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Al Kozar
Albert Kenneth Kozar

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 173 lb.

Debut April 19, 1948
Final Game July 2, 1950
Born July 5, 1921 in McKees Rocks, PA

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 26 WSH AL 150  577   61  144  25  8   1   58   4  2  66  52  .250  .327  .326   76  188   8           0  18
 1949 27 WSH AL 105  350   46   94  15  2   4   31   2  1  25  23  .269  .321  .357   81  125   1           2   7
 1950 28 TOT AL  30   65   11   14   1  0   1    5   0  0   5  11  .215  .271  .277   43   18   2           0   3
         WSH AL  20   55    7   11   1  0   0    3   0  0   5   8  .200  .267  .218   28   12   2           0   2
         CHW AL  10   10    4    3   0  0   1    2   0  0   0   3  .300  .300  .600  129    6   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      285  992  118  252  41 10   6   94   6  3  96  86  .254  .321  .334   76  331  11   0   0   2  28
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        564   67  143  23  6   3   53   3  2  55  49  .254  .321  .334   76  188   6   0   0   1  16
 Career High    150  577   61  144  25  8   4   58   4  2  66  52  .269  .327  .357   81  188   8   0   0   2  18
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 26 WSH AL  651  461   62   3.6   103| .250  .269| .327  .354| .326  .389| .653  .743|  76  .386 -19.6  -1.9  66%
 1949 27 WSH AL  378  265   40   4.0   105| .269  .268| .321  .360| .357  .390| .678  .750|  81  .440 -11.0  -1.1  66%
 1950 28 TOT AL   72   56    5   2.4   109| .215  .273| .271  .359| .277  .408| .548  .767|  43  .206  -5.7  -0.6   0%
         WSH AL   62   48    3   1.7   109| .200  .272| .267  .358| .218  .408| .485  .766|  28  .119  -5.9  -0.6   0%
         CHW AL   10    8    2   6.6   111| .300  .275| .300  .361| .600  .412| .900  .773| 129  .630   0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons      1101  782  107   3.6   104| .254  .269| .321  .356| .334  .391| .655  .747|  76  .393 -36.3  -3.6  66%

* 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
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1948 26 WSH AL 2B 149 348 444 27 89 .967 .976 5.32 5.39 1949 27 WSH AL 2B 102 232 235 11 57 .977 .974 4.58 5.13 1950 28 TOT AL 2B 19 39 51 3 11 .968 .976 4.74 5.39 WSH AL 2B 15 33 43 3 8 .962 .976 5.07 5.39 CHW AL 2B 4 6 8 0 3 1.000 .979 3.50 5.40 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1948 26 WSH AL 2B 149 348 444 27 89 .967 .976 5.32 5.39 1949 27 WSH AL 2B 102 232 235 11 57 .977 .974 4.58 5.13 1950 28 TOT AL 2B 19 39 51 3 11 .968 .976 4.74 5.39 WSH AL 2B 15 33 43 3 8 .962 .976 5.07 5.39 CHW AL 2B 4 6 8 0 3 1.000 .979 3.50 5.40 1950 28 CHW AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 270 619 730 41 157 .971 .975 5.00 5.29 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 271 619 730 41 157 .971 .975 4.98 5.28
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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.

Games
1948 AL-150-9

At Bats
1948 AL-577-9

Grounded into Double Plays
1948 AL-18-8

Outs
1948 AL-461-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

Before 1941 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

December 10, 1947: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Leon Culberson to the Washington Senators for Stan Spence.

May 31, 1950: Traded by the Washington Senators with Eddie Robinson and Ray Scarborough to the Chicago White Sox for Bob Kuzava, Cass Michaels, and Johnny Ostrowski.


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