Frank Kostro

Frank Jerry Kostro

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.
• School University of Michigan
• High School Forbes High School
• Debut September 2, 1962
• Final Game September 21, 1969
• Born August 4, 1937 in Windber, PA USA

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Biographical Information

" ... they ask me (at celebrity golf tournaments}, "Did you play with Harmon Killebrew?" One day I had to ask Harmon if people ever approached him and asked "Did you play with Frank Kostro?" - Frank Kostro

Frank Kostro was a back-up infielder/outfielder for seven seasons in the majors during the 1960s. Most of his at-bats were with the Minnesota Twins.

He is one of three major leaguers to have been born in Windber, PA.

Kostro was signed by the Detroit Tigers in 1956 and came up to the majors in 1962 to play third base with the Tigers. He was traded in mid-1963 to the Los Angeles Angels, and then in mid-1964 to the Twins. Over time, the Twins used him more in the outfield than in the infield.

In Kostro's last season in the majors, in 1969, he got into a couple of games for the Twins who won the division under manager Billy Martin.

He also played for the Hankyu Braves in Japan in 1970, but only for 37 games.

As of the early 2000s, he was in the insurance business in Colorado.

Further Reading

• J.G. Preston: "Frank Kostro", in Gregory H. Wolf, ed.: A Pennant for the Twin Cities: the 1965 Minnesota Twins, SABR, Phoenix, AZ, 2015, pp. 146-151. ISBN 978-1-943816-09-5

Related Sites

• Frank Kostro at the SABR Bio Project