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Andy Kosco
Andrew John Kosco

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 207 lb.

Debut August 13, 1965
  vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game July 30, 1974
Born October 5, 1941 in Youngstown, OH

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1965 23 MIN AL  23   55    3   13   4  0   1    6   0  0   1  15  .236  .241  .364   66   20   0   2   0   0   0
 1966 24 MIN AL  57  158   11   35   5  0   2   13   0  1   7  31  .222  .251  .291   52   46   3   2   1   0   4
 1967 25 MIN AL   9   28    4    4   1  0   0    4   0  0   2   4  .143  .200  .179    9    5   0   0   0   0   1
 1968 26 NYY AL 131  466   47  112  19  1  15   59   2  2  16  71  .240  .268  .382   99  178   3   4   2   3  11
 1969 27 LAD NL 120  424   51  105  13  2  19   74   0  1  21  66  .248  .282  .422  102  179   3   4   2   1  15
 1970 28 LAD NL  74  224   21   51  12  0   8   27   1  1   1  40  .228  .230  .388   67   87   2   1   0   0   7
 1971 29 MIL AL  98  264   27   60   6  2  10   39   1  3  24  57  .227  .291  .379   91  100   1   1   5   0   6
 1972 30 TOT AL  66  189   20   44   6  3   9   19   1  0   7  32  .233  .265  .439  110   83   1   2   1   2   9
         CAL AL  49  142   15   34   4  2   6   13   1  0   5  23  .239  .267  .423  109   60   1   2   1   1   5
         BOS AL  17   47    5   10   2  1   3    6   0  0   2   9  .213  .260  .489  115   23   0   0   0   1   4
 1973 31 CIN NL  47  118   17   33   7  0   9   21   0  0  13  26  .280  .346  .568  155   67   2   2   6   0   4
 1974 32 CIN NL  33   37    3    7   2  0   0    5   0  0   7   8  .189  .311  .243   58    9   0   1   1   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     658 1963  204  464  75  8  73  267   5  8  99 350  .236  .273  .394   92  774  15  19  18   6  58
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        483   50  114  18  2  18   66   1  2  24  86  .236  .273  .394   92  191   4   5   4   1  14
 Career High    131  466   51  112  19  3  19   74   2  3  24  71  .248  .291  .422  102  179   3   4   6   3  15
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1965 23 MIN AL   58   44    5   3.1    96| .236  .256| .241  .327| .364  .393| .605  .720|  66  .377  -2.4  -0.3   0%
 1966 24 MIN AL  170  133   11   2.2    95| .222  .256| .251  .324| .291  .394| .542  .718|  52  .264 -10.4  -1.1   0%
 1967 25 MIN AL   30   25    1   1.1    91| .143  .252| .200  .322| .179  .377| .379  .699|   9  .093  -3.3  -0.4   0%
 1968 26 NYY AL  492  374   45   3.2    77| .240  .234| .268  .302| .382  .346| .650  .648|  99  .462  -2.6  -0.3  50%
 1969 27 LAD NL  453  342   46   3.6    89| .248  .251| .282  .320| .422  .372| .704  .692| 102  .433  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1970 28 LAD NL  228  184   17   2.5    99| .228  .261| .230  .333| .388  .399| .618  .732|  67  .240 -11.6  -1.1  50%
 1971 29 MIL AL  290  215   28   3.5    91| .227  .253| .291  .324| .379  .375| .670  .699|  91  .437  -4.5  -0.5  25%
 1972 30 TOT AL  201  157   19   3.2    81| .233  .243| .265  .311| .439  .351| .704  .662| 110  .450   0.8   0.0 100%
         CAL AL  151  116   15   3.5    78| .239  .240| .267  .307| .423  .346| .690  .653| 109  .481   0.4   0.0 100%
         BOS AL   50   41    4   2.6    88| .213  .253| .260  .323| .489  .365| .749  .688| 115  .355   0.4   0.0   0%
 1973 31 CIN NL  135   93   22   6.4    92| .280  .257| .346  .325| .568  .382| .914  .706| 155  .675   8.5   0.9   0%
 1974 32 CIN NL   45   32    3   2.5    94| .189  .261| .311  .333| .243  .378| .554  .711|  58  .278  -1.7  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     2102 1599  197   3.3    88| .236  .249| .273  .318| .394  .370| .667  .689|  92  .418 -28.5  -3.1  38%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1965 23 MIN AL RF 14 17 3 0 1 1.000 .980 1.43 1.57 1.94 1.85 11 93.0 1B 2 18 0 0 0 1.000 .989 9.00 7.90 10.80 9.54 2 15.0 1966 24 MIN AL OF 40 70 2 1 0 .986 .982 1.80 1.82 2.11 2.10 35 307.0 LF 31 55 2 1 0 .983 .979 1.84 1.45 2.28 1.83 24 225.0 CF 7 14 0 0 0 1.000 .986 2.00 2.09 2.47 2.52 7 51.0 1B 5 29 0 1 3 .967 .990 5.80 8.18 7.98 9.58 4 32.7 RF 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 1.68 0.87 1.95 4 31.0 1967 25 MIN AL RF 7 11 0 1 0 .917 .982 1.57 1.56 1.74 1.82 6 57.0 1968 26 NYY AL RF 96 179 10 7 1 .964 .977 1.97 1.57 2.11 1.88 93 806.3 OF 95 160 9 7 0 .960 .981 1.78 1.80 1.87 2.08 94 815.3 1B 28 243 15 2 18 .992 .989 9.21 8.32 10.13 9.59 22 229.3 LF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.40 2.00 1.90 1 9.0 1969 27 LAD NL OF 109 153 6 3 2 .981 .973 1.46 1.75 1.65 2.02 103 868.3 RF 74 96 4 1 1 .990 .975 1.35 1.59 1.59 1.87 67 566.0 LF 40 56 2 2 1 .967 .962 1.45 1.28 1.73 1.65 36 302.3 1B 3 8 0 0 1 1.000 .988 2.67 8.83 9.00 9.79 0 8.0 1970 28 LAD NL OF 58 101 2 2 0 .981 .976 1.78 1.78 2.09 2.07 53 443.7 RF 55 95 2 2 0 .980 .976 1.76 1.68 2.07 2.00 51 421.3 LF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.38 2.02 1.74 2 22.3 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.40 1971 29 MIL AL OF 45 81 2 1 1 .988 .982 1.84 1.96 2.38 2.24 34 314.0 1B 29 175 11 1 22 .995 .992 6.41 8.10 9.62 9.59 20 174.0 LF 26 51 1 1 0 .981 .981 2.00 1.60 2.50 1.93 20 187.0 RF 20 36 1 0 1 1.000 .979 1.85 1.70 2.62 2.05 14 127.0 3B 12 8 12 1 0 .952 .957 1.67 2.74 2.37 3.04 11 76.0 1972 30 TOT AL OF 48 81 3 1 0 .988 .984 1.75 1.91 1.97 2.22 45 383.7 TOT AL LF 35 56 3 1 0 .983 .980 1.69 1.53 1.88 1.89 33 281.7 TOT AL RF 14 23 0 0 0 1.000 .983 1.64 1.76 2.03 2.12 12 102.0 CAL AL OF 36 62 2 1 0 .985 .983 1.78 1.91 2.04 2.22 34 283.0 LF 24 39 2 1 0 .976 .981 1.71 1.53 1.95 1.89 23 189.0 RF 13 21 0 0 0 1.000 .981 1.62 1.76 2.01 2.12 11 94.0 BOS AL OF 12 19 1 0 0 1.000 .985 1.67 1.91 1.79 2.22 11 100.7 LF 11 17 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.64 1.53 1.75 1.89 10 92.7 RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.80 2.25 2.14 1 8.0 1973 31 CIN NL OF 36 50 1 0 0 1.000 .977 1.42 1.96 1.77 2.23 31 258.7 RF 30 40 1 0 0 1.000 .974 1.37 1.77 1.77 2.01 24 208.7 CF 8 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.75 2.27 2.52 2.63 7 50.0 1B 1 9 0 0 0 1.000 .989 9.00 8.40 9.00 9.80 1 9.0 1974 32 CIN NL 3B 8 4 7 2 0 .846 .948 1.38 2.64 2.30 3.03 5 43.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.34 0 5.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.10 0 3.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1965 23 MIN AL 1B 2 18 0 0 0 1.000 .989 9.00 7.90 10.80 9.54 2 15.0 1966 24 MIN AL 1B 5 29 0 1 3 .967 .990 5.80 8.18 7.98 9.58 4 32.7 1968 26 NYY AL 1B 28 243 15 2 18 .992 .989 9.21 8.32 10.13 9.59 22 229.3 1969 27 LAD NL 1B 3 8 0 0 1 1.000 .988 2.67 8.83 9.00 9.79 0 8.0 1970 28 LAD NL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.40 1971 29 MIL AL 1B 29 175 11 1 22 .995 .992 6.41 8.10 9.62 9.59 20 174.0 1973 31 CIN NL 1B 1 9 0 0 0 1.000 .989 9.00 8.40 9.00 9.80 1 9.0 1971 29 MIL AL 3B 12 8 12 1 0 .952 .957 1.67 2.74 2.37 3.04 11 76.0 1974 32 CIN NL 3B 8 4 7 2 0 .846 .948 1.38 2.64 2.30 3.03 5 43.0 1966 24 MIN AL CF 7 14 0 0 0 1.000 .986 2.00 2.09 2.47 2.52 7 51.0 1973 31 CIN NL CF 8 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.75 2.27 2.52 2.63 7 50.0 1966 24 MIN AL LF 31 55 2 1 0 .983 .979 1.84 1.45 2.28 1.83 24 225.0 1968 26 NYY AL LF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.40 2.00 1.90 1 9.0 1969 27 LAD NL LF 40 56 2 2 1 .967 .962 1.45 1.28 1.73 1.65 36 302.3 1970 28 LAD NL LF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.38 2.02 1.74 2 22.3 1971 29 MIL AL LF 26 51 1 1 0 .981 .981 2.00 1.60 2.50 1.93 20 187.0 1972 30 TOT AL LF 35 56 3 1 0 .983 .980 1.69 1.53 1.88 1.89 33 281.7 CAL AL LF 24 39 2 1 0 .976 .981 1.71 1.53 1.95 1.89 23 189.0 BOS AL LF 11 17 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.64 1.53 1.75 1.89 10 92.7 1974 32 CIN NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1965 23 MIN AL OF 14 17 3 0 1 1.000 .980 1.43 1.78 1.94 2.04 11 93.0 1966 24 MIN AL OF 40 70 2 1 0 .986 .982 1.80 1.82 2.11 2.10 35 307.0 1967 25 MIN AL OF 7 12 0 1 0 .923 .984 1.71 1.76 1.89 2.05 6 57.0 1968 26 NYY AL OF 95 160 9 7 0 .960 .981 1.78 1.80 1.87 2.08 94 815.3 1969 27 LAD NL OF 109 153 6 3 2 .981 .973 1.46 1.75 1.65 2.02 103 868.3 1970 28 LAD NL OF 58 101 2 2 0 .981 .976 1.78 1.78 2.09 2.07 53 443.7 1971 29 MIL AL OF 45 81 2 1 1 .988 .982 1.84 1.96 2.38 2.24 34 314.0 1972 30 TOT AL OF 48 81 3 1 0 .988 .984 1.75 1.91 1.97 2.22 45 383.7 CAL AL OF 36 62 2 1 0 .985 .983 1.78 1.91 2.04 2.22 34 283.0 BOS AL OF 12 19 1 0 0 1.000 .985 1.67 1.91 1.79 2.22 11 100.7 1973 31 CIN NL OF 36 50 1 0 0 1.000 .977 1.42 1.96 1.77 2.23 31 258.7 1974 32 CIN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.34 0 5.0 1965 23 MIN AL RF 14 17 3 0 1 1.000 .980 1.43 1.57 1.94 1.85 11 93.0 1966 24 MIN AL RF 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 1.68 0.87 1.95 4 31.0 1967 25 MIN AL RF 7 11 0 1 0 .917 .982 1.57 1.56 1.74 1.82 6 57.0 1968 26 NYY AL RF 96 179 10 7 1 .964 .977 1.97 1.57 2.11 1.88 93 806.3 1969 27 LAD NL RF 74 96 4 1 1 .990 .975 1.35 1.59 1.59 1.87 67 566.0 1970 28 LAD NL RF 55 95 2 2 0 .980 .976 1.76 1.68 2.07 2.00 51 421.3 1971 29 MIL AL RF 20 36 1 0 1 1.000 .979 1.85 1.70 2.62 2.05 14 127.0 1972 30 TOT AL RF 14 23 0 0 0 1.000 .983 1.64 1.76 2.03 2.12 12 102.0 CAL AL RF 13 21 0 0 0 1.000 .981 1.62 1.76 2.01 2.12 11 94.0 BOS AL RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.80 2.25 2.14 1 8.0 1973 31 CIN NL RF 30 40 1 0 0 1.000 .974 1.37 1.77 1.77 2.01 24 208.7 1974 32 CIN NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.10 0 3.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 453 725 28 16 4 .979 .979 1.66 1.83 412 3545.7 138 15 316# RF* 316 500 21 11 4 .979 .977 1.65 1.63 282 2415.3 LF* 138 225 8 5 1 .979 .976 1.69 1.45 116 1029.3 1B* 69 483 26 4 44 .992 .990 7.38 8.23 49 468.0 3B* 20 12 19 3 0 .912 .954 1.55 2.70 16 119.0 CF* 15 28 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.87 2.19 14 101.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 542 1220 73 23 48 .983 .983 2.39 2.67
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1973   NLCS  CIN NYM     L   3  10   0   3  0  0  0   0   2   3  .300  .417  .300   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.


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Transactions 

Before 1959 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

June 3, 1964: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

June 6, 1964: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

October 19, 1967: Purchased by the Oakland Athletics from the Minnesota Twins.

November 28, 1967: Drafted by the New York Yankees from the Oakland Athletics in the 1967 rule 5 draft.

December 4, 1968: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Mike Kekich.

February 10, 1971: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Milwaukee Brewers for Al Downing.

January 26, 1972: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the California Angels for Tommie Reynolds.

August 15, 1972: Traded by the California Angels to the Boston Red Sox for Chris Coletta.

March 27, 1973: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Phil Gagliano to the Cincinnati Reds for Mel Behney.

October 25, 1974: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.


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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