:Tom Klawitter

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Tom Klawitter

|position=Pitcher / Coach

|image=1985 BRF Minnesota Twins - Tom Klawitter (cropped).jpg

|caption=Klawitter with the Minnesota Twins {{circa}} 1985

|team=Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks

|bats=Right

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1958|6|24}}

|birth_place=La Crosse, Wisconsin

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 14

|debutyear=1985

|debutteam=Minnesota Twins

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 21

|finalyear=1985

|finalteam=Minnesota Twins

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–0

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=6.75

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=5

|teams=

• Minnesota Twins ({{mlby|1985}})

}}

Thomas Carl Klawitter (born June 24, 1958) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played part of {{mlby|1985}} in Major League Baseball for the Minnesota Twins. He appeared in seven games, including two starts, without a decision.

Klawitter was a physical education teacher at Parker High School in Janesville, Wisconsin for 29 years, until his retirement in June 2015.{{cite web|author=Jon Masson |url=http://host.madison.com/sports/high-school/basketball/girls/prep-girls-basketball-jennah-hartwig-to-replace-tom-klawitter-as/article_72a62437-6709-5a42-914c-64fe99d2a17a.html |title=Prep girls basketball: Jennah Hartwig to replace Tom Klawitter as Janesville Parker's coach |publisher=Host.madison.com |date=July 12, 2015 |accessdate=2016-01-31}} He has also been a coach or assistant coach at the high school level. He was the head varsity girls' basketball coach at Parker for 26 seasons, guiding his teams to 16 conference titles, 12 state appearances, and 3 state championships. He was the AP state coach of the year for the 1992–93 season.{{cite web|author=Eric Schmoldt |url=http://www.gazettextra.com/20150928/klawitter_joins_uw_whitewater_baseball_staff#commentscontainer |title=Klawitter joins UW-Whitewater baseball staff |publisher=GazetteXtra |date=January 31, 2016 |accessdate=2016-01-31}} Klawitter ranked fifth in number of wins for Wisconsin high school girls' basketball coaches (as of the 2014–15 season), with a 564–128 record.{{cite web |url=http://www.wisbca.org/page/show/495284-girls-coaching-records |publisher=Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association |title=WBCA, Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association |date=2016 |accessdate=2016-01-31}}

Klawitter served as an assistant coach with the UW–Whitewater baseball team. He had previously been an assistant with both Janesville Parkers and Janesville Craigs high school baseball teams.

Klawitter was inducted into the Wisconsin State League (also known as the Wisconsin State Baseball League), in 2007.{{cite web |url=http://www.wisconsinstateleague.com/hall-of-fame/ |title=Hall of Fame |publisher=Wisconsin State League |date=2016 |accessdate=2016-01-31}}