Billy Beane vs. Bobby Klaus — Career Comparison

Billy Beane
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueLeft Fielder
Bobby Klaus
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueSecond Baseman

Looking at the career totals, Billy Beane and Bobby Klaus are closely matched on the surface stats. Bobby Klaus posted stronger numbers in OPS (.592 vs .542) and on-base percentage (.297 vs .246). Billy Beane had the advantage in batting average (.219 vs .208). By the career numbers, Bobby Klaus had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Billy Beane and Bobby Klaus

Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bobby Klaus
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
148
281.9
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
215
191.68
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
315
600
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
673
600
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
301
573.33
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
590
526
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Bobby Klaus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.558
0.558
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
125.71
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
109.66
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
93.33
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
78.45
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
26.67
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
22.29
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.57
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.71
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
5.35
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
32.38
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
31.2
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Bobby Klaus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
20.51
39.07
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54.45
48.54
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
89
169.52
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
174
155.13
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
77
146.67
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
198
176.52
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Bobby Klaus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.295
0.295
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.542
0.542
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.076
0.076
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.086
0.086
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Bobby Klaus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
30
57.14
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
57.95
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
55.24
Bobby Klaus
Career
Per 600 PA
29
25.85
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
106.67
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
78.45
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
18.77
35.74
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.66
49.62
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.89
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
11
20.95
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
65.97
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Klaus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
152.38
Bobby Klaus
Career
Per 600 PAverified
92
82.02
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
3.94
3.94
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.32
7.32
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.81
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.35
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.9
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.78
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.24
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.24
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.52
Bobby Klaus
Career
Per 600 PA
5
4.46
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.52
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
8.92
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
19.05
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
13.37
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Bobby Klaus
Career
Per 600 PA
33.33
33.33

Fielding Stats for Billy Beane and Bobby Klaus

Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bobby Klaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.6
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
1.35
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.99
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
0.98
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
1991
27
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4290
27
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
663.2
9
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1430
9
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
2.6
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
1.93
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
2.77
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bobby Klaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.13
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
2.66
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
767
4.83
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
2.64
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.7
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.49
99.49
Bobby Klaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.26
97.26
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.653
1.653
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.86
61.86
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.56
72.56
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bobby Klaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.48
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Klaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Klaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Klaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Klaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0