Dick Kokos

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-8, 170lb (173cm, 77kg)

Born: February 28, 1928 in Chicago, IL us

Died: April 9, 1986 in Chicago, IL

Buried: St. Adalbert Cemetery, Niles, IL

Debut: July 8, 1948 (Age 20-131d, 10,530th in major league history)
vs. DET 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 10, 1954 (Age 26-071d)
vs. PHA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Richard Jerome Kokos

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.7

1558

410

.263

239

RBI

223

OBP

.365

SLG

.441

OPS

.806

OPS+

108

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 59 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 10 tying, 22 go ahead

1 Tm
BAL/SLB	59

Platoon
vs RHP	43
vs LHP	16

Home/Road
Home	33
Away	26

Outs
0	24
1	23
2	12

7 Opps
CLE	10
DET	10
PHA	10
CHW	9
NYY	8
WSH	7
BOS	5

41 Pitchers
Bob Lemon	3
Carl Scheib	3
Virgil Trucks	3
Steve Gromek	3
Lou Brissie	3
Bob Hooper	2
Ellis Kinder	2
Early Wynn	2
Paul Calvert	2
Art Houtteman	2
Bob Feller	2
Allie Reynolds	2
Mickey Haefner	2
Jim McDonald	1
Bob Porterfield	1
Joe Page	1
Eddie Lopat	1
Sam Zoldak	1
Marv Rotblatt	1
Hal Newhouser	1
Bob Miller	1
Bobby Shantz	1
Bob Kuzava	1
Joe Dobson	1
Marlin Stuart	1
Fred Hutchinson	1
Ike Delock	1
Billy Pierce	1
Max Surkont	1
Marino Pieretti	1
Chuck Stobbs	1
Ray Scarborough	1
Walt Masterson	1
Ralph Branca	1
Saul Rogovin	1
Dave Hoskins	1
Dick Fowler	1
Ralph Buxton	1
Joe Haynes	1
Tommy Byrne	1
Bob Keegan	1

7 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	33
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	7
ClevelandStd (CLE)	5
Tiger Stad (DET)	5
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	4
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
GriffithStad (WAS)	2

Where Hit
9	34
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	55
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	30
1--	12
12-	8
-2-	6
123	1
--3	1
1-3	1

99 RBI
RISP	17
0 on	30
1 on	19
2 on	9
3 on	1
Any on	29

Inning
1	9
2	5
3	5
4	6
5	6
6	8
7	6
8	9
9	4
Extra	1

1-3	19
4-6	20
7-end	20

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	2
+2	2
+1	4
Tied	16
-1	11
-2	8
-3	1
-4..	13

Ahead	10
Tied	16
Behind	33

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	39
LF	17
PH	3

OrderPos
2nd	21
4th	10
5th	8
3rd	6
6th	5
1st	4
7th	2
9th	2
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1948	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1948-07-11 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	Bob Feller	behind 0-2	t 7	0	1--	2	6	9	0.256	50%		Home Run; A. Zarilla Scores
2	2	2	1	1948-08-01 (1)	SLB		WSH	Early Wynn	behind 0-2	b 2	1	---	1	5	9
3	3	3	1	1948-08-20	SLB	@	DET	Art Houtteman	behind 3-4	t 8	0	---	1	5	9	0.236	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	1948-09-09 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	Marino Pieretti	behind 1-2	t 4	0	---	1	4	9
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1949-04-20	SLB		CLE	Bob Lemon	behind 0-4	b 6	1	---	1	5	9	0.059	15%		Home Run
6	6	2	1	1949-04-21	SLB		CLE	Steve Gromek	behind 1-8	b 5	0	---	1	5	9	0.021	5%		Home Run
7	7	3	1	1949-05-07	SLB		WSH	Walt Masterson	behind 1-5	b 7	1	12-	3	8	PH	0.211	33%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Spence Scores; R. Sievers Scores/unER
8	8	4	1	1949-05-08 (2)	SLB		BOS	Ellis Kinder	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	---	1	2	9	0.097	74%		Home Run
9	9	5	2	1949-05-08 (2)	SLB		BOS	Ellis Kinder	ahead 2-0	b 5	2	---	1	2	9	0.082	86%		Home Run
10	10	6	1	1949-05-12	SLB		PHA	Lou Brissie	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	9
11	11	7	1	1949-05-15 (2)	SLB		DET	Marlin Stuart	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	9
12	12	8	1	1949-05-27	SLB	@	DET	Virgil Trucks	behind 3-5	t 8	1	---	1	4	9	0.101	20%		Home Run
13	13	9	1	1949-06-03	SLB		WSH	Paul Calvert	behind 1-12	b 9	0	-2-	2	5	9	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Graham Scores
14	14	10	1	1949-06-05 (2)	SLB		NYY	Joe Page	ahead 4-1	b 5	2	12-	3	5	9	0.098	97%		Home Run; J. Priddy Scores; J. Graham Scores
15	15	11	1	1949-06-12 (2)	SLB		PHA	Lou Brissie	tied 3-3	b 3	2	--3	2	6	9	0.186	73%		Home Run; W. Platt Scores
16	16	12	1	1949-06-14	SLB	@	WSH	Mickey Haefner	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	6	9	0.136	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Sievers Scores
17	17	13	1	1949-06-19 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	Carl Scheib	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-2-	2	3	9	0.152	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Spence Scores
18	18	14	1	1949-06-22 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	Eddie Lopat	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	9	0.180	65%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Spence Scores/unER; D. Kokos Scores/unER
19	19	15	1	1949-06-28	SLB	@	CHW	Max Surkont	behind 5-6	t 8	0	---	1	4	9
20	20	16	1	1949-07-04 (2)	SLB		CHW	Billy Pierce	tied 1-1	b 6	0	---	1	2	9
21	21	17	1	1949-07-17 (2)	SLB		WSH	Paul Calvert	behind 2-3	b 7	0	---	1	2	9	0.214	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	18	1	1949-07-19 (2)	SLB		PHA	Bobby Shantz	tied 2-2	b 3	1	1--	2	2	9
23	23	19	1	1949-08-10	SLB	@	CLE	Bob Lemon	tied 4-4	t 9	1	---	1	2	9	0.377	82%		Home Run
24	24	20	1	1949-08-19 (1)	SLB		DET	Art Houtteman	behind 1-2	b 8	1	12-	3	3	9
25	25	21	1	1949-08-27	SLB		PHA	Lou Brissie	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1-3	3	7	9
26	26	22	1	1949-08-31	SLB		NYY	Ralph Buxton	ahead 8-3	b 8	1	1--	2	6	9	0.005	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Graham Scores
27	27	23	1	1949-09-19	SLB	@	PHA	Dick Fowler	behind 1-2	t 4	1	12-	3	6	9
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1950-04-19	SLB	@	CHW	Bob Kuzava	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	2	2	7	0.144	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Upton Scores
29	29	2	1	1950-04-23 (2)	SLB		CLE	Sam Zoldak	behind 0-2	b 3	1	123	4	2	7	0.275	73%		Home Run; F. Gustine Scores; N. Garver Scores; T. Upton Scores
30	30	3	1	1950-04-25	SLB		DET	Virgil Trucks	behind 1-5	b 9	0	---	1	2	7
31	31	4	1	1950-05-26	SLB		DET	Hal Newhouser	behind 0-10	b 6	1	---	1	2	9
32	32	5	1	1950-05-30 (2)	SLB		CHW	Mickey Haefner	behind 5-9	b 5	1	---	1	4	9	0.066	19%		Home Run
33	33	6	1	1950-06-04 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	Carl Scheib	ahead 3-0	t 2	1	12-	3	2	9	0.123	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); N. Garver Scores; T. Upton Scores
34	34	7	1	1950-06-04 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	Bob Hooper	behind 1-11	t 6	1	---	1	2	9	0.002	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	8	1	1950-06-10	SLB	@	NYY	Allie Reynolds	behind 0-2	t 8	1	12-	3	2	9
36	36	9	1	1950-06-15	SLB		WSH	Joe Haynes	ahead 7-6	b 4	0	---	1	2	9	0.095	77%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	10	1	1950-06-18 (1)	SLB		NYY	Tommy Byrne	behind 1-13	b 6	2	12-	3	2	9
38	38	11	1	1950-06-23	SLB		BOS	Chuck Stobbs	behind 3-6	b 5	1	1--	2	2	9
39	39	12	1	1950-06-27	SLB		CLE	Bob Feller	behind 0-2	b 4	0	1--	2	4	9	0.185	56%		Home Run; S. Lollar Scores
40	40	13	1	1950-07-03	SLB	@	CLE	Steve Gromek	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	1--	2	4	7	0.152	81%		Home Run; S. Lollar Scores
41	41	14	1	1950-08-04	SLB		PHA	Bob Hooper	behind 7-12	b 8	0	-2-	2	7	7
42	42	15	1	1950-08-06	SLB		PHA	Carl Scheib	tied 0-0	b 1	0	12-	3	3	7
43	43	16	1	1950-09-15	SLB		BOS	Joe Dobson	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	4	7	0.099	55%		Home Run
44	44	17	1	1950-09-28	SLB	@	DET	Fred Hutchinson	behind 1-2	t 7	0	---	1	4	7	0.177	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	18	1	1950-10-01 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	Marv Rotblatt	ahead 5-4	t 4	1	---	1	4	7
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1953-05-23	SLB	@	CLE	Bob Lemon	behind 0-5	t 8	2	---	1	9	PH	0.008	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	2	1	1953-06-06	SLB		NYY	Ray Scarborough	behind 0-2	b 5	0	1--	2	5	7	0.227	57%		Home Run (Deep RF); V. Wertz Scores
48	48	3	1	1953-06-24	SLB	@	WSH	Bob Porterfield	behind 5-6	t 9	2	-2-	2	2	9	0.703	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Hunter Scores
49	49	4	1	1953-07-01	SLB	@	CHW	Saul Rogovin	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	9	0.099	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	5	1	1953-07-11	SLB	@	DET	Steve Gromek	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.103	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	6	2	1953-07-11	SLB	@	DET	Bob Miller	ahead 5-0	t 7	2	-2-	2	3	7	0.022	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Young Scores
52	52	7	1	1953-07-18	SLB		NYY	Jim McDonald	behind 0-9	b 6	1	1--	2	3	7	0.007	1%		Home Run; J. Groth Scores
53	53	8	1	1953-07-25	SLB		BOS	Ike Delock	tied 5-5	b 6	2	---	1	2	7	0.187	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	9	1	1953-08-16 (1)	SLB		CLE	Early Wynn	behind 0-1	b 3	0	1--	2	1	7	0.190	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Littlefield Scores
55	55	10	1	1953-08-21 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	Dave Hoskins	behind 1-2	t 6	0	---	1	1	7	0.166	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
56	56	11	1	1953-09-05	SLB		DET	Ralph Branca	tied 0-0	b 12	0	---	1	2	7	0.361	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
57	57	12	1	1953-09-16 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	Allie Reynolds	behind 1-3	t 7	2	---	1	1	9	0.105	23%		Home Run (Deep RF)
58	58	13	1	1953-09-20 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	Virgil Trucks	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	9	0.097	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
59	59	1	1	1954-04-24	BAL	@	CHW	Bob Keegan	behind 0-10	t 8	1	---	1	9	PH	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)

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Summary of 59 Home Runs

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 10 tying, 22 go ahead

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