Billy Klaus
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William Joseph Klaus (December 9, 1928 - December 3, 2006) was an American baseball shortstop and third baseman who played in Major League Baseball with the Boston/Milwaukee Braves (1952-1953), Boston Red Sox (1955-1958), Baltimore Orioles (1959-1960), Washington Senators (1961), and Philadelphia Phillies (1962-1963). In his 1955 rookie season with the Red Sox he posted a career-high .283 batting average with seven home runs and 60 runs batted in, finishing second in American League Rookie of the Year voting. On February 2, 1956, he was awarded the first annual Harry Agganis Memorial Award by the Boston baseball writers as the Red Sox Rookie of the Year.
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