Johnny Kling

Johnny Kling

1900–1913 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'9", 160 lb · b. 1875 Kansas City, MO

Career 1,261 G · 1,154 H · 20 HR · 515 RBI · .272 AVG

Seasons leading his league

14

8 best in baseball 6 league only

38 Top-5 finishes

9 Title seasons

5 Categories led

1902 Best season

Spanning 1902–1912, peaking at 3 titles in 1902.

Led in Catcher Putouts for 6 straight seasons (1902–1907) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

293rd League titles 14
245th Best in baseball 8
643rd Top-5 finishes 38

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Catcher Putouts	6	1st	6 yrs (1902–1907)	1902 477 1903 565 1904 NL 499 1905 NL 538 1906 NL 520 1907 NL 499 1908 #3
Catcher Range Factor	2	1st	—	1908 6.37 1906 NL 6.73 1904 #3 1905 #3 1907 #2 1910 #3 1911 #3
Catcher Fielding Percentage	2	1st	2 yrs (1906–1907)	1906 .982 1907 .987 1902 #3 1908 #3
Catcher Double Plays	2	1st	—	1902 17 1912 20 1903 #2
Catcher Assists	2	1st	—	1902 160 1911 NL 140 1903 #2 1905 #3 1906 #3 1908 #2

Title Seasons

9 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1912	1	C DP 20
1911	1	C A 140
1908	1	C RF 6.37
1907	2	C PO 499 C FPCT .987
1906	3	C PO 520 C FPCT .982 C RF 6.73
1905	1	C PO 538
1904	1	C PO 499
1903	1	C PO 565
1902	3	C PO 477 C A 160 C DP 17

Batting

13 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1900	CHN	NL	15	51	8	15	3	1	0	7	2	3	0	.294	.321	.392	.713
1901	CHN	NL	74	256	26	70	6	3	0	21	9	18	8	.273	.301	.320	.621
1902	CHN	NL	115	436	50	126	19	3	0	59	29	26	25	.289	.333	.346	.680
1903	CHN	NL	132	491	67	146	29	13	3	68	22	38	23	.297	.330	.428	.758
1904	CHN	NL	123	452	41	110	18	0	2	46	16	26	7	.243	.271	.297	.567
1905	CHN	NL	111	380	26	83	8	6	1	52	28	23	13	.218	.272	.279	.551
1906	CHN	NL	107	343	45	107	15	8	2	46	23	30	14	.312	.357	.420	.777
1907	CHN	NL	104	334	44	95	15	8	1	43	27	16	9	.284	.342	.386	.728
1908	CHN	NL	126	424	51	117	23	5	4	59	21	33	16	.276	.315	.382	.697
1910	CHN	NL	91	297	31	80	17	2	2	32	37	27	3	.269	.354	.360	.715
1911	BSN +1	NL	102	321	40	68	11	3	3	29	38	43	1	.212	.295	.293	.588
1912	BSN	NL	81	252	26	80	10	3	2	30	15	30	3	.318	.356	.405	.761
1913	CIN	NL	80	209	20	57	7	6	0	23	14	14	2	.273	.318	.364	.682
Career	—	—	1,261	4,246	475	1,154	181	61	20	515	281	327	124	.272	.319	.357	.676

Fielding

5 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1900	CHN	NL	C	15	—	119.0	49	15	7	2	71	.901	4.27
1901	CHN	NL	C	69	—	557.0	319	75	20	7	414	.952	5.71
			1B	1	—	6.0	6	0	1	0	7	.857	6.00
			OF	1	—	12.0	3	0	0	0	3	1.000	3.00
1902	CHN	NL	C	113	—	1005.0	477	160	17	17	654	.974	5.64
			SS	1	—	7.0	1	2	2	1	5	.600	3.00
1903	CHN	NL	C	132	—	1134.0	565	189	24	13	778	.969	5.71
1904	CHN	NL	C	104	103	907.0	499	135	17	6	651	.974	6.10
			OF	10	9	57.0	10	0	1	0	11	.909	1.00
			1B	6	5	45.0	51	0	2	2	53	.962	8.50
1905	CHN	NL	C	106	106	948.0	538	136	24	12	698	.966	6.36
			OF	4	3	20.0	4	0	0	0	4	1.000	1.00
			1B	1	1	7.0	7	1	0	0	8	1.000	8.00
1906	CHN	NL	C	96	95	844.0	520	126	12	7	658	.982	6.73
			OF	3	2	5.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	0.33
1907	CHN	NL	C	98	98	861.0	499	109	8	11	616	.987	6.20
			1B	2	1	9.0	10	2	0	1	12	1.000	6.00
1908	CHN	NL	C	117	114	1027.0	596	149	16	11	761	.979	6.37
			OF	6	5	48.0	6	4	1	1	11	.909	1.67
			1B	2	1	9.0	5	0	0	0	5	1.000	2.50
1910	CHN	NL	C	86	84	754.0	407	118	11	10	536	.980	6.11
1911	BSN	NL	C	96	—	—	424	140	26	8	590	.956	5.88
			3B	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1912	BSN	NL	C	74	—	—	322	108	19	20	449	.958	5.81
1913	CIN	NL	C	63	—	—	259	94	9	3	362	.975	5.60
Career	—	—	C	1,169	600	8156.0	5,474	1,554	210	127	7,238	.971	6.01
	—	—	OF	24	19	142.0	23	5	2	1	30	.933	1.17
	—	—	1B	12	8	76.0	79	3	3	3	85	.965	6.83
	—	—	3B	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
	—	—	SS	1	—	7.0	1	2	2	1	5	.600	3.00