Andy Kosco
Andrew John Kosco
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 207 lb.

Born: October 5, 1941 in Youngstown, OH
High School: Struthers (Struthers, OH)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 13, 1965
Final Game: July 30, 1974
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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
1965 23 MIN AL 23 58 55 3 13 4 0 1 6 0 0 1 15 .236 .241 .364 .605 66 20 0 0 0 2 0 9/3
1966 24 MIN AL 57 170 158 11 35 5 0 2 13 0 1 7 31 .222 .251 .291 .543 52 46 4 0 3 2 1 7/839
1967 25 MIN AL 9 30 28 4 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 4 .143 .200 .179 .379 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 /9
1968 26 NYY AL 131 492 466 47 112 19 1 15 59 2 2 16 71 .240 .268 .382 .650 99 178 11 3 3 4 2 93/7
1969 27 LAD NL 120 453 424 51 105 13 2 19 74 0 1 21 66 .248 .282 .422 .704 102 179 15 1 3 4 2 *97/3
1970 28 LAD NL 74 228 224 21 51 12 0 8 27 1 1 1 40 .228 .230 .388 .618 67 87 7 0 2 1 0 9/73
1971 29 MIL AL 98 290 264 27 60 6 2 10 39 1 3 24 57 .227 .291 .379 .669 91 100 6 0 1 1 5 3795
1972 30 TOT AL 66 201 189 20 44 6 3 9 19 1 0 7 32 .233 .265 .439 .704 110 83 9 2 1 2 1 79
1972 30 CAL AL 49 151 142 15 34 4 2 6 13 1 0 5 23 .239 .267 .423 .689 109 60 5 1 1 2 1 79
1972 30 BOS AL 17 50 47 5 10 2 1 3 6 0 0 2 9 .213 .260 .489 .749 115 23 4 1 0 0 0 7/9
1973 31 CIN NL 47 135 118 17 33 7 0 9 21 0 0 13 26 .280 .346 .568 .914 155 67 4 0 2 2 6 9/83
1974 32 CIN NL 33 45 37 3 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 7 8 .189 .311 .243 .554 58 9 1 0 0 1 1 /579
10 Seasons 658 2102 1963 204 464 75 8 73 267 5 8 99 350 .236 .273 .394 .667 92 774 58 6 15 19 18
162 Game Avg. 162 518 483 50 114 18 2 18 66 1 2 24 86 .236 .273 .394 .667 92 191 14 1 4 5 4
MIN (3 yrs) 89 258 241 18 52 10 0 3 23 0 1 10 50 .216 .243 .295 .538 50 71 5 0 3 4 1
LAD (2 yrs) 194 681 648 72 156 25 2 27 101 1 2 22 106 .241 .265 .410 .675 89 266 22 1 5 5 2
CIN (2 yrs) 80 180 155 20 40 9 0 9 26 0 0 20 34 .258 .337 .490 .827 132 76 5 0 2 3 7
BOS (1 yr) 17 50 47 5 10 2 1 3 6 0 0 2 9 .213 .260 .489 .749 115 23 4 1 0 0 0
CAL (1 yr) 49 151 142 15 34 4 2 6 13 1 0 5 23 .239 .267 .423 .689 109 60 5 1 1 2 1
NYY (1 yr) 131 492 466 47 112 19 1 15 59 2 2 16 71 .240 .268 .382 .650 99 178 11 3 3 4 2
MIL (1 yr) 98 290 264 27 60 6 2 10 39 1 3 24 57 .227 .291 .379 .669 91 100 6 0 1 1 5
AL (6 yrs) 384 1241 1160 112 268 41 6 37 140 4 6 57 210 .231 .268 .372 .640 88 432 31 5 8 11 9
NL (4 yrs) 274 861 803 92 196 34 2 36 127 1 2 42 140 .244 .280 .426 .706 98 342 27 1 7 8 9

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
1965 23 MIN AL 58 44 5 3.1 96 .293 .236 .256 .241 .327 .364 .393 .605 .720 66 .377 -2.4 -0.3 .500 .145 .127 .0
1966 24 MIN AL 170 133 11 2.2 95 .260 .222 .256 .251 .324 .291 .394 .543 .718 52 .264 -10.4 -1.1 .406 .108 .070 .0
1967 25 MIN AL 30 25 1 1.1 91 .167 .143 .252 .200 .322 .179 .377 .379 .699 9 .093 -3.3 -0.4 .280 .107 .036
1968 26 NYY AL 492 374 45 3.2 77 .253 .240 .234 .268 .302 .382 .346 .650 .648 99 .462 -2.6 -0.3 .537 .176 .142 3.5
1969 27 LAD NL 453 342 46 3.6 89 .251 .248 .251 .282 .320 .422 .372 .704 .692 102 .433 -1.4 -0.1 .597 .222 .175 .0
1970 28 LAD NL 228 184 17 2.5 99 .243 .228 .261 .230 .333 .388 .399 .618 .732 67 .240 -11.6 -1.2 .486 .165 .161 1.8
1971 29 MIL AL 290 215 28 3.5 91 .253 .227 .253 .291 .324 .379 .375 .669 .699 91 .437 -4.5 -0.5 .573 .235 .152 1.8
1972 30 TOT AL 201 157 19 3.2 81 .233 .233 .243 .265 .311 .439 .351 .704 .662 110 .450 0.8 0.1 .604 .249 .206 1.8
1972 30 CAL AL 151 116 15 3.5 78 .243 .239 .240 .267 .307 .423 .346 .689 .653 109 .481 0.4 0.0 .593 .225 .183 1.7
1972 30 BOS AL 50 41 4 2.6 88 .200 .213 .253 .260 .323 .489 .365 .749 .688 115 .355 0.4 0.0 .634 .319 .277 .0
1973 31 CIN NL 135 93 22 6.4 92 .282 .280 .257 .346 .325 .568 .382 .914 .706 155 .675 8.5 0.9 .899 .398 .288 .0
1974 32 CIN NL 45 32 3 2.5 94 .233 .189 .261 .311 .333 .243 .378 .554 .711 58 .278 -1.7 -0.2 .516 .243 .054
10 Seasons 2102 1599 197 3.3 88 .251 .236 .249 .273 .318 .394 .370 .667 .689 92 .418 -28.5 -3.0 .560 .207 .158 9.4
162 Game Avg. 518 394 49 3.3 88 .251 .236 .249 .273 .318 .394 .370 .667 .689 92 .418 -28.5 -3.0 .560 .207 .158 2
MIN (3 yrs) 258 202 17 2.3 95 .255 .216 .255 .243 .324 .295 .392 .538 .716 50 .269 -16.1 -1.8 .410 .116 .079 .0
LAD (2 yrs) 681 526 63 3.2 92 .248 .241 .255 .265 .324 .410 .381 .675 .706 89 .367 -13.0 -1.3 .558 .202 .170 1.9
CIN (2 yrs) 180 125 25 5.4 93 .270 .258 .258 .337 .327 .490 .381 .827 .707 132 .604 6.8 0.7 .800 .361 .232 .0
BOS (1 yr) 50 41 4 2.6 88 .200 .213 .253 .260 .323 .489 .365 .749 .688 115 .355 0.4 0.0 .634 .319 .277 .0
CAL (1 yr) 151 116 15 3.5 78 .243 .239 .240 .267 .307 .423 .346 .689 .653 109 .480 0.4 0.0 .593 .225 .183 1.7
NYY (1 yr) 492 374 45 3.2 77 .253 .240 .234 .268 .302 .382 .346 .650 .648 99 .463 -2.6 -0.3 .537 .176 .142 3.5
MIL (1 yr) 290 215 28 3.5 91 .253 .227 .253 .291 .324 .379 .375 .669 .699 91 .436 -4.5 -0.5 .573 .235 .152 1.8
AL (6 yrs) 1241 948 109 3.1 84 .250 .231 .244 .268 .313 .372 .363 .640 .676 88 .415 -22.3 -2.4 .530 .189 .141 7.2
NL (4 yrs) 861 651 88 3.6 92 .252 .244 .255 .280 .325 .426 .381 .706 .706 98 .421 -6.2 -0.6 .604 .233 .182 1.9

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
1973 31 CIN NL NLCS NYM L 3 12 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .300 .417 .300 .717 3 1 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 12 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .300 .417 .300 .717 3 1 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
1965 23 MIN AL 58 1.7% 25.9% 1.7% 8.6% 39% 15.00 3.7 55.0 9.2 0.40 71%
1966 24 MIN AL 170 1.2% 18.2% 4.1% 4.1% 20% 4.43 5.1 79.0 12.2 0.78 75%
1967 25 MIN AL 30 0.0% 13.3% 6.7% 3.3% 25% 2.00 7.0 7.0 2.17 80%
1968 26 NYY AL 492 3.1% 14.4% 3.3% 7.1% 31% 4.44 6.6 31.1 7.9 0.71 78%
1969 27 LAD NL 453 4.2% 14.6% 4.6% 7.5% 32% 3.14 6.4 22.3 5.7 0.96 76%
1970 28 LAD NL 228 3.5% 17.5% 0.4% 8.8% 39% 40.00 5.6 28.0 8.3 0.76 78%
1971 29 MIL AL 290 3.5% 19.7% 8.3% 6.2% 30% 2.38 4.6 26.4 6.8 0.82 68%
1972 30 TOT AL 201 4.5% 15.9% 3.5% 9.0% 41% 4.57 5.9 21.0 9.9 0.89 75%
1972 30 CAL AL 151 4.0% 15.2% 3.3% 8.0% 35% 4.60 6.2 23.7 10.9 0.86 76%
1972 30 BOS AL 50 6.0% 18.0% 4.0% 12.0% 60% 4.50 5.2 15.7 7.8 1.00 70%
1973 31 CIN NL 135 6.7% 19.3% 9.6% 11.9% 49% 2.00 4.5 13.1 5.6 1.23 63%
1974 32 CIN NL 45 0.0% 17.8% 15.6% 4.4% 29% 1.14 4.6 7.4 0.71 67%
10 Seasons 2102 3.5% 16.7% 4.7% 7.4% 34% 3.54 5.6 26.9 7.4 0.83 74%
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
1965 23 MIN AL 1 0 15% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 67% 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 24 MIN AL 3 0 23% 53 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 36% 9 6 3 0 0 0 2 1 1
1967 25 MIN AL 2 0 67% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1968 26 NYY AL 3 0 28% 147 2 2 50% 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 48% 11 6 5 6 5 1 14 5 9
1969 27 LAD NL 9 0 30% 129 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 43% 26 20 6 7 4 3 14 2 11
1970 28 LAD NL 2 0 30% 61 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 55% 2 2 0 2 0 2 7 2 4
1971 29 MIL AL 3 0 23% 93 1 3 25% 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 23% 13 10 3 2 2 0 7 5 2
1972 30 TOT AL 2 0 25% 36 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 41% 8 5 3 0 0 0 9 5 4
1972 30 CAL AL 1 0 27% 28 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 50% 7 4 3 0 0 0 7 3 4
1972 30 BOS AL 1 0 20% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1973 31 CIN NL 0 0 22% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 38% 3 2 1 1 0 1 4 2 1
1974 32 CIN NL 0 0 21% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
10 Seasons 25 0 26% 595 5 8 38% 5 4 0 1 0 2 5 2 13 31 43% 77 53 24 18 11 7 60 22 35
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
1965 23 MIN AL 58 71% 13 8 3 0 1 1.70 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0% 4 2 50% 38 5 13% 4 3 75% 2 0 0% 0
1966 24 MIN AL 170 54% 35 14 6 1 3 1.76 2 0 10 1 1 2 0 0 3 3 100% 29 4 14% 14 4 29% 109 11 10% 8 3 38% 6 2 33% 0
1967 25 MIN AL 30 43% 4 3 1 0 1 1.32 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 4 2 50% 18 5 28% 2 2 100% 0 0 0
1968 26 NYY AL 492 33% 112 11 4 0 0 2.02 15 0 20 10 5 5 10 0 3 3 100% 82 11 13% 41 9 22% 326 45 14% 33 17 52% 16 9 56% 0
1969 27 LAD NL 453 46% 105 13 5 0 3 1.41 19 1 8 10 9 10 9 0 3 3 100% 91 15 16% 45 11 24% 298 57 19% 32 12 38% 30 10 33% 0
1970 28 LAD NL 227 53% 51 16 2 0 0 1.80 8 0 5 1 7 3 5 0 2 2 100% 33 7 21% 21 6 29% 141 20 14% 18 7 39% 13 1 8% 1
1971 29 MIL AL 290 58% 60 29 8 2 6 2.23 10 0 9 2 8 4 6 0 1 1 100% 55 6 11% 27 6 22% 193 29 15% 19 8 42% 15 5 33% 0
1972 30 TOT AL 201 59% 44 17 3 2 3 1.50 9 0 5 5 4 6 3 0 1 1 100% 53 9 17% 16 6 38% 136 10 7% 11 3 27% 14 5 36% 0
1972 30 CAL AL 151 62% 34 12 1 0 1 1.63 6 0 2 2 4 3 3 0 1 1 100% 36 5 14% 11 6 55% 93 7 8% 8 2 25% 10 5 50% 0
1972 30 BOS AL 50 52% 10 5 2 2 2 1.19 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 17 4 24% 5 0 0% 43 3 7% 3 1 33% 4 0 0% 0
1973 31 CIN NL 135 81% 33 13 3 1 1 2.11 9 0 2 3 6 4 5 0 2 2 100% 28 4 14% 17 4 24% 101 14 14% 10 5 50% 7 1 14% 0
1974 32 CIN NL 45 67% 7 20 4 0 3 1.01 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 1 1 100% 28 5 18% 4 3 75% 4 0 0% 0
10 Seasons 2101 51% 464 144 39 6 21 1.73 73 1 62 32 41 34 39 0 15 15 100% 393 58 15% 190 51 27% 1388 201 14% 141 63 45% 107 33 31% 1
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
1965 23 23 58 55 3 13 4 0 1 6 0 0 1 15 .236 .241 .364 .605 66 20 0 0 0 2 0
1966 24 80 228 213 14 48 9 0 3 19 0 1 8 46 .225 .249 .310 .559 55 66 4 0 3 4 1
1967 25 89 258 241 18 52 10 0 3 23 0 1 10 50 .216 .243 .295 .538 50 71 5 0 3 4 1
1968 26 220 750 707 65 164 29 1 18 82 2 3 26 121 .232 .259 .352 .612 81 249 16 3 6 8 3
1969 27 340 1203 1131 116 269 42 3 37 156 2 4 47 187 .238 .268 .378 .646 89 428 31 4 9 12 5
1970 28 414 1431 1355 137 320 54 3 45 183 3 5 48 227 .236 .262 .380 .642 85 515 38 4 11 13 5
1971 29 512 1721 1619 164 380 60 5 55 222 4 8 72 284 .235 .267 .380 .647 86 615 44 4 12 14 10
1972 30 578 1922 1808 184 424 66 8 64 241 5 8 79 316 .235 .267 .386 .653 89 698 53 6 13 16 11
1973 31 625 2057 1926 201 457 73 8 73 262 5 8 92 342 .237 .272 .397 .669 93 765 57 6 15 18 17
1974 32 658 2102 1963 204 464 75 8 73 267 5 8 99 350 .236 .273 .394 .667 92 774 58 6 15 19 18

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
1965 23 23 58 55 3 13 4 0 1 6 0 1 15 .236 .241 .364 .605 5 23
1966 24 57 169 160 12 36 5 0 2 14 0 7 31 .225 .254 .294 .548 12 57
1967 25 9 30 28 4 4 1 0 0 4 0 2 4 .143 .200 .179 .379 1 9
1968 26 131 510 484 64 130 22 1 17 80 2 19 71 .269 .298 .424 .722 61 131
1969 27 120 455 428 60 109 13 2 20 87 0 22 66 .255 .290 .435 .725 54 120
1970 28 74 223 221 22 48 11 0 8 28 1 1 40 .217 .220 .376 .595 18 74
1971 29 99 296 269 32 64 6 2 11 46 1 26 57 .238 .304 .398 .702 32 98
1972 30 69 214 202 28 50 7 3 10 26 1 8 33 .248 .280 .460 .741 26 66
1973 31 47 134 119 19 34 7 0 9 24 0 13 26 .286 .351 .571 .922 25 47
1974 32 33 45 37 3 7 2 0 0 5 0 7 8 .189 .311 .243 .554 3 33
10 Seasons 662 2134 2003 247 495 78 8 78 320 5 106 351 .247 .284 .411 .695 237 658
162 Game Avg. 162 522 490 60 121 19 2 19 78 1 26 86 .247 .284 .411 .695 58 658

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