Baseball player
Mike Kozicky | |
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Catcher / Shortstop | |
Born: (1889-01-13)January 13, 1889 Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania | |
Died: July 9, 1971(1971-07-09) (aged 82) Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | |
Batted: RightThrew: Right | |
MLB debut | |
October 3, 1909, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
Last MLB appearance | |
May 24, 1910, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .250 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 1 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
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Michael Aloysius Kozicky (January 13, 1889, in Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania – July 9, 1971, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) was a major league baseball player and scout and a minor league manager.
Biography
Kozicky had a very brief major league career with the Cincinnati Reds. During the 1909 season, he was called up for two games and was used as a catcher. In the 1910 campaign, he saw action in a single game as a shortstop. In total, Kozicky had two hits in eight at bats for the major league club with a double, a run batted in and a walk.
Kozicky had a long minor league career with his best seasons coming at Reading. Playing first base for the Reading Coal Barons of the International League in 1919, he had a .335 batting average for the season. The newly renamed Reading Marines of 1920 were helped by Kozicky's stellar campaign. Now playing as a catcher, he hit .336 with 94 runs, 33 doubles, 11 triples, 22 home runs and a .575 slugging percentage.
Kozicky did some managing later in his minor league career including stints with the Virginia League Kinston Eagles and the New York–Penn League Binghamton Triplets.
Kozicky was a scout for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1961 to 1971.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1889 births
- 1971 deaths
- Allentown Dukes players
- Binghamton Bingoes players
- Binghamton Triplets managers
- Binghamton Triplets players
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
- Cincinnati Reds players
- Dayton Veterans players
- Jersey City Skeeters players
- Louisville Colonels (minor league) players
- Major League Baseball catchers
- Major League Baseball shortstops
- Minor league baseball managers
- Philadelphia Phillies scouts
- Reading Coal Barons players
- Reading Marines players
- Salt Lake City Bees players
- Sportspeople from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
- Baseball players from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
- Syracuse Stars (minor league baseball) players
- Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players
- Vancouver Beavers players
- Wilkes-Barre Barons (baseball) players