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Eddie Kasko

Edward Michael Kasko

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
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
Teams (by GP): Reds/Cardinals/Colt.45's/Redlegs/Astros/... 1957-1966

Final Game: September 10, 1966
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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1957 STL NL 25 3B 120 117 112 1056.2 337 100 224 13 21 .961 4 5 2.76 2.70 .952 2.96 2.98
1957 STL NL 25 SS 13 9 5 84.1 44 18 24 2 5 .955 -1 -18 4.48 3.23 .958 4.81 4.85
1957 STL NL 25 2B 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -80 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.40
1958 STL NL 26 SS 77 64 53 577.2 309 111 186 12 47 .961 2 5 4.63 3.86 .964 5.11 5.08
1958 STL NL 26 2B 12 8 6 83.1 57 25 31 1 7 .982 1 14 6.05 4.67 .975 5.32 5.30
1958 STL NL 26 3B 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.00 .950 3.15 3.20
1959 CIN NL 27 SS 84 82 73 723.0 464 182 271 11 61 .976 2 4 5.64 5.39 .966 5.11 5.06
1959 CIN NL 27 3B 31 8 7 99.2 35 10 23 2 2 .943 1 11 2.98 1.06 .950 2.97 2.94
1959 CIN NL 27 2B 2 0 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.25 0.50 .980 5.18 5.20
1960 CIN NL 28 3B 86 77 69 694.1 294 98 186 10 20 .966 11 18 3.68 3.30 .952 2.97 2.96
1960 CIN NL 28 2B 33 30 22 272.1 163 77 82 4 23 .975 -1 -3 5.25 4.82 .974 5.20 5.19
1960 CIN NL 28 SS 15 10 5 84.2 39 19 19 1 4 .974 -1 -13 4.04 2.53 .960 4.82 4.80
1961 CIN NL 29 SS 112 108 91 920.2 505 201 286 18 59 .964 3 4 4.76 4.35 .959 4.92 4.87 AS
1961 CIN NL 29 3B 12 3 3 52.0 13 6 7 0 0 1.000 -1 -16 2.25 1.08 .948 2.92 2.89 AS
1961 CIN NL 29 2B 6 2 2 22.0 15 7 8 0 1 1.000 -0 -11 6.14 2.50 .976 5.52 5.45 AS
1962 CIN NL 30 3B 114 107 101 978.1 324 101 204 19 18 .941 -2 -2 2.81 2.68 .949 2.95 2.92 MVP-29
1962 CIN NL 30 SS 21 15 13 127.1 72 19 49 4 13 .944 -3 -28 4.81 3.24 .963 5.05 5.01 MVP-29
1963 CIN NL 31 3B 48 39 37 355.0 121 41 75 5 5 .959 0 1 2.94 2.42 .941 2.93 2.92
1963 CIN NL 31 SS 15 10 5 89.0 50 15 33 2 8 .960 -0 -5 4.85 3.20 .961 4.83 4.82
1963 CIN NL 31 2B 1 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 2.25 1.00 .970 5.18 5.20
1964 HOU NL 32 SS 128 119 113 1063.1 630 228 388 14 72 .978 9 10 5.21 4.81 .963 5.03 5.00
1964 HOU NL 32 3B 2 0 0 4.2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -1 -206 1.93 0.50 .940 2.89 2.90
1965 HOU NL 33 SS 59 53 49 474.0 254 96 152 6 27 .976 -4 -10 4.71 4.20 .964 4.92 4.93
1965 HOU NL 33 3B 2 1 0 14.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0 43 3.21 2.50 .952 2.83 2.80
1966 BOS AL 34 SS 20 13 11 138.0 84 29 53 2 7 .976 5 47 5.35 4.10 .960 4.79 4.78
1966 BOS AL 34 3B 10 9 8 79.2 34 11 23 0 5 1.000 3 41 3.84 3.40 .954 3.03 3.03
1966 BOS AL 34 2B 8 7 4 55.2 37 15 20 2 4 .946 0 11 5.66 4.38 .975 5.09 5.09
10 Seasons SS 544 483 418 4282.0 2451 918 1461 72 303 .971 12 3 5.00 4.37 .963 5.00 4.96
10 Seasons 3B 426 361 337 3336.1 1166 370 746 50 71 .957 15 6 3.01 2.62 .950 2.96 2.95
7 Seasons 2B 63 47 34 444.1 274 125 142 7 35 .974 0 1 5.41 4.24 .974 5.23 5.23
10 Seasons TOT 1033 891 789 8062.2 3891 1413 2349 129 409 .967 28 4 4.20 3.64 .960 4.17 4.15
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1957 STL NL 25 3B 4 5 3 4 -1 1
1957 STL NL 25 SS -1 -18 -1 -1 -0 0
1957 STL NL 25 2B -0 -80 -0 0 -0 0
1958 STL NL 26 SS 2 5 2 -2 3 1
1958 STL NL 26 2B 1 14 1 -0 1 0
1958 STL NL 26 3B 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CIN NL 27 SS 2 4 0 -0 1 2
1959 CIN NL 27 3B 1 11 1 1 -0 0
1959 CIN NL 27 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CIN NL 28 3B 11 18 11 7 4 0
1960 CIN NL 28 2B -1 -3 0 2 -2 -1
1960 CIN NL 28 SS -1 -13 -1 0 -1 0
1961 CIN NL 29 SS 3 4 4 -3 8 -1
1961 CIN NL 29 3B -1 -16 -1 0 -1 0
1961 CIN NL 29 2B -0 -11 -0 -0 0 0
1962 CIN NL 30 3B -2 -2 -2 2 -4 0
1962 CIN NL 30 SS -3 -28 -3 0 -4 0
1963 CIN NL 31 3B 0 1 0 1 -1 0
1963 CIN NL 31 SS -0 -5 -0 -1 1 0
1963 CIN NL 31 2B -0 -60 -0 -0 0 0
1964 HOU NL 32 SS 9 10 10 7 3 -1
1964 HOU NL 32 3B -1 -206 -1 -0 -1 0
1965 HOU NL 33 SS -4 -10 -4 -2 -2 0
1965 HOU NL 33 3B 0 43 0 0 0 0
1966 BOS AL 34 SS 5 47 5 6 -0 0
1966 BOS AL 34 3B 3 41 2 2 0 1
1966 BOS AL 34 2B 0 11 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons SS 12 3 11 3 8 1
10 Seasons 3B 15 6 13 17 -3 2
7 Seasons 2B 0 1 1 2 -0 -1
10 Seasons TOT 28 4 26 22 4 2
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1957 STL NL 25 134 126 134 128 0 0 0 1 120 13 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1958 STL NL 26 104 72 104 88 0 0 0 12 1 77 0 0 0 0 0 10 8
1959 CIN NL 27 118 90 118 114 0 0 0 2 31 84 0 0 0 0 0 2 9
1960 CIN NL 28 126 117 126 120 0 0 0 34 85 15 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1961 CIN NL 29 126 113 126 119 0 0 0 6 12 112 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1962 CIN NL 30 134 122 134 131 0 0 0 0 117 18 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1963 CIN NL 31 76 49 76 61 0 0 0 1 49 14 0 0 0 0 0 15 1
1964 HOU NL 32 133 119 133 129 0 0 0 0 2 128 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
1965 HOU NL 33 68 54 68 61 0 0 0 0 2 59 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1966 BOS AL 34 58 29 58 35 0 0 0 8 10 20 0 0 0 0 0 24 1
10 Seasons 1077 891 1077 986 0 0 0 64 429 540 0 0 0 0 0 93 23
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1957 STL NL 25 351 59% 83% 29% 30 90% 0 18 8 7 2 21 13 8 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 5 1 0 3 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 1
1958 STL NL 26 2495 58% 79% 26% 231 93% 3 112 50 51 11 190 149 35 2 3 12 1 11 0 9 47 18 2 19 2 2 44 19 24 2 1 1
1959 CIN NL 27 3150 59% 82% 25% 352 89% 6 177 82 74 21 271 186 69 2 2 12 0 10 2 10 60 19 6 18 6 5 55 25 29 3 0 3
1960 CIN NL 28 349 58% 84% 24% 26 88% 1 17 6 7 4 20 17 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 1 4 1 3 0 0 0
1961 CIN NL 29 3915 62% 81% 27% 393 93% 1 203 100 91 13 292 223 57 0 3 18 2 9 7 13 59 17 5 19 5 0 49 22 24 8 4 4
1962 CIN NL 30 600 55% 79% 23% 52 90% 0 18 10 5 3 42 24 13 1 2 4 1 2 1 2 11 5 2 1 0 0 9 8 1 2 1 0
1963 CIN NL 31 382 67% 77% 24% 37 86% 1 15 5 8 2 32 21 10 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 7 2 0 3 1 0 6 2 4 1 1 0
1964 HOU NL 32 4427 57% 82% 31% 493 91% 4 227 94 113 20 399 321 69 0 5 14 0 14 0 12 73 17 11 24 11 4 69 28 41 3 0 2
1965 HOU NL 33 2035 53% 83% 29% 194 96% 2 97 48 37 12 156 117 28 1 4 6 1 3 2 4 27 11 5 8 1 2 27 16 11 0 0 0
1966 BOS AL 34 585 64% 78% 28% 68 96% 0 28 12 12 4 56 42 12 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 7 4 0 0 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 0
10 Seasons 18289 59% 81% 27% 1876 92% 18 912 415 405 92 1479 1113 303 6 20 73 6 54 13 54 301 94 32 95 28 15 273 126 141 20 7 11
MLB Averages 63% 80% 28% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1957 STL NL 25 4467 60% 81% 28% 333 90% 4 100 76 12 12 225 183 33 4 7 13 1 10 2 11 21 15 2 19 2 0 1 6 83%
1958 STL NL 26 6 67% 100% 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CIN NL 27 427 51% 84% 26% 34 88% 0 9 9 0 0 23 19 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
1960 CIN NL 28 2957 63% 81% 27% 274 92% 4 99 73 6 20 179 134 40 1 7 10 0 9 1 10 21 13 1 16 2 0 1 9 56%
1961 CIN NL 29 225 56% 76% 26% 12 92% 0 6 3 2 1 6 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1962 CIN NL 30 4157 65% 78% 26% 314 89% 4 99 75 13 11 209 163 36 4 7 19 0 17 2 17 23 14 3 21 1 0 1 16 69%
1963 CIN NL 31 1484 64% 79% 25% 115 91% 0 40 34 2 4 72 57 13 1 1 5 0 5 0 5 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0%
1964 HOU NL 32 23 70% 78% 26% 2 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 HOU NL 33 52 44% 81% 23% 4 100% 0 2 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 BOS AL 34 339 58% 79% 24% 28 96% 0 12 6 2 4 24 15 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 5 0 0 0 1 100%
10 Seasons 14137 62% 80% 27% 1116 91% 12 368 278 38 52 742 581 131 10 24 50 1 44 5 46 76 50 7 65 6 1 3 34 68%
MLB Averages 63% 80% 28% 89% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1957 STL NL 25 13 69% 77% 38% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 STL NL 26 375 74% 79% 27% 37 97% 0 27 11 13 3 30 25 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 7 2 0 1 2 6 3 3 1 1 0
1959 CIN NL 27 14 50% 86% 21% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1960 CIN NL 28 1131 65% 80% 28% 101 96% 0 77 29 36 12 85 72 8 0 2 4 0 2 2 2 23 8 4 4 2 22 7 13 0 0 0
1961 CIN NL 29 83 45% 92% 33% 7 100% 0 6 0 2 4 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1963 CIN NL 31 13 69% 54% 15% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 BOS AL 34 233 63% 82% 29% 23 91% 0 15 4 9 2 20 20 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 2 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1862 66% 81% 28% 170 96% 0 128 45 62 21 145 125 13 0 5 7 0 5 2 4 36 13 6 5 4 33 10 21 1 1 0
MLB Averages 63% 80% 28% 93%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 (1712th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1957 NL  120 (4th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1957 NL  100 (4th)
1960 NL  98 (5th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1957 NL  224 (3rd)
1960 NL  186 (5th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1957 NL  13 (4th)
1962 NL  19 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1957 NL  4 (2nd)
1960 NL  11 (2nd)
Career  15 (79th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1957 NL  2.76 (4th)
1960 NL  3.68 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1957 NL  2.70 (3rd)
1960 NL  3.30 (1st)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1957 NL  .961 (4th)
1960 NL  .966 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1959 NL  2 (5th)
1961 NL  3 (4th)
1964 NL  9 (1st)
Career  12 (98th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1959 NL  5.64 (1st)
1961 NL  4.76 (5th)
1964 NL  5.21 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1959 NL  5.39 (1st)
1964 NL  4.81 (3rd)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1958 NL  .961 (5th)
1959 NL  .976 (2nd)
1961 NL  .964 (4th)
1964 NL  .978 (1st)
Career  .971 (72nd)

                           

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