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Dave
Koslo		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: March 31, 1920 in Usa, WI, MENASHA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1947    1948   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 21 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 6 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1942 22 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 7 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1943 23 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 8 7 7 7 7 7
1944 24 CIN NL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 6 6
1945 25 CIN NL $ 3,005,714 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1946 26 OAK AL $ 3,005,714 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1947 27 OAK AL $ 3,005,714 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5
1948 28 OAK AL $ 11,500,000 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1949 29 OAK AL $ 11,500,000 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4
1950 30 OAK AL $ 11,500,000 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4
1951 31 OAK AL $ 11,500,000 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3
1952 32 NYG NL $ 11,500,000 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3
1953 33 CIN NL $ 11,500,000 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3
1954 34 CIN NL   7 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 6 5 6 7 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,500,000 8 7 6 6 8 7 7 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 21 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1942 22 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1943 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1944 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1945 25 CIN NL $ 3,005,714   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1946 26 OAK AL $ 3,005,714   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1947 27 OAK AL $ 3,005,714   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1948 28 OAK AL $ 11,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1949 29 OAK AL $ 11,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1950 30 OAK AL $ 11,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1951 31 OAK AL $ 11,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1952 32 NYG NL $ 11,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1953 33 CIN NL $ 11,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1954 34 CIN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1941 21 CIN NL 2 7 .222 79 0 0 0 8 85.7 84 38 3 25 32 3.99 .259 .308 .336 .644 7.4
    AAA   1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 12.7 14 7 1 6 7 4.98 .280 .357 .380 .737  
1942 22 CIN NL 8 5 .615 103 0 0 0 13 116.3 136 64 6 38 44 4.95 .294 .343 .413 .756 7.5
1943 23 CIN NL 16 13 .552 66 27 4 1 5 245.3 245 96 16 61 115 3.52 .260 .302 .376 .678 19.0
1944 24 CIN NL 14 3 .824 83 11 1 1 10 147.0 156 64 13 44 61 3.92 .271 .322 .405 .727 11.8
1945 25 CIN NL 13 9 .591 73 15 4 2 12 172.3 183 90 21 68 75 4.70 .276 .342 .449 .792 7.8
1946 26 OAK AL 7 11 .389 38 18 3 1 0 155.0 161 70 13 52 52 4.06 .269 .327 .396 .724 9.9
    AAA   2 1 .667 4 4 1 0 0 27.7 22 16 5 13 26 5.21 .218 .307 .396 .703  
1947 27 OAK AL 18 4 .818 30 30 6 1 0 217.7 214 82 22 72 93 3.39 .258 .315 .388 .703 20.4
1948 28 OAK AL 19 12 .613 42 42 9 0 0 308.7 311 172 34 131 142 5.02 .264 .336 .402 .738 15.8
1949 29 OAK AL 17 12 .586 41 41 12 1 0 314.7 299 132 32 106 121 3.78 .253 .313 .389 .702 26.4
1950 30 OAK AL 15 16 .484 39 39 4 1 0 268.3 305 169 36 104 155 5.67 .286 .351 .448 .799 7.6
1951 31 OAK AL 6 4 .600 32 13 0 0 1 116.0 123 57 13 46 55 4.42 .271 .337 .416 .753 6.7
1952 32 NYA AL 6 11 .353 26 26 3 0 0 188.3 190 97 21 72 90 4.64 .260 .327 .402 .729 9.8
  NYG NL 4 6 .400 14 14 2 0 0 93.0 107 53 12 36 48 5.13 .286 .350 .444 .794 3.7
  TOT   10 17 .370 40 40 5 0 0 281.3 297 150 33 108 138 4.80 .269 .335 .416 .751 13.5
1953 33 NYG NL 4 8 .333 14 6 1 0 0 98.0 109 64 15 37 61 5.88 .282 .343 .468 .810 1.5
  CIN NL 0 0 .000 17 8 1 0 0 24.0 26 13 4 12 9 4.88 .274 .355 .463 .818 0.9
  TOT   4 8 .333 31 14 2 0 0 122.0 135 77 19 49 70 5.68 .280 .345 .467 .812 2.4
1954 34 AA   9 5 .643 30 15 3 3 3 131.0 102 43 16 38 155 2.95 .213 .270 .354 .624  
13 Years Sim 149 121 .552 697 290 50 8 49 2550.3 2649 1261 261 904 1153 4.45 .269 .329 .408 .737 156.4
2 Years AAA 3 1 .750 6 6 1 0 0 40.3 36 23 6 19 33 5.13 .238 .324 .391 .714  
1 Years AA 9 5 .643 30 15 3 3 3 131.0 102 43 16 38 155 2.95 .213 .270 .354 .624  
3 Years Minors 12 6 .667 36 21 4 3 3 171.3 138 66 22 57 188 3.47 .219 .283 .363 .646  
Season Average 11 9 .550 53 22 3 0 3 196.2 203 97 20 69 88 4.45 .269 .329 .408 .737  
Career Highs 19 17 .824 103 42 12 2 13 314.7 311 172 36 131 155 5.68 .294 .351 .467 .812  
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   1819 841 173 593 774   .279 .339 .421 .760
vs LH   830 420 88 311 379   .248 .312 .385 .697
Home 73 49 .598 352 138 21 4 22 1256.3 1249 580 127 442 567 4.16 .260 .322 .399 .721
Away 76 72 .514 345 152 29 4 28 1294.0 1400 681 134 462 586 4.74 .277 .338 .417 .755
Mar/Apr 24 23 .511 120 41 6 1 12 392.3 404 212 47 164 182 4.86 .265 .336 .418 .754
May 22 21 .512 147 47 12 1 13 432.6 466 206 40 129 212 4.29 .276 .327 .405 .732
June 30 19 .612 112 56 13 3 4 464.6 464 205 41 170 191 3.97 .262 .326 .385 .712
July 18 15 .545 103 36 5 0 7 355.0 400 200 43 114 156 5.07 .285 .339 .431 .770
August 25 22 .532 109 52 8 1 10 443.3 457 227 44 151 195 4.61 .265 .325 .402 .727
Sep/Oct 30 21 .588 106 58 6 2 4 462.3 458 211 46 176 217 4.11 .261 .329 .415 .744
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
1941 21 CIN NL 79 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1942 22 CIN NL 103 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1943 23 CIN NL 66 77 5 12 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 21 .156 .167 .208 .374 1.7 0.0
1944 24 CIN NL 83 25 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .120 .120 .160 .280 -0.5 0.0
1945 25 CIN NL 73 42 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 .071 .071 .071 .143 -2.0 0.0
1946 26 OAK AL 38 45 2 6 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 12 .133 .152 .222 .374 0.9 0.0
1947 27 OAK AL 30 69 10 15 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 18 .217 .208 .261 .469 4.1 0.0
1948 28 OAK AL 42 109 7 14 2 0 1 6 0 1 4 37 .128 .159 .174 .334 0.7 0.0
1949 29 OAK AL 41 106 14 17 3 0 0 8 0 0 4 26 .160 .191 .189 .380 2.7 0.0
1950 30 OAK AL 39 90 6 8 4 0 0 5 0 0 6 33 .089 .143 .133 .276 0.9 0.0
1951 31 OAK AL 32 33 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .061 .088 .061 .149 -1.3 0.0
1952 32 NYA AL 26 60 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 19 .050 .079 .050 .129 -2.5 0.0
  NYG NL 14 31 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 .032 .032 .032 .065 -2.2 0.0
  TOT   40 91 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 33 .044 .064 .044 .108 -4.8 0.0
1953 33 NYG NL 14 31 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .065 .091 .065 .155 -0.8 0.0
  CIN NL 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
  TOT   31 33 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .061 .086 .061 .146 -1.0 0.0
13 Years Sim 697 726 50 86 16 1 2 44 0 1 20 221 .118 .141 .152 .292 0.7 0.0
162 Game Average 168 11 19 3 0 0 10 0 0 4 51 .118 .141 .152 .292 0.2  
Career Highs 103 109 14 17 4 1 1 8 0 1 6 37 .217 .208 .261 .469 4.1  
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   462 35 58 11 1 1 25 0 1 15 132 .126 .152 .160 .312 -1.1
vs LH   264 15 28 5 0 1 19 0 0 5 89 .106 .121 .136 .257 -4.9
Home 352 311 24 40 5 1 0 24 0 0 12 103 .129 .158 .151 .309 -0.3
Away 305 415 26 46 11 0 2 20 0 1 8 118 .111 .127 .152 .279 -5.7
RISP   174 0 26 6 1 0 42 0 0 2 50 .149 .153 .195 .348 1.3
Close/Late   39 3 6 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 16 .154 .195 .282 .477 1.9
Mar/Apr 59 103 8 10 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 29 .097 .111 .117 .228 -2.8
May 121 114 5 11 7 0 0 8 0 0 2 38 .096 .111 .158 .269 -2.2
June 66 131 11 16 2 0 0 8 0 0 5 39 .122 .152 .137 .290 -0.9
July 72 87 9 13 0 0 1 3 0 1 5 30 .149 .196 .184 .380 1.7
August 87 143 8 13 3 0 1 5 0 0 1 46 .091 .097 .133 .230 -4.0
Sep/Oct 90 148 9 23 2 1 0 15 0 0 5 39 .155 .182 .182 .364 2.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1941 21 CIN NL P 79 0 85.7 9 9 1 0 .947 1.89    
1942 22 CIN NL P 103 0 116.3 9 18 1 1 .964 2.09    
1943 23 CIN NL P 66 27 245.3 18 37 4 3 .932 2.02    
1944 24 CIN NL P 83 11 147.0 10 24 1 0 .971 2.08    
1945 25 CIN NL P 73 15 172.3 11 31 0 7 1.000 2.19    
1946 26 OAK AL P 38 18 155.0 10 24 2 2 .944 1.97    
1947 27 OAK AL P 30 30 217.7 10 36 2 1 .958 1.90    
1948 28 OAK AL P 42 42 308.7 27 52 2 3 .975 2.30    
1949 29 OAK AL P 41 41 314.7 16 46 2 4 .969 1.77    
1950 30 OAK AL P 39 39 268.3 12 47 1 2 .983 1.98    
1951 31 OAK AL P 32 13 116.0 7 21 4 2 .875 2.17    
1952 32 NYA AL P 26 26 188.3 13 25 0 2 1.000 1.82    
  NYG NL P 14 14 93.0 7 13 0 1 1.000 1.94    
  TOT   P 40 40 281.3 20 38 0 3 1.000 1.86    
1953 33 NYG NL P 14 6 98.0 5 13 1 0 .947 1.65    
  CIN NL P 17 8 24.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.50    
Career Totals   697 290 2550.3 165 399 21 28 .964 1.99    
Career Highs   103 42 314.7 27 52 4 7 1.000 2.30    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1942 22 CIN NL 1 1 .500 7 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 5 0 3 1 9.00 .200 .304 .350 .654
1943 23 CIN NL 2 2 .500 4 4 0 0 0 31.7 34 15 4 10 13 4.26 .276 .331 .447 .778
1944 24 CIN NL 0 1 .000 6 0 0 0 1 5.0 4 6 0 5 3 10.80 .222 .391 .222 .614
1945 25 CIN NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 1 0 2 0 3.00 .333 .429 .333 .762
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 4 .429 20 4 0 0 1 44.7 46 27 4 20 17 5.44 .266 .342 .405 .747
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
1943 23 CIN NL 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1943-7-3.52
1947-4-3.39
1949-4-3.78
 Wins
1947-9-18
1948-5-19
 Losses
1950-6-16
 Winning Pct
1944-1-.824
1947-1-.818
1948-9-.613
 Saves
1941-8-8
1942-5-13
1944-8-10
1945-5-12
 Games Pitched
1941-2-79
1942-1-103
1943-9-66
1944-2-83
1945-3-73
CAR-34-697
Games Started
1948-6-42
 Complete Games
1948-10-9
1949-7-12
 Shutouts
1945-4-2
1946-9-1
1949-5-1
1950-7-1
 Innings Pitched
1948-5-308.7
1949-6-314.7
 Hits Allowed
1948-6-311
1950-9-305
 Homeruns Allowed
1948-5-34
1949-8-32
1950-3-36
Strikeouts
1948-7-142
1949-10-121
1950-6-155
 Walks per 9IP
1943-5-2.2
1947-7-3.0
1949-6-3.0
 Hits per 9IP
1949-3-8.6
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1950-6-5.2
 WHiP
1943-7-1.25
1947-9-1.31
1949-3-1.29
 OAVG
1949-5-.253
OOBP
1943-7-.302
1947-9-.315
1949-3-.313
 OSLG
1949-8-.389
 OOPS
1949-5-.702
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 83    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  8. Bobby Shantz (912)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 20th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1941
Injured on 4/7/1941 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 5 weeks
Earned first career win on 6/3/1941
Injured on 6/2/1943 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Had first career hit on 6/11/1943, off Bob Joyce (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 8/11/1943, off Al Milnar (MIN)
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1943
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,005,714 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1945, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,005,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cincinnati to Oakland on 2/21/1946 (Going to CIN: LF Jeff Heath. Going to OAK: P Dave Koslo)
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,005,714 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Injured on 7/10/1947 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks
9/1/1947: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $11,500,000 per year, for 6 years
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1949, going 5-1, 3.02
Injured on 7/30/1949 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Oakland to New York (A) on 2/13/1952 (Going to NYA: P Ed Head, P Dave Koslo. Going to OAK: 2B Crash Davis)
Traded from New York (A) to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1952 (Going to PIT: 1B Joe Adcock, P Saul Rogovin, P Dave Koslo. Going to NYA: P Hersh Freeman, 1B Norm Zauchin, CF Elmer Valo)
Traded from Pittsburgh to New York (N) on 7/31/1952 (Going to NYG: P Dave Koslo, C Charlie Silvera. Going to PIT: P Lou Brissie, RF Bill Burgo, C Ray Lamanno)
4/2/1953: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Traded from New York (N) to Cincinnati on 6/1/1953 (Going to CIN: P Dave Koslo. Going to NYG: RF Charlie Mead)
 
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