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Rickey Henderson League
8-19-2072
Tommy Kline First Base
Retired (1998, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .254 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .682 Status Deceased (2024) Option Years 0  
H 1011 Age at Death 61 Date of Birth 10-06-1963
HR 73 Drafted Round 3, Pick 41
(1981)		 Majors Svc Time 12 years
(113 games)
RBI 424
SB 143
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A  WS Rings 1
1B A+ (100%) LF --- Arm C+ WS Appearances 1
2B F  (0.7%) CF F  (3.9%)   Health D- LCS Appearances 6
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1981 Minors 18 61.00 9 / 9 11 / 12 9 / 9 7 / 7 5 / 7 10 / 10 7 / 7 58 / 61
1982 Minors 19 53.00 4 / 7 3 / 4 8 / 8 8 / 8 1 / 9 8 / 8 9 / 9 41 / 53
1983 Minors 20 27.00 5 / 5 3 / 3 6 / 6 2 / 2 1 / 1 4 / 4 6 / 6 27 / 27
1984 Minors 21 27.00 4 / 5 2 / 3 4 / 4 4 / 5 1 / 4 2 / 3 2 / 3 19 / 27
1985 Minors 22 25.00 1 / 3 1 / 3 6 / 7 2 / 3 0 / 2 5 / 5 2 / 2 17 / 25
1986 Minors 23 19.00 3 / 5 3 / 4 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 2 3 / 5 2 / 2 13 / 19
1986 Majors 23 44.97 111 89 0 4 / 4 8 / 9 7 / 10 5 / 6 1 / 6 2 / 3 6 / 6 33 / 44
1987 Majors 24 51.03 132 94 30 4 / 8 4 / 7 4 / 7 2 / 3 4 / 14 3 / 5 5 / 7 26 / 51
1988 Majors 25 61.40 162 118 0 2 / 7 3 / 9 7 / 9 5 / 9 0 / 4 3 / 9 8 / 14 28 / 61
1989 Majors 26 57.03 162 120 0 1 / 6 3 / 9 5 / 8 4 / 10 1 / 9 5 / 6 1 / 9 20 / 57
1990 Majors 27 50.09 137 99 25 2 / 3 2 / 3 1 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 8 3 / 9 8 / 50
1991 Majors 28 33.81 135 45 27 0 / 5 2 / 5 0 / 5 1 / 5 2 / 5 0 / 4 1 / 4 6 / 33
1992 Majors 29 40.15 123 73 39 0 / 6 0 / 6 1 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 6 1 / 40
1993 Majors 30 47.63 162 76 0 1 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 9 1 / 6 1 / 11 1 / 4 4 / 47
1994 Majors 31 57.45 162 103 0 0 / 7 0 / 12 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 7 1 / 8 1 / 57
1995 Majors 32 56.44 148 105 14 0 / 8 0 / 8 1 / 9 1 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 6 2 / 56
1996 Majors 33 46.03 162 72 0 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 2 / 9 0 / 3 0 / 10 0 / 15 2 / 46
1997 Majors 34 41.49 162 58 0 -3 / 5 -6 / 7 -1 / 6 -6 / 3 -9 / 8 -3 / 8 -2 / 4 -30 / 41
1998 Majors 35 20.13 162 12 0 -4 / 4 -7 / 2 -6 / 1 -6 / 3 -4 / 1 -2 / 3 -2 / 6 -31 / 20
Total 1920 1064 135 33 / 107 32 / 113 53 / 123 31 / 117 5 / 110 41 / 118 50 / 127 245 / 815
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1998-11-01Tommy Kline has retired from the Chicago Black Sox
1995-08-14Tommy Kline of the Chicago Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1992-06-01Tommy Kline of the Chicago Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 45 days.
1991-09-22Tommy Kline of the Chicago Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1991-04-19Tommy Kline of the Chicago Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1990-06-11Tommy Kline of the Chicago Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1987-04-13Tommy Kline of the Chicago Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
1986-05-29A trade has been completed between the Chicago Black Sox and the Detroit Weretigers. The Detroit Weretigers receive Joe Smith, Chris Cringle, Jerry Peterson from the Chicago Black Sox in exchange for Tommy Kline, Draft Pick 1992 Round 1 DET (Harry Alcala), Draft Pick 1991 Round 1 DET (Rusty Davis).
1986-04-05The Detroit Weretigers have acquired Tommy Kline from the waiver wire.
1986-04-01The Kansas City Knights have waived Tommy Kline.