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Stanley Peter Klores (May 3, 1916 – December 3, 1944) was an American baseball player and college coach. An alumnus of Northwestern University who played for several minor league teams during his education, he coached the school's baseball team in the early 1940s. After his second season, he enlisted in the Navy to serve in World War II, in which he was killed.

University and baseball career
A native of West Allis, Wisconsin, Klores graduated from West Allis High School, where he played basketball. He entered Northwestern University in 1934 as a liberal arts major; as a freshman, he played football and baseball. In January 1935, Klores signed a contract to play with the Chicago Cubs, but his professional career never arose. He instead played for various minor league teams over the next three years, including the Peoria Tractors, Asheville Tourists, Portsmouth Cubs, Huntington Red Birds, Martinsville Manufacturers, Montgomery Bombers, and Bloomington Bloomers. In the off-season, Klores returned to Northwestern to study.

Coaching career
Between 1937 and 1940, while still studying at Northwestern, Klores served as the university's assistant baseball coach under Burt Ingwersen. In the spring of 1940, Ingwersen resigned to coach the football team, allowing Klores, a senior at the time, to rise to the position of head baseball coach. This made him the youngest team coach in the Big Ten Conference and the only major university coach to be an undergraduate.

The Northwestern team began their season with 36 players in March 1940.