Al Kaline Career Stats & Summary

  • May 7, 2025

Al Kaline made their MLB debut in 1953 and appeared in 2,834 games over 22 seasons. They posted a batting average of 0.297, OPS of 0.856, hit 399 HRs, and recorded 92.5 WAR. They rank 60th all-time in HRs and 28th in WAR.

📊 Career Summary

Al Kaline made their MLB debut in 1953 and played in 2,834 games over 22 seasons.
Below are key cumulative stats along with their respective all-time MLB ranks.

G2,834 (MLB Rank: 19)
AB10,116 (MLB Rank: 28)
H3,007 (MLB Rank: 32)
BA0.297 (MLB Rank: 1,558)
2B498 (MLB Rank: 67)
3B75 (MLB Rank: 328)
HR399 (MLB Rank: 60)
RBI1582 (MLB Rank: 44)
R1622 (MLB Rank: 43)
BB1277 (MLB Rank: 51)
OBP0.376 (MLB Rank: 1,326)
SLG0.480 (MLB Rank: 972)
OPS0.856 (MLB Rank: 867)
SB137 (MLB Rank: 634)
SO1,020 (MLB Rank: 375)
GIDP271 (MLB Rank: 25)
CS65 (MLB Rank: 377)
Rbat+139 (MLB Rank: 905)
WAR92.5 (MLB Rank: 28)
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Al Kaline Year-by-Year Stat Trends

This chart visualizes Al Kaline's seasonal trends in HR, H, and BA.

Parsing Data

Data Source: Baseball Reference

Image Source: Wikipedia

📊 Last Season Summary (1974)

In 1974, Al Kaline played in 147 games and posted the following stats:

G147
AB558
H146
BA0.262
2B28
3B2
HR13
RBI64
R71
BB65
OBP0.337
SLG0.389
OPS0.726
SB2
SO75
GIDP12
CS2
Rbat+106
WAR0.9

📈 Peak Seasons

Here are Al Kaline's best seasons by category:

  • Most HR in a season: 1962, 29 HR
  • Most H in a season: 1955, 200 H
  • Most RBI in a season: 1956, 128 RBI
  • Most SB in a season: 1960, 19 SB
  • Best BA in a season: 1955, 0.340 BA
  • Best OBP in a season: 1955, 0.421 OBP
  • Best SLG in a season: 1962, 0.593 SLG
  • Best OPS in a season: 1962, 0.969 OPS
  • Best WAR in a season: 1961, 8.4 WAR

🎯 Postseason Stats

Al Kaline appeared in 12 postseason games. In those games, they recorded a batting average of 0.333, OBP of 0.373, SLG of 0.562, and OPS of 0.935. They also tallied 3 HR, 16 H, 9 RBI, and 0 SB.

Al Kaline Career Stat Summary

seasonHHRRBIBAROPSWAROBPSLGPABBSO2B3BTBrOBARbat+OPS+GGIDPHBPIBBSBCSSFSHAB
1953
7
1
2
0.25
9
0.657
-0.3
0.3
0.357
30
1
5
0
0
10
0.349
90
78
30
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
28
1954
139
4
43
0.276
43
0.652
1.2
0.305
0.347
535
22
45
18
3
175
0.31
72
80
138
21
0
2
9
5
2
7
504
1955
200
27
102
0.34
121
0.967
8.2
0.421
0.546
681
82
57
24
8
321
0.449
170
162
152
13
5
12
6
8
6
0
588
1956
194
27
128
0.314
96
0.913
6.5
0.383
0.53
693
70
55
32
10
327
0.428
144
139
153
10
1
4
7
1
4
1
617
1957
170
23
90
0.295
83
0.821
5.5
0.343
0.478
636
43
38
29
4
276
0.382
127
120
149
10
3
7
11
9
7
6
577
1958
170
16
85
0.313
84
0.864
6.5
0.374
0.49
607
54
47
34
7
266
0.393
131
130
146
18
2
6
7
4
5
3
543
1959
167
27
94
0.327
85
0.94
5.9
0.41
0.53
595
72
42
19
2
271
0.422
151
151
136
11
4
12
10
4
6
2
511
1960
153
15
68
0.278
77
0.781
2.5
0.354
0.426
629
65
47
29
4
235
0.373
112
107
147
18
3
3
19
4
5
5
551
1961
190
19
82
0.324
116
0.909
8.4
0.393
0.515
665
66
42
41
7
302
0.433
152
139
153
16
4
2
14
1
5
4
586
1962
121
29
94
0.304
78
0.969
4.4
0.376
0.593
452
47
39
16
6
236
0.432
157
152
100
17
1
3
4
0
4
2
398
1963
172
27
101
0.312
89
0.889
5.4
0.375
0.514
616
54
48
24
3
283
0.406
155
144
145
12
4
12
6
4
4
3
551
1964
154
17
68
0.293
77
0.851
5.6
0.383
0.469
608
75
51
31
5
246
0.383
136
134
146
12
3
6
4
1
3
2
525
1965
112
18
72
0.281
72
0.859
2.8
0.388
0.471
474
72
49
18
2
188
0.392
145
143
125
9
0
11
6
0
3
0
399
1966
138
29
88
0.288
85
0.927
5.6
0.392
0.534
572
81
66
29
1
256
0.416
168
161
142
7
5
7
5
5
6
1
479
1967
141
25
78
0.308
94
0.952
7.5
0.411
0.541
550
83
47
28
2
248
0.436
183
176
131
16
1
10
8
2
6
2
458
1968
94
10
52
0.287
49
0.82
3.3
0.392
0.428
389
55
39
14
1
140
0.383
152
146
102
4
3
7
6
4
3
1
327
1969
124
21
69
0.272
74
0.793
3.1
0.346
0.447
518
54
61
17
0
204
0.376
123
116
131
11
1
4
1
2
7
0
456
1970
130
16
71
0.278
64
0.826
3.2
0.377
0.45
555
77
49
24
4
210
0.384
132
127
131
20
1
5
2
2
7
3
467
1971
119
15
54
0.294
69
0.878
3.2
0.416
0.462
501
82
57
19
2
187
0.407
153
144
133
12
7
9
4
6
6
1
405
1972
87
10
32
0.313
46
0.849
2.6
0.374
0.475
314
28
33
11
2
132
0.396
155
149
106
11
2
5
1
0
5
1
278