Frank Kostro

Frank Jerry Kostro

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Third Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 4, 1937 in Windber, PA
High School: Forbes HS (Pittsburgh, PA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1962
Teams (by GP): Twins/Tigers/Angels 1962-1969

Final Game: September 21, 1969
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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	IBB	Pos	Awards
1956	18	DET-min	D	114	455	455		151	22	6	4						.332	.332	.433	.765		197							JAM · PONY
1957	19	DET-min	B	141	575	575		167	34	12	4						.290	.290	.412	.703		237							DHM · CARL
1958	20	DET-min	A,AA	109	395	395		109	10	6	3						.276	.276	.354	.630		140							AUG,BIR · SALL,SOUA
1959	21	DET-min	A,AAA,AA	128	536	477	72	143	23	5	7	58	7		43	45	.300	.363	.413	.776		197		7	4	5	4		KNX,CHL,BIR · SALL,AA,SOUA
1960	22	DET-min	AA,AAA	118	507	463	78	127	23	6	6	61	6	1	41	41	.274	.333	.389	.721		180		0	2	1			VCT,BIR,DEN · TL,SOUA,AA
1961	23	DET-min	AAA	73	208	184	24	50	8	2	4	26	4		24	31	.272	.356	.402	.758		74							DEN · AA
1962	24	DET-min	AAA	136	601	514	84	165	33	8	13	97	3		66	62	.321	.402	.492	.895		253		8	7	6	3		DEN · AA
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	ANA-min	AAA	10	46	41	8	17	4	0	2	4	0	0	5	4	.415	.478	.659	1.137		27							HAW · PCL
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	68	32	3	0	0	1	0	5/397
1964	26	ANA-min	AAA	37	139	125	15	43	7	0	1	18	0	0	14	14	.344	.410	.424	.834		53		0	0	0			HAW · PCL
1964	26	MIN	AL	59	110	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	ANA-min	AAA	74	272	238	30	67	13	3	5	29	1	0	31	38	.282	.364	.424	.788		101		1	0	2			SLE · PCL
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

1966	28	MIN-min	AAA	140	550	483	74	145	32	6	10	78	5	3	52	42	.300	.365	.453	.819		219		2	5	8			DEN · PCL
1967	29	MIN-min	AAA	55	215	179	35	66	9	1	2	28	2	2	29	16	.369	.458	.464	.922		83		3	1	3			DEN · PCL
1967	29	MIN	AL	32	34	31	4	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	.323	.382	.323	.705	103	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	69	32	2	0	1	3	1	79/3
1969	31	MIN-min	AAA	57	240	206	35	64	12	2	6	36	1	0	26	16	.311	.392	.476	.867		98		4	0	4			DEN · AA
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
1970	32	HAU	Fgn																										HAU · JPPL
7 Yrs				266	512	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	312	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	300	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	68	32	3	0	0	1	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
1962	24	DET	AL	16	44	-2	0	0	-0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.486	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	5
1963	25	DET	AL	31	62	-2	-0	-0	1	-0	-2	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.492	.498	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	/5397
1963	25	LAA	AL	43	106	-5	-1	-0	-5	-0	-11	-1.2	3	-8	-0.9	.472	.492	-0.4	-0.6	-3	$	5/397
1964	26	MIN	AL	59	110	1	0	-0	-3	0	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.1	.497	.499	0.4	-0.3	4	$8,500	5/473
1965	27	MIN	AL	20	36	-3	-0	-0	-2	0	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.472	.497	-0.3	-0.2	-2	$10,000	/4579

1967	29	MIN	AL	32	34	-0	-0	-0	-2	-0	-2	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.491	.498	0.0	-0.2	0	$	/759
1968	30	MIN	AL	63	118	-4	1	-0	1	-2	-5	-0.6	3	-1	-0.3	.491	.496	-0.3	-0.2	-2	$	79/3
1969	31	MIN	AL	2	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.472	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
7 Seasons				266	512	-16	-1	-1	-10	-1	-29	-3.6	14	-15	-2.1	.487	.497	-1.0	-1.5	-5	$18,500

MIN (5 yrs)				176	300	-7	0	-1	-6	-1	-14	-1.8	9	-6	-1.0	.490	.498	-0.3	-0.9	-0	$18,500
DET (2 yrs)				47	106	-4	-0	-0	0	0	-4	-0.5	3	-2	-0.2	.490	.499	-0.3	0.0	-2	$
LAA (1 yr)				43	106	-5	-1	-0	-5	-0	-11	-1.2	3	-8	-0.9	.472	.492	-0.4	-0.6	-3	$

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
1962	24	DET	AL	44	32	4	3.4	106	.306	.268	.268	.279	.341	.341	.417	.621	.758	64	.364	-2.1	-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	.326	.250	.400	.594	.725	68	.370	-1.9	-0.2	.524	.192	.019
1963	25	LAA	AL	106	81	8	2.7	90	.247	.222	.248	.264	.314	.323	.384	.587	.697	68	.304	-4.3	-0.4	.475	.162	.101	.0
1964	26	MIN	AL	110	78	12	4.1	97	.313	.272	.257	.303	.325	.408	.399	.711	.724	95	.489	-0.9	-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	.253	.382	.324	.323	.379	.705	.703	103	.474	0.2	0.0	.565	.097	.000
1968	30	MIN	AL	118	88	9	2.8	84	.286	.241	.244	.274	.314	.296	.362	.570	.676	69	.390	-4.1	-0.5	.452	.111	.056
1969	31	MIN	AL	2	2	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.259	.000	.336	.000	.390	.000	.727	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
7 Yrs				512	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.				312	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)				300	219	26	3.2	91	.289	.251	.251	.292	.321	.331	.381	.623	.702	78	.413	-7.9	-0.9	.512	.142	.080	.0
DET (2 yrs)				106	75	9	3.2	101	.307	.247	.263	.317	.332	.290	.407	.608	.739	67	.368	-4.0	-0.4	.514	.151	.043
LAA (1 yr)				106	81	8	2.7	90	.247	.222	.248	.264	.314	.323	.384	.587	.697	68	.304	-4.3	-0.4	.475	.162	.101	.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%
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	110	2.7%	19.1%	3.6%	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 Yrs				512	1.0%	16.6%	6.5%	4.7%	21%	2.58	5.5	93.4	12.6	0.79	75%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.4%	8.1%	6.1%	28%	1.89	5.8	42.2	9.2	1.10	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1962	24	DET	AL	-2.0	-0.2	44	-0.1	0.5	-0.6	.94	-0.2	0.1	-2.6	-0.3	1.00	-2.5	0.57	4
1963	25	TOT	AL	-6.2	-0.6	168	-1.4	1.9	-3.3	1.02	-0.8	-0.6	-5.6	-0.6	0.95	-8.0	1.32	36
1963	25	DET	AL	-1.9	-0.2	62	-0.5	0.8	-1.3	1.24	-0.2	-0.2	-3.3	-0.3	1.05	-2.7	1.49	20
1963	25	LAA	AL	-4.3	-0.4	106	-0.9	1.1	-2.0	.89	-0.6	-0.4	-2.3	-0.3	0.90	-5.2	1.10	16
1964	26	MIN	AL	-0.9	-0.1	110	-0.2	2.4	-2.6	1.29	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.0	0.95	1.1	1.81	35
1965	27	MIN	AL	-2.6	-0.3	36	-0.4	0.6	-1.0	1.50	-0.3	0.0	-3.7	-0.4	0.97	-3.2	1.99	6

1967	29	MIN	AL	0.2	0.0	34	-0.1	0.6	-0.7	1.48	-0.0	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.01	-0.6	1.57	23
1968	30	MIN	AL	-4.2	-0.5	121	-0.6	2.5	-3.1	1.47	-0.4	-0.0	-1.0	-0.1	1.00	-3.0	2.14	35
1969	31	MIN	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.38	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	1.03	-0.5	1.38	2
7 Yrs				-16.2	-1.7	515	-2.9	8.5	-11.4	1.24	-1.8	-0.6	-14.7	-1.5	0.97	-16.6	1.70	141

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
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 Yrs				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

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
1962	24	DET	AL	44	39%	11			4	1	0	0	0.57	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	9	0	0%	6	2	33%	30	3	10%	3	2	67%	3	1	33%	0
1963	25	TOT	AL	168	48%	34			36	7	1	1	1.32	2	0	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	100%	33	5	15%	10	3	30%	101	8	8%	4	2	50%	2	1	50%	0
1963	25	DET	AL	62	53%	12			20	5	0	0	1.49	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	15	2	13%	3	2	67%	48	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1963	25	LAA	AL	106	45%	22			16	2	1	1	1.10	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		18	3	17%	7	1	14%	53	8	15%	4	2	50%	1	0	0%	0
1964	26	MIN	AL	110	31%	28			35	10	0	4	1.81	3	0	2	2	1	0	3	0	0	0		20	2	10%	6	2	33%	67	9	13%	3	2	67%	1	0	0%	0
1965	27	MIN	AL	36	25%	5			6	0	0	0	1.99	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	1.57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	2	18%	4	1	25%	23	2	9%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1968	30	MIN	AL	118	53%	26			35	7	0	4	2.14	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	24	2	8%	15	4	27%	72	9	13%	9	4	44%	7	4	57%	0
1969	31	MIN	AL	2	100%	0			2	0	0	0	1.38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				512	44%	114			141	34	1	10	1.70	5	0	10	3	2	1	4	0	4	3	75%	107	12	11%	44	13	30%	317	32	10%	22	12	55%	15	7	47%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			77%			10%			30%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1962	24	16	44	41	5	11	3	0	0	3	1	6	.268	.279	.341	.621	64	14	0	0	1	1	0
1963	25	90	212	192	15	45	6	1	2	13	16	36	.234	.290	.307	.598	68	59	5	0	2	2	0
1964	26	149	322	295	25	73	11	1	5	25	20	57	.247	.295	.342	.637	77	101	7	1	2	3	0
1965	27	169	358	326	27	78	13	1	5	26	24	62	.239	.290	.331	.621	73	108	8	1	2	4	0
1966	28	169	358	326	27	78	13	1	5	26	24	62	.239	.290	.331	.621	73	108	8	1	2	4	0
1967	29	201	392	357	31	88	13	1	5	28	27	64	.246	.298	.331	.629	76	118	10	1	2	4	0
1968	30	264	510	465	40	114	17	2	5	37	33	84	.245	.292	.323	.615	74	150	12	1	3	7	1
1969	31	266	512	467	40	114	17	2	5	37	33	85	.244	.291	.321	.613	74	150	12	1	3	7	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1962	24	16	44	41	5	11	3	0	0	3	0	1	6	.268	.279	.341	.621	4	16
1963	25	74	169	152	11	35	3	1	2	11	0	15	30	.230	.298	.303	.600	14	74
1964	26	59	111	105	11	30	5	0	3	13	0	4	21	.286	.315	.419	.734	14	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	4	10	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	.323	.382	.323	.705	4	32
1968	30	63	122	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 Yrs		266	518	473	44	120	17	2	5	41	0	34	85	.254	.301	.330	.631	49	266
162 Game Avg.		162	315	288	27	73	10	1	3	25	0	21	52	.254	.301	.330	.631	30	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 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.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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