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Al Kozar

Albert Kenneth Kozar

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 173 lb.

Born: July 5, 1921 in McKees Rocks, PA
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1948
Teams (by GP): Senators/WhiteSox 1948-1950

Final Game: July 2, 1950
Died: September 6, 2007 in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Cremated
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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	Pos	Awards
1941	19	BOS-min	D	114	464	464		124	17	4	16						.267	.267	.425	.692		197					DSC · BIST
1942	20	BOS-min	A	131	473	473		96	10	6	0						.203	.203	.249	.452		118					SCR · EL
1946	24	BOS-min	A	114	433	433		137	22	8	9						.316	.316	.467	.783		202					SCR · EL
1947	25	BOS-min	AA	148	590	590		200	37	12	2						.339	.339	.453	.792		267					NOR · SOUA
1948	26	WSH	AL	150	651	577	61	144	25	8	1	58	4	2	66	52	.250	.327	.326	.652	76	188	18	0	8	*4
1949	27	WSH	AL	105	378	350	46	94	15	2	4	31	2	1	25	23	.269	.321	.357	.678	82	125	7	2	1	4
1950	28	OLD	AAA	23	65	60	7	9	3	0	1	7	0		3	10	.150	.190	.250	.440		15		0	2		OLD · PCL
1950	28	TOT	AL	30	72	65	11	14	1	0	1	5	0	0	5	11	.215	.271	.277	.548	43	18	3	0	2	4/5
1950	28	WSH	AL	20	62	55	7	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	8	.200	.267	.218	.485	28	12	2	0	2	4
1950	28	CHW	AL	10	10	10	4	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.300	.300	.600	.900	129	6	1	0	0	/45
1951	29	CHW-min	AA	141	515	515		141	23	8	14						.274	.274	.431	.705		222					MEM · SOUA
1952	30	CHW-min	AA	150	535	535		143	26	7	3						.267	.267	.359	.626		192					MEM · SOUA
1953	31	CHW-min	AAA	24	98	83	14	18	1	0	0	12	0		12	2	.217	.337	.229	.566		19	4	3	0		CHL · AA
1954	32	CIN-CHW-min	A,AA	11	30	30		2									.067	.067									TUL,AUG,MEM · TL,SALL,SOUA
3 Yrs				285	1101	992	118	252	41	10	6	94	6	3	96	86	.254	.321	.334	.655	76	331	28	2	11
162 Game Avg.				162	626	564	67	143	23	6	3	53	3	2	55	49	.254	.321	.334	.655	76	188	16	1	6

WSH (3 yrs)				275	1091	982	114	249	41	10	5	92	6	3	96	83	.254	.321	.331	.652	75	325	27	2	11
CHW (1 yr)				10	10	10	4	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.300	.300	.600	.900	129	6	1	0	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
1948	26	WSH	AL	150	651	-19	2	1	-11	7	-20	-2.0	16	-4	-0.4	.486	.487	0.7	-0.4	7	$	*4
1949	27	WSH	AL	105	378	-9	1	0	-10	4	-13	-1.3	10	-4	-0.3	.488	.492	0.6	-0.6	6	$	4
1950	28	WSH	AL	20	62	-6	0	-0	0	1	-5	-0.5	2	-4	-0.3	.474	.497	-0.3	0.1	-4	$	4
1950	28	CHW	AL	10	10	0	0	-0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/45
3 Seasons				285	1101	-34	3	1	-21	12	-39	-3.8	28	-11	-1.0	.487	.494	1.0	-0.9	10	$

WSH (3 yrs)				275	1091	-34	3	1	-21	12	-39	-3.8	27	-11	-1.0	.486	.492	1.0	-0.9	10	$
CHW (1 yr)				10	10	0	0	-0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1948	26	WSH	AL	651	461	62	3.6	103	.273	.250	.269	.327	.354	.326	.389	.652	.743	76	.386	-19.7	-2.0	.565	.194	.076	1.6
1949	27	WSH	AL	378	265	40	4.0	104	.279	.269	.267	.321	.358	.357	.388	.678	.747	82	.440	-10.6	-1.0	.580	.163	.089	2.7
1950	28	TOT	AL	72	56	5	2.4	109	.245	.215	.273	.271	.359	.277	.408	.548	.767	43	.206	-5.7	-0.5	.426	.138	.062	.0
1950	28	WSH	AL	62	48	3	1.7	109	.234	.200	.272	.267	.358	.218	.408	.485	.766	28	.119	-5.9	-0.6	.370	.109	.018
1950	28	CHW	AL	10	8	2	6.6	111	.333	.300	.275	.300	.361	.600	.412	.900	.773	129	.630	0.2	0.0	.750	.300	.300	.0
3 Yrs				1101	782	107	3.6	104	.273	.254	.269	.321	.356	.334	.390	.655	.746	76	.393	-35.9	-3.5	.560	.179	.080	6.0
162 Game Avg.				626	445	61	3.6	104	.273	.254	.269	.321	.356	.334	.390	.655	.746	76	.393	-35.9	-3.5	.560	.179	.080	3

WSH (3 yrs)				1091	774	105	3.6	104	.273	.254	.269	.321	.356	.331	.390	.652	.746	75	.389	-36.2	-3.6	.558	.178	.077	5.5
CHW (1 yr)				10	8	2	6.6	111	.333	.300	.275	.300	.361	.600	.412	.900	.773	129	.630	0.2	0.0	.750	.300	.300	.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%
1948	26	WSH	AL	651	0.2%	8.0%	10.1%	5.2%	24%	0.79	11.1	577.0	9.9	1.78	80%
1949	27	WSH	AL	378	1.1%	6.1%	6.6%	5.6%	22%	0.92	15.2	87.5	11.3	1.26	85%
1950	28	TOT	AL	72	1.4%	15.3%	6.9%	2.8%	14%	2.20	5.9	65.0	13.0	1.21	74%
1950	28	WSH	AL	62	0.0%	12.9%	8.1%	1.6%	9%	1.60	6.9		18.3	1.17	76%
1950	28	CHW	AL	10	10.0%	30.0%	0.0%	10.0%	33%		3.3	10.0	5.0	2.00	60%
3 Yrs				1101	0.5%	7.8%	8.7%	5.2%	23%	0.90	11.5	165.3	10.6	1.53	82%
MLB Averages					1.9%	9.5%	10.3%	6.5%	28%	0.93	9.2	47.6	7.8	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	26	WSH	AL	-19.7	-2.0	586	-2.7	8.4	-11.0	1.02	-2.4	-0.2	-21.1	-2.1	0.94	-26.1		0
1949	27	WSH	AL	-11.0	-1.1	340	-0.7	5.5	-6.2	1.04	-0.7	0.0	-12.4	-1.3	0.96	-12.0	0.67	7
1950	28	TOT	AL	-5.7	-0.5	67	-0.6	1.0	-1.6	1.26	-0.5	-0.0	-6.6	-0.6	1.04	-5.7	1.15	6
1950	28	WSH	AL	-5.9	-0.6	62	-0.6	0.8	-1.4	1.23	-0.5	0.0	-5.9	-0.6	1.03	-6.0	1.09	5
1950	28	CHW	AL	0.2	0.0	5	-0.1	0.2	-0.2	1.56	0.0	-0.1	-0.7	-0.1	1.12	0.3	1.46	1
3 Yrs				-36.4	-3.6	993	-4.0	14.8	-18.8	1.04	-3.6	-0.3	-40.2	-4.0	0.95	-43.8	0.89	13

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	26	WSH	AL	3	29%	242	4	2	67%	3	2	1	2	10	9	41%	35	21	12	5	5	0	18	5	12
1949	27	WSH	AL	2	36%	130	2	1	67%	2	2	0	0	1	2	50%	15	10	5	4	1	3	15	6	9
1950	28	TOT	AL	1	56%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0
1950	28	WSH	AL	1	44%	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0
1950	28	CHW	AL	0	150%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				6	33%	393	6	3	67%	5	4	1	2	11	11	45%	55	33	20	9	6	3	34	12	21

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
1948	26	WSH	AL	651	33%	144			0	0	0	0		1	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	5	8	160%	107	18	17%	61	21	34%	365	47	13%	31	18	58%	21	8	38%	0
1949	27	WSH	AL	378	57%	94			7	0	0	0	0.67	4	0	13	1	3	1	3	0	1	1	100%	64	7	11%	29	5	17%	211	23	11%	24	11	46%	16	6	38%	0
1950	28	TOT	AL	72	48%	14			6	1	0	0	1.15	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	100%	14	3	21%	5	2	40%	49	4	8%	1	1	100%	4	1	25%	0
1950	28	WSH	AL	62	45%	11			5	1	0	0	1.09	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	12	2	17%	5	2	40%	44	4	9%	1	1	100%	4	1	25%	0
1950	28	CHW	AL	10	80%	3			1	0	0	0	1.46	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				1101	42%	252			13	1	0	0	0.89	6	0	31	1	4	1	5	0	8	11	138%	185	28	15%	95	28	29%	625	74	12%	56	30	54%	41	15	37%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			113%			14%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1948	26	150	651	577	61	144	25	8	1	58	4	2	66	52	.250	.327	.326	.652	76	188	18	0	8
1949	27	255	1029	927	107	238	40	10	5	89	6	3	91	75	.257	.325	.338	.662	78	313	25	2	9
1950	28	285	1101	992	118	252	41	10	6	94	6	3	96	86	.254	.321	.334	.655	76	331	28	2	11

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
1948	26	157	675	600	61	147	26	8	1	58	4	67	54	.245	.321	.320	.641	62	150
1949	27	110	394	365	47	97	15	2	4	32	2	26	24	.266	.318	.351	.669	41	105
1950	28	31	75	68	11	15	1	0	1	5	0	5	11	.221	.274	.279	.553	5	30
3 Yrs		298	1144	1033	119	259	42	10	6	95	6	98	89	.251	.317	.328	.645	108	285
162 Game Avg.		162	622	562	65	141	23	5	3	52	3	53	48	.251	.317	.328	.645	59	285

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1948 AL 150 (9th)	At Bats s c a p y 1948 AL 577 (9th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1948 AL 18 (8th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1948 AL 461 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1948 AL 150 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1948 AL 577 (9th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1948 AL 18 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1948 AL 461 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Similarity Scores

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