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Dave Koslo

Birthdate:

3/31/1920

Died:

12/1/1975

Height / Weight:

5' 11" / 180 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Menasha, WI, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

A native of Menasha Wisconsin, Dave Koslo joined New York Giants in 1941 at age 21 pitched two seasons and then proudly served three years, 1943-1945 in the US Military during World War II

In 1949 Dave Koslo was the veteran of manager Leo Durocher's New York Giants pitching staff during the late 1940s. The southpaw had pin-point control and led the entire NL in ERA with 2.50 in 1949... issued just 43 walks in 212 innings of work and completed 15 games... in 1949 Koslo posted a 11-14 record for a team that ended 24 games out of first place. A well-noted mound workhorse Dave Koslo posted at least 10 wins six seasons, and worked seven straight years of over 149 innings, including 3 years of 200 innings, with a high of 265.1 in 1946 when he led the National League in games started. Dave Koslo completed an astonishing 74 of 189 career games started. .

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1941	NYG (NL)	4	3	1	2	0	2	0	23.2	17	6	5	0	10	0	12	1	0	0	1.90
1942	NYG (NL)	19	11	3	6	0	3	1	78.0	79	49	44	7	32	0	42	0	1	0	5.08
1946	NYG (NL)	40	35	14	19	1	17	3	265.1	251	119	107	15	101	0	121	5	5	0	3.63
1947	NYG (NL)	39	31	15	10	0	10	3	217.1	223	118	106	23	82	0	86	5	3	0	4.39
1948	NYG (NL)	35	18	8	10	3	5	3	149.0	168	69	64	7	62	0	58	1	1	0	3.87
1949	NYG (NL)	38	23	11	14	4	15	0	212.0	193	72	59	13	43	0	64	3	0	0	2.50
1950	NYG (NL)	40	22	13	15	3	7	1	186.2	190	89	81	18	68	0	56	2	5	0	3.91
1951	NYG (NL)	39	16	10	9	3	5	2	149.2	153	68	55	18	45	0	54	0	2	0	3.31
1952	NYG (NL)	41	17	10	7	5	8	2	166.1	154	66	59	10	47	0	67	2	2	0	3.19
1953	NYG (NL)	37	12	6	12	2	2	0	111.2	135	70	59	8	36	0	36	1	1	1	4.76
1954	MLN (NL)	12	0	1	1	1	0	0	17.1	13	6	6	0	9	0	7	1	0	0	3.12
1954	BAL (AL)	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	14.1	20	7	5	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	3.14
1955	MLN (NL)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
13 years		348	189	92	107	22	74	15	1591.1	1597	740	651	121	538	0	606	21	20	1	3.68

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1941	NYG (NL)	4	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	SLG
1942	NYG (NL)	19	25	4	3	2	0	0	1	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.185	SLG
1946	NYG (NL)	41	88	7	11	2	0	0	6	4	39	0	0	0	0	1	0	.125	.163	SLG
1947	NYG (NL)	39	78	6	10	1	0	0	2	8	37	0	0	0	0	1	0	.128	.209	SLG
1948	NYG (NL)	35	44	2	5	2	0	0	4	1	16	0	0	0	1	3	0	.114	.152	SLG
1949	NYG (NL)	39	69	4	10	2	0	2	7	5	27	0	0	0	0	6	0	.145	.203	SLG
1950	NYG (NL)	40	65	4	8	1	0	1	6	6	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	.123	.197	SLG
1951	NYG (NL)	39	50	1	5	1	0	0	1	6	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	.100	.196	SLG
1952	NYG (NL)	41	54	3	2	1	0	0	3	3	31	0	0	0	0	3	0	.37	.88	SLG
1953	NYG (NL)	37	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	.33	.65	SLG
1954	MLN (NL)	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1954	BAL (AL)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1955	MLN (NL)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
13 years		350	516	31	56	12	0	3	30	36	222	1	1	0	1	18	0	.109	.168	.SLG

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