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Eddie Kasko
Edward Michael Kasko

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

MLB Debut April 18, 1957
Final Game September 10, 1966
Born June 27, 1931 in Linden, NJ
Died June 24, 2020 (age 88)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1957 26 BAA AL  154  528   36  134  19   5   2   41   5   3   25   66  .254  .291  .320  .611    88   169   3   4   5   4  15  
 1958 27 BAA AL   99  284   25   59   5   0   0   17   2   0   23   34  .208  .271  .225  .496    72    64   1   1   2   2   6  
 1959 28 CHN NL   60  193   28   58  11   0   1   19   1   0   11   17  .301  .338  .373  .711    97    72   1   0   5   0   4  
 1960 29 CHN NL  118  390   60  118  17   0   3   26  10   8   45   34  .303  .380  .369  .749   103   144   0   1   9   4  11  
 1961 30 CHN NL  139  471   38  135  19   3   3   39   3   1   38   38  .287  .347  .359  .706    91   169   1   1   5   6   8  
 1962 31 CHN NL  125  475   64  136  29   0   3   39   0   2   35   32  .286  .337  .366  .704    98   174   0   1   5   2  10  
 1963 32 CHN NL   57  170   31   46   7   1   6   18   0   1   16   26  .271  .332  .429  .761   110    73   1   1   4   0   4  
 1964 33 SFN NL  134  467   49  113  12   2   0   25   3   7   36   62  .242  .296  .276  .572    79   129  11   0   0   0   9  
 1965 34 SFN NL   50   57    1    8   1   0   0    2   0   1    1   13  .140  .169  .158  .327    47     9   0   0   0   1   3  
 1966 35 BOA AL   32   68    3   18   3   0   1    3   0   0    5    5  .265  .315  .353  .668    94    24   1   0   0   0   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons      968 3103  335  825 123  11  19  229  24  23  235  327  .266  .321  .331  .652        1027  19   9  35  19  72
 Per 600 PA           550   59  146  22   2   3   41   4   4   42   58                                 182   3   2   6   3  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CHN      499 1699  221  493  83   4  16  141  14  12  145  147  .290  .349  .372  .721         632   3   4  28  12  37
   With BAA      253  812   61  193  24   5   2   58   7   3   48  100  .238  .284  .287  .571         233   4   5   7   6  21
   With SFN      184  524   50  121  13   2   0   27   3   8   37   75  .231  .283  .263  .546         138  11   0   0   1  12
   With BOA       32   68    3   18   3   0   1    3   0   0    5    5  .265  .315  .353  .668          24   1   0   0   0   2
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1077 3546  411  935 146  13  22  261  31  31  265  353  .264  .317  .331  .648        1173  27  21  33  20  77
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1957 26 BAA AL  27   46   3.0   0   0   0  .000  15  146  105  .719    0    0  .000  2B   3e19      -42   
 1958 27 BAA AL  42   18   2.1   1   0   0  .000   6   74   58  .784    0    0  .000  2B   3e20      -62   
 1959 28 CHN NL  56   23   4.6   7   3   0  .429   4   26   16  .615    0    0  .000  3B   3e29       52   
 1960 29 CHN NL  21   53   5.0  15   3   0  .200  14   91   57  .626    0    0  .000  UT              12   
 1961 30 CHN NL  36   59   4.6   2   2   0 1.000  21  130   98  .754    0    0  .000  SS   2e29       51   
 1962 31 CHN NL  41   57   4.4   2   1   0  .500  30  134   77  .575    0    0  .000  SS   3e48       21   
 1963 32 CHN NL  80   23   4.8  13   3   0  .231   1   47   35  .745    0    0  .000  SS   3e32      118   
 1964 33 SFN NL  44   37   2.7   3   1   0  .333  16  168  129  .768    0    0  .000  SS   2e19      -13   
 1965 34 SFN NL  50    0    .5   5   0   0  .000   3   25   17  .680    0    0  .000  SS   3e19     -271   
 1966 35 BOA AL  77    7   3.7  12   3   1  .250   1   16   14  .875    0    0  .000  SS   3e19       90   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 10 Seasons          328   3.7  60  16   1  .267 111  857  606  .707    0    0  .000                   4   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 3.3 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 7.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1957 26 BAA AL  2B   154   366   451   15  117   .982   154  1317.2   5.58
 1958 27 BAA AL  2B    94   161   210    6   60   .984    71   661.1   5.05
                 3B     7     0     3    0    0  1.000     0    12.0   2.25
 1959 28 CHN NL  3B    39    24    70    3    3   .969    32   297.1   2.85
                 2B     7    12    15    0    3  1.000     5    44.2   5.44
                 SS     3     7     5    1    2   .923     3    25.0   4.32
 1960 29 CHN NL  2B    57   157   150    8   35   .975    54   493.2   5.60
                 3B    49    17   112    6    6   .956    41   394.0   2.95
 1961 30 CHN NL  SS   112   153   367   17   71   .968   101   924.2   5.06
                 2B    27    62    59    4   20   .968    24   213.2   5.10
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     1    10.2   0.00
 1962 31 CHN NL  SS   125   193   424   30   89   .954   123  1104.0   5.03
 1963 32 CHN NL  SS    41    59   147    1   26   .995    38   342.2   5.41
                 2B     6     2     4    0    0  1.000     0     8.2   6.23
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
 1964 33 SFN NL  SS   132   209   416   16   83   .975   127  1114.1   5.05  GG
 1965 34 SFN NL  SS    47    48    59    3   11   .973     9   156.1   6.16
 1966 35 BOA AL  SS    15    19    40    1    8   .983    14   133.1   3.98
                 3B     3     1     0    0    1  1.000     0     2.1   3.86
                 2B     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 SS   475   688  1458   69  290   .969   415  3800.1   5.08
                 2B   346   761   889   33  235   .980   308  2741.2   5.42
                 3B   100    42   185    9   10   .962    74   719.1   2.84
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1959 WS    CHN NYA   L    3  11  3  4  1  0  0   0  1  1  .364  .417  .455  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1957  BAA   67-87   Pat Carr
 1958  BAA   75-79   Brian Curran, Pat Carr
 1959  CHN  102-52   Alan Boodman
 1960  CHN   82-72   Alan Boodman
 1961  CHN   70-84   Alan Boodman
 1962  CHN   79-83   Alan Boodman
 1963  CHN   96-66   Alan Boodman
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 1965  SFN   91-71   Darren Dawson
 1966  BOA   70-92   Dave Jackson

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