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Bob Kuzava
Robert Leroy Kuzava (Sarge)

Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 204 lb.

Born: May 28, 1923 in Wyandotte, MI
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1946
Final Game: September 29, 1957
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Bob Kuzava
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Standard Batting

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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
1946	23	CLE	AL	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	15	1	0	0	0			/1
1947	24	CLE	AL	4	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	-37	1	0	0	0			/1

1949	26	CHW	AL	29	64	56	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	19	.036	.085	.036	.120	-67	2	1	0	5			1	RoY-4
1950	27	TOT	AL	32	76	62	8	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	8	26	.097	.211	.145	.356	-6	9	2	1	5			1
1950	27	CHW	AL	10	17	12	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.083	.267	.083	.350	-6	1	1	0	2			1
1950	27	WSH	AL	22	59	50	5	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	5	23	.100	.196	.160	.356	-6	8	1	1	3			1
1951	28	TOT	AL	32	47	39	6	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	8	12	.154	.298	.179	.477	33	7	0	0	0			1
1951	28	WSH	AL	8	20	17	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.176	.300	.176	.476	32	3	0	0	0			/1
1951	28	NYY	AL	24	27	22	4	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	10	.136	.296	.182	.478	34	4	0	0	0			1
1952	29	NYY	AL	28	48	43	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	14	.093	.188	.093	.281	-18	4	0	0	0			1
1953	30	NYY	AL	33	26	21	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.048	.200	.048	.248	-29	1	1	0	1			1
1954	31	TOT	AL	24	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.071	.000	.071	-79	0	1	0	1	0		1
1954	31	NYY	AL	20	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	1	0	0	0		1
1954	31	BAL	AL	4	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0		/1
1955	32	TOT	MLB	23	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	-32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1955	32	BAL	AL	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1955	32	PHI	NL	17	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	-23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

1957	34	TOT	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1957	34	PIT	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1957	34	STL	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
10 Seasons				214	298	256	21	22	1	0	1	10	0	0	29	96	.086	.182	.102	.283	-22	26	5	1	12	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	226	194	16	17	1	0	1	8	0	0	22	73	.086	.182	.102	.283	-22	20	4	1	9
				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
NYY (4 yrs)				105	108	92	9	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	15	35	.087	.215	.098	.313	-10	9	2	0	1	0
WSH (2 yrs)				30	79	67	7	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	8	25	.119	.224	.164	.388	4	11	1	1	3
CLE (2 yrs)				6	14	14	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	-19	2	0	0	0
BAL (2 yrs)				10	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
CHW (2 yrs)				39	81	68	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	22	.044	.122	.044	.166	-55	3	2	0	7
PIT (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				17	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	-23	1	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (9 yrs)				190	291	249	20	21	1	0	1	10	0	0	29	92	.084	.183	.100	.283	-22	25	5	1	12	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				24	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	-23	1	0	0	0	0	0

Advanced Batting

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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
1946	23	CLE	AL	5	4	0	0.0	91	.500	.200	.256	.200	.330	.200	.369	.400	.699	15	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
1947	24	CLE	AL	9	8	0	0.0	94	.167	.111	.259	.111	.338	.111	.372	.222	.711	-37	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.125	.000	.000

1949	26	CHW	AL	64	60	0	0.0	104	.054	.036	.267	.085	.358	.036	.388	.120	.747	-67	.000	-13.8	-1.4	.091	.054	.000
1950	27	TOT	AL	76	63	1	0.4	109	.143	.097	.273	.211	.359	.145	.409	.356	.768	-6	.011	-10.0	-1.0	.310	.177	.048	.0
1950	27	CHW	AL	17	14	0	0.0	111	.111	.083	.275	.267	.361	.083	.412	.350	.773	-6	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.333	.250	.000
1950	27	WSH	AL	59	49	1	0.5	109	.154	.100	.272	.196	.358	.160	.408	.356	.766	-6	.017	-8.2	-0.8	.304	.160	.060	.0
1951	28	TOT	AL	47	33	2	1.6	99	.222	.154	.264	.298	.344	.179	.387	.477	.731	33	.134	-3.4	-0.3	.455	.231	.026
1951	28	WSH	AL	20	14	1	1.9	100	.200	.176	.265	.300	.346	.176	.389	.476	.735	32	.173	-1.5	-0.2	.429	.176	.000
1951	28	NYY	AL	27	19	1	1.4	99	.250	.136	.263	.296	.343	.182	.385	.478	.728	34	.106	-1.8	-0.2	.474	.273	.045
1952	29	NYY	AL	48	39	1	0.7	91	.138	.093	.253	.188	.332	.093	.369	.281	.701	-18	.036	-6.8	-0.7	.231	.116	.000
1953	30	NYY	AL	26	22	0	0.0	100	.071	.048	.266	.200	.342	.048	.392	.248	.733	-29	.000	-3.8	-0.4	.238	.190	.000
1954	31	TOT	AL	15	15	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.258	.071	.333	.000	.378	.071	.711	-79	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.071	.077	.000
1954	31	NYY	AL	7	7	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.262	.143	.337	.000	.383	.143	.720	-58	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.143	.167	.000
1954	31	BAL	AL	8	8	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.256	.000	.330	.000	.374	.000	.704	-100	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1955	32	TOT	MLB	8	7	0	0.0	103	.250	.125	.262	.125	.334	.125	.412	.250	.746	-32	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.143	.000	.000
1955	32	BAL	AL	1	1	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.257	.000	.335	.000	.382	.000	.717	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1955	32	PHI	NL	7	6	0	0.0	104	.333	.143	.263	.143	.334	.143	.417	.286	.750	-23	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.167	.000	.000
10 Seasons				298	251	4	0.4	101	.132	.086	.264	.182	.347	.102	.389	.283	.737	-22	.013	-44.6	-4.5	.234	.129	.016	.0
162 Game Avg.				226	190	3	0.4	101	.132	.086	.264	.182	.347	.102	.389	.283	.737	-22	.013	-44.6	-4.5	.234	.129	.016
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
NYY (4 yrs)				108	87	2	0.6	95	.140	.087	.259	.215	.337	.098	.379	.313	.716	-10	.028	-13.7	-1.4	.279	.174	.011
WSH (2 yrs)				79	63	2	0.8	107	.171	.119	.270	.224	.355	.164	.403	.388	.758	4	.039	-9.7	-0.9	.333	.164	.045	.0
CLE (2 yrs)				14	12	0	0.0	93	.250	.143	.258	.143	.335	.143	.371	.286	.706	-19	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.167	.000	.000
BAL (2 yrs)				9	9	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.256	.000	.330	.000	.375	.000	.705	-100	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
CHW (2 yrs)				81	74	0	0.0	105	.065	.044	.268	.122	.359	.044	.392	.166	.751	-55	.000	-15.6	-1.6	.134	.088	.000
PHI (1 yr)				7	6	0	0.0	104	.333	.143	.263	.143	.334	.143	.417	.286	.750	-23	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.167	.000	.000

AL (9 yrs)				291	245	4	0.4	101	.128	.084	.264	.183	.348	.100	.389	.283	.736	-22	.014	-43.4	-4.4	.236	.133	.016	.0
NL (2 yrs)				7	6	0	0.0	104	.333	.143	.263	.143	.334	.143	.417	.286	.750	-23	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.167	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1951	28	NYY	AL	WS	NYG	W	1	0	0	0
1952	29	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	W	1	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1953	30	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	W	1	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
3 Seasons (3 Series)							3	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
3 WS							3	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1946	23	CLE	AL	5	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.7					40%
1947	24	CLE	AL	9	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0		9.0			67%

1949	26	CHW	AL	64	0.0%	29.7%	4.7%	0.0%	0%	6.33	2.9		56.0			58%
1950	27	TOT	AL	76	1.3%	34.2%	10.5%	1.3%	17%	3.25	2.4	62.0	12.4			46%
1950	27	CHW	AL	17	0.0%	17.7%	17.7%	0.0%	0%	1.00	4.0		12.0			53%
1950	27	WSH	AL	59	1.7%	39.0%	8.5%	1.7%	20%	4.60	2.2	50.0	12.5			44%
1951	28	TOT	AL	47	0.0%	25.5%	17.0%	2.1%	17%	1.50	3.3		19.5			57%
1951	28	WSH	AL	20	0.0%	10.0%	15.0%	0.0%	0%	0.67	8.5					75%
1951	28	NYY	AL	27	0.0%	37.0%	18.5%	3.7%	33%	2.00	2.2		11.0			44%
1952	29	NYY	AL	48	0.0%	29.2%	10.4%	0.0%	0%	2.80	3.1		43.0			60%
1953	30	NYY	AL	26	0.0%	26.9%	15.4%	0.0%	0%	1.75	3.0					54%
1954	31	TOT	AL	15	0.0%	53.3%	6.7%	0.0%		8.00	1.6				6.00	33%
1954	31	NYY	AL	7	0.0%	57.1%	14.3%	0.0%		4.00	1.5					29%
1954	31	BAL	AL	8	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.8				3.00	38%
1955	32	TOT	MLB	8	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0					50%
1955	32	BAL	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%
1955	32	PHI	NL	7	0.0%	57.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.8					43%
10 Seasons				298	0.3%	32.2%	9.7%	0.7%	9%	3.31	2.7	256.0	25.6		10.00	53%
MLB Averages
				PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1954	31	TOT	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	0
1954	31	NYY	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	0
1954	31	BAL	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
1955	32	TOT	MLB	0	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	32	BAL	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
1955	32	PHI	NL	0	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 Seasons				0	0	39%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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
1954	31	TOT	AL	14	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	11	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	1
1954	31	NYY	AL	6	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	1
1954	31	BAL	AL	8	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1955	32	TOT	MLB	8	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1955	32	BAL	AL	1	100%	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
1955	32	PHI	NL	7	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
10 Seasons				22	100%	22			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	600%	4	5	125%	6	1	17%	15	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1946	23	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	15	1	0	0	0
1947	24	6	14	14	0	2	0	0	1	0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	-19	2	0	0	0
1948	25	6	14	14	0	2	0	0	1	0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	-19	2	0	0	0
1949	26	35	78	70	1	4	0	0	2	3	25	.057	.096	.057	.153	-58	4	1	0	5
1950	27	67	154	132	9	10	0	1	7	11	51	.076	.153	.098	.251	-32	13	3	1	10
1951	28	99	201	171	15	16	1	1	9	19	63	.094	.188	.117	.305	-17	20	3	1	10
1952	29	127	249	214	17	20	1	1	10	24	77	.093	.188	.112	.300	-17	24	3	1	10
1953	30	160	275	235	20	21	1	1	10	28	84	.089	.189	.106	.296	-18	25	4	1	11
1954	31	184	290	248	20	21	1	1	10	29	92	.085	.183	.101	.284	-21	25	5	1	12	0
1955	32	207	298	256	21	22	1	1	10	29	96	.086	.182	.102	.283	-22	26	5	1	12	0	0
1956	33	207	298	256	21	22	1	1	10	29	96	.086	.182	.102	.283	-22	26	5	1	12	0	0
1957	34	214	298	256	21	22	1	1	10	29	96	.086	.182	.102	.283	-22	26	5	1	12	0	0

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
1946	23	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1947	24	4	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4

1949	26	30	62	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	20	.000	.048	.000	.048	0	29
1950	27	33	76	66	10	7	0	0	1	6	0	9	27	.106	.224	.152	.375	2	32
1951	28	34	49	41	6	6	1	0	0	2	0	8	13	.146	.286	.171	.456	2	32
1952	29	29	52	46	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	15	.109	.212	.109	.320	1	28
1953	30	34	26	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.000	.154	.000	.154	0	33
1954	31	25	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.067	.000	.067	0	24
1955	32	24	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	23
9 Seasons		215	302	270	19	18	1	0	1	9	0	31	100	.067	.166	.081	.247	5	207
162 Game Avg.		162	228	203	14	14	1	0	1	7	0	23	75	.067	.166	.081	.247	4	207

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1964 BBWAA ( 0.5%)

Other Resources & Links

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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 (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') 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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