Bob Kuzava

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Full Name: Robert Leroy Kuzava	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/202	First Game: September 21, 1946
Birthdate: May 28, 1923	Final Game: September 29, 1957
Birthplace: Wyandotte, Michigan	MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Left

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[edit] Biography

Born on May 28, 1923 in Wyandotte, Michigan, Bob Kuzava (Robert Leroy Kuzava) played for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 10 year career. Kuzava broke into the bigs on September 21, 1946 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 4.02 ERA in 156.2 innings pitched in 1949, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bob Kuzava's best season was 1951, when he posted a 3.61 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 72 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1946	CLE	A	2	2	1	0	3.00	4	7	4	0	0	0	12	9	0	11	0	0	1
1947	CLE	A	4	4	1	1	4.15	9	10	10	1	1	0	21.2	22	1	9	0	1	1
1949	CHI	A	29	18	10	6	4.02	83	76	70	9	1	0	156.2	139	6	91	0	2	1
1950	WAS	A	22	22	8	7	3.95	84	80	68	8	1	0	155	156	8	75	0	5	1
1950	CHI	A	10	7	1	3	5.68	21	28	28	1	0	0	44.1	43	5	27	0	3	0
1950	TOT	A	32	29	9	10	4.33	105	108	96	9	1	0	199.1	199	13	102	0	8	1
1951	WAS	A	8	8	3	3	5.50	22	34	32	3	0	0	52.1	57	5	28	0	0	2
1951	NY	A	23	8	8	4	2.40	50	27	22	4	1	5	82.1	76	5	27	0	2	1
1951	TOT	A	31	16	11	7	3.61	72	61	54	7	1	5	134.2	133	10	55	0	2	3
1952	NY	A	28	12	8	8	3.45	67	53	51	6	1	3	133	115	7	63	0	2	1
1953	NY	A	33	6	6	5	3.31	48	35	34	2	2	4	92.1	92	9	34	0	0	0
1954	NY	A	20	3	1	3	5.45	22	30	24	0	0	1	39.2	46	3	18	0	1	0
1954	BAL	A	4	4	1	3	4.18	15	11	11	0	0	0	23.2	30	0	11	0	1	0
1954	TOT	A	24	7	2	6	4.97	37	41	35	0	0	1	63.1	76	3	29	0	2	0
1955	PHI	N	17	4	1	0	7.24	13	26	26	0	0	0	32.1	47	5	12	1	0	0
1955	BAL	A	6	1	0	1	3.65	5	7	5	0	0	0	12.1	10	0	4	1	1	0
1955	Total		23	5	1	1	6.25	18	33	31	0	0	0	44.2	57	5	16	2	1	0
1957	STL	N	3	0	0	0	3.86	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.1	4	0	2	0	0	0
1957	PIT	N	4	0	0	0	9.00	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	3	0	3	0	0	0
1957	TOT	N	7	0	0	0	6.23	3	3	3	0	0	0	4.1	7	0	5	0	0	0
Total	NL		24	4	1	0	7.12	16	29	29	0	0	0	36.2	54	5	17	1	0	0
Total	AL		189	95	48	44	3.91	430	398	359	34	7	13	825.1	795	49	398	1	18	8
Total			213	99	49	44	4.05	446	427	388	34	7	13	862	849	54	415	2	18	8

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1946	CLE	A	P	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1947	CLE	A	P	4	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1949	CHI	A	P	29	0	0	8	17	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.893
1950	WAS	A	P	22	0	0	5	23	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.903
1950	CHI	A	P	10	0	0	3	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1950	TOT	A	P	32	0	0	8	30	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.927
1951	WAS	A	P	8	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	NY	A	P	23	0	0	6	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1951	TOT	A	P	31	0	0	9	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1952	NY	A	P	28	0	0	4	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1953	NY	A	P	33	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	NY	A	P	20	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	BAL	A	P	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	TOT	A	P	24	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1955	PHI	N	P	17	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1955	BAL	A	P	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1955	Total		P	23	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	STL	N	P	3	0	2.1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	PIT	N	P	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1957	TOT	N	P	7	0	4.1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	213	0	4.1	33	112	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	.942

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1946	CLE	A	2	5	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1947	CLE	A	4	9	0	1	0	1	.111	.111	.111	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1949	CHI	A	29	56	1	2	0	1	.036	.085	.036	0	0	3	19	0	5	0	0	1
1950	WAS	A	22	50	5	5	1	4	.100	.196	.160	0	0	5	23	1	3	0	0	1
1950	CHI	A	10	12	3	1	0	1	.083	.267	.083	0	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	1
1950	TOT	A	32	62	8	6	1	5	.097	.211	.145	0	0	8	26	1	5	0	0	2
1951	WAS	A	8	17	2	3	0	0	.176	.300	.176	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
1951	NY	A	24	22	4	3	0	2	.136	.296	.182	1	0	5	10	0	0	0	0	0
1951	TOT	A	32	39	6	6	0	2	.154	.298	.179	1	0	8	12	0	0	0	0	0
1952	NY	A	28	43	2	4	0	1	.093	.188	.093	0	0	5	14	0	0	0	0	0
1953	NY	A	33	21	3	1	0	0	.048	.200	.048	0	0	4	7	0	1	0	0	1
1954	NY	A	20	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	1
1954	BAL	A	4	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
1954	TOT	A	24	13	0	0	0	0	.000	.071	.000	0	0	1	8	0	1	0	0	1
1955	PHI	N	17	7	1	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1955	BAL	A	6	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	Total		23	8	1	1	0	0	.125	.125	.125	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1957	STL	N	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	PIT	N	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	TOT	N	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		24	7	1	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		190	249	20	21	1	10	.084	.183	.100	1	0	29	92	1	12	0	0	5
Total			214	256	21	22	1	10	.086	.182	.102	1	0	29	96	1	12	0	0	5

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1941).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Ernest Groth to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Frank Papish (October 2, 1948).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Cass Michaels and Johnny Ostrowski to Washington Senators in exchange for Eddie Robinson, Al Kozar and Ray Scarborough (May 31, 1950).
Traded by Washington Senators to New York Yankees in exchange for Fred Sanford, Tom Ferrick and Bob Porterfield (June 15, 1951).
Claimed on waivers by Baltimore Orioles from New York Yankees (August 7, 1954).
Claimed on waivers by Philadelphia Phillies from Baltimore Orioles (May 23, 1955).
Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Kansas City Athletics (October 5, 1955).
Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to St. Louis Cardinals (September 19, 1957).

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