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Dick Kokos

Richard Jerome Kokos
born Richard Jerome Kokoszka

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 28, 1928 in Chicago, IL
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 8, 1948
Teams (by GP): Browns/Orioles 1948-1954

Final Game: May 10, 1954
Died: April 9, 1986 in Chicago, IL
Buried: St. Adalbert Cemetery, Niles, IL
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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
1945	17	CLE-min	D	50	190	190		61	16	4	4						.321	.321	.511	.832		97						BAT · PONY
1946	18	CLE-min	D	125	482	482		166	37	12	21						.344	.344	.602	.946		290						BAT · PONY
1947	19	CLE-min	A	139	506	506		164	28	12	12						.324	.324	.498	.822		252						WKB · EL
1948	20	BAL-min	AAA	84	368	314	70	99	14	3	13	44	9		51	39	.315	.413	.503	.916		158		1	2			TOL · AA
1948	20	SLB	AL	71	291	258	40	77	15	3	4	40	4	3	28	32	.298	.374	.426	.800	111	110	1	3	2		O9
1949	21	SLB	AL	143	572	501	80	131	28	1	23	77	3	5	66	91	.261	.351	.459	.810	109	230	4	3	2		*O9
1950	22	SLB	AL	143	582	490	77	128	27	5	18	67	8	8	88	73	.261	.375	.447	.822	106	219	10	1	3		*O79

1953	25	SLB	AL	107	357	299	41	72	12	0	13	38	0	5	56	53	.241	.361	.411	.772	106	123	4	0	2		O79
1954	26	NYY-min	AAA	122	474	400	66	113	19	8	14	53	3		66	46	.283	.382	.475	.857		190	6	1	3	4		KCY · AA
1954	26	BAL	AL	11	14	10	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	3	.200	.429	.500	.929	164	5	1	0	0	0	/7
1955	27	ATL-STL-min	AA,AAA	134	550	454	72	107	16	3	20	60	4	3	90	68	.236	.361	.416	.778		189	2	0	5	1		BMT,OMA · TL,AA
1956	28	CIN-PHI-min	AA,AAA	8	19	19		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0						NVL,MIA · SOUA,IL
5 Yrs				475	1816	1558	239	410	82	9	59	223	15	21	242	252	.263	.365	.441	.806	108	687	20	7	9	0
162 Game Avg.				162	619	531	82	140	28	3	20	76	5	7	83	86	.263	.365	.441	.806	108	234	7	2	3

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
1948	20	SLB	AL	71	291	4	-0	1	-3	-3	-2	-0.2	7	6	0.6	.498	.499	0.9	-0.6	9	$	O9
1949	21	SLB	AL	143	572	3	-3	2	-5	-6	-9	-0.9	14	6	0.6	.494	.495	1.1	-1.1	10	$	*O9
1950	22	SLB	AL	143	582	4	-4	1	4	-6	-1	-0.0	15	15	1.5	.500	.500	1.1	-0.2	11	$	*O79

1953	25	SLB	AL	107	357	2	-2	0	-2	-4	-5	-0.5	10	5	0.5	.495	.497	0.7	-0.6	7	$	O79
1954	26	BAL	AL	11	14	1	0	-0	-1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$	/7
5 Seasons				475	1816	14	-8	4	-7	-20	-16	-1.6	47	31	3.2	.497	.498	3.9	-2.6	38	$

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	20	SLB	AL	291	187	40	5.7	107	.329	.298	.275	.374	.361	.426	.398	.800	.759	111	.596	4.0	0.4	.768	.240	.128	4.0
1949	21	SLB	AL	572	381	78	5.4	111	.279	.261	.277	.351	.370	.459	.402	.810	.772	109	.579	4.5	0.4	.784	.325	.198	5.3
1950	22	SLB	AL	582	383	80	5.5	117	.276	.261	.283	.375	.371	.447	.424	.822	.796	106	.550	5.2	0.5	.811	.365	.186	11.1

1953	25	SLB	AL	357	238	43	4.8	104	.253	.241	.272	.361	.349	.411	.400	.772	.749	106	.538	3.8	0.4	.737	.341	.171	.0
1954	26	BAL	AL	14	9	2	6.0	92	.167	.200	.256	.429	.330	.500	.374	.929	.704	164	.649	1.1	0.1	1.000	.700	.300	.0
5 Yrs				1816	1198	243	5.4	111	.281	.263	.278	.365	.364	.441	.408	.806	.772	108	.565	18.6	1.8	.782	.329	.178	23.9
162 Game Avg.				619	409	83	5.4	111	.281	.263	.278	.365	.364	.441	.408	.806	.772	108	.565	6	1	.782	.329	.178	8

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	20	SLB	AL	291	1.4%	11.0%	9.6%	7.6%	29%	1.14	8.1	64.5	6.5	0.78	76%
1949	21	SLB	AL	572	4.0%	15.9%	11.5%	9.1%	40%	1.38	5.5	21.8	6.5	0.55	68%
1950	22	SLB	AL	582	3.1%	12.5%	15.1%	8.6%	39%	0.83	6.7	27.2	7.3	0.80	69%

1953	25	SLB	AL	357	3.6%	14.9%	15.7%	7.0%	35%	0.95	5.6	23.0	7.9	0.66	65%
1954	26	BAL	AL	14	7.1%	21.4%	28.6%	7.1%	50%	0.75	3.3	10.0	10.0	1.00	43%
5 Yrs				1816	3.3%	13.9%	13.3%	8.3%	37%	1.04	6.2	26.4	7.0	0.68	69%
MLB Averages					1.9%	10.1%	9.8%	6.5%	28%	1.04	8.7	45.8	8.0	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	20	SLB	AL	3.6	0.4	151	-0.0	2.3	-2.4	.98	0.1	-0.1	5.7	0.6	1.01	2.6	1.53	1
1949	21	SLB	AL	4.5	0.4	345	0.0	6.2	-6.2	1.03	0.1	-0.1	4.5	0.4	0.95	2.1	1.54	5
1950	22	SLB	AL	5.2	0.5	364	-1.1	5.8	-6.8	1.01	-0.1	-0.9	-1.5	-0.1	0.96	-4.9	1.45	11

1953	25	SLB	AL	3.8	0.4	336	0.8	6.8	-6.0	1.08	1.3	-0.5	4.1	0.4	0.91	11.9	1.76	22
1954	26	BAL	AL	1.1	0.1	14	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	1.30	-0.0	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.77	1.1	1.76	8
5 Yrs				18.2	1.8	1210	-0.6	21.3	-21.9	1.04	1.3	-2.0	12.9	1.3	0.95	12.8	1.66	47

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	20	SLB	AL	1	0	35%	50	4	3	57%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	80%	4	2	2	1	0	1	5	0	5
1949	21	SLB	AL	2	0	32%	127	3	5	38%	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	7	1	64%	21	9	12	4	2	2	8	1	7
1950	22	SLB	AL	4	0	30%	153	8	8	50%	2	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	2	43%	23	16	5	4	2	2	13	3	10

1953	25	SLB	AL	2	0	24%	135	0	5	0%	0	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	4	37%	26	21	5	1	1	0	8	0	8
1954	26	BAL	AL	0	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				9	0	30%	470	15	21	42%	3	13	1	2	0	0	6	0	23	8	50%	74	48	24	10	5	5	34	4	30

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	20	SLB	AL	291	86%	77			1	1	0	1	1.53	4	0	5	1	0	1	3	0	1	2	200%	32	1	3%	12	6	50%	116	25	22%	15	10	67%	5	2	40%	0
1949	21	SLB	AL	572	65%	131			5	2	1	1	1.54	23	0	2	8	4	16	7	0	5	2	40%	72	4	6%	35	11	31%	233	34	15%	25	11	44%	14	8	57%	0
1950	22	SLB	AL	582	69%	128			11	2	0	2	1.45	18	1	9	6	2	11	7	0	2	3	150%	86	10	12%	46	7	15%	233	30	13%	20	7	35%	13	4	31%	0

1953	25	SLB	AL	357	83%	72			22	5	1	3	1.76	13	0	10	12	1	5	8	0	2	2	100%	54	4	7%	38	9	24%	172	24	14%	17	6	35%	9	5	56%	0
1954	26	BAL	AL	14	100%	2			8	2	1	1	1.76	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		3	1	33%	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				1816	74%	410			47	12	3	8	1.66	59	1	26	28	7	33	26	0	10	9	90%	247	20	8%	132	33	25%	760	113	15%	77	34	44%	41	19	46%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			96%			13%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

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
1948	20	71	291	258	40	77	15	3	4	40	4	3	28	32	.298	.374	.426	.800	111	110	1	3	2
1949	21	214	863	759	120	208	43	4	27	117	7	8	94	123	.274	.359	.448	.807	110	340	5	6	4
1950	22	357	1445	1249	197	336	70	9	45	184	15	16	182	196	.269	.365	.448	.813	108	559	15	7	7
1951	23	357	1445	1249	197	336	70	9	45	184	15	16	182	196	.269	.365	.448	.813	108	559	15	7	7
1952	24	357	1445	1249	197	336	70	9	45	184	15	16	182	196	.269	.365	.448	.813	108	559	15	7	7
1953	25	464	1802	1548	238	408	82	9	58	222	15	21	238	249	.264	.364	.441	.805	108	682	19	7	9
1954	26	475	1816	1558	239	410	82	9	59	223	15	21	242	252	.263	.365	.441	.806	108	687	20	7	9	0

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
1948	20	74	298	265	38	76	15	3	4	38	4	28	33	.287	.361	.411	.773	39	71
1949	21	149	586	516	75	129	28	1	23	73	3	65	95	.250	.337	.442	.779	75	143
1950	22	149	586	499	68	121	26	5	17	59	8	83	76	.242	.352	.417	.768	72	143

1953	25	112	371	311	42	74	12	0	13	39	0	58	55	.238	.358	.402	.760	45	107
1954	26	11	14	10	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	4	3	.200	.429	.500	.929	2	11
5 Yrs		495	1855	1601	224	402	81	9	58	210	15	238	262	.251	.350	.422	.772	233	475
162 Game Avg.		162	607	524	73	132	27	3	19	69	5	78	86	.251	.350	.422	.772	76	475

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Doubles s c a p y 1949 AL 28 (7th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1949 AL 23 (7th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1949 AL 91 (1st) 1950 AL 73 (8th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1950 AL 8 (6th)
Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1949 AL 52 (4th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1950 AL 8 (2nd)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1950 AL 11.1 (2nd)	AB per HR s c a p y 1949 AL 21.8 (6th)
Youngest s c a p y 1948 AL born 1928-02-28 (4th) 1949 AL born 1928-02-28 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 8 (1540), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 13 (1263), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Greg Luzinski (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jack Clark (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeremy Hermida (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kevin McReynolds (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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