Frank Kostro
Frank Jerry Kostro
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 4, 1937 in Windber, PA
High School: Forbes (Pittsburgh, PA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1962
Final Game: September 21, 1969
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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
1962 24 DET AL 16 44 41 5 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 6 .268 .279 .341 .621 64 14 0 0 1 1 0 5
1963 25 TOT AL 74 168 151 10 34 3 1 2 10 0 0 15 30 .225 .293 .298 .591 69 45 5 0 1 1 0 5/397
1963 25 DET AL 31 62 52 4 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 13 .231 .344 .250 .594 68 13 2 0 1 0 0 /5397
1963 25 LAA AL 43 106 99 6 22 2 1 2 10 0 0 6 17 .222 .264 .323 .587 69 32 3 0 0 1 0 5/397
1964 26 MIN AL 59 109 103 10 28 5 0 3 12 0 0 4 21 .272 .303 .408 .711 95 42 2 1 0 1 0 5/473
1965 27 MIN AL 20 36 31 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 .161 .250 .226 .476 34 7 1 0 0 1 0 /4579
1967 29 MIN AL 32 34 31 4 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .323 .382 .323 .705 104 10 2 0 0 0 0 /759
1968 30 MIN AL 63 118 108 9 26 4 1 0 9 0 0 6 20 .241 .274 .296 .570 68 32 2 0 1 3 1 79/3
1969 31 MIN AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 266 511 467 40 114 17 2 5 37 0 0 33 85 .244 .291 .321 .613 74 150 12 1 3 7 1
162 Game Avg. 162 311 284 24 69 10 1 3 23 0 0 20 52 .244 .291 .321 .613 74 91 7 1 2 4 1
MIN (5 yrs) 176 299 275 25 69 11 1 3 24 0 0 17 49 .251 .292 .331 .623 78 91 7 1 1 5 1
DET (2 yrs) 47 106 93 9 23 4 0 0 3 0 0 10 19 .247 .317 .290 .608 67 27 2 0 2 1 0
LAA (1 yr) 43 106 99 6 22 2 1 2 10 0 0 6 17 .222 .264 .323 .587 69 32 3 0 0 1 0

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
1962 24 DET AL 44 32 4 3.4 105 .306 .268 .266 .279 .339 .341 .415 .621 .754 64 .364 -2.0 -0.2 .500 .098 .073
1963 25 TOT AL 168 124 13 2.8 92 .267 .225 .252 .293 .318 .298 .389 .591 .707 69 .327 -6.2 -0.6 .492 .172 .073 .0
1963 25 DET AL 62 43 5 3.1 97 .308 .231 .259 .344 .325 .250 .399 .594 .725 68 .370 -1.9 -0.2 .524 .192 .019
1963 25 LAA AL 106 81 8 2.7 89 .247 .222 .248 .264 .314 .323 .383 .587 .697 69 .304 -4.3 -0.4 .475 .162 .101 .0
1964 26 MIN AL 109 78 12 4.1 97 .313 .272 .257 .303 .325 .408 .399 .711 .724 95 .489 -0.8 -0.1 .610 .175 .136 .0
1965 27 MIN AL 36 28 2 1.9 96 .185 .161 .256 .250 .327 .226 .393 .476 .720 34 .205 -2.6 -0.3 .407 .194 .065
1967 29 MIN AL 34 23 3 3.5 91 .345 .323 .252 .382 .322 .323 .377 .705 .699 104 .474 0.2 0.0 .565 .097 .000
1968 30 MIN AL 118 88 9 2.8 85 .286 .241 .245 .274 .316 .296 .363 .570 .679 68 .390 -4.2 -0.5 .452 .111 .056
1969 31 MIN AL 2 2 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .259 .000 .336 .000 .390 .000 .726 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
7 Seasons 511 375 43 3.1 93 .284 .244 .253 .291 .322 .321 .387 .613 .709 74 .380 -16.2 -1.7 .504 .148 .077 .0
162 Game Avg. 311 228 26 3.1 93 .284 .244 .253 .291 .322 .321 .387 .613 .709 74 .380 -16.2 -1.7 .504 .148 .077
MIN (5 yrs) 299 219 26 3.2 91 .289 .251 .252 .292 .321 .331 .382 .623 .703 78 .413 -8.0 -0.9 .512 .142 .080 .0
DET (2 yrs) 106 75 9 3.2 100 .307 .247 .262 .317 .331 .290 .406 .608 .738 67 .368 -3.9 -0.4 .514 .151 .043
LAA (1 yr) 106 81 8 2.7 89 .247 .222 .248 .264 .314 .323 .383 .587 .697 69 .304 -4.3 -0.4 .475 .162 .101 .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
1962 24 DET AL 44 0.0% 13.6% 2.3% 6.8% 27% 6.00 6.8 13.7 0.47 82%
1963 25 TOT AL 168 1.2% 17.9% 8.9% 3.6% 18% 2.00 5.0 75.5 15.1 1.16 71%
1963 25 DET AL 62 0.0% 21.0% 14.5% 1.6% 8% 1.44 4.0 1.00 63%
1963 25 LAA AL 106 1.9% 16.0% 5.7% 4.7% 23% 2.83 5.8 49.5 9.9 1.24 76%
1964 26 MIN AL 109 2.8% 19.3% 3.7% 7.3% 29% 5.25 4.9 34.3 8.6 0.57 73%
1965 27 MIN AL 36 0.0% 13.9% 11.1% 5.6% 40% 1.25 6.2 31.0 0.77 75%
1967 29 MIN AL 34 0.0% 5.9% 8.8% 0.0% 0% 0.67 15.5 15.5 0.50 85%
1968 30 MIN AL 118 0.0% 17.0% 5.1% 4.2% 19% 3.33 5.4 12.0 0.81 77%
1969 31 MIN AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
7 Seasons 511 1.0% 16.6% 6.5% 4.7% 21% 2.58 5.5 93.4 12.6 0.79 75%
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
1962 24 DET AL 1 0 42% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 1
1963 25 TOT AL 0 0 17% 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 38% 10 7 3 2 2 0 4 0 3
1963 25 DET AL 0 0 19% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 33% 6 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 2
1963 25 LAA AL 0 0 15% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 43% 4 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 1
1964 26 MIN AL 3 0 23% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57% 3 2 1 2 0 2 2 0 1
1965 27 MIN AL 0 0 22% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1967 29 MIN AL 0 0 31% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1968 30 MIN AL 2 0 28% 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 50% 10 6 4 0 0 0 2 0 2
1969 31 MIN AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 6 0 25% 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 45% 27 19 8 7 4 3 13 1 10
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
1962 24 DET AL 44 39% 11 4 1 0 0 0.62 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 9 0 0% 6 2 33% 30 3 10% 3 2 67% 2 0 0% 0
1963 25 TOT AL 168 48% 34 36 7 1 1 1.40 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 100% 33 5 15% 10 3 30% 101 8 8% 4 2 50% 8 2 25% 0
1963 25 DET AL 62 53% 12 20 5 0 0 1.58 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 15 2 13% 3 2 67% 48 0 0% 0 0 3 1 33% 0
1963 25 LAA AL 106 45% 22 16 2 1 1 1.17 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 18 3 17% 7 1 14% 53 8 15% 4 2 50% 5 1 20% 0
1964 26 MIN AL 110 31% 28 35 10 0 4 1.89 3 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 20 2 10% 6 2 33% 67 9 13% 3 2 67% 2 0 0% 0
1965 27 MIN AL 36 25% 5 6 0 0 0 2.05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 10% 3 1 33% 23 1 4% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
1967 29 MIN AL 34 59% 10 23 9 0 1 1.66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 18% 4 1 25% 23 2 9% 1 1 100% 4 1 25% 0
1968 30 MIN AL 118 53% 26 35 7 0 4 2.27 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 24 2 8% 15 4 27% 72 9 13% 9 4 44% 11 4 36% 0
1969 31 MIN AL 2 100% 0 2 0 0 0 1.42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
7 Seasons 512 44% 114 141 34 1 10 1.78 5 0 10 3 2 1 4 0 4 3 75% 107 12 11% 44 13 30% 317 32 10% 22 12 55% 30 8 27% 0
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
1962 24 16 44 41 5 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 6 .268 .279 .341 .621 64 14 0 0 1 1 0
1963 25 90 212 192 15 45 6 1 2 13 0 0 16 36 .234 .290 .307 .598 68 59 5 0 2 2 0
1964 26 149 321 295 25 73 11 1 5 25 0 0 20 57 .247 .295 .342 .637 78 101 7 1 2 3 0
1965 27 169 357 326 27 78 13 1 5 26 0 0 24 62 .239 .290 .331 .621 73 108 8 1 2 4 0
1966 28 169 357 326 27 78 13 1 5 26 0 0 24 62 .239 .290 .331 .621 73 108 8 1 2 4 0
1967 29 201 391 357 31 88 13 1 5 28 0 0 27 64 .246 .298 .331 .629 76 118 10 1 2 4 0
1968 30 264 509 465 40 114 17 2 5 37 0 0 33 84 .245 .292 .323 .615 74 150 12 1 3 7 1
1969 31 266 511 467 40 114 17 2 5 37 0 0 33 85 .244 .291 .321 .613 74 150 12 1 3 7 1

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
1962 24 16 43 41 5 11 3 0 0 3 0 1 6 .268 .279 .341 .621 4 16
1963 25 74 168 152 11 35 3 1 2 11 0 15 30 .230 .298 .303 .600 14 74
1964 26 59 109 103 10 28 5 0 3 12 0 4 21 .272 .303 .408 .711 13 59
1965 27 20 36 31 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 4 5 .161 .250 .226 .476 2 20
1967 29 32 34 31 5 10 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 .323 .382 .323 .705 4 32
1968 30 63 121 111 11 29 4 1 0 11 0 7 20 .261 .298 .315 .613 11 63
1969 31 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
7 Seasons 266 513 471 44 118 17 2 5 40 0 34 85 .251 .298 .327 .625 48 266
162 Game Avg. 162 312 287 27 72 10 1 3 24 0 21 52 .251 .298 .327 .625 29 266

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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