Eddie
Kasko
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: June 27, 1932 in Usa, NJ, LINDEN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1965   
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1957 25 NYA AL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 26 NYA AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 27 NYA AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 28 NYA AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 29 NYA AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 30 NYA AL $ 350,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 31 NYA AL $ 614,286 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 32 NYA AL $ 1,614,286 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 33 OAK AL $ 3,700,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 34 OAK AL $ 3,700,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 35 MON NL $ 3,700,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 36 DET AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 37 DET AL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,700,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1957 25 NYA AL     5 5 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 3 4 8 8 8
1958 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 5 5 4 3 4 8 8 8
1959 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 3 4 9 8 9
1960 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 3 4 9 8 9
1961 29 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 3 4 9 8 9
1962 30 NYA AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 3 4 8 8 8
1963 31 NYA AL $ 614,286   7 7 7 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 3 4 9 8 8
1964 32 NYA AL $ 1,614,286   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1965 33 OAK AL $ 3,700,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 3 4 8 7 8
1966 34 OAK AL $ 3,700,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 3 4 8 7 7
1967 35 MON NL $ 3,700,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 6 6 6
1968 36 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 3 4 4 3 4 6 6 6
1969 37 DET AL     4 4 5 1 1 1 4 3 4 4 3 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 1 1 1 4 3 4 4 3 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,700,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 8 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1958 26 NYA AL 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 1 0 0.00 .375 .444 .500 .944 0.4
1 Years Sim 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 1 0 0.00 .375 .444 .500 .944 0.4
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1 0 0 1 0   .200 .333 .400 .733
vs LH   2 0 0 0 0   .667 .667 .667 1.333
Away 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 1 0 0.00 .375 .444 .500 .944
July 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 1 0 0.00 .375 .444 .500 .944
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
1957 25 AAA   130 496 60 139 19 8 3 65 3 5 43 64 .280 .338 .369 .707 60.1  
1958 26 NYA AL 51 91 7 21 3 1 0 10 0 0 3 13 .231 .255 .286 .541 5.7 0.0
1959 27 NYA AL 51 82 7 17 5 0 0 8 0 0 5 10 .207 .250 .268 .518 4.7 0.0
1960 28 NYA AL 49 127 10 26 4 1 0 7 0 0 7 7 .205 .248 .252 .500 5.1 0.0
    AAA   2 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5  
1961 29 NYA AL 33 27 4 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .185 .214 .259 .474 0.9 0.0
1962 30 NYA AL 131 425 41 121 25 6 0 49 0 0 14 35 .285 .307 .372 .679 39.8 5.0
1963 31 NYA AL 144 535 63 153 15 3 1 46 4 2 32 56 .286 .327 .331 .658 52.4 8.2
1964 32 NYA AL 113 316 35 94 17 0 2 41 1 1 15 32 .297 .329 .370 .700 34.6 6.2
1965 33 OAK AL 155 548 38 133 25 1 0 47 0 0 36 73 .243 .290 .292 .582 42.5 4.7
1966 34 OAK AL 128 364 34 87 10 2 1 24 0 0 12 52 .239 .267 .286 .553 22.4 0.8
1967 35 MON NL 130 366 32 102 15 0 0 29 0 0 15 52 .279 .309 .320 .629 34.1 4.9
1968 36 DET AL 99 165 7 39 9 0 1 13 0 0 8 31 .236 .280 .309 .589 11.7 0.4
1969 37 AAA   137 538 44 141 17 1 1 46 3 1 49 88 .262 .324 .303 .627 54.5  
11 Years Sim 1084 3046 278 798 130 14 5 275 5 3 148 364 .262 .297 .319 .616 253.8 30.2
3 Years AAA 269 1041 104 282 36 9 4 111 6 6 92 152 .271 .332 .334 .667 115.1  
162 Game Average 455 41 119 19 2 0 41 0 0 22 54 .262 .297 .319 .616 37.9  
Career Highs 155 548 63 153 25 6 2 49 4 2 36 73 .297 .329 .372 .700 52.4  
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   1995 157 520 84 11 3 186 1 3 83 227 .261 .292 .318 .610 173.1
vs LH   1051 121 278 46 3 2 89 4 0 65 137 .265 .308 .320 .627 101.2
Home 536 1507 135 406 69 10 3 151 1 2 67 175 .269 .303 .334 .637 143.0
Away 548 1539 143 392 61 4 2 124 4 1 81 189 .255 .292 .303 .596 131.3
RISP   681 0 193 38 8 0 255 0 0 36 74 .283 .316 .363 .678 74.6
Pinch Hitting   132 10 37 7 0 1 18 0 0 6 19 .280 .314 .356 .670 13.9
Close/Late   403 23 115 18 1 2 46 0 0 15 51 .285 .310 .350 .660 41.3
Mar/Apr 145 428 49 135 25 3 1 52 0 1 22 54 .315 .348 .395 .743 54.6
May 196 547 60 133 15 3 0 37 2 0 24 60 .243 .276 .282 .558 40.2
June 193 586 59 151 28 2 0 53 1 1 25 60 .258 .290 .312 .602 49.3
July 187 499 38 137 22 3 2 51 1 0 27 67 .275 .315 .343 .658 51.4
August 200 558 38 145 22 2 2 46 0 1 29 75 .260 .297 .317 .614 50.2
Sep/Oct 162 428 34 97 18 1 0 36 1 0 21 48 .227 .263 .273 .537 28.5
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
1958 26 NYA AL SS 29 14 156.3 26 68 3 13 .969 5.41   0.6
    2B 15 4 54.3 9 25 2 2 .944 5.63   0.2
    3B 4 0 9.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    1B 2 1 7.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 11.57   0.0
    P 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1959 27 NYA AL SS 25 9 102.3 11 45 1 5 .982 4.93   0.7
    2B 11 4 49.0 11 17 0 7 1.000 5.14   0.2
    3B 4 3 28.0 1 10 1 2 .917 3.54   0.2
    1B 3 1 8.0 8 2 0 1 1.000 11.25   0.0
1960 28 NYA AL SS 24 18 185.7 25 70 5 10 .950 4.61   0.7
    2B 17 11 109.7 20 41 1 7 .984 5.01   0.4
    1B 2 1 10.0 9 0 1 1 .900 8.10   0.0
    3B 2 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1961 29 NYA AL SS 22 5 64.7 8 20 2 7 .933 3.90   0.2
    3B 2 0 11.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.0
    2B 5 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.0
    1B 4 0 5.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 16.20   0.0
1962 30 NYA AL 2B 82 82 682.0 121 291 3 56 .993 5.44   2.5
    SS 45 42 352.0 51 155 3 20 .986 5.27   2.4
    3B 4 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 .500 3.00   0.0
1963 31 NYA AL SS 76 74 634.7 90 254 11 54 .969 4.88   4.7
    2B 66 64 557.7 122 237 9 48 .976 5.79   1.6
    1B 1 0 3.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
1964 32 NYA AL 2B 71 56 507.0 91 167 8 36 .970 4.58   1.5
    SS 19 13 120.0 13 34 3 8 .940 3.53   0.7
    1B 10 8 63.0 73 14 0 7 1.000 12.43   0.2
    3B 5 3 32.0 2 9 0 1 1.000 3.09   0.2
1965 33 OAK AL SS 153 150 1298.3 190 575 24 98 .970 5.30   6.6
1966 34 OAK AL 2B 75 72 571.0 139 275 7 59 .983 6.53   3.7
    3B 34 34 271.7 21 62 6 4 .933 2.75   0.4
    SS 10 1 23.0 2 13 1 3 .938 5.87   0.1
    1B 2 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
1967 35 MON NL 1B 42 40 311.0 372 37 1 30 .998 11.84   1.0
    2B 28 24 219.7 52 93 3 21 .980 5.94   1.0
    3B 26 22 206.0 13 58 3 3 .959 3.10   0.5
    SS 15 12 100.7 13 45 3 9 .951 5.19   0.5
1968 36 DET AL 2B 18 16 135.0 30 66 2 11 .980 6.40   0.6
    1B 11 10 85.0 99 10 2 12 .982 11.54   0.2
    SS 29 0 49.3 13 29 0 5 1.000 7.66   0.6
    3B 11 0 19.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.95   0.0
  SS 447 338 3087.0 442 1308 56 232 .969 5.10   17.7
  2B 388 333 2890.6 596 1212 35 247 .981 5.63   11.6
  3B 92 63 591.7 41 147 10 10 .949 2.86   1.4
  1B 77 61 496.0 585 65 4 51 .994 11.79   1.6
  RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 .500 3.00   0.0
  P 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1006 795 7070.3 1665 2732 106 540 .976 5.60   32.4
Career Highs   153 150 1298.3 450 575 24 102 .989 7.77    
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
1963 31 NYA AL 14 59 6 16 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 10 .271 .295 .288 .583
1964 32 NYA AL 9 26 3 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 4 .231 .286 .269 .555
Career Post-Season Batting 23 85 9 22 2 0 0 10 0 0 2 14 .259 .292 .282 .574
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.
Singles
1963-6-134
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Damon Phillips (960)
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  4. Ty Cline (947)
  5. Ron Oester (943)
  6. Dave Hilton (942)
  7. Dave Concepcion (938)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 38th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1957
Injured on 8/27/1957 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 4-5 weeks
Had first career hit on 5/1/1958, off Billy Pierce (DET)
Earned first career win on 7/9/1958
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $614,286 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 8/1/1963, off Howie Nunn (CLN)
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,614,286 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/4/1965 to a 3-year deal worth $3,700,000 per year
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1965
Traded from Oakland to Montreal on 3/3/1967 (Going to MON: P Ken Holtzman, 2B Dick Stuart, SS Eddie Kasko. Going to OAK: P Sandy Koufax, CF Mickey Mantle, 3B Roger Maris)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Toronto on 4/8/1967
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1967, hitting .538 with 0 HR, 3 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 5/1/1968 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 3/2/1969 to a minor league contract