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Eddie Kazak

Edward Terrance Kazak
born Edward Terrance Tkaczuk

Positions: Third Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 18, 1920 in Steubenville, OH
High School: Steubenville HS (Steubenville, OH) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1948
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Reds 1948-1952

Final Game: July 1, 1952
Died: December 15, 1999 in Austin, TX
Buried: Assumption Cemetery, Austin, TX
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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	Pos	Awards
1940	19	VDS	D	130	528	528		154	38	8	4						.292	.292	.417	.708		220						VDS · GAFL
1941	20	STL-min	D	135	584	584		221	45	9	2						.378	.378	.497	.875		290						ABY · GAFL
1942	21	STL-min	A1	118	424	424		109	23	0	5						.257	.257	.347	.604		147						HSN · TL
1946	25	STL-min	A	124	483	483		144	22	2	14						.298	.298	.439	.737		212						CBS · SALL
1947	26	STL-min	A,AAA	105	383	379	2	117	19	5	20	1	0		3	4	.309	.314	.544	.858		206		0	1			OMA,ROC · WL,IL
1948	27	STL-min	AAA	142	566	508	72	157	24	5	12	85	6		41	35	.309	.366	.447	.813		227		5	12			ROC · IL
1948	27	STL	NL	6	22	22	1	6	3	0	0	2	0		0	2	.273	.273	.409	.682	78	9	1	0	0		/5
1949	28	STL	NL	92	364	326	43	99	15	3	6	42	0		29	17	.304	.362	.423	.786	107	138	9	1	8		5/4	AS
1950	29	STL	NL	93	227	207	21	53	2	2	5	23	0		18	19	.256	.319	.357	.676	75	74	6	1	1		5
1951	30	STL-min	AA	104	342	342		104	15	2	13						.304	.304	.474	.778		162						HSN · TL
1951	30	STL	NL	11	38	33	2	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	5	5	.182	.289	.242	.532	45	8	1	0	0		5
1952	31	DET-min	AAA	38	164	146	26	46	5	0	6	16	0		16	9	.315	.387	.473	.859		69		1	1			BFL · IL
1952	31	TOT	NL	16	17	17	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.059	.059	.176	.235	-37	3	1	0	0		/53
1952	31	STL	NL	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0		/5
1952	31	CIN	NL	13	15	15	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.067	.067	.200	.267	-28	3	0	0	0		/53
1953	32	DET-min	AAA	121	477	423	65	113	20	2	13	59	2		51	31	.267	.349	.416	.765		176		2	1			BFL · IL
1954	33	CHC-min	AA	153	648	558	102	192	44	2	19	104	2	4	67	49	.344	.412	.532	.944		297		4	9	10		BMT · TL
1955	34	SDG	Opn	129	454	421	50	127	11	1	12	67	2		21	30	.302	.333	.418	.751		176	12	1	6	5		SDG · PCL
1956	35	CLE-min	Opn	138	559	505	80	154	19	4	18	83	4		36	27	.305	.347	.465	.813		235	13	2	6	10		SDG · PCL
1957	36	CLE-min	Opn	104	365	339	35	98	9	2	4	50	4		18	23	.289	.318	.363	.681		123	9	0	0	8		SDG · PCL
1958	37	CIN-CLE-min	AAA	91	311	287	43	96	18	1	7	50	2		17	25	.334	.367	.477	.844		137	3	1	0	6		SLE,SDG · PCL
1959	38	CIN-ATL-BAL-min	AAA	94	307	284	23	75	13	0	4	38	1	0	16	18	.264	.303	.320	.623		91		1	3	3		SLE,SAC,MIA · PCL,IL
1960	39	ATL-min	AA	3	12	12		3									.250	.250										AUS · TL
5 Yrs				218	668	605	69	165	22	6	11	71	0	0	52	45	.273	.332	.383	.716	87	232	18	2	9
162 Game Avg.				162	496	450	51	123	16	4	8	53	0		39	33	.273	.332	.383	.716	87	172	13	1	7

STL (5 yrs)				205	653	590	68	164	22	5	11	71	0	0	52	43	.278	.339	.388	.727	90	229	18	2	9
CIN (1 yr)				13	15	15	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.067	.067	.200	.267	-28	3	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1948	27	STL	NL	6	22	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.469	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/5
1949	28	STL	NL	92	364	4	1	-0	1	0	6	0.6	13	19	1.8	.507	.504	1.8	0.1	18	$	5/4	AS
1950	29	STL	NL	93	227	-7	0	-1	1	0	-7	-0.7	8	1	0.0	.493	.496	0.0	0.1	-0	$	5
1951	30	STL	NL	11	38	-2	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.480	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	5
1952	31	STL	NL	3	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.481	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/5
1952	31	CIN	NL	13	15	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.479	.498	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/53
5 Seasons				218	668	-10	2	-1	1	0	-7	-0.9	23	16	1.3	.496	.499	1.4	0.1	15	$

STL (5 yrs)				205	653	-7	2	-1	1	0	-5	-0.6	22	18	1.5	.498	.499	1.6	0.1	17	$
CIN (1 yr)				13	15	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.479	.498	-0.2	0.0	-2	$

Advanced Batting

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
1948	27	STL	NL	22	17	2	3.1	107	.300	.273	.276	.273	.351	.409	.408	.682	.760	78	.343	-0.7	-0.1	.529	.136	.136
1949	28	STL	NL	364	244	50	5.5	107	.307	.304	.275	.362	.349	.423	.412	.786	.761	107	.581	2.9	0.3	.712	.209	.120	.0
1950	29	STL	NL	227	161	23	3.8	111	.262	.256	.274	.319	.352	.357	.425	.676	.777	75	.404	-8.5	-0.8	.581	.188	.101	.0
1951	30	STL	NL	38	28	2	1.9	103	.214	.182	.268	.289	.342	.242	.405	.532	.747	45	.173	-2.4	-0.2	.464	.212	.061
1952	31	TOT	NL	17	17	0	0.0	96	.067	.059	.261	.059	.333	.176	.388	.235	.721	-37	.000	-3.3	-0.4	.176	.118	.118
1952	31	STL	NL	2	3	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.262	.000	.334	.000	.389	.000	.724	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1952	31	CIN	NL	15	14	0	0.0	96	.077	.067	.260	.067	.333	.200	.387	.267	.721	-28	.000	-2.8	-0.3	.214	.133	.133
5 Yrs				668	467	77	4.4	108	.281	.273	.274	.332	.349	.383	.415	.716	.765	87	.480	-12.1	-1.2	.624	.197	.111	.0
162 Game Avg.				496	347	57	4.4	108	.281	.273	.274	.332	.349	.383	.415	.716	.765	87	.480	-12.1	-1.2	.624	.197	.111

STL (5 yrs)				653	453	77	4.5	108	.285	.278	.274	.339	.350	.388	.416	.727	.766	90	.492	-9.4	-0.9	.637	.198	.110	.0
CIN (1 yr)				15	14	0	0.0	96	.077	.067	.260	.067	.333	.200	.387	.267	.721	-28	.000	-2.8	-0.3	.214	.133	.133

All-Star Batting

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
1949	STL	NL	28	as 3B	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	27	STL	NL	22	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	13.6%	50%		11.0		11.0		91%
1949	28	STL	NL	364	1.7%	4.7%	8.0%	6.6%	24%	0.59	19.2	54.3	7.8	1.14	83%
1950	29	STL	NL	227	2.2%	8.4%	7.9%	4.0%	17%	1.06	10.9	41.4	9.0	0.88	81%
1951	30	STL	NL	38	0.0%	13.2%	13.2%	5.3%	33%	1.00	6.6		8.3	0.89	74%
1952	31	TOT	NL	17	0.0%	11.8%	0.0%	5.9%	100%		8.5			0.43	88%
1952	31	STL	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1952	31	CIN	NL	15	0.0%	13.3%	0.0%	6.7%	100%		7.5			0.43	87%
5 Yrs				668	1.7%	6.7%	7.8%	5.8%	24%	0.87	13.4	55.0	8.5	0.98	82%
MLB Averages					1.9%	9.9%	9.9%	6.4%	28%	0.99	9.0	47.5	8.0	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	27	STL	NL	-0.7	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1949	28	STL	NL	2.9	0.3	202	0.1	3.9	-3.8	1.12	0.3	-0.3	4.4	0.4	1.00	4.8	0.39	4
1950	29	STL	NL	-8.5	-0.8	159	-0.2	2.7	-3.0	1.03	-0.4	0.2	-4.9	-0.5	0.99	-2.5	1.33	30
1951	30	STL	NL	-2.4	-0.2	30	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	1.13	-0.2	-0.1	-2.7	-0.3	1.03	-2.7		0
1952	31	TOT	NL	-3.3	-0.4	13	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.41	-0.2	-0.0	-2.1	-0.2	0.72	-2.4	0.74	7
1952	31	STL	NL	-0.5	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1952	31	CIN	NL	-2.8	-0.3	13	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.41	-0.2	-0.0	-2.1	-0.2	0.72	-2.4	0.74	7
5 Yrs				-12.1	-1.2	404	-0.6	6.9	-7.5	1.06	-0.5	-0.1	-5.3	-0.5	0.99	-2.8	1.14	41

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	27	STL	NL		17%	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	28	STL	NL	4	30%	96		1	2	1	44%	12	8	4	6	4	2	5	1	4
1950	29	STL	NL	4	24%	53		0	0	4	43%	5	5	0	3	1	2	6	2	4
1951	30	STL	NL	0	18%	5	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	31	TOT	NL	0	200%	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	31	STL	NL	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	31	CIN	NL	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				8	28%	155	0	1	2	7	43%	17	13	4	9	5	4	11	3	8

Situational Hitting*

						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
1948	27	STL	NL	22		6				0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0
1949	28	STL	NL	364	56%	99			4	2	1	1	0.39	6	1	9	1	2	3	3	0	2	8	400%	41	9	22%	17	7	41%	142	26	18%	15	9	60%	5	3	60%	0
1950	29	STL	NL	227	35%	53			30	7	1	3	1.33	5	0	3	1	3	1	4	0	2	1	50%	35	6	17%	17	2	12%	111	13	12%	9	4	44%	5	4	80%	0
1951	30	STL	NL	38	66%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	2	0	0%	23	2	9%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1952	31	TOT	NL	17	69%	1			7	1	0	0	0.74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1952	31	STL	NL	2		0				0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0
1952	31	CIN	NL	15	69%	1			7	1	0	0	0.74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				668	49%	165			41	10	2	4	1.14	11	1	12	2	5	4	7	0	4	9	225%	85	18	21%	36	9	25%	280	41	15%	25	14	56%	11	7	64%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			102%			13%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1948	27	6	22	22	1	6	3	0	0	2		0	2	.273	.273	.409	.682	78	9	1	0	0
1949	28	98	386	348	44	105	18	3	6	44		29	19	.302	.357	.422	.780	105	147	10	1	8
1950	29	191	613	555	65	158	20	5	11	67		47	38	.285	.343	.398	.741	93	221	16	2	9
1951	30	202	651	588	67	164	22	5	11	71	0	52	43	.279	.340	.389	.729	91	229	17	2	9
1952	31	218	668	605	69	165	22	6	11	71	0	52	45	.273	.332	.383	.716	87	232	18	2	9

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	27	6	23	23	1	6	3	0	0	2	0	2	.261	.261	.391	.652	2	6
1949	28	96	373	335	42	99	15	3	6	41	29	18	.296	.353	.412	.765	49	92
1950	29	97	233	213	20	52	2	2	5	22	18	20	.244	.306	.343	.649	22	93
1951	30	11	39	34	2	6	2	0	0	4	5	5	.176	.282	.235	.517	2	11
1952	31	17	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	16
5 Yrs		227	686	623	65	163	22	5	11	69	52	47	.262	.321	.366	.687	75	218
162 Game Avg.		162	490	445	46	116	16	4	8	49	37	34	.262	.321	.366	.687	54	218

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