Red Kleinow

{{Short description|American baseball player (1877–1929)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Red Kleinow

|position=Catcher

|image=Red Kleinow.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1877|7|20}}

|birth_place=Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US

|death_date={{death date and age|1929|10|9|1877|7|20}}

|death_place=New York City, US

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= May 3

|debutyear= 1904

|debutteam= New York Highlanders

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 6

|finalyear=1911

|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.213

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=3

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=135

|teams=

• New York Highlanders (1904–1910)
• Boston Red Sox (1910–1911)
• Philadelphia Phillies (1911)

}}

John Peter Kleinow (July 20, 1877 – October 9, 1929) was a reserve catcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1904 through 1911 for the New York Highlanders (1904–10), Boston Red Sox (1910–11) and Philadelphia Phillies (1911). Listed at {{height|ft=5|in=10}}, 165 lb., Kleinow batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

In an eight-season career, Kleinow was a .213 hitter (354-for-1665) with three home runs and 135 RBI in 584 games, including 146 runs, 45 doubles, 20 triples and 42 stolen bases.

Kleinow died in New York City at age 52.