Al Kozar

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Full Name: Albert Kenneth Kozar	Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 5' 9.5"/173	First Game: April 19, 1948
Birthdate: July 5, 1921	Final Game: July 2, 1950
Birthplace: McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 3 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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Al Kozar (Albert Kenneth Kozar) was born on July 5, 1921 in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on April 19, 1948 for the Washington Senators. In 1948, his rookie year, he hit .250 with 1 home run and 58 RBI. Kozar played for the Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 3 year career.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1948	WAS	A	150	577	61	144	1	58	.250	.327	.326	25	8	66	52	0	8	4	0	18
1949	WAS	A	105	350	46	94	4	31	.269	.321	.357	15	2	25	23	2	1	2	0	7
1950	WAS	A	20	55	7	11	0	3	.200	.267	.218	1	0	5	8	0	2	0	0	2
1950	CHI	A	10	10	4	3	1	2	.300	.300	.600	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
1950	TOT	A	30	65	11	14	1	5	.215	.271	.277	1	0	5	11	0	2	0	0	3
Total			285	992	118	252	6	94	.254	.321	.334	41	10	96	86	2	11	6	0	28

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1948	WAS	A	2B	149	0	0	348	444	27	89	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1949	WAS	A	2B	102	0	0	232	235	11	57	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1950	WAS	A	2B	15	0	0	33	43	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1950	CHI	A	2B	4	0	0	6	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1950	CHI	A	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1950	TOT	A	2B	19	0	0	39	51	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	.968
Total			2B	270	0	0	619	730	41	157	0	0	0	0	0	.971
Total			3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1941).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Leon Culberson to Washington Senators in exchange for Stan Spence (December 10, 1947).
Traded by Washington Senators with Eddie Robinson and Ray Scarborough to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bob Kuzava, Cass Michaels and Johnny Ostrowski (May 31, 1950).

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