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Ted Kluszewski played 15 major-league seasons (1947-1961) as a 1B (1,481). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 23 | CIN | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .100 | .282 | -21 |
| 1948 | 24 | CIN | 113 | 379 | 49 | 104 | 12 | 57 | 1 | 18 | 32 | .274 | .758 | 110 |
| 1949 | 25 | CIN | 136 | 531 | 63 | 164 | 8 | 68 | 3 | 19 | 24 | .309 | .743 | 105 |
| 1950 | 26 | CIN | 134 | 538 | 76 | 165 | 25 | 111 | 3 | 33 | 28 | .307 | .863 | 132 |
| 1951 | 27 | CIN | 154 | 607 | 74 | 157 | 13 | 77 | 6 | 35 | 33 | .259 | .688 | 90 |
| 1952 | 28 | CIN | 135 | 497 | 62 | 159 | 16 | 86 | 3 | 47 | 28 | .320 | .892 | 155 |
| 1953 | 29 | CIN | 149 | 570 | 97 | 180 | 40 | 108 | 2 | 55 | 34 | .316 | .950 | 152 |
| 1954 | 30 | CIN | 149 | 573 | 104 | 187 | 49 | 141 | 0 | 78 | 35 | .326 | 1.049 | 178 |
| 1955 | 31 | CIN | 153 | 612 | 116 | 192 | 47 | 113 | 1 | 66 | 40 | .314 | .967 | 159 |
| 1956 | 32 | CIN | 138 | 517 | 91 | 156 | 35 | 102 | 1 | 49 | 31 | .302 | .898 | 146 |
| 1957 | 33 | CIN | 69 | 127 | 12 | 34 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .268 | .765 | 109 |
| 1958 | 34 | PIT | 100 | 301 | 29 | 88 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 26 | 16 | .292 | .750 | 105 |
| 1959 | 35 | CHA | 31 | 101 | 11 | 30 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 10 | .297 | .747 | 111 |
| 1959 | 35 | PIT | 60 | 122 | 11 | 32 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .262 | .701 | 92 |
| 1960 | 36 | CHA | 81 | 181 | 20 | 53 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 22 | 10 | .293 | .789 | 120 |
| 1961 | 37 | LAA | 107 | 263 | 32 | 64 | 15 | 39 | 0 | 24 | 23 | .243 | .764 | 108 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 1B | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1948 | 1B | 98 | 0 | 833 | 65 | 9 | 60 |
| 1949 | 1B | 134 | 0 | 1140 | 65 | 14 | 109 |
| 1950 | 1B | 131 | 0 | 1123 | 61 | 15 | 101 |
| 1951 | 1B | 154 | 0 | 1381 | 88 | 5 | 115 |
| 1952 | 1B | 133 | 0 | 1121 | 66 | 8 | 116 |
| 1953 | 1B | 147 | 0 | 1285 | 58 | 7 | 149 |
| 1954 | 1B | 149 | 149 | 1237 | 101 | 5 | 166 |
| 1955 | 1B | 153 | 153 | 1388 | 86 | 8 | 153 |
| 1956 | 1B | 131 | 130 | 1166 | 89 | 13 | 110 |
| 1957 | 1B | 23 | 19 | 161 | 15 | 2 | 11 |
| 1958 | 1B | 72 | 72 | 591 | 36 | 4 | 62 |
| 1959 | 1B | 49 | 49 | 371 | 22 | 0 | 27 |
| 1960 | 1B | 39 | 37 | 325 | 19 | 1 | 38 |
| 1961 | 1B | 66 | 59 | 520 | 28 | 6 | 51 |
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.
Ted Kluszewski won: TSN All-Star 1954 (ML), TSN All-Star 1955 (ML), TSN All-Star 1956 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (6 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1956, 1955, 1954, 1953, 1952, 1950.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 18 | 14 / 336 | 0 |
| 1952 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 18 | 16 / 336 | 0 |
| 1953 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 7 | 69 / 336 | 0 |
| 1954 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 2 | 217 / 336 | 7 |
| 1955 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 6 | 111 / 336 | 0 |
| 1956 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 15 | 18 / 336 | 0 |
Ted Kluszewski ranks on 3 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #84 | first basemen | 1954 | 178 OPS+ |
| #147 | first basemen | 1955 | 159 OPS+ |
| #158 | first basemen | 1952 | 155 OPS+ |
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.