11	150	44	May 30(1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-10			5	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	3.09	3												3					0
12	151	46	May 31(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-8	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.49	3.14	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.002	.02	0.00%	-0.57	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	152	49	Jun 5	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	GS-		4	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.96	3.13	4						37						4					0
14	153	55	Jun 13	PIT		NYG	W,8-2	CG	W(3-1)	7	9.0	8	2	1	1	3	0	0	1.77	2.86	36	17	8	1	2	7	67			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	.38	0.158	.22	0.05%	2.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
15	154	60	Jun 17	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	W(4-1)	3	9.0	9	1	1	2	4	0	1	1.65	2.75	38	11	11	2	0	9	67			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	.97	0.189	.35	0.04%	2.68	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
16	155	64	Jun 23	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	GS-5	L(4-2)	5	5.0	8	6	6	1	2	0	0	2.41	2.67	23	6	6	1	0	8	28			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.391	.63	-0.14%	-3.79	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d4
17	156	68	Jun 28(2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-3	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	5	3	3	2	3	1	0	2.49	2.78	35	10	16	2	2	4	66			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.022	.22	0.00%	0.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	157	71	Jul 2	PIT	@	STL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(5-3)	3	7.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.38	2.63	27	11	10	8	1	0	65			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.191	.18	0.02%	2.28	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
19	158	75	Jul 5(2)	PIT		CIN	L,2-5	1-6		2	5.2	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	2.21	2.62	22	6	8	1	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.188	.05	0.01%	3.14	1t --3 1 out d4	6t 3 out d2
20	159	77	Jul 11	PIT		PHI	W,12-5	GS-3		5	2.2	6	5	5	4	1	0	0	2.68	2.73	19	4	4	0	0	6	23			0	0	0	15	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.44	-0.399	.11	-0.02%	-3.96	1t start tie	3t -2- 2 out d4
21	160	80	Jul 14	PIT		BRO	L,1-5	GS-6	L(5-4)	2	6.0	7	5	2	2	3	0	0	2.70	2.68	27	8	7	0	0	7	45			3	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	.56	-0.279	.03	-0.01%	-2.32	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
22	161	86	Jul 19(2)	PIT		BSN	W,9-0	SHO	W(6-4)	4	8.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.48	2.62	32						75						31	2	0			0
23	162	92	Jul 26(1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(6-5)	6	8.0	6	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.55	2.58	31	8	12	2	0	6	59			0	0	0	29	3	1	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.082	.00	0.00%	0.54	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
24	163	96	Jul 29(2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-6	6-GF(8)	BL(6-6)	2	2.2	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.65	2.60	13	7	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.68	-0.542	.00	0.00%	-1.94	6b --- 1 out a2	8b end d 1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	164	100	Aug 4	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG(11)	W(7-6)	5	11.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.48	2.49	39	18	9	1	2	6	83			0	0	1	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	0.768	.00	0.00%	3.92	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
26	165	105	Aug 9(2)	PIT		STL	L,1-2	GS-	L(7-7)	4	7.0	5	2	1	2	3	0	0	2.42	2.47	29						62						26					0
27	166	109	Aug 14	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-7	GS-2	L(7-8)	4	1.2	7	4	3	0	1	2	0	2.59	2.65	12	4	0	0	0	7	28			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.81	-0.257	.00	0.00%	-2.61	1b start tie	2b 1-3 2 out d3
28	167	110	Aug 15(1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-5	8-8		0	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.59	2.65	3	0	1	0	1	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-1.33	8b 1-- 0 out a4	8b 1-3 1 out a3
29	168	111	Aug 15(2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-7	6-6		-1	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.57	2.67	3	0	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.003	.00	0.00%	0.32	6b -23 1 out d3	6b 3 out d4
30	169	118	Aug 22	PIT	@	STL	L,6-7	GS-4	L(7-9)	6	3.0	7	6	6	2	1	0	0	2.92	2.68	17	2	11	9	2	1	20			0	0	0	15	4	0	1	1	0	0	1.41	-0.488	.00	0.00%	-4.21	1b start a 2	4b -2- 0 out d1
31	170	119	Aug 23(1)	PIT	@	STL	W,5-3	6-GF	BW(8-9)	0	3.2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.85	2.65	16	8	3	0	1	4		2	1	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.29	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.28	6b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
32	171	124	Aug 29(2)	PIT		NYG	L,4-7	GS-7	L(8-10)	5	6.1	12	6	6	0	3	2	0	3.10	2.77	31	14	2	0	0	12	28			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.528	.00	0.00%	-3.10	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
33	172	128	Sep 1	PIT		BRO	L,2-4	GS-5	L(8-11)	2	5.0	7	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.18	2.76	22	8	6	1	0	7	40			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	1	.76	-0.123	.00	0.00%	-0.76	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
34	173	133	Sep 7(1)	PIT		STL	W,11-6	7-GF	S(1)	5	2.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.13	2.76	9	4	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.027	.00	0.00%	1.30	7t 12- 2 out a5	9t end a 5
35	174	137	Sep 12(1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-4	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.09	2.75	7	6	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.84	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
36	175	142	Sep 16	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-10	3-3		3	0.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.20	2.75	3	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.43	-0.095	.00	0.00%	-2.37	3b --- 0 out d3	3b 1-- 0 out d5
37	176	149	Sep 22	PIT	@	STL	L,3-9	6-6		5	0.1	1	3	1	1	0	0	1	3.26	2.79	5	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.49	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-3.03	6b --- 0 out d3	6b 1-- 1 out d6
							14-23		W-L:8-11,Sv:1,BSv:2	3.4	152.0	153	69	55	46	58	6	3	3.26	2.79	659	1.32		9%	5%	108	51	9	33%	8	3	1	601	26	2	4	9	0	10	1.01	-1.278	.76	0.98%	-6.78

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