Frank Kostro

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Third Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: August 4, 1937 in Windber, PA us

High School: Forbes HS (Pittsburgh, PA)

School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: September 2, 1962 (Age 25-029d, 12,007th in major league history)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 21, 1969 (Age 32-048d)
vs. SEP 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1963 season

Full Name: Frank Jerry Kostro

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.9

467

114

.244

RBI

OBP

.291

SLG

.321

OPS

.613

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	DET		CHW	L,5-7	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
2	13 (11)	Apr 23	DET	@	KCA	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
3	15 (1)	Apr 25	DET		LAA	L,5-7	GF	30	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
4	16	Apr 26	DET		MIN	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
5	17	Apr 27	DET		MIN	L,3-9	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
6	18	Apr 28	DET		MIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	19	May 1	DET		WSA	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
8	20	May 2	DET		WSA	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
9	29 (8)	May 12	DET		CLE	L,3-9	GF	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
10	30	May 14	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
11	32 (1)	May 18 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,6-3	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
12	37 (4)	May 22	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Los Angeles Angels
13	71	Jun 22	LAA		WSA	W,9-4	GF	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
14	80 (8)	Jun 30	LAA	@	DET	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	97 (16)	Jul 19	LAA		DET	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
16	98	Jul 20	LAA		DET	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
17	99	Jul 21	LAA		DET	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
18	100	Jul 22	LAA	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
19	101	Jul 23	LAA	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
20	102	Jul 24	LAA	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
21	103	Jul 25	LAA	@	NYY	W,5-0	GS	19	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
22	106 (2)	Jul 28 (1)	LAA	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	39	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	114 (7)	Aug 4	LAA		CHW	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
24	116 (1)	Aug 7	LAA		MIN	L,4-9	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
25	117	Aug 8	LAA		MIN	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
26	118	Aug 9	LAA		NYY	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
27	119	Aug 10	LAA		NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
28	120	Aug 11	LAA		NYY	L,4-6	CG	48	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
29	121	Aug 13	LAA		WSA	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
30	124 (2)	Aug 16	LAA		DET	W,9-6	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
31	126 (1)	Aug 18	LAA		DET	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
32	134 (7)	Aug 28	LAA	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
33	135	Aug 29	LAA	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
34	137 (1)	Aug 31	LAA	@	KCA	L,0-7	GF	13	4.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH 3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	139 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	LAA	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
36	140	Sep 2 (2)	LAA	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	45	8.1	8	1	1	10	1	1B
37	141	Sep 4	LAA	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
38	142	Sep 5	LAA	@	MIN	W,8-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
39	143	Sep 6	LAA		KCA	W,4-3	GS	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
							39gm		289.1	85	44	4	133	8