Billy Klaus

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William Joseph Klaus (December 9, 1928 – December 3, 2006) was an American professional baseball shortstop and third baseman, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Boston / Milwaukee Braves (1952–1953), Boston Red Sox (1955–1958), Baltimore Orioles (1959–1960), Washington Senators (1961), and Philadelphia Phillies (1962–1963). He played the end of the 1963 season playing for the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Klaus batted left-handed and threw right-handed, and was listed as 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and 160 pounds (73 kg), during his playing days. Born in Spring Grove, Illinois, Klaus attended Grant Community High School in Fox Lake, Illinois. One of four children, his family lived on a dairy farm and at one point he had to leave high school in order to help on the farm while his father was ill. Klaus was the older brother of MLB infielder Bobby Klaus, who played for the Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets in 1964–1965. After nine games played and seven at bats without a hit during brief trials for the 1952–53 Braves, Klaus was included in one of the most important trades of the early 1950s, when Milwaukee sent him to the New York Giants on

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