Dick Kokos

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Full Name: Richard Jerome Kokos	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 8.5"/170	First Game: July 8, 1948
Birthdate: February 28, 1928	Final Game: May 10, 1954
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois	MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: April 9, 1986
Deathplace: Chicago, Illinois
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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Dick Kokos (Richard Jerome Kokos) was born on February 28, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on July 8, 1948 for the St. Louis Browns. In 1948, his rookie year, he hit .298 with 4 home runs and 40 RBI. Kokos played for the St. Louis Browns and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 5 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Dick Kokos's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1949, when he slugged 23 home runs and knocked in 77 runs. However, others believe that it was 1950, when he slugged 18 home runs and knocked in 67 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1948	STL	A	71	258	40	77	4	40	.298	.374	.426	15	3	28	32	3	2	4	0	1
1949	STL	A	143	501	80	131	23	77	.261	.351	.459	28	1	66	91	3	2	3	0	4
1950	STL	A	143	490	77	128	18	67	.261	.375	.447	27	5	88	73	1	3	8	0	10
1953	STL	A	107	299	41	72	13	38	.241	.361	.411	12	0	56	53	0	2	0	0	4
1954	BAL	A	11	10	1	2	1	1	.200	.429	.500	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	1
Total			475	1558	239	410	59	223	.263	.365	.441	82	9	242	252	7	9	15	0	20

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1948	STL	A	OF	71	0	0	126	8	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1949	STL	A	OF	138	0	0	290	16	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1950	STL	A	OF	127	0	0	342	8	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1953	STL	A	OF	83	0	0	152	5	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1954	BAL	A	OF	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	420	0	0	913	37	28	10	0	0	0	0	0	.971

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1945).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Bryan Stephens, Joe Frazier and $25000 to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Bob Muncrief and Wally Judnich (November 20, 1947).

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