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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 Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1948 STL NL 27 3B 6 5 5 20 7 11 2 2 .900 3.00 .941 3.10
1949 STL NL 28 3B 80 79 75 258 64 175 19 20 .926 2.99 .952 3.18 AS
1949 STL NL 28 2B 5 5 5 26 10 12 4 2 .846 4.40 .976 5.56 AS
1950 STL NL 29 3B 48 41 39 380.0 140 36 95 9 7 .936 3.10 2.73 .948 3.31 3.27
1951 STL NL 30 3B 10 9 9 76.0 30 11 17 2 1 .933 3.32 2.80 .953 3.38 3.36
1952 TOT NL 31 3B 4 0 0 12.0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 2.25 0.75 .952 3.15 3.12
1952 STL NL 31 3B 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.00 .950 3.15 3.10
1952 CIN NL 31 3B 3 0 0 10.0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 1.80 0.67 .953 3.15 3.13
1952 CIN NL 31 1B 1 0 0 5.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.20 4.00 .990 9.90 9.80
5 Seasons 3B 148 134 128 468.0 452 119 300 33 30 .927 3.12 2.83 .950 3.32 3.22
1 Season 2B 5 5 5 26 10 12 4 2 .846 4.40 .976 5.56
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 5.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.20 4.00 .990 9.90 9.80
5 Seasons TOT 154 139 133 473.0 482 133 312 37 32 .923 3.16 2.89 .952 3.39 3.34
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
1948 STL NL 27 3B
1949 STL NL 28 3B
1949 STL NL 28 2B
1950 STL NL 29 3B
1951 STL NL 30 3B
1952 STL NL 31 3B
1952 CIN NL 31 3B
1952 CIN NL 31 1B
5 Seasons 3B
1 Season 2B
1 Season 1B
5 Seasons TOT

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1948 STL NL 27 6 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 STL NL 28 92 84 92 85 0 0 0 5 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1950 STL NL 29 93 41 93 48 0 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 1
1951 STL NL 30 11 9 11 10 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1952 CIN NL 31 13 0 13 4 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
1952 STL NL 31 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
5 Seasons 218 139 218 154 0 0 1 6 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 3
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 -- 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%
1949 STL NL 28 1567 70% 82% 27% 125 84% 3 32 20 5 7 80 59 18 1 1 13 0 11 2 11 7 6 0 6 1 0 1 15 67%
1950 STL NL 29 1144 69% 83% 27% 94 91% 3 22 18 2 2 66 51 13 2 1 5 0 5 0 5 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 6 83%
1951 STL NL 30 246 57% 82% 24% 21 90% 0 8 5 1 2 13 12 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CIN NL 31 33 64% 76% 27% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2990 68% 82% 27% 240 88% 6 62 43 8 11 159 122 32 3 3 20 0 18 2 17 12 11 0 11 1 0 1 21 71%
MLB Averages 62% 82% 26% 89% 69%

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
1949 STL NL 28 158 68% 79% 32% 12 83% 0 9 1 7 1 9 8 1 0 0 4 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
1951 STL NL 30 8 75% 75% 13% 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 166 69% 79% 31% 12 83% 0 11 1 7 3 9 8 1 0 0 4 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 82% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1952 CIN NL 31 26 65% 69% 19% 3 100% 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 26 65% 69% 19% 3 100% 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 82% 26% 93% 86%

* 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
1949 (3B)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1949 NL  19 (2nd)

                           

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