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Billy Klaus played 11 major-league seasons (1952-1963) as a SS (425), 3B (272), 2B (43), OF (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 11 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 24 | BSN | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | -38 |
| 1953 | 25 | ML1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1955 | 27 | BOS | 135 | 541 | 83 | 153 | 7 | 60 | 6 | 60 | 44 | .283 | .729 | 103 |
| 1956 | 28 | BOS | 135 | 520 | 91 | 141 | 7 | 59 | 1 | 90 | 43 | .271 | .764 | 108 |
| 1957 | 29 | BOS | 127 | 477 | 76 | 120 | 10 | 42 | 2 | 55 | 53 | .252 | .695 | 96 |
| 1958 | 30 | BOS | 61 | 88 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .159 | .443 | 25 |
| 1959 | 31 | BAL | 104 | 321 | 33 | 80 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 51 | 38 | .249 | .662 | 89 |
| 1960 | 32 | BAL | 46 | 43 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .209 | .672 | 89 |
| 1961 | 33 | WS2 | 91 | 251 | 26 | 57 | 7 | 30 | 2 | 30 | 34 | .227 | .670 | 85 |
| 1962 | 34 | PHI | 102 | 248 | 30 | 51 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 29 | 43 | .206 | .593 | 65 |
| 1963 | 35 | PHI | 11 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .056 | .161 | -50 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1955 | SS | 126 | 121 | 207 | 391 | 28 | 55 |
| 1955 | 3B | 8 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| 1956 | 3B | 106 | 105 | 120 | 242 | 21 | 18 |
| 1956 | SS | 26 | 25 | 35 | 64 | 6 | 8 |
| 1957 | SS | 118 | 116 | 204 | 417 | 25 | 93 |
| 1958 | SS | 27 | 8 | 18 | 35 | 7 | 2 |
| 1959 | SS | 59 | 41 | 77 | 147 | 7 | 21 |
| 1959 | 3B | 49 | 45 | 43 | 84 | 6 | 7 |
| 1959 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | 2B | 30 | 3 | 19 | 29 | 2 | 9 |
| 1960 | SS | 12 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 5 |
| 1960 | 3B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | 3B | 51 | 43 | 40 | 107 | 6 | 3 |
| 1961 | SS | 18 | 16 | 24 | 47 | 2 | 8 |
| 1961 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1961 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | 3B | 53 | 39 | 43 | 72 | 2 | 4 |
| 1962 | SS | 30 | 8 | 29 | 49 | 7 | 11 |
| 1962 | 2B | 11 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 6 |
| 1963 | SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | 3B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (2 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1955.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 13 | 27 / 336 | 0 |
| 1955 | Rookie of the Year | AL | 2 | 5 / 24 | 5 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.