Eddie Kasko
St. Louis Cardinals 1957–1958; Cincinnati Redlegs 1959; Cincinnati Reds 1960–1963; Houston Colt .45's 1964; Houston Astros 1965; Boston Red Sox 1966
Percentile snapshot
1962 season — qualified batters
of 104 qualified 1962 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 134 | 519 | 479 | 59 | 131 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 33 | 53 | 6 | 1 | .273 | .319 | .334 | .653 | 71.8 | 75.1 | .293 | 0.2 |
| 1958 | 104 | 283 | 259 | 20 | 57 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .220 | .277 | .282 | .558 | 36.3 | 46.5 | .250 | -0.8 |
| 1959 | 118 | 347 | 329 | 39 | 93 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 38 | 2 | 2 | .283 | .309 | .350 | .659 | 67.6 | 73.3 | .292 | 0.3 |
| 1960 | 126 | 537 | 479 | 56 | 140 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 51 | 46 | 37 | 9 | 9 | .292 | .359 | .378 | .737 | 106.3 | 101.0 | .341 | 2.5 |
| 1961 | 126 | 511 | 469 | 64 | 127 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 32 | 36 | 4 | 3 | .271 | .320 | .335 | .655 | 75.5 | 74.3 | .300 | 0.7 |
| 1962 | 134 | 579 | 533 | 74 | 148 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 35 | 44 | 3 | 3 | .278 | .326 | .356 | .683 | 83.1 | 82.3 | .314 | 1.0 |
| 1963 | 76 | 224 | 199 | 25 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 0 | 2 | .241 | .311 | .332 | .642 | 81.5 | 84.5 | .292 | 0.4 |
| 1964 | 133 | 495 | 448 | 45 | 109 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 37 | 52 | 4 | 6 | .243 | .302 | .283 | .585 | 69.7 | 71.7 | .269 | 0.5 |
| 1965 | 68 | 232 | 215 | 18 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 3 | .247 | .296 | .302 | .598 | 73.8 | 73.4 | .278 | 0.4 |
| 1966 | 58 | 152 | 136 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .213 | .291 | .287 | .578 | 60.1 | 59.6 | .274 | -0.1 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962-04-29 | CIN @ STL Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1966-07-06 | BOS @ NYY Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1960-09-16 | PIT @ CIN Gameday | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 1957-07-21 | STL @ PIT Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 1960-05-07 | STL @ CIN Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.