1929PHILLIES
RIGHT FIELD
CHUCK KLEIN1929
Chuck Kleinright field · 1929 phillies
Ht 6'0"Wt 185Bats LThrows RBorn 1904 · Indianapolis, IN
The Hoosier Hammer found his voice in 1929, and Baker Bowl heard every swing. Chuck Klein hit .356 with forty-three home runs and one hundred forty-five ribbies—two hundred nineteen knocks, forty-five doubles, a .657 slug that announced a new right-field storm in Phillies flannel. Short porch or not, the average and the doubles were real. Breakout summer. Power with teeth.
HOOSIER HAMMER
Indianapolis thunder in Phillies flannel — the nickname stuck the summer the bombs started.
43 HOMERS
Forty-three long ones and one hundred forty-five ribbies — Baker Bowl ignition, average still honest.
BAKER BOWL
Short right porch helped the HR totals — it did not invent the .356 clip or forty-five doubles.
Major League Batting — Year vs Life
| G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 149 | 616 | 126 | 219 | 45 | 6 | 43 | 145 | 0.356 | 0.407 | 0.657 |
| Life | 1,753 | 6,486 | 1,168 | 2,076 | 398 | 74 | 300 | 1,201 | 0.320 | 0.379 | 0.543 |
SkillScore
146.911929 · PHI
ComponentsAVG 0.356OBP 0.407SLG 0.657
Chuck Klein, Philadelphia Phillies, 1937. Leslie Jones Collection / Boston Public Library (Digital Commonwealth). Copyright reserved — Owner risk GO 9/7.