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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:34AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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 68 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 68 32 3 0 0 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1962 24 DET AL 44 -2 0 0 0 -0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 5
1963 25 DET AL 62 -2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /5397
1963 25 LAA AL 106 -4 -1 -1 -1 -5 0 3 -9 -1.0 -4 -0.4 -0.6 $ 5/397
1964 26 MIN AL 110 -2 0 1 0 -3 0 3 0 0.0 2 0.2 -0.2 $8,500 5/473
1965 27 MIN AL 36 -2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $10,000 /4579
1967 29 MIN AL 34 1 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0.0 2 0.2 -0.2 $ /759
1968 30 MIN AL 118 -4 1 0 0 1 -1 3 0 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 79/3
1969 31 MIN AL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
7 Seasons 512 -16 0 0 -1 -10 -1 14 -14 -1.7 -4 -0.4 -1.3 $18,500
MIN (5 yrs) 300 -8 1 1 0 -6 -1 8 -4 -0.5 1 0.1 -0.6 $18,500
DET (2 yrs) 106 -4 0 0 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $
LAA (1 yr) 106 -4 -1 -1 -1 -5 0 3 -9 -1.0 -4 -0.4 -0.6 $

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1962 DET AL 24 3B 11 10 8 84.0 30 9 20 1 2 .967 -0 -6 3.11 2.64 .952 3.08 3.07
1963 TOT AL 25 3B 25 20 19 192.0 64 22 39 3 5 .953 -3 -17 2.86 2.44 .947 3.02 3.02
1963 TOT AL 25 1B 8 6 5 54.1 63 57 5 1 3 .984 0 0 10.27 7.75 .990 9.47 9.49
1963 TOT AL 25 OF 6 5 2 43.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -39 1.26 1.00 .980 2.16 2.17
1963 TOT AL 25 RF 4 3 1 28.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -47 0.96 0.75 .980 1.99 2.00
1963 TOT AL 25 LF 2 2 1 15.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -24 1.80 1.50 .977 1.92 1.90
1963 DET AL 25 3B 6 4 4 43.0 14 1 12 1 0 .929 0 6 2.72 2.17 .947 3.01 3.02
1963 DET AL 25 1B 3 2 2 20.0 24 21 3 0 0 1.000 1 60 10.80 8.00 .990 9.50 9.50
1963 DET AL 25 OF 3 2 1 22.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -22 1.23 1.00 .980 2.17 2.17
1963 DET AL 25 RF 2 1 0 14.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -69 0.00 0.00 1.99 2.00
1963 DET AL 25 LF 1 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 60 3.38 3.00 .977 1.91 1.90
1963 LAA AL 25 3B 19 16 15 149.0 50 21 27 2 5 .960 -3 -23 2.90 2.53 .947 3.02 3.02
1963 LAA AL 25 1B 5 4 3 34.1 39 36 2 1 3 .974 -1 -35 9.96 7.60 .990 9.46 9.48
1963 LAA AL 25 OF 3 3 1 21.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -57 1.29 1.00 .980 2.14 2.17
1963 LAA AL 25 RF 2 2 1 14.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -26 1.93 1.50 .980 1.99 2.00
1963 LAA AL 25 LF 1 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -120 0.00 0.00 1.93 1.90
1964 MIN AL 26 3B 12 10 8 99.0 34 9 22 3 1 .912 -2 -28 2.82 2.58 .955 3.03 3.02
1964 MIN AL 26 2B 7 7 1 45.0 17 5 11 1 1 .941 -0 -3 3.20 2.29 .980 5.16 5.16
1964 MIN AL 26 LF 2 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 2.00 1.00 .975 1.80 1.80
1964 MIN AL 26 OF 2 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 2.00 1.00 .980 2.00 2.05
1964 MIN AL 26 1B 1 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 4.50 1.00 .990 9.45 9.40
1965 MIN AL 27 2B 7 1 1 23.0 13 6 6 1 2 .923 -1 -52 4.70 1.71 .978 5.09 5.06
1965 MIN AL 27 3B 6 2 2 36.1 20 4 12 4 4 .800 -1 -20 3.96 2.67 .960 3.12 3.12
1965 MIN AL 27 OF 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.05
1965 MIN AL 27 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1965 MIN AL 27 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1967 MIN AL 29 OF 3 2 1 17.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -113 0.53 0.33 .980 2.06 2.07
1967 MIN AL 29 LF 2 2 1 15.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -120 0.60 0.50 .980 1.86 1.85
1967 MIN AL 29 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 3.10
1967 MIN AL 29 RF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1968 MIN AL 30 OF 24 14 11 154.0 32 30 2 0 0 1.000 1 7 1.87 1.33 .981 2.08 2.07
1968 MIN AL 30 LF 15 8 6 92.1 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -4 1.46 1.00 .978 1.85 1.84
1968 MIN AL 30 RF 10 6 5 61.2 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 1 23 2.48 1.70 .977 1.88 1.87
1968 MIN AL 30 1B 5 1 1 23.0 24 24 0 0 1 1.000 -0 -16 9.39 4.80 .989 9.59 9.54
5 Seasons 3B 55 42 37 412.1 148 44 93 11 12 .926 -6 -18 2.99 2.49 .952 3.04 3.04
5 Seasons OF 37 22 15 225.0 41 39 2 0 0 1.000 -2 -13 1.64 1.11 .981 2.09 2.08
5 Seasons LF 22 13 9 132.1 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -21 1.43 0.95 .978 1.86 1.85
4 Seasons RF 16 9 6 92.2 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 1.94 1.25 .978 1.91 1.89
3 Seasons 1B 14 8 6 79.1 88 82 5 1 4 .989 -1 -8 9.87 6.21 .990 9.51 9.50
2 Seasons 2B 14 8 2 68.0 30 11 17 2 3 .933 -1 -19 3.71 2.00 .979 5.14 5.11
7 Seasons TOT 120 80 60 784.2 307 176 117 14 19 .954 -10 -15 3.36 2.44 .969 3.60 3.74
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196426Minnesota Twins$8,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196527Minnesota Twins$10,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$18,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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