Andy Kosco

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: October 5, 1941 in Youngstown, OH us

High School: Struthers HS (Struthers, OH)

School: Youngstown State University (Youngstown, OH)

Debut: August 13, 1965 (Age 23-312d, 12,384th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 30, 1974 (Age 32-298d)
vs. HOU 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1966 season

Full Name: Andrew John Kosco

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.6

1963

464

.236

204

RBI

267

OBP

.273

SLG

.394

OPS

.667

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 73 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 20 go ahead

7 Tms
LAD	27
NYY	15
MIL	10
CIN	9
CAL	6
MIN	3
BOS	3

Platoon
vs LHP	41
vs RHP	32

Home/Road
Away	39
Home	34

Outs
0	28
2	27
1	18

22 Opps
BAL	6
MIN	5
SDP	5
ATL	5
BOS	5
OAK	4
CIN	4
PIT	4
CLE	4
HOU	4
TEX/WSA	3
NYY	3
DET	3
NYM	3
PHI	3
MON	3
STL	2
CHC	2
CHW	2
CAL	1
KCR	1
LAD	1

59 Pitchers
Denny Lemaster	3
Jim Merritt	3
George Stone	3
Dave McNally	3
Ray Corbin	2
Steve Carlton	2
Sam McDowell	2
Ron Reed	2
Mickey Lolich	2
Paul Lindblad	2
Dave Boswell	1
Bill Bonham	1
Gary Peters	1
Dean Chance	1
Mike Cuellar	1
Gaylord Perry	1
Adrian Devine	1
Alan Foster	1
Jim Roland	1
Rich Gossage	1
Steve Blass	1
Jim Rooker	1
Ken Holtzman	1
Don Shaw	1
Roy Face	1
Bob Priddy	1
Jack DiLauro	1
Vida Blue	1
Ken Brett	1
Bill Stoneman	1
Tom Phoebus	1
Gary Nolan	1
Johnny Podres	1
Jim Hardin	1
Rich Troedson	1
Steve Hamilton	1
Fred Beene	1
Lew Krausse	1
Grant Jackson	1
Frank Reberger	1
Jim Perry	1
Jim Lonborg	1
Tommy John	1
Bill Gogolewski	1
Les Cain	1
Jerry Stephenson	1
Joe Coleman	1
Juan Pizarro	1
Dick Kelley	1
Jim Shellenback	1
Darold Knowles	1
Steve Hargan	1
Pedro Ramos	1
Chuck Hartenstein	1
Tom Seaver	1
Randy Jones	1
Gary Bell	1
Woodie Fryman	1
Bob Moose	1

22 Parks
Dodger Stad (LOS)	14
Fenway Pk (BOS)	7
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	6
Yankee Stad (NYC)	6
County Stad (MIL)	4
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	4
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	4
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
Crosley Fld (CIN)	3
Memor. Stad (BAL)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Astrodome (HOU)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Forbes Fld (PIT)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
Parc Jarry (MON)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1
RFK Stad (WAS)	1
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	1

Where Hit
7	56
8	7
9	2
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	71
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	47
1--	10
-2-	6
12-	5
1-3	4
123	1

110 RBI
RISP	16
0 on	47
1 on	16
2 on	9
3 on	1
Any on	26

Inning
1	4
2	11
3	2
4	9
5	11
6	13
7	9
8	7
9	7

1-3	17
4-6	33
7-end	23

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	5
+2	9
+1	5
Tied	18
-1	5
-2	5
-3	4
-4..	16

Ahead	25
Tied	18
Behind	30

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	40
LF	17
1B	7
PH	6
3B	3

OrderPos
4th	37
5th	12
7th	7
6th	7
3rd	5
9th	4
1st	1

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	25
Low Lev	38

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1965-08-14	MIN	@	CLE	Sam McDowell	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	9	0.114	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1966	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1966-07-17 (2)	MIN		NYY	Steve Hamilton	behind 3-7	b 7	0	12-	3	9	PH	0.200	35%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Nixon Scores; C. Tovar Scores
3	3	2	1	1966-08-16	MIN		CAL	Dean Chance	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	1--	2	7	7	0.131	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Battey Scores
1968	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1968-04-28 (2)	NYY		DET	Les Cain	behind 0-1	b 8	0	---	1	4	3	0.345	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	2	1	1968-05-02	NYY	@	BAL	Tom Phoebus	behind 1-5	t 8	1	1--	2	5	9	0.049	7%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Whitaker Scores
6	6	3	1	1968-05-12 (2)	NYY		BOS	Gary Bell	behind 0-4	b 5	2	-2-	2	4	9	0.115	18%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Pepitone Scores
7	7	4	1	1968-05-14	NYY	@	CLE	Steve Hargan	tied 1-1	t 5	1	---	1	4	9	0.179	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	5	1	1968-05-19	NYY	@	BOS	Jerry Stephenson	ahead 8-3	t 6	2	12-	3	4	9	0.028	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Howser Scores; J. Pepitone Scores
9	9	6	1	1968-05-21	NYY	@	WSA	Joe Coleman	tied 1-1	t 9	0	---	1	5	9	0.372	87%		Home Run (Deep CF)
10	10	7	1	1968-06-10	NYY		CHW	Bob Priddy	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1	5	9	0.169	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	8	1	1968-06-23	NYY	@	MIN	Jim Merritt	behind 1-3	t 6	0	---	1	4	9	0.125	31%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	9	1	1968-07-07 (1)	NYY		BAL	Jim Hardin	ahead 2-0	b 7	0	---	1	4	9	0.045	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	10	1	1968-08-05	NYY		BAL	Dave McNally	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	3	0.133	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	11	1	1968-08-17	NYY	@	OAK	Lew Krausse	behind 0-1	t 9	0	12-	3	7	9	0.536	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Michael Scores; T. Tresh Scores
15	15	12	1	1968-08-18	NYY	@	OAK	Paul Lindblad	tied 4-4	t 6	0	---	1	5	3	0.203	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	13	1	1968-08-20	NYY	@	MIN	Dave Boswell	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	2	7	9	0.227	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Tresh Scores
17	17	14	1	1968-09-04	NYY	@	BAL	Dave McNally	behind 2-4	t 4	1	---	1	6	9	0.116	32%		Home Run (Deep CF)
18	18	15	1	1968-09-28	NYY	@	BOS	Jim Lonborg	behind 2-3	t 8	2	---	1	3	3	0.288	43%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1969-04-15	LAD		SDP	Johnny Podres	ahead 2-0	b 5	2	123	4	4	7	0.136	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Crawford Scores; B. Russell Scores; W. Parker Scores
20	20	2	1	1969-04-16	LAD		SDP	Dick Kelley	ahead 3-1	b 5	1	-2-	2	4	7	0.096	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Russell Scores/unER
21	21	3	1	1969-04-26	LAD		ATL	Ron Reed	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	4	7	0.144	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	4	1	1969-05-03	LAD	@	ATL	George Stone	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	---	1	4	7	0.067	87%		Home Run (Deep CF)
23	23	5	1	1969-05-09	LAD	@	PIT	Jim Shellenback	ahead 7-0	t 2	1	-2-	2	4	9	0.019	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Davis Scores
24	24	6	2	1969-05-09	LAD	@	PIT	Bob Moose	ahead 10-0	t 6	2	1-3	3	4	3	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Crawford Scores; W. Davis Scores
25	25	7	1	1969-05-28	LAD	@	MON	Don Shaw	ahead 3-0	t 5	1	---	1	4	9	0.061	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	8	1	1969-05-30	LAD	@	PHI	Woodie Fryman	behind 3-9	t 5	2	1--	2	4	7	0.041	6%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Parker Scores
27	27	9	1	1969-06-03	LAD	@	NYM	Tom Seaver	behind 0-4	t 7	1	1--	2	4	9	0.085	14%		Home Run; W. Parker Scores
28	28	10	1	1969-06-07	LAD		MON	Bill Stoneman	tied 3-3	b 2	2	12-	3	4	7	0.284	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Osteen Scores; W. Parker Scores
29	29	11	1	1969-06-15	LAD		NYM	Jack DiLauro	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	9	0.120	67%		Home Run
30	30	12	1	1969-06-17 (1)	LAD		SDP	Frank Reberger	ahead 5-3	b 7	2	1--	2	4	9	0.080	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Mota Scores
31	31	13	1	1969-06-21	LAD	@	CIN	Pedro Ramos	ahead 6-0	t 7	2	1--	2	4	9	0.012	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Mota Scores
32	32	14	1	1969-06-24	LAD	@	ATL	Ron Reed	behind 1-7	t 4	0	---	1	4	9	0.027	7%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	15	1	1969-07-05	LAD		CIN	Jim Merritt	ahead 2-1	b 1	1	---	1	4	9	0.100	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	16	1	1969-08-05	LAD		PIT	Steve Blass	behind 0-3	b 6	2	1-3	3	4	7	0.381	52%		Home Run (Deep CF); M. Wills Scores; L. Gabrielson Scores
35	35	17	1	1969-08-06	LAD		PIT	Chuck Hartenstein	ahead 5-2	b 4	2	---	1	4	9	0.054	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	18	1	1969-08-15	LAD	@	MON	Roy Face	ahead 6-2	t 7	1	---	1	4	9	0.026	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	19	1	1969-09-30	LAD		HOU	Denny Lemaster	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	7	0.197	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); T. Sizemore Scores
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1970-04-13	LAD	@	HOU	Denny Lemaster	tied 0-0	t 6	2	---	1	4	9	0.183	63%		Home Run
39	39	2	1	1970-04-15	LAD	@	CIN	Jim Merritt	behind 0-3	t 9	2	1--	2	4	9	0.026	4%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Mota Scores
40	40	3	1	1970-04-29	LAD		PHI	Grant Jackson	ahead 2-1	b 5	2	1--	2	4	9	0.187	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Mota Scores
41	41	4	1	1970-06-19	LAD	@	CIN	Gary Nolan	ahead 2-0	t 6	0	---	1	4	7	0.084	86%		Home Run (Deep CF)
42	42	5	1	1970-06-30	LAD		HOU	Denny Lemaster	behind 1-4	b 4	0	---	1	4	9	0.096	30%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	6	1	1970-08-15 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	Ken Holtzman	behind 1-11	t 8	0	---	1	1	9	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep CF)
44	44	7	1	1970-08-30	LAD		STL	Steve Carlton	behind 0-2	b 5	1	---	1	6	9	0.127	37%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	8	1	1970-09-03	LAD	@	ATL	George Stone	behind 3-11	t 9	1	---	1	5	9	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1971-04-06	MIL	@	MIN	Jim Perry	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	4	7	0.141	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	2	1	1971-06-02	MIL		CLE	Sam McDowell	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	3	0.119	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	3	1	1971-06-20 (2)	MIL		OAK	Darold Knowles	behind 2-4	b 7	1	1-3	3	3	PH	0.490	79%		Home Run; T. Harper Scores; G. Gil Scores
49	49	4	1	1971-07-17 (1)	MIL	@	BOS	Ken Brett	behind 4-9	t 6	0	12-	3	7	PH	0.116	21%		Home Run (LF-CF); R. Ellis Scores; F. Tepedino Scores
50	50	5	1	1971-07-18	MIL	@	BOS	Gary Peters	ahead 2-0	t 6	0	---	1	4	9	0.082	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	6	1	1971-08-18	MIL		BAL	Mike Cuellar	behind 2-6	b 9	1	-2-	2	5	5	0.019	4%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Briggs Scores
52	52	7	1	1971-08-21	MIL	@	DET	Mickey Lolich	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	5	0.198	67%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Theobald Scores
53	53	8	1	1971-08-28 (1)	MIL	@	BAL	Dave McNally	behind 1-7	t 8	2	---	1	5	5	0.003	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	9	1	1971-09-17	MIL		OAK	Vida Blue	ahead 4-2	b 5	2	---	1	4	3	0.078	89%		Home Run
55	55	10	1	1971-09-20	MIL	@	MIN	Ray Corbin	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	---	1	5	9	0.092	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
56	56	1	1	1972-05-14	CAL		NYY	Jim Roland	ahead 4-1	b 8	0	---	1	5	7	0.011	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
57	57	2	1	1972-05-26	CAL		KCR	Jim Rooker	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	-2-	2	4	7	0.152	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. McMullen Scores
58	58	3	1	1972-06-06 (1)	CAL	@	DET	Mickey Lolich	behind 1-6	t 6	2	---	1	3	7	0.019	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
59	59	4	1	1972-06-30	CAL	@	TEX	Paul Lindblad	behind 2-5	t 7	0	---	1	3	9	0.068	14%		Home Run (Deep LF)
60	60	5	1	1972-07-23	CAL	@	NYY	Fred Beene	ahead 5-2	t 5	0	---	1	3	7	0.052	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
61	61	6	1	1972-08-10	CAL		MIN	Ray Corbin	tied 1-1	b 2	0	---	1	6	7	0.132	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	7	1	1972-08-26	BOS		TEX	Bill Gogolewski	behind 1-5	b 5	2	---	1	9	PH	0.051	12%		Home Run (Deep LF)
63	63	8	1	1972-08-28	BOS		CHW	Rich Gossage	behind 1-6	b 6	0	---	1	7	7	0.033	7%		Home Run (Deep LF)
64	64	9	1	1972-09-17	BOS		CLE	Gaylord Perry	behind 1-7	b 7	1	---	1	9	PH	0.010	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
65	65	1	1	1973-07-14	CIN		NYM	George Stone	behind 0-2	b 4	0	---	1	7	9	0.125	41%		Home Run (Deep LF)
66	66	2	1	1973-07-18	CIN		PHI	Steve Carlton	ahead 2-1	b 6	2	1-3	3	6	9	0.199	95%		Home Run; J. Bench Scores; T. Pérez Scores
67	67	3	1	1973-08-02	CIN	@	ATL	Adrian Devine	ahead 16-1	t 9	0	---	1	5	9	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
68	68	4	1	1973-08-23	CIN	@	CHC	Bill Bonham	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	6	9	0.106	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
69	69	5	1	1973-08-24	CIN		STL	Alan Foster	behind 3-4	b 9	0	---	1	7	9	0.446	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
70	70	6	1	1973-09-01	CIN	@	SDP	Randy Jones	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	9	0.124	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
71	71	7	1	1973-09-03	CIN	@	HOU	Juan Pizarro	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	9	0.117	58%		Home Run
72	72	8	1	1973-09-23	CIN	@	LAD	Tommy John	behind 1-6	t 8	1	---	1	9	PH	0.010	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
73	73	9	1	1973-09-24	CIN		SDP	Rich Troedson	ahead 1-0	b 6	2	---	1	5	9	0.121	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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