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  Ted Kluszewski Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Ted Kluszewski was born on Wednesday, September 10, 1924, in Argo, Illinois.
Kluszewski was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 18, 1947, with the Cincinnati Reds.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Ted Kluszewski baseball stats page.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=kluszte01   (297 words)

  
  Ted Kluszewski - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ted Kluszewski, who was born in Argo, Illinois, was discovered at Indiana University, where he played football as well as baseball.
Ted Kluszewski was selected as an All-Star in four seasons, and was a career.298 hitter with 279 home runs and 1028 RBI in 1718 games.
Post-retirement, Ted Kluszewski was a hitting coach, most notably under Sparky Anderson with the Cincinnati Reds during their outstanding teams in the early and mid 1970's, which saw them win World Series championships in 1975 and 1976.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ted_Kluszewski   (1065 words)

  
 Baseball Historian - Part of the Sports Historian Network
Ted Kluszewski was still the Reds' strong boy and in 1956, he hit 35 HRs with 102 RBIs.
Ted Kluszewski had a.298 career batting average with 290 doubles and 279 home runs.
Ted Kluszewski was a popular ball player during this era and even opposing fans cheered him on.
www.baseballhistorian.com /html/american_heroes.cfm?page=47   (1489 words)

  
 Fans still cherish Big Klu
Ted Kluszewski, the Reds' Cold War slugger and batting instructor to the Big Red Machine, will be feted with the retirement of his jersey No. 18 at Cinergy Field.
Ted and Eleanor double-dated with Jack in the Nash, usually going to the movies or White Castle, where they could get five burgers for a dollar.
So are Ted's two sisters, between whom he shuttled as a boy after his parents died.
reds.enquirer.com /1998/07/071798klu.html   (1881 words)

  
 Ted Kluszewski Books on Amazon.com
Ted Kluszewski made his Major League debut on 04-18-1947 with the Cincinnati Reds.
Baseball Almanac is pleased to present all the Ted Kluszewski books currently listed on Amazon.com - the leading providing of online Ted Kluszewski books.
Did you know that Baseball Almanac is attempting to catalog every ballplayer who has appeared on a Baseball Digest Cover since the magazine was first published in August 1942 when major league games were confined to the eastern and midwestern regions of the country?
www.baseball-almanac.com /books/index.php?p=kluszte01   (280 words)

  
 Where's Crosley Now? Crosley Field
Ted was discovered by the Reds in 1945 and began his major league career with them in 1947.
Ted was finally traded to Pittsburgh in 1958, played for awhile for the White Sox and the Angels, finishing his playing career in 1961 in Los Angeles.
That, however, was not the end of Ted Kluszewski and Cincinnati.
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 Baseball Toaster: The Griddle : Random Game Callback, July 12, 1955   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
Kluszewski and Randy Jackson (Mathews' replacement at third) made outs.
Kluszewski singled to right and Mays went to third.
Kaline tried to throw out Jackson going to third, but replacement third baseman Al Rosen dropped the throw and Jackson came around to score to tie the game at 5-5.
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 TED KLUSZEWSKI - SPORTS CARD SIGNED
Kluszewski (1924-1988) ended his 18-year career with the 1961 Angels.
Kluszewski led the major leagues in home runs (49) and RBIs (141) with the 1954 Cincinnati Reds.
In the 1959 World Series, "Big Klu" hit.391 with three home runs and 10 RBI in the six game series won by the Dodgers.
www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/6_2001/sports/TED_KLUSZEWSKI.htm   (195 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Major League Baseball - Stats Class: Power and contact
And then, as suddenly as it arrived, Kluszewski's power was gone, robbed by back problems that would limit him to pinch-hitting duties for much of the remainder of his career.
Kluszewski played five more seasons, and he totaled 34 home runs (and 78 strikeouts) in those five seasons.
But for those fleeting four years, 1953 through 1956, Kluszewski was one of the most fearsome hitters in the game.
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 Where's Crosley Now? Crosley Field
Ted was discovered by the Reds in 1945 and began his major league career with them in 1947.
Ted was finally traded to Pittsburgh in 1958, played for awhile for the White Sox and the Angels, finishing his playing career in 1961 in Los Angeles.
That, however, was not the end of Ted Kluszewski and Cincinnati.
www.crosley-field.com   (13471 words)

  
 klu03309
When the Reds retire Ted Kluszewski's No. 18 at a July 18 ceremony at Cinergy Field, the club might want to consider a sleeveless jersey as a tribute.
Kluszewski, a 1962 inductee into the Reds Hall of Fame, earned the respect by playing hurt.
Kluszewski returned to the Reds in 1970 as a hitting coach and was given a great deal of credit for finely tuning The Big Red Machine.
www.cincypost.com /sports/1998/klu033098.html   (442 words)

  
 Baseball . The Capital of Baseball . Fifties Baseball | PBS
In Kluszewski's torrid seasons, 1953 through 1956, he hit 171 home runs, a four-year total rarely matched.
But before the clouds lowered and America came of middle age, back in the fifties when there still were lots of day games and doubleheaders, the national pastime, like the nation, seemed uncomplicated.
As uncomplicated as a Kluszewski shot over the fence toward which the peculiar outfield sloped up in old Crosley Field, a shot over the fence to carom off the sign atop the laundry across the street.
www.pbs.org /kenburns/baseball/capital/georgewill.html   (2760 words)

  
 Strong Man - TIME
Massive, left-handed Ted Kluszewski is one of the clumsiest first basemen the Memphis Chicks have ever seen.
His day's work put him far out in front as the league's best batter, boosted his average to.412 which is 55 points ahead of his nearest rival.
Kluszewski, 22, onetime Indiana University football end, is playing his second season of pro ball.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,887544,00.html   (339 words)

  
 TED KLUSZEWSKI - ANNOTATED QUESTIONAIRE SIGNED
Printed Questionnaire filled out and signed: "Ted Kluszewski", 1p, 8½x11.
Kluszewski played first base for the Reds (1947-1956), Pirates (1958-1959), White Sox (1959-1960) and Angels (1961).
He led the majors with 49 home runs and 141 RBI in 1954.
www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/8_2003/sports/TED_KLUSZEWSKI.htm   (198 words)

  
 Ted Kluszewski Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org.
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Ted Kluszewski -- "Big Klu" -- was a star first baseman for the Cincinnati Reds in the late 1940's and 1950's.
He also played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Angels.
Klu also hit two home runs in the very first game played by the expansion Los Angeles Angels in 1961.
www.angelfire.com /va2/bigklu/index.html   (144 words)

  
 Ted Kluszewski | BaseballLibrary.com
The sleeveless Cincinnati uniforms of the 1950s were made to allow Kluszewski's bulging muscles room to move, but he was more than a slugger.
Injuries eventually cut into his skills, and he spent his last five seasons pinch-hitting nearly as often as he started, but with the White Sox in the six-game 1959 WS, he banged three homers and drove in 10 runs.
September 17, 1923: The Giants' George Kelly sets a major-league record by homering in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th against the Cubs Vic Aldridge as New York rolls to a 13—6 win.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/K/Kluszewski_Ted.stm   (1198 words)

  
 KLU17
Former Reds manager Birdie Tebbetts walked up to Ted Kluszewski, then the Reds' 6-foot-2 hitting instructor, one of those mid-'70s afternoons after the 5-foot-11 Rose had walked away.
''(Kluszewski) says to me, 'You know, I would have done it different,' '' said Tebbetts, ''but he's not 6-2.
Kluszewski's legacy with the Reds - which will reach its denouement a decade after his death when his No. 18 is retired Saturday night at Cinergy Field - was of two parts.
www.cincypost.com /sports/1998/klu071798.html   (835 words)

  
 SABR :|| Convention | SABR 34 - Baseball Relatives Panel
Panel participants were Joyce Dolle, the wife of Gus Bell, Eleanor Kluszewski, the wife of the late Reds player Ted Kluszewski, Susan Dellinger, the granddaughter of Edd Roush, Charles Dautel, the grandson of National League umpire Cy Rigler, and Paul Sallee, a cousin of Slim Sallee an NL pitcher from 1908-1921.
Joyce Dolle is not only the wife of a former player, but also the mother (Buddy Bell) and grandmother (David and Michael) of ballplayers.
Eleanor Kluszewski talked about her many years as Ted’s wife, and the love they shared for baseball.
www.sabr.org /sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,920,17,0   (143 words)

  
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The vest uniform reemerged in the late 1950’s when Ted Kluszewski couldn’t fit his biceps into the sleeves of his Cincinnati Redlegs uniform.
Kluszewski cut off the sleeves to his uniform and started a trend that was picked up by the Pittsburgh Pirates for the 1960 season.
The Pirates surged through the National League in their new uniform, capturing their first pennant since 1927 and defeating the Yankees in a dramatic seven game World Series.
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 Ted Kluszewski, 63, a Leading Home Run Hitter - Free Preview - The New York Times
Ted Kluszewski, 63, a Leading Home Run Hitter
DISPLAYING ABSTRACT - LEAD: Ted Kluszewski, the slugging first baseman who led the major leagues in home runs in 1954 with 49, died tonight after apparently suffering a heart attack.
Ted Kluszewski, the slugging first baseman who led the major leagues in home runs in 1954 with...
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 Footballguys Forums > Admirable "Teds"
Nov 6 2006, 11:58 AM BIG Ted Kluszewski
The first and only guy I can remember to wear a WNBA Jersey for baseball.
I always immediately think of Tom Cruise in Rain Man when I hear Ted's name.
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 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim : History : Angels Club Firsts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
Ted Bowsfield @ Baltimore (5th inning, hitting Jerry Adair)
Ted Kluszewski @ Baltimore (1st inning, hit off Milt Pappas)
Ted Kluszewski @ Baltimore (2nd inning, hit off John Papa)
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 Baseball for Old-Timers V quiz -- free game
Which of the following hit three World Series home runs in the same series as a rookie?
Which of the following retired with his home run count tied with Ted Williams?
In 1949, Ted Williams lost his bid for his fifth American League batting title, losing it by.00016 of a point.
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 Ted Kluszewski | The BASEBALL Page
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See the most popular players who played the same position as Ted Kluszewski.
Find out where Kluszewski ranks all-time among players at his position.
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 All-Star Game Records
Runs Batted In — 12, Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox.
Runs Batted In — 5, Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox, 1946; Al Rosen, Cleveland, 1954.
Doubles — 2, Al Simmons, Chicago White Sox, 1934; Joe Medwick, St. Louis Cardinals, 1937; Ted Kluszewski, Cincinnati, 1956; Ernie Banks, Chicago Cubs, 1959, Barry Bonds, San Francisco, 1993; Paul Konerko, Chicago White Sox, 2002; Damian Miller, Arizona, 2002; Albert Pujols, St. Louis, 2004.
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 Ted Gray 1953 Topps baseball card
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Description: This is a Ted Gray 1953 Topps baseball card.The card is in good shape with a little wear on the coners.This card will make a great addition to your collection.
TED KAZANSKI PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 1955 TOPPS # 46*
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 Vote for the best Reds first baseman
The doubles machine hit a robust.332 and had a league-leading 128 RBI.
"Big Klu," Ted Kluszewski, had a number of good power seasons for the Reds, but his best was undoubtedly in 1954, when he hit 49 homers and drove in 141.
Steady hitter Hal Morris enjoyed his best season in 1994, unfortunately for him a season halted short by a strike.
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 Rare Sports Films - Vintage Baseball Video Sports Auto Racing Events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
The second film on this tape is the highlights of the 1956 All-Star Game at Griffith Stadium, Washington, July 10, 1956.
The N.L., on homers by Willie Mays and Stan Musial, beat the A.L. 7-3, although Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams hit back-to-back homers in the sixth inning off Milwaukee's Warren Spahn.
You can get your own copy of both of these rare films together on one videotape for only $29.95 + $5.00 for shipping & handling (Illinois residents MUST add $2.00 sales tax)
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