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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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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
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 81 125 7 2 1 4
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
3 Seasons 285 1101 992 118 252 41 10 6 94 6 3 96 86 .254 .321 .334 .655 75 331 28 2 11
162 Game Avg. 162 626 564 67 143 23 6 3 53 3 2 55 49 .254 .321 .334 .655 75 188 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: 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
1948 26 WSH AL 651 -19 0 0 0 -11 7 16 -7 -0.7 4 0.4 -1.1 $ *4
1949 27 WSH AL 378 -13 1 0 0 -10 5 10 -7 -0.7 3 0.3 -1.0 $ 4
1950 28 WSH AL 62 -6 0 0 0 0 1 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 4
1950 28 CHW AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /45
3 Seasons 1101 -38 1 0 0 -21 13 28 -17 -1.7 4 0.4 -2.1 $
WSH (3 yrs) 1091 -38 1 0 0 -21 13 28 -17 -1.7 4 0.4 -2.1 $
CHW (1 yr) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1948 WSH AL 26 2B 149 149 146 819 348 444 27 89 .967 5.32 .976 5.62
1949 WSH AL 27 2B 102 89 82 478 232 235 11 57 .977 4.58 .974 5.49
1950 TOT AL 28 2B 19 15 13 143.2 93 39 51 3 11 .968 5.64 4.74 .976 5.86 5.76
1950 WSH AL 28 2B 15 14 13 126.0 79 33 43 3 8 .962 5.43 5.07 .976 5.86 5.76
1950 CHW AL 28 2B 4 1 0 17.2 14 6 8 0 3 1.000 7.13 3.50 .976 5.86 5.75
1950 CHW AL 28 3B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 3.15 3.20
3 Seasons 2B 270 253 241 143.2 1390 619 730 41 157 .971 5.64 5.00 .975 5.86 5.58
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 3.15 3.20
3 Seasons TOT 271 253 241 145.2 1390 619 730 41 157 .971 5.56 4.98 .975 5.82 5.57
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

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)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1948 AL  27 (4th)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1948 AL  149 (1st)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1948 AL  348 (3rd)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1948 AL  444 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1948 AL  27 (2nd)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1949 AL  .977 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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