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Lou Klein

Born: October 22, 1918
First season: 1943
Last season: 1951
Debut: April,21, 1943
bbrefID: kleinlo01
MinorsID: klein-001lou
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Years with Cardinals (NL): 4 (1943, 1945-1946 and 1949)
Acquired: Signed in 1940 as an amateur free agent.
Departed: Traded to the Cincinnati Reds 12/14/1949 with Ron Northey for Harry Walker

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Major League record for Lou Klein

Batting stats
Year   Team              Pos            Age    G   AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR  RBI   BB    K   SB   CS     AVG    OBP    SLG
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1943   StL-N             2B-SS           24  154  627   91  180   28   14    7   62   50   70    9        0.287  0.342  0.410
1945   StL-N             SS-OF-3B-2B     26   19   57   12   13    4    1    1    6   14    9    0        0.228  0.389  0.386
1946   StL-N             2B              27   23   93   12   18    3    0    1    4    9    7    1        0.194  0.265  0.258
1949   StL-N             SS-2B-3B        30   58  114   25   25    6    0    2   12   22   20    0        0.219  0.355  0.325
1951   Cle-A                             32    2    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0    0   0.000  0.000  0.000
1951   Phi-A             2B              32   49  144   22   33    7    0    5   17   10   12    0    0   0.229  0.279  0.382
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Totals (5 yrs)                               305 1037  162  269   48   15   16  101  105  119   10    0   0.259  0.331  0.381
StL-N (4 yrs)                                254  891  140  236   41   15   11   84   95  106   10    0   0.265  0.339  0.382


Record as manager
Year   Team              Pos              G    W    L    T    PCT     Finish    GB
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1961   Chi-N             M               11    5    6    0   0.455
1962   Chi-N             M               30   12   18    0   0.400      9th   42.5
1965   Chi-N             M              106   48   58    0   0.453      8th     25
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Totals (3 yrs)                          147   65   82    0   0.442

Minor league stats in Cardinals system
Played in Cardinals minor league system from 1940 to 1942

Batting stats
Year Team Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 DYB SS 21 142 537 187 23 18 9 0.348 0.508 1941 CLB SS 22 112 362 67 133 22 11 5 54 53 23 10 0.367 0.454 0.53 1942 CLB SS-3B 23 138 465 68 116 24 0 14 63 43 48 18 0.25 0.318 0.391