Ted
Kazanski
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: January 25, 1934 in Usa, MI, HAMTRAMCK
 
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
1953 19 NYG NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1954 20 NYG NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1955 21 NYG NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1956 22 NYG NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1957 23 NYG NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1958 24 NYG NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1959 25 NYG NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1960 26 NYG NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1961 27 NYG NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 3 8 8 8
1962 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1963 29 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1964 30 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1965 31 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1966 32 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1967 33 NYG NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 3 9 9 9
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
1953 19 A   137 504 57 145 26 1 12 103 3 10 66 48 .288 .370 .415 .785 75.4  
1954 20 A   136 481 67 136 24 3 9 57 4 2 58 38 .283 .360 .401 .761 70.0  
1955 21 AA   55 206 29 52 8 0 4 28 0 2 20 16 .252 .319 .350 .668 22.9  
    A   75 264 36 67 10 3 3 32 3 2 38 18 .254 .348 .348 .696 34.0  
1956 22 AA   136 514 61 127 22 3 8 63 3 9 51 45 .247 .315 .348 .663 55.3  
1957 23 AAA   83 350 39 91 18 2 3 27 4 4 23 46 .260 .306 .349 .654 35.8  
    AA   54 213 23 55 12 2 2 19 1 2 20 28 .258 .322 .362 .683 24.3  
1958 24 AAA   88 355 50 114 28 4 6 34 4 5 20 20 .321 .357 .473 .831 53.7  
1959 25 AAA   135 512 61 141 26 3 12 60 5 4 27 41 .275 .312 .408 .720 62.3  
1960 26 AAA   135 554 82 151 23 9 13 64 5 2 56 67 .273 .339 .417 .756 78.3  
1961 27 AAA   136 526 52 122 21 1 8 43 4 5 35 62 .232 .280 .321 .601 45.9  
1962 28 NYG NL 18 11 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .182 .167 .273 .439 0.8 0.0
    AAA   26 107 14 36 4 1 4 14 1 3 11 12 .336 .398 .505 .903 19.3  
1963 29 NYG NL 97 221 32 56 9 6 3 25 3 0 14 25 .253 .294 .389 .683 26.0 4.1
1964 30 NYG NL 31 18 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .167 .250 .167 .417 0.1 0.0
1965 31 NYG NL 85 146 17 31 8 1 2 20 0 1 11 14 .212 .270 .322 .592 12.4 0.6
1966 32 NYG NL 71 165 14 27 7 1 2 8 1 1 4 28 .164 .188 .255 .443 4.6 0.0
1967 33 NYG NL 28 63 5 17 3 1 1 10 1 0 4 13 .270 .309 .397 .706 7.9 1.4
    AAA   52 191 17 46 5 0 4 11 3 2 16 26 .241 .300 .330 .629 19.3  
    AA   23 46 6 12 1 0 2 9 0 0 4 6 .261 .320 .413 .733 6.2  
6 Years Sim 330 624 72 136 28 9 8 64 5 2 35 84 .218 .259 .330 .589 51.8 6.1
7 Years AAA 655 2595 315 701 125 20 50 253 26 25 188 274 .270 .320 .392 .711 314.6  
4 Years AA 268 979 119 246 43 5 16 119 4 13 95 95 .251 .320 .354 .674 108.7  
3 Years A 348 1249 160 348 60 7 24 192 10 14 162 104 .279 .363 .396 .759 179.4  
14 Years Minors 1271 4823 594 1295 228 32 90 564 40 52 445 473 .269 .332 .385 .717 602.7  
162 Game Average 306 35 66 13 4 3 31 2 0 17 41 .218 .259 .330 .589 25.4  
Career Highs 97 221 32 56 9 6 3 25 3 1 14 28 .270 .309 .397 .706 26.0  
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   344 38 77 17 5 2 40 3 1 19 40 .224 .266 .320 .586 27.9
vs LH   280 34 59 11 4 6 24 2 1 16 44 .211 .251 .343 .594 24.0
Home 166 290 39 72 13 6 6 42 5 2 18 24 .248 .291 .397 .687 33.2
Away 164 334 33 64 15 3 2 22 0 0 17 60 .192 .232 .272 .504 18.7
RISP   133 0 37 8 0 3 54 0 0 8 18 .278 .311 .406 .717 16.6
Pinch Hitting   11 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .182 .231 .273 .503 0.7
Close/Late   74 7 15 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 8 .203 .241 .270 .511 4.5
Mar/Apr 56 89 11 19 7 0 1 9 0 0 3 13 .213 .237 .326 .562 6.3
May 58 123 10 24 3 4 2 12 1 0 8 21 .195 .244 .333 .578 10.1
June 67 144 19 31 4 1 0 12 3 0 9 18 .215 .263 .257 .520 9.7
July 47 82 9 20 6 2 1 12 0 0 3 7 .244 .261 .402 .664 8.4
August 51 99 12 22 5 0 2 9 0 2 10 8 .222 .294 .333 .627 9.3
Sep/Oct 45 87 11 20 3 2 2 10 1 0 2 17 .230 .256 .379 .635 8.0
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
1962 28 NYG NL 2B 4 0 6.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1963 29 NYG NL SS 38 27 234.7 32 91 8 19 .939 4.72   0.7
    3B 19 18 151.0 8 33 2 1 .953 2.44   0.4
    2B 33 11 137.0 33 59 3 12 .968 6.04   0.5
    1B 9 8 68.7 79 6 0 6 1.000 11.14   0.2
1964 30 NYG NL SS 8 1 25.7 4 10 1 1 .933 4.91   0.1
    2B 14 0 21.7 2 10 0 1 1.000 4.99   0.0
    3B 8 0 15.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.1
1965 31 NYG NL SS 44 26 247.3 33 109 6 15 .959 5.17   1.0
    2B 31 17 164.7 25 64 2 11 .978 4.86   0.7
    3B 7 2 23.0 1 8 1 2 .900 3.52   0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1966 32 NYG NL 2B 42 21 214.0 55 104 3 24 .981 6.69   1.2
    SS 24 24 185.0 29 80 3 15 .973 5.30   0.7
    3B 5 4 34.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.1
1967 33 NYG NL SS 11 10 86.3 9 24 2 6 .943 3.44   0.3
    2B 16 8 86.0 28 38 1 7 .985 6.91   0.5
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 126 88 780.0 107 314 20 56 .955 4.86   2.8
  2B 140 57 629.3 144 278 9 55 .979 6.04   3.0
  3B 41 24 226.0 13 50 3 3 .955 2.51   0.7
  1B 11 8 70.7 80 8 0 6 1.000 11.21   0.2
Career Totals   318 177 1706.0 344 650 32 120 .969 5.24   6.7
Career Highs   99 64 591.3 152 189 13 39 1.000 6.00    
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
1965 31 NYG NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
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.
Triples
1963-5-6
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 46th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1953
Injured on 6/13/1954 with a Concussion, out for 6 days
Injured on 6/14/1955 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 5/20/1956 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Injured on 8/6/1956 with a Blister On Finger, out for 5 days
Injured on 4/21/1958 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/20/1958 with a Pulled Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 8/16/1960 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/12/1961 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
5/1/1962: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Had first career hit (double) on 7/11/1962, off Dave Giusti (SEM)
4/2/1963: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Hit first career homerun on 5/5/1963, off Karl Spooner (BRK)
4/2/1965: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (N) to Washington on 7/31/1967 (Going to NYG: C Duke Sims, P Dick Kelley. Going to WAS: 1B Ted Kazanski)
Released by Washington on 9/22/1967