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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1962 DET AL 24 3B 11 10 84.0 30 9 20 1 2 .967 -0.4 -5.7 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 0 3.11 2.64 .950 3.08 2.79
1963 TOT AL 25 3B 25 20 192.0 64 22 39 3 5 .953 -2.7 -16.9 -2.7 -1.0 -1.7 0 2.86 2.44 .947 3.02 2.85
1963 TOT AL 25 1B 8 6 54.1 63 57 5 1 3 .984 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.3 1.3 0 10.27 7.75 .990 9.47 8.60
1963 TOT AL 25 OF 6 5 43.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -39.1 -1.4 -0.4 -1.0 0 1.26 1.00 .967 2.16 1.90
1963 TOT AL 25 RF 4 3 28.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -47.1 -1.1 -0.8 -0.3 0 0.96 0.75 .967 1.99 1.70
1963 TOT AL 25 LF 2 2 15.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -24.0 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 0 1.80 1.50 .967 1.92 1.60
1963 DET AL 25 3B 6 4 43.0 14 1 12 1 0 .929 0.2 5.6 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0 2.72 2.17 .950 3.01 2.85
1963 DET AL 25 1B 3 2 20.0 24 21 3 0 0 1.000 1.0 60.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0 10.80 8.00 .992 9.50 8.60
1963 DET AL 25 OF 3 2 22.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -21.8 -0.4 -0.1 -0.3 0 1.23 1.00 .967 2.17 1.90
1963 DET AL 25 RF 2 1 14.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 -68.6 -0.8 -0.5 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 1.99 1.70
1963 DET AL 25 LF 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 60.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 .967 1.91 1.60
1963 LAA AL 25 3B 19 16 149.0 50 21 27 2 5 .960 -2.9 -23.4 -2.9 -0.9 -2.0 0 2.90 2.53 .946 3.02 2.85
1963 LAA AL 25 1B 5 4 34.1 39 36 2 1 3 .974 -1.0 -35.0 -1.0 -1.3 0.3 0 9.96 7.60 .990 9.46 8.60
1963 LAA AL 25 OF 3 3 21.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -57.1 -1.0 -0.3 -0.7 0 1.29 1.00 .967 2.14 1.90
1963 LAA AL 25 RF 2 2 14.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -25.7 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 1.93 1.50 .967 1.99 1.70
1963 LAA AL 25 LF 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 -120.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 0.00 0.00 1.93 1.60
1964 MIN AL 26 3B 12 10 99.0 34 9 22 3 1 .912 -2.3 -27.9 -2.3 -1.2 -1.1 0 2.82 2.58 .956 3.03 2.76
1964 MIN AL 26 2B 7 7 45.0 17 5 11 1 1 .941 -0.1 -2.7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 3.20 2.29 .982 5.16 4.54
1964 MIN AL 26 LF 2 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.00 1.00 .950 1.80 1.45
1964 MIN AL 26 OF 2 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.00 1.00 1.000 2.00 1.80
1964 MIN AL 26 1B 1 1 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 4.50 1.00 1.000 9.45 8.10
1965 MIN AL 27 2B 7 1 23.0 13 6 6 1 2 .923 -1.0 -52.2 -1.0 -1.0 -0.1 0 4.70 1.71 .977 5.09 4.39
1965 MIN AL 27 3B 6 2 36.1 20 4 12 4 4 .800 -0.6 -19.8 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 3.96 2.67 .965 3.12 2.87
1965 MIN AL 27 OF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
1965 MIN AL 27 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
1965 MIN AL 27 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1967 MIN AL 29 OF 3 2 17.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -112.9 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 -1 0.53 0.33 1.000 2.06 1.77
1967 MIN AL 29 LF 2 2 15.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -120.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 -1 0.60 0.50 1.000 1.86 1.40
1967 MIN AL 29 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1967 MIN AL 29 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1968 MIN AL 30 OF 24 14 154.0 32 30 2 0 0 1.000 0.9 7.0 0.9 0.3 0.6 0 1.87 1.33 .981 2.08 1.80
1968 MIN AL 30 LF 15 8 92.1 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -3.9 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 0 1.46 1.00 .980 1.85 1.45
1968 MIN AL 30 RF 10 6 61.2 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.2 23.4 1.2 0.1 1.1 0 2.48 1.70 .976 1.88 1.57
1968 MIN AL 30 1B 5 1 23.0 24 24 0 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -15.7 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 9.39 4.80 .987 9.59 8.32
5 Seasons 3B 55 42 412.1 148 44 93 11 12 .926 -6.1 -17.8 -6.1 -2.8 -3.3 0 2.99 2.49 .952 3.04 2.82
5 Seasons OF 37 22 225.0 41 39 2 0 0 1.000 -2.4 -12.8 -1.4 -0.9 -0.5 -1 1.64 1.11 .980 2.09 1.81
5 Seasons LF 22 13 132.1 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 -2.3 -20.9 -1.3 -0.1 -1.2 -1 1.43 0.95 .976 1.86 1.46
4 Seasons RF 16 9 92.2 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -1.3 -0.1 -0.8 0.7 0 1.94 1.25 .975 1.91 1.61
3 Seasons 1B 14 8 79.1 88 82 5 1 4 .989 -0.5 -7.6 -0.5 -1.5 1.0 0 9.87 6.21 .990 9.51 8.46
2 Seasons 2B 14 8 68.0 30 11 17 2 3 .933 -1.1 -19.4 -1.1 -1.0 -0.2 0 3.71 2.00 .980 5.14 4.46
7 Seasons TOT 120 80 784.2 307 176 117 14 19 .954 -10.1 -15.4 -9.1 -6.2 -3.0 -1 0 3.36 2.44 .924 3.60 3.36
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1962 DET AL 24 16 10 16 16 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1963 LAA AL 25 43 23 43 43 0 0 5 0 19 0 1 0 2 3 17 1
1963 DET AL 25 31 8 31 31 0 0 3 0 6 0 1 0 2 3 21 0
1964 MIN AL 26 59 19 59 59 0 0 1 7 12 0 2 0 0 2 37 0
1965 MIN AL 27 20 3 20 20 0 0 0 7 6 0 1 0 1 2 8 0
1967 MIN AL 29 32 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 28 0
1968 MIN AL 30 63 15 63 63 0 0 5 0 0 0 15 0 10 24 39 1
1969 MIN AL 31 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 Seasons 266 80 266 266 0 0 14 14 55 0 22 0 16 37 157 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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%
1962 DET AL 24 375 61% 76% 21% 26 92% 0 9 7 1 1 19 15 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 75%
1963 LAA AL 25 679 53% 80% 28% 53 89% 1 22 20 0 2 28 19 5 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 4 1 1 0 3 33%
1963 DET AL 25 186 55% 81% 30% 12 92% 0 1 1 0 0 12 8 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1964 MIN AL 26 473 55% 79% 25% 37 81% 1 11 9 0 2 22 19 1 1 1 3 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 100%
1965 MIN AL 27 156 72% 74% 30% 18 78% 0 4 2 0 2 12 8 4 0 1 4 0 4 0 4 4 3 0 3 1 0 1 0
1967 MIN AL 29 4 75% 100% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1873 57% 79% 26% 146 86% 2 47 39 1 7 93 69 11 6 5 11 0 10 1 9 12 5 0 8 4 3 1 11 73%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 64%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1963 DET AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 63% 67% 27% 4 75%
1963 LAA AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 32 44% 84% 6% 5 0%
1964 MIN AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 56% 72% 28% 3 67%
1965 MIN AL 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 40% 60% 0% 1 0%
1967 MIN AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 64 67% 72% 20% 6 17%
1968 MIN AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 390 69% 77% 24% 42 36%
5 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 7 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 33.3% 8 0 0.0% 0 564 66% 76% 23% 61 34%
MLB Averages 57.0% 2.5% 61% 77% 26% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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%
1963 LAA AL 25 169 52% 81% 25% 7 86% 1 35 1 34 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1963 DET AL 25 87 71% 84% 33% 7 86% 0 21 1 20 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 MIN AL 26 10 40% 60% 10% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 MIN AL 30 100 62% 74% 26% 3 100% 0 24 1 23 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 366 59% 79% 27% 17 88% 1 81 3 78 0 6 5 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1963 DET AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 63 65% 73% 14% 2 0%
1963 LAA AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 61 33% 85% 23% 8 38%
1965 MIN AL 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 100% 83% 0% 0
1967 MIN AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 67% 56% 22% 0
1968 MIN AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 8 1 12.5% 7 0 0.0% 1 256 66% 75% 29% 29 59%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 11 1 9.1% 10 0 0.0% 1 395 61% 76% 25% 39 51%
MLB Averages 41.3% 3.2% 61% 77% 26% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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
1964 MIN AL 26 191 64% 73% 27% 13 92% 0 4 2 2 0 11 11 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1965 MIN AL 27 113 54% 80% 24% 7 86% 0 7 1 4 2 6 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2 Seasons 304 60% 76% 26% 20 90% 0 11 3 6 2 17 16 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

* 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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