Born:(1904-10-07)October 7, 1904 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Died: March 28, 1958(1958-03-28) (aged 53) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 30, 1928, for the Philadelphia Phillies
Last MLB appearance
June 1, 1944, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
Batting average
.320
Hits
2,076
Home runs
300
Runs batted in
1,201
Teams
Philadelphia Phillies (1928–1933)
Chicago Cubs (1934–1936)
Philadelphia Phillies (1936–1939)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1939)
Philadelphia Phillies (1940–1944)
Career highlights and awards
2× All-Star (1933, 1934)
NL MVP (1932)
Triple Crown (1933)
NL batting champion (1933)
4× NL home run leader (1929, 1931–1933)
2× NL RBI leader (1931, 1933)
NL stolen base leader (1932)
Hit 4 home runs in one game on July 10, 1936
Philadelphia Phillies jersey retired
Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Fame
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
1980
Vote
Veterans Committee
Charles Herbert Klein (October 7, 1904 – March 28, 1958), nicknamed "the Hoosier Hammer" because of his Indiana roots, was an American professional baseball outfielder. Klein played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (1928–1933, 1936–1939, 1940–1944), Chicago Cubs (1934–1936), and Pittsburgh Pirates (1939).
Klein led the National League (NL) in home runs four times, and won the NL Most Valuable Player Award in 1932.[1][2] In 1933 he became one of six (at the time) NL players to win a batting Triple Crown. In 1930 he set the NL record for extra-base hits with 107. On July 10, 1936, he hit four home runs in a game, becoming the fourth player to do so.[3] He was the first player to be selected to the All-Star Game as a member of two different teams (Phillies and Cubs). Klein was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980.[4]
^"Chuck Klein Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
^Chuck Klein at the SABR Baseball Biography Project , by James Lincoln Ray, Retrieved August 30, 2019.
^"Chuck Klein 4-home run game at retrosheet.org". retrosheet.org. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
^"Making Hall Harder for Snider, it Still Looks Easy for Kaline". Lawrence Journal-World. August 3, 1980. p. 9. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
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