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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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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1946 23 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 3.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 9 7 4 0 11 4 1 0 0 60 111 1.667 6.8 0.0 8.3 3.0 0.36
1947 24 CLE AL 1 1 .500 4.15 4 4 0 1 1 0 21.2 22 10 10 1 9 9 1 0 1 94 84 1.431 9.1 0.4 3.7 3.7 1.00
1949 26 CHW AL 10 6 .625 4.02 29 18 3 9 1 0 156.2 139 76 70 6 91 83 1 0 2 685 103 1.468 8.0 0.3 5.2 4.8 0.91 RoY-4
1950 27 TOT AL 9 10 .474 4.33 32 29 2 9 1 0 199.1 199 108 96 13 102 105 1 1 8 875 103 1.510 9.0 0.6 4.6 4.7 1.03
1950 27 CHW AL 1 3 .250 5.68 10 7 2 1 0 0 44.1 43 28 28 5 27 21 0 1 3 196 79 1.579 8.7 1.0 5.5 4.3 0.78
1950 27 WSH AL 8 7 .533 3.95 22 22 0 8 1 0 155.0 156 80 68 8 75 84 1 0 5 679 114 1.490 9.1 0.5 4.4 4.9 1.12
1951 28 TOT AL 11 7 .611 3.61 31 16 13 7 1 5 134.2 133 61 54 10 55 72 3 0 2 581 109 1.396 8.9 0.7 3.7 4.8 1.31
1951 28 WSH AL 3 3 .500 5.50 8 8 0 3 0 0 52.1 57 34 32 5 28 22 2 0 0 236 74 1.624 9.8 0.9 4.8 3.8 0.79
1951 28 NYY AL 8 4 .667 2.40 23 8 13 4 1 5 82.1 76 27 22 5 27 50 1 0 2 345 159 1.251 8.3 0.5 3.0 5.5 1.85
1952 29 NYY AL 8 8 .500 3.45 28 12 9 6 1 3 133.0 115 53 51 7 63 67 1 0 2 554 97 1.338 7.8 0.5 4.3 4.5 1.06
1953 30 NYY AL 6 5 .545 3.31 33 6 12 2 2 4 92.1 92 35 34 9 34 48 0 0 0 386 112 1.365 9.0 0.9 3.3 4.7 1.41
1954 31 TOT AL 2 6 .250 4.97 24 7 6 0 0 1 63.1 76 41 35 3 29 37 0 0 2 283 70 1.658 10.8 0.4 4.1 5.3 1.28
1954 31 NYY AL 1 3 .250 5.45 20 3 6 0 0 1 39.2 46 30 24 3 18 22 0 0 1 176 63 1.613 10.4 0.7 4.1 5.0 1.22
1954 31 BAL AL 1 3 .250 4.18 4 4 0 0 0 0 23.2 30 11 11 0 11 15 0 0 1 107 85 1.732 11.4 0.0 4.2 5.7 1.36
1955 32 TOT 1 1 .500 6.25 23 5 10 0 0 0 44.2 57 33 31 5 16 2 18 0 0 1 205 63 1.634 11.5 1.0 3.2 3.6 1.13
1955 32 BAL AL 0 1 .000 3.65 6 1 3 0 0 0 12.1 10 7 5 0 4 1 5 0 0 1 51 104 1.135 7.3 0.0 2.9 3.6 1.25
1955 32 PHI NL 1 0 1.000 7.24 17 4 7 0 0 0 32.1 47 26 26 5 12 1 13 0 0 0 154 55 1.825 13.1 1.4 3.3 3.6 1.08
1957 34 TOT NL 0 0 6.23 7 0 3 0 0 0 4.1 7 3 3 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 25 63 2.769 14.5 0.0 10.4 6.2 0.60
1957 34 PIT NL 0 0 9.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 12 42 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 4.5 0.33
1957 34 STL NL 0 0 3.86 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 4 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 13 104 2.571 15.4 0.0 7.7 7.7 1.00
10 Seasons 49 44 .527 4.05 213 99 58 34 7 13 862.0 849 427 388 54 415 2 446 8 1 18 3748 97 1.466 8.9 0.6 4.3 4.7 1.07
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .527 4.05 46 22 13 7 2 3 188 185 93 85 12 90 97 2 0 4 817 97 1.466 8.9 0.6 4.3 4.7 1.07
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
NYY (4 yrs) 23 20 .535 3.39 104 29 40 12 4 13 347.1 329 145 131 24 142 187 2 0 5 1461 105 1.356 8.5 0.6 3.7 4.8 1.32
WSH (2 yrs) 11 10 .524 4.34 30 30 0 11 1 0 207.1 213 114 100 13 103 106 3 0 5 915 101 1.524 9.2 0.6 4.5 4.6 1.03
CLE (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 3.74 6 6 0 1 1 0 33.2 31 17 14 1 20 13 2 0 1 154 92 1.515 8.3 0.3 5.3 3.5 0.65
BAL (2 yrs) 1 4 .200 4.00 10 5 3 0 0 0 36.0 40 18 16 0 15 1 20 0 0 2 158 91 1.528 10.0 0.0 3.8 5.0 1.33
CHW (2 yrs) 11 9 .550 4.39 39 25 5 10 1 0 201.0 182 104 98 11 118 104 1 1 5 881 96 1.493 8.1 0.5 5.3 4.7 0.88
PIT (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 12 42 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 4.5 0.33
PHI (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 7.24 17 4 7 0 0 0 32.1 47 26 26 5 12 1 13 0 0 0 154 55 1.825 13.1 1.4 3.3 3.6 1.08
STL (1 yr) 0 0 3.86 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 4 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 13 104 2.571 15.4 0.0 7.7 7.7 1.00
AL (9 yrs) 48 44 .522 3.91 189 95 48 34 7 13 825.1 795 398 359 49 398 1 430 8 1 18 3569 100 1.445 8.7 0.5 4.3 4.7 1.08
NL (2 yrs) 1 0 1.000 7.12 24 4 10 0 0 0 36.2 54 29 29 5 17 1 16 0 0 0 179 56 1.936 13.3 1.2 4.2 3.9 0.94

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1951 28 NYY AL WS W NYG 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1952 29 NYY AL WS W BRO 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8
1953 30 NYY AL WS W BRO 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 3.000 27.0 13.5 0.0 13.5
3 Seasons (3 Series) 0 0 2.08 3 0 2 0 0 2 4.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 16 0.462 4.2 2.1 0.0 6.2
3 WS 0 0 2.08 3 0 2 0 0 2 4.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 16 0.462 4.2 2.1 0.0 6.2

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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 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

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1951 28 NYY AL WS NYG W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 29 NYY AL WS BRO W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 30 NYY AL WS BRO W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1946 CLE AL 23 P 2 5 0 4 1 0 .800 2.00 .960 1.00
1947 CLE AL 24 P 4 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 0.95
1949 CHW AL 26 P 29 28 8 17 3 1 .893 0.86 .964 1.01 RoY-4
1950 TOT AL 27 P 32 41 8 30 3 5 .927 1.19 .951 0.96
1950 CHW AL 27 P 10 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 1.00 .950 0.96
1950 WSH AL 27 P 22 31 5 23 3 4 .903 1.27 .952 0.96
1951 TOT AL 28 P 31 28 9 17 2 0 .929 0.84 .954 0.99
1951 WSH AL 28 P 8 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.50 .950 0.99
1951 NYY AL 28 P 23 16 6 8 2 0 .875 0.61 .956 0.99
1952 NYY AL 29 P 28 20 4 16 0 2 1.000 0.71 .965 1.03
1953 NYY AL 30 P 33 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 0.27 .956 0.88
1954 TOT AL 31 P 24 7 63.4 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 0.71 0.21 .960 2.02 0.93
1954 NYY AL 31 P 20 3 39.2 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.68 0.15 .967 2.02 0.93
1954 BAL AL 31 P 4 4 23.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.76 0.50 .950 2.02 0.92
1955 TOT 32 P 23 5 44.2 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.81 0.39 .944 2.01 0.83
1955 BAL AL 32 P 6 1 12.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.97 0.83
1955 PHI NL 32 P 17 4 32.1 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.51 0.53 .944 2.03 0.83
1957 TOT NL 34 P 7 0 4.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.14 1.000 2.08 0.83
1957 PIT NL 34 P 4 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 0.82
1957 STL NL 34 P 3 0 2.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86 0.33 1.000 1.93 0.83
10 Seasons P 213 12 112.1 154 33 112 9 9 .942 11.62 0.68 .956 2.02 0.95
10 Seasons TOT 213 12 112.1 154 33 112 9 9 .942 11.62 0.68 .898 2.02 0.95
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1951 AL--.611--9th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 AL--7.985--9th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 AL--4.768--6th
1950 AL--4.741--7th

Saves s c a p y
1951 AL--5--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1950 AL--105--8th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 AL--.345--4th
1950 AL--.587--5th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1950 AL--8--2nd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 9 (1567), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1469), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1339), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1941 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

October 2, 1948: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Ernest Groth to the Chicago White Sox for Frank Papish.

May 31, 1950: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Cass Michaels and Johnny Ostrowski to the Washington Senators for Al Kozar, Eddie Robinson and Ray Scarborough.

June 15, 1951: Traded by the Washington Senators to the New York Yankees for Tom Ferrick, Bob Porterfield and Fred Sanford.

August 7, 1954: Selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the New York Yankees.

May 23, 1955: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Baltimore Orioles.

October 5, 1955: Purchased by the Kansas City Athletics from the Philadelphia Phillies.

Before 1957 Season: Returned to Columbus (International) by the Kansas City Athletics after expiration of minor league working agreement.

Before 1957 Season: Obtained by the Pittsburgh Pirates from Columbus (International) as part of a minor league working agreement.

September 19, 1957: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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