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| Name | Team | Age |
| John Kling | Retired (1962, Age 34) | Died (2007, Age 79) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 1, Pick 7 (1951) |
SP | R/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Mike Piazza League | 0 | 4 years (48 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor Value
|
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 2/25/1928 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Energy | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Batting | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Type
|
Chances
|
Endurance | Velocity | Control | Total |
| 1951 | Minors | 68.00 | 0 / 5 | 6 / 36 | 1 / 27 | 7 / 68 |
| 1952 | Minors | 29.00 | 0 / 2 | 4 / 17 | 0 / 10 | 4 / 29 |
| 1953 | Minors | 16.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 13 | 1 / 16 |
| 1953 | Majors | 10.36 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 5 | 1 / 5 | 2 / 10 |
| 1954 | Minors | 23.00 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 11 | 1 / 9 | 2 / 23 |
| 1955 | Minors | 18.00 | 0 / 0 | 2 / 9 | 1 / 9 | 3 / 18 |
| 1955 | Majors | 4.70 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 |
| 1956 | Minors | 22.00 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 10 | 1 / 11 | 2 / 22 |
| 1956 | Majors | 3.70 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 |
| 1957 | Minors | 26.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 13 | 0 / 13 | 0 / 26 |
| 1958 | Majors | 45.00 | 0 / 6 | 1 / 15 | 0 / 24 | 1 / 45 |
| 1959 | Majors | 43.16 | 0 / 5 | 1 / 12 | 0 / 26 | 1 / 43 |
| 1960 | Majors | 44.28 | 0 / 10 | 1 / 14 | 0 / 20 | 1 / 44 |
| 1961 | Minors | 5.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 5 |
| 1961 | Majors | 25.80 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 16 | 0 / 9 | 0 / 25 |
| 1962 | Minors | 4.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 |
| 1962 | Majors | 4.11 | -1 / 0 | -1 / 3 | -4 / 1 | -6 / 4 |
| Total | -1 / 32 | 17 / 171 | 2 / 186 | 18 / 389 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1962-11-01 | John Kling has retired from the Seattle Mariners |
| 1962-09-26 | The Seattle Mariners have designated John Kling for assignment. |
| 1962-09-07 | The Seattle Mariners have promoted John Kling to the major league team. |
| 1962-09-07 | The Seattle Mariners have acquired John Kling from the waiver wire. |
| 1962-08-03 | The Detroit Arachnids have waived John Kling. |
| 1962-04-08 | The Detroit Arachnids have promoted Shovel Alvarado to the major league team. The Detroit Arachnids have designated John Kling for assignment. |
| 1961-07-30 | The Detroit Arachnids have promoted John Kling to the major league team. |
| 1961-06-03 | The Detroit Arachnids have promoted Mike Larkin to the major league team. The Detroit Arachnids have designated John Kling for assignment. |
| 1959-08-03 | John Kling of the Detroit Arachnids is injured and is expected to be out 4 days. |
| 1958-03-25 | The Detroit Arachnids have promoted Cliff Johnson to the major league team. The Detroit Arachnids have promoted John Busby to the major league team. The Detroit Arachnids have promoted John Kling to the major league team. |
| 1956-06-18 | The Detroit Arachnids have sent John Kling to the minors. |
| 1956-05-27 | The Detroit Arachnids have promoted John Kling to the major league team. |
| 1955-08-03 | The Detroit Arachnids have sent John Kling to the minors. |
| 1955-07-27 | The Detroit Arachnids have promoted John Kling to the major league team. |
| 1955-05-27 | The Detroit Arachnids have sent John Kling to the minors. |
| 1955-05-12 | The Detroit Arachnids have promoted John Kling to the major league team. |
| 1953-06-10 | The Detroit Daredevils have sent John Kling to the minors. |
| 1953-04-29 | The Detroit Daredevils have promoted John Kling to the major league team. |