Eddie Kasko
Edward Michael Kasko
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 27, 1932 in Linden, NJ
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1957
Final Game: September 10, 1966
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1957 25 STL NL 134 519 479 59 131 16 5 1 35 6 1 33 53 .273 .319 .334 .653 75 160 7 0 5 2 7 *56/4
1958 26 STL NL 104 283 259 20 57 8 1 2 22 1 2 21 25 .220 .277 .282 .558 46 73 9 0 1 2 6 64/5
1959 27 CIN NL 118 347 329 39 93 14 1 2 31 2 2 14 38 .283 .309 .350 .659 73 115 5 0 1 3 5 65/4
1960 28 CIN NL 126 537 479 56 140 21 1 6 51 9 9 46 37 .292 .359 .378 .737 101 181 9 6 2 4 0 546
1961 29 CIN NL 126 511 469 64 127 22 1 2 27 4 3 32 36 .271 .320 .335 .655 73 157 4 4 2 4 1 *65/4 AS
1962 30 CIN NL 134 579 533 74 148 26 2 4 41 3 3 35 44 .278 .326 .356 .683 81 190 17 5 3 3 1 *56 MVP-29
1963 31 CIN NL 76 224 199 25 48 9 0 3 10 0 2 21 29 .241 .311 .332 .642 83 66 3 0 2 2 4 56/4
1964 32 HOU NL 133 495 448 45 109 16 1 0 22 4 6 37 52 .243 .302 .283 .585 70 127 9 1 8 1 8 *6/5
1965 33 HOU NL 68 232 215 18 53 7 1 1 10 1 3 11 20 .247 .296 .302 .598 75 65 9 4 2 0 1 6/5
1966 34 BOS AL 58 152 136 11 29 7 0 1 12 1 0 15 19 .213 .291 .287 .578 60 39 5 0 1 0 0 65/4
10 Seasons 1077 3879 3546 411 935 146 13 22 261 31 31 265 353 .264 .317 .331 .648 76 1173 77 20 27 21 33
162 Game Avg. 162 583 533 62 141 22 2 3 39 5 5 40 53 .264 .317 .331 .648 76 176 12 3 4 3 5
CIN (5 yrs) 580 2198 2009 258 556 92 5 17 160 18 19 148 184 .277 .329 .353 .682 83 709 38 15 10 16 11
STL (2 yrs) 238 802 738 79 188 24 6 3 57 7 3 54 78 .255 .304 .316 .620 65 233 16 0 6 4 13
HOU (2 yrs) 201 727 663 63 162 23 2 1 32 5 9 48 72 .244 .300 .290 .589 72 192 18 5 10 1 9
BOS (1 yr) 58 152 136 11 29 7 0 1 12 1 0 15 19 .213 .291 .287 .578 60 39 5 0 1 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 1019 3727 3410 400 906 139 13 21 249 30 31 250 334 .266 .318 .333 .650 77 1134 72 20 26 21 33
AL (1 yr) 58 152 136 11 29 7 0 1 12 1 0 15 19 .213 .291 .287 .578 60 39 5 0 1 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1957 25 STL NL 519 363 52 3.9 105 .304 .273 .271 .319 .334 .334 .419 .653 .754 75 .420 -17.4 -1.7 .556 .140 .061 1.7
1958 26 STL NL 283 216 19 2.4 109 .235 .220 .274 .277 .343 .282 .429 .558 .771 46 .224 -20.6 -2.0 .437 .139 .062 1.3
1959 27 CIN NL 347 247 35 3.8 108 .312 .283 .275 .309 .341 .350 .425 .659 .766 73 .410 -13.3 -1.3 .531 .109 .067 2.0
1960 28 CIN NL 537 363 66 4.9 101 .305 .292 .265 .359 .332 .378 .407 .737 .739 101 .552 2.3 0.2 .653 .182 .086 7.2
1961 29 CIN NL 511 355 52 3.9 107 .287 .271 .272 .320 .339 .335 .424 .655 .763 73 .420 -17.4 -1.7 .556 .134 .064 2.7
1962 30 CIN NL 579 411 59 3.8 106 .295 .278 .275 .326 .342 .356 .417 .683 .759 81 .422 -14.4 -1.4 .568 .144 .079 3.4
1963 31 CIN NL 224 160 21 3.5 92 .266 .241 .257 .311 .320 .332 .385 .642 .705 83 .453 -3.8 -0.4 .545 .186 .090 .0
1964 32 HOU NL 495 363 38 2.8 89 .275 .243 .258 .302 .315 .283 .382 .585 .697 70 .335 -16.3 -1.7 .460 .118 .040 .0
1965 33 HOU NL 232 176 17 2.6 87 .268 .247 .249 .296 .311 .302 .376 .598 .687 75 .301 -6.6 -0.7 .448 .098 .056 1.0
1966 34 BOS AL 152 113 11 2.6 98 .241 .213 .260 .291 .329 .287 .401 .578 .729 60 .325 -7.0 -0.8 .491 .191 .074 1.0
10 Seasons 3879 2767 370 3.6 101 .286 .264 .267 .317 .332 .331 .409 .648 .741 76 .406 -114.7 -11.5 .536 .142 .067 25.7
162 Game Avg. 583 416 56 3.6 101 .286 .264 .267 .317 .332 .331 .409 .648 .741 76 .406 -114.7 -11.5 .536 .142 .067 4
CIN (5 yrs) 2198 1536 233 4.1 104 .296 .277 .270 .329 .337 .353 .414 .682 .751 83 .456 -46.6 -4.6 .577 .149 .076 17.5
STL (2 yrs) 802 579 71 3.3 106 .280 .255 .272 .304 .337 .316 .423 .620 .760 65 .351 -38.1 -3.7 .511 .140 .061 4.2
HOU (2 yrs) 727 539 55 2.7 89 .272 .244 .255 .300 .313 .290 .380 .589 .694 72 .323 -23.0 -2.4 .456 .112 .045 1.7
BOS (1 yr) 152 113 11 2.6 98 .241 .213 .260 .291 .329 .287 .401 .578 .729 60 .325 -7.0 -0.8 .491 .191 .074 1.0
NL (9 yrs) 3727 2654 359 3.6 102 .288 .266 .268 .318 .332 .333 .410 .650 .742 77 .409 -107.7 -10.7 .538 .140 .067 24.7
AL (1 yr) 152 113 11 2.6 98 .241 .213 .260 .291 .329 .287 .401 .578 .729 60 .325 -7.0 -0.8 .491 .191 .074 1.0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1961 29 CIN NL WS NYY L 5 22 22 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .318 .318 .318 .636 7 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 22 22 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .318 .318 .318 .636 7 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1961 CIN NL 29 DNP
1961 CIN NL 29 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1957 25 STL NL 519 0.2% 10.2% 6.4% 4.2% 17% 1.61 9.0 479.0 13.7 1.18 82%
1958 26 STL NL 283 0.7% 8.8% 7.4% 3.9% 19% 1.19 10.4 129.5 11.8 1.33 83%
1959 27 CIN NL 347 0.6% 11.0% 4.0% 4.9% 18% 2.71 8.7 164.5 10.6 1.05 84%
1960 28 CIN NL 537 1.1% 6.9% 8.6% 5.2% 20% 0.80 12.9 79.8 9.4 0.92 82%
1961 29 CIN NL 511 0.4% 7.1% 6.3% 4.9% 20% 1.13 13.0 234.5 17.4 0.90 85%
1962 30 CIN NL 579 0.7% 7.6% 6.0% 5.5% 22% 1.26 12.1 133.3 13.0 0.95 84%
1963 31 CIN NL 224 1.3% 13.0% 9.4% 5.4% 25% 1.38 6.9 66.3 19.9 1.05 75%
1964 32 HOU NL 495 0.0% 10.5% 7.5% 3.4% 16% 1.41 8.6 20.4 0.92 80%
1965 33 HOU NL 232 0.4% 8.6% 4.7% 3.9% 17% 1.82 10.8 215.0 21.5 1.41 84%
1966 34 BOS AL 152 0.7% 12.5% 9.9% 5.3% 28% 1.27 7.2 136.0 11.3 0.88 76%
10 Seasons 3879 0.6% 9.1% 6.8% 4.7% 19% 1.33 10.1 161.2 13.6 1.03 82%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1957 25 STL NL 9 0 36% 200 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 12 62% 35 15 19 7 1 6 18 6 12
1958 26 STL NL 3 0 24% 98 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 40% 13 11 2 1 0 1 6 1 5
1959 27 CIN NL 4 0 35% 142 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 11 56% 15 12 3 1 0 1 18 2 15
1960 28 CIN NL 9 0 27% 263 9 9 50% 9 7 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 10 50% 21 13 8 6 4 2 15 4 11
1961 29 CIN NL 12 1 39% 253 4 3 57% 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 13 48% 24 15 9 6 4 2 18 5 12
1962 30 CIN NL 6 0 38% 237 3 3 50% 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 18 57% 32 14 16 7 5 2 28 8 20
1963 31 CIN NL 7 1 33% 119 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 48% 10 7 3 1 1 0 10 2 7
1964 32 HOU NL 11 0 31% 202 4 6 40% 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 48% 24 19 5 4 2 2 16 1 14
1965 33 HOU NL 2 0 25% 100 1 3 25% 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 50% 9 7 2 6 2 4 7 2 5
1966 34 BOS AL 4 0 23% 64 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 36% 8 6 2 2 1 0 4 0 3
10 Seasons 67 2 33% 1678 31 31 50% 29 26 2 4 0 1 10 0 39 81 52% 191 119 69 41 20 20 140 31 104
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1957 25 STL NL 519 29% 131 5 1 0 0 1.32 1 0 16 0 1 0 1 0 6 5 83% 98 7 7% 45 17 38% 320 35 11% 26 12 46% 27 7 26% 0
1958 26 STL NL 283 35% 57 10 3 0 0 1.38 2 1 5 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 100% 57 9 16% 27 8 30% 147 20 14% 12 4 33% 12 3 25% 0
1959 27 CIN NL 347 28% 93 2 0 0 0 0.23 2 0 10 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 50% 65 5 8% 34 9 26% 228 31 14% 25 10 40% 23 7 30% 0
1960 28 CIN NL 537 31% 140 7 2 0 1 1.60 6 1 13 6 0 2 4 0 2 2 100% 73 9 12% 29 13 45% 254 48 19% 22 14 64% 23 12 52% 0
1961 29 CIN NL 512 36% 127 7 2 0 1 2.21 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 100% 75 4 5% 40 11 28% 225 28 12% 18 10 56% 17 9 53% 0
1962 30 CIN NL 579 31% 148 4 1 0 0 1.08 4 1 11 3 1 0 4 0 5 3 60% 113 17 15% 48 8 17% 286 37 13% 26 10 38% 20 10 50% 0
1963 31 CIN NL 225 40% 48 14 3 1 1 1.17 3 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 2 2 100% 38 3 8% 21 5 24% 107 7 7% 7 3 43% 11 4 36% 0
1964 32 HOU NL 495 37% 109 4 2 0 0 2.40 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 89% 72 9 13% 37 14 38% 254 25 10% 24 8 33% 21 8 38% 0
1965 33 HOU NL 232 39% 53 9 2 0 0 2.25 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 41 9 22% 20 8 40% 132 9 7% 4 0 0% 12 3 25% 0
1966 34 BOS AL 152 30% 29 20 3 0 1 1.59 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 28 5 18% 11 3 27% 80 12 15% 7 4 57% 5 0 0% 0
10 Seasons 3881 33% 935 82 19 1 4 1.58 22 3 83 13 9 6 16 0 33 27 82% 660 77 12% 312 96 31% 2033 252 12% 171 75 44% 171 63 37% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1957 25 134 519 479 59 131 16 5 1 35 6 1 33 53 .273 .319 .334 .653 75 160 7 0 5 2 7
1958 26 238 802 738 79 188 24 6 3 57 7 3 54 78 .255 .304 .316 .620 65 233 16 0 6 4 13
1959 27 356 1149 1067 118 281 38 7 5 88 9 5 68 116 .263 .306 .326 .632 67 348 21 0 7 7 18
1960 28 482 1686 1546 174 421 59 8 11 139 18 14 114 153 .272 .323 .342 .665 78 529 30 6 9 11 18
1961 29 608 2197 2015 238 548 81 9 13 166 22 17 146 189 .272 .322 .340 .662 77 686 34 10 11 15 19
1962 30 742 2776 2548 312 696 107 11 17 207 25 20 181 233 .273 .323 .344 .667 78 876 51 15 14 18 20
1963 31 818 3000 2747 337 744 116 11 20 217 25 22 202 262 .271 .322 .343 .665 78 942 54 15 16 20 24
1964 32 951 3495 3195 382 853 132 12 20 239 29 28 239 314 .267 .319 .335 .654 77 1069 63 16 24 21 32
1965 33 1019 3727 3410 400 906 139 13 21 249 30 31 250 334 .266 .318 .333 .650 77 1134 72 20 26 21 33
1966 34 1077 3879 3546 411 935 146 13 22 261 31 31 265 353 .264 .317 .331 .648 76 1173 77 20 27 21 33

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1957 25 140 539 502 61 138 17 5 1 36 6 35 55 .275 .321 .335 .656 54 134
1958 26 109 291 268 20 56 8 1 2 22 1 21 26 .209 .265 .269 .533 19 104
1959 27 123 357 340 39 93 14 1 2 31 2 14 40 .274 .300 .338 .638 34 118
1960 28 132 563 504 60 150 22 1 6 54 10 49 39 .298 .364 .381 .745 70 126
1961 29 132 532 490 64 133 23 1 2 27 4 34 38 .271 .321 .335 .656 52 126
1962 30 134 566 525 70 140 25 2 4 39 3 33 44 .267 .314 .345 .659 56 134
1963 31 76 226 202 28 51 10 0 3 11 0 22 29 .252 .323 .347 .670 23 76
1964 32 133 499 457 52 118 17 1 0 26 4 40 52 .258 .319 .300 .618 44 133
1965 33 68 231 216 21 55 7 1 1 12 1 11 20 .255 .303 .310 .613 20 68
1966 34 58 154 138 12 30 7 0 1 13 1 16 19 .217 .299 .290 .589 12 58
10 Seasons 1105 3958 3642 427 964 150 13 22 271 32 275 362 .265 .318 .331 .649 384 1077
162 Game Avg. 162 580 534 63 141 22 2 3 40 5 40 53 .265 .318 .331 .649 56 1077

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1961-1
1961-2 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1962-NL-29-0%
0.00 Career Shares (1667th)

Singles s c a p y
1960 NL--112--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1960 NL--6--3rd

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1962 NL--17--9th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1960 NL--9--7th

AB per SO s c a p y
1960 NL--12.946--5th
1961 NL--13.028--4th
1962 NL--12.114--6th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 11 (1079), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1447), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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