Dick
Kokos
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: February 28, 1928 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1953   
All-Star Selections 1956   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1948 20 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 7 7
1949 21 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 9 9 9 6 7 7
1950 22 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 10 9 6 7 7
1951 23 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 8 7 6 7 7 9 10 10 6 6 6
1952 24 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 7 7 9 10 10 6 6 6
1953 25 BSN NL $ 3,978,571   6 6 5 8 8 8 6 7 7 9 10 10 6 6 6
1954 26 BSN NL $ 3,978,571   5 5 5 8 8 8 6 7 7 9 10 10 6 6 6
1955 27 BSN NL $ 3,978,571   5 5 5 8 8 8 6 7 7 9 10 9 6 6 6
1956 28 BSN NL $ 4,600,000   6 6 5 8 8 8 6 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1957 29 BSN NL $ 4,600,000   6 6 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1958 30 BSN NL $ 4,600,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1959 31 BSN NL $ 4,600,000   6 6 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 10 10 6 6 6
1960 32 TAM AL $ 5,470,000   6 6 6 8 9 9 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1961 33 TAM AL $ 5,470,000   6 6 6 8 9 9 6 7 7 9 10 10 6 7 6
1962 34 TAM AL $ 5,470,000   6 6 5 7 8 7 5 6 6 9 9 9 5 6 6
1963 35 TAM AL $ 4,000,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 9 9 5 5 5
1964 36 DET AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,470,000   6 6 6 8 9 9 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1948 20 TAM AL 55 183 30 44 5 0 4 18 1 1 24 31 .240 .329 .333 .662 18.4 1.5
    AAA   52 188 37 51 8 0 15 32 2 2 39 24 .271 .396 .553 .950 41.2  
    AA   54 174 27 42 9 0 11 27 1 3 41 23 .241 .386 .483 .869 33.8  
1949 21 TAM AL 77 257 47 65 11 1 11 40 0 1 53 34 .253 .377 .432 .809 44.1 6.3
  BSN NL 54 191 31 50 8 0 9 28 0 0 32 35 .262 .364 .445 .809 31.7 6.2
  TOT   131 448 78 115 19 1 20 68 0 1 85 69 .257 .372 .438 .809 75.8 12.5
    AAA   25 85 21 23 8 0 7 19 1 0 22 13 .271 .421 .612 1.032 21.5  
1950 22 BSN NL 7 17 4 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 .353 .389 .529 .918 2.9 0.4
    AAA   137 479 131 151 30 1 43 143 8 2 110 56 .315 .443 .651 1.094 129.8  
1951 23 BSN NL 156 528 85 142 30 2 24 82 4 1 96 94 .269 .380 .470 .849 94.0 16.7
1952 24 BSN NL 142 423 87 125 18 1 27 86 0 1 81 71 .296 .405 .534 .939 89.2 18.3
1953 25 BSN NL 150 534 77 115 20 3 19 89 1 0 89 115 .215 .326 .371 .697 69.7 10.1
1954 26 BSN NL 107 374 56 89 23 0 16 59 0 1 55 84 .238 .337 .428 .765 53.3 9.0
1955 27 BSN NL 118 375 71 100 13 2 23 74 0 0 61 79 .267 .368 .496 .864 67.8 13.4
1956 28 BSN NL 157 553 108 139 25 4 48 122 0 0 87 119 .251 .349 .571 .921 110.5 22.5
1957 29 BSN NL 157 536 76 114 29 5 24 88 2 0 95 108 .213 .331 .420 .750 76.0 11.1
1958 30 BSN NL 158 517 91 130 27 1 29 97 0 1 98 104 .251 .370 .476 .846 90.4 16.3
1959 31 BSN NL 155 543 86 141 35 2 27 90 0 0 79 130 .260 .351 .481 .832 90.1 17.7
1960 32 TAM AL 155 537 68 113 21 1 23 73 0 0 81 125 .210 .315 .382 .697 65.2 10.5
1961 33 TAM AL 151 507 78 131 23 1 23 73 0 0 78 129 .258 .357 .444 .801 81.9 17.5
1962 34 TAM AL 149 515 93 143 17 3 28 83 0 0 80 101 .278 .373 .485 .859 92.3 19.2
1963 35 BSN NL 104 371 48 91 11 2 16 50 0 0 43 84 .245 .322 .415 .737 49.1 8.1
  TAM AL 53 174 17 31 4 1 5 20 0 0 31 48 .178 .301 .299 .600 17.1 1.4
  TOT   157 545 65 122 15 3 21 70 0 0 74 132 .224 .315 .378 .693 66.1 9.5
1964 36 WOR AL 43 141 16 31 4 0 4 13 0 1 20 36 .220 .317 .333 .650 15.7 1.9
  DET AL 27 43 3 6 1 0 2 6 0 0 4 13 .140 .213 .302 .515 3.0 0.0
  TOT   70 184 19 37 5 0 6 19 0 1 24 49 .201 .293 .326 .619 18.7 1.9
17 Years Sim 2175 7319 1172 1806 325 29 363 1193 8 7 1188 1543 .247 .351 .448 .798 1162.3 208.2
3 Years AAA 214 752 189 225 46 1 65 194 11 4 171 93 .299 .427 .622 1.049 192.5  
1 Years AA 54 174 27 42 9 0 11 27 1 3 41 23 .241 .390 .483 .873 33.8  
4 Years Minors 268 926 216 267 55 1 76 221 12 7 212 116 .288 .420 .596 1.016 226.3  
162 Game Average 545 87 134 24 2 27 88 0 0 88 114 .247 .351 .448 .798 86.6  
Career Highs 158 553 108 143 35 5 48 122 4 1 98 132 .353 .405 .571 .939 110.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4876 811 1305 214 23 251 849 3 3 783 900 .268 .367 .475 .843 870.9
vs LH   2443 361 501 111 6 112 344 5 4 405 643 .205 .317 .393 .710 334.3
Home 1101 3610 585 881 154 9 193 604 5 3 586 757 .244 .348 .452 .800 597.9
Away 1074 3709 587 925 171 20 170 589 3 4 602 786 .249 .353 .444 .797 607.4
RISP   1807 0 455 75 7 98 784 0 0 337 391 .252 .362 .464 .826 324.7
Pinch Hitting   164 24 45 8 0 6 37 0 0 27 42 .274 .377 .433 .810 27.7
Close/Late   806 111 210 34 2 47 123 0 0 148 162 .261 .375 .483 .858 150.8
Mar/Apr 360 1241 208 321 74 2 56 213 2 0 192 264 .259 .357 .457 .814 207.8
May 315 1096 194 277 42 8 53 192 0 0 183 230 .253 .358 .451 .808 185.5
June 342 1175 167 300 55 6 49 158 0 1 147 231 .255 .337 .437 .775 177.1
July 342 1167 193 298 57 7 68 202 4 1 201 231 .255 .364 .491 .855 214.6
August 417 1344 224 314 52 5 74 226 2 4 248 280 .234 .351 .445 .796 225.2
Sep/Oct 399 1296 186 296 45 1 63 202 0 1 217 307 .228 .339 .410 .749 195.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1948 20 TAM AL RF 53 49 432.3 105 4 1 1 .991 2.27   0.4
    LF 2 1 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
1949 21 TAM AL RF 75 74 628.2 137 1 7 1 .952 1.98   1.1
    LF 2 0 4.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  BSN NL RF 52 52 450.1 99 1 5 0 .952 2.00   0.9
    LF 2 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 127 126 1078.3 236 2 12 1 .952 1.99   2.0
      LF 4 0 7.7 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1950 22 BSN NL RF 3 3 26.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.1
    LF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1951 23 BSN NL RF 142 140 1209.0 208 5 14 3 .938 1.59   1.4
    LF 10 0 17.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.56    
1952 24 BSN NL LF 121 106 929.7 228 3 8 2 .967 2.24   2.6
    RF 8 5 53.0 18 1 0 0 1.000 3.23    
1953 25 BSN NL RF 145 141 1257.3 297 2 5 0 .984 2.14   3.3
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1954 26 BSN NL RF 90 84 734.7 161 3 6 2 .965 2.01   2.1
    LF 15 12 127.0 28 0 0 0 1.000 1.98    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1955 27 BSN NL RF 102 98 861.3 170 2 7 0 .961 1.80   1.7
    LF 7 1 20.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1956 28 BSN NL RF 151 148 1297.3 249 1 10 1 .962 1.73   2.4
    LF 7 0 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1957 29 BSN NL RF 148 145 1301.3 232 5 10 2 .960 1.64   2.7
    LF 6 0 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69    
1958 30 BSN NL RF 147 143 1260.3 262 2 6 1 .978 1.89   2.3
    LF 7 0 17.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65    
1959 31 BSN NL RF 131 130 1145.0 189 0 3 0 .984 1.49   2.3
    LF 20 17 148.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.28    
1960 32 TAM AL LF 149 147 1264.3 231 3 8 1 .967 1.67   0.0
    RF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1961 33 TAM AL RF 87 75 665.7 141 1 1 0 .993 1.92   2.0
    LF 58 55 490.3 89 1 4 1 .957 1.65    
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1962 34 TAM AL RF 140 133 1160.7 212 6 9 3 .960 1.69   1.3
1963 35 BSN NL LF 58 57 492.8 92 4 0 2 1.000 1.75   1.4
    RF 36 35 308.5 52 0 1 0 .981 1.52   0.0
    SS 9 8 69.9 11 33 1 5 .978 5.67   0.3
  TAM AL LF 29 29 244.0 46 2 0 1 1.000 1.77   1.2
    RF 19 18 152.8 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.53   0.0
    SS 4 4 34.6 5 17 1 2 .957 5.72   0.2
  TOT   LF 87 86 736.8 138 6 0 3 1.000 1.76   2.6
      RF 55 53 461.3 78 0 1 0 .987 1.52   0.0
      SS 13 12 104.5 16 50 2 7 .971 5.68   0.5
1964 36 WOR AL RF 28 28 306.3 67 2 5 2 .932 2.03   0.7
    LF 2 2 25.6 6 0 1 0 .857 2.11   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.6 0 2 0 0 1.000 11.25   0.0
  DET AL RF 18 17 88.3 19 1 1 0 .952 2.04   0.2
    LF 2 2 7.4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.43   0.0
    SS 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  RF 1578 1518 13345.2 2652 37 91 16 .967 1.81   24.8
  LF 501 429 3836.2 765 13 21 7 .974 1.83   5.2
  SS 15 12 107.5 16 52 2 7 .971 5.69   0.5
  CF 2 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
Career Totals   2096 1959 17294.8 3435 102 114 30 .969 1.84   30.6
Career Highs   159 151 1314.3 298 56 14 10 1.000 2.29    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1957 29 BSN NL 5 17 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .176 .300 .235 .535
1962 34 TAM AL 12 46 9 12 1 0 1 3 0 0 7 13 .261 .358 .348 .706
1963 35 TAM AL 7 21 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .143 .250 .190 .440
Career Post-Season Batting 24 84 15 18 3 0 1 4 0 0 13 23 .214 .320 .286 .605
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1952-8-.405
1962-7-.373
Slugging Pct
1952-7-.534
1956-4-.571
OPS
1952-4-.939
1956-6-.921
1962-7-.859
XR
1956-6-110.5
1962-9-92.3
Games
1951-5-156
1956-3-157
1957-3-157
1958-4-158
Runs
1956-4-108
1962-4-93
Total Bases
1956-6-316
Doubles
1951-9-30
1959-2-35
Homeruns
1951-10-24
1956-2-48
1961-9-23
1962-7-28
RBIs
1956-3-122
1958-9-97
Walks
1956-5-87
1957-2-95
1958-5-98
1959-5-79
1960-5-81
1961-6-78
1962-7-80
CAR-38-1188
Strikeouts
1951-9-94
1953-5-115
1956-6-119
1957-10-108
1958-7-104
1959-7-130
1960-10-125
1961-7-129
CAR-33-1543
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 58    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 40    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1948
Traded from Boston (A) to Tampa Bay on 6/1/1948 (Going to TAM: P Billy Pierce, CF Clyde Vollmer, RF Dick Kokos, 2B Nellie Fox, P Newt Kimball. Going to BOS: 2B Jackie Robinson, RF Les Fleming, C Walker Cooper, CF Dom Dimaggio)
Had first career hit on 7/31/1948, off Ray Poat (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 8/4/1948, off Johnny Sain (DET)
Traded from Tampa Bay to Boston (N) on 7/1/1949 (Going to TAM: 3B Grady Hatton, 1B Pat Seerey, P Johnny Beazley. Going to BSN: RF Dick Kokos, 2B Nellie Fox, P Bob Hall)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Seattle on 5/2/1952
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1952, hitting .522 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,978,571 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1953
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,978,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/26/1954 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 4 weeks
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,978,571 through salary arbitration
9/1/1955: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $4,600,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1959, hitting .409 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Drove in 9 runs against Pittsburgh on 9/14/1959
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1959, hitting .381 with 5 HR, 17 RBI
10/3/1959: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $5,470,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Boston (N) to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1960 (Going to TAM: LF Dick Kokos, 2B Hank Thompson, 1B Bill Skowron. Going to BSN: LF Irv Noren, RF Gus Bell, 2B Bobby Avila)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1962, hitting .571 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/3/1963 to a 2-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Brooklyn on 6/15/1963
Traded from Boston (N) to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1963 (Going to BSN: C Earl Averill, CF Gino Cimoli, P Claude Osteen. Going to TAM: RF Dick Kokos)
Released by Tampa Bay on 2/13/1964
Signed as a free agent by Worcester on 2/22/1964 to a 2-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
Injured on 4/26/1964 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 9-10 weeks
Traded from Worcester to Detroit on 7/31/1964 (Going to WOR: P Jack Warner, P Bob Meyer. Going to DET: RF Dick Kokos, 1B Kent Hadley)