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Dick Kokos
Richard Jerome Kokos
born Richard Jerome Kokoszka

Bats Left, Throws Left
Weight 170 lb.

Debut July 8, 1948
Final Game May 10, 1954
Born February 28, 1928 in Chicago, IL
Died April 9, 1986 in Chicago, IL

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 20 SLB AL  71  258   40   77  15  3   4   40   4  3  28  32  .298  .374  .426  111  110   2           3   1
 1949 21 SLB AL 143  501   80  131  28  1  23   77   3  5  66  91  .261  .351  .459  110  230   2           3   4
 1950 22 SLB AL 143  490   77  128  27  5  18   67   8  8  88  73  .261  .375  .447  106  219   3           1  10
 1953 25 SLB AL 107  299   41   72  12  0  13   38   0  5  56  53  .241  .361  .411  106  123   2           0   4
 1954 26 BAL AL  11   10    1    2   0  0   1    1   0  0   4   3  .200  .429  .500  163    5   0   0       0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      475 1558  239  410  82  9  59  223  15 21 242 252  .263  .365  .441  108  687   9   0   0   7  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        531   82  140  28  3  20   76   5  7  83  86  .263  .365  .441  108  234   3   0   0   2   7
 Career High    143  501   80  131  28  5  23   77   8  8  88  91  .298  .375  .459  111  230   3   0   0   3  10
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 20 SLB AL  291  187   40   5.7   107| .298  .275| .374  .361| .426  .398| .800  .759| 111  .596   4.0   0.4  57%
 1949 21 SLB AL  572  381   78   5.4   110| .261  .276| .351  .368| .459  .400| .810  .768| 110  .579   5.1   0.5  37%
 1950 22 SLB AL  582  383   80   5.5   117| .261  .283| .375  .371| .447  .424| .822  .796| 106  .550   5.2   0.5  50%
 1953 25 SLB AL  357  238   43   4.8   104| .241  .272| .361  .348| .411  .400| .772  .749| 106  .538   3.8   0.4   0%
 1954 26 BAL AL   14    9    2   6.0    93| .200  .257| .429  .331| .500  .376| .929  .707| 163  .649   1.1   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1816 1198  243   5.4   110| .263  .277| .365  .364| .441  .407| .806  .771| 108  .565  19.2   1.9  41%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1948 20 SLB AL OF 71 126 8 5 2 .964 .975 1.89 2.36 0 0 71 1949 21 SLB AL OF 138 290 16 6 5 .981 .980 2.22 2.27 0 0 138 1950 22 SLB AL OF 127 342 8 11 2 .970 .979 2.76 2.34 81 0 50 1953 25 SLB AL OF 83 152 5 6 1 .963 .981 1.89 2.18 61 0 22 1954 26 BAL AL OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.20 1 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1948 20 SLB AL OF 71 126 8 5 2 .964 .975 1.89 2.36 0 0 71 1949 21 SLB AL OF 138 290 16 6 5 .981 .980 2.22 2.27 0 0 138 1950 22 SLB AL OF 127 342 8 11 2 .970 .979 2.76 2.34 81 0 50 1953 25 SLB AL OF 83 152 5 6 1 .963 .981 1.89 2.18 61 0 22 1954 26 BAL AL OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.20 1 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 420 913 37 28 10 .971 .979 2.26 2.29 143 0 281 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 420 913 37 28 10 .971 .979 2.26 2.29
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Doubles
1949 AL-28-7

Home Runs
1949 AL-23-7

Strikeouts
1949 AL-91-1
1950 AL-73-8

Stolen Bases
1950 AL-8-6

Extra-Base Hits
1949 AL-52-4

Caught Stealing
1950 AL-8-2

Power/Speed Number
1950 AL-11.1-2

At Bats per Home Run
1949 AL-21.8-6

Youngest Player
1948 AL-20-4
1949 AL-21-8

     

Gray Ink: Batting - 8 (1483) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.0 (1182) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1945 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

November 20, 1947: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Joe Frazier, Bryan Stephens, and $25,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Bob Muncrief and Wally Judnich.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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