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Bob Kuzava

Birthdate:

5/28/1923

Height / Weight:

6' 2" / 204 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Wyandotte, MI, USA

Bats / Throws:

B / L

Baseball Historian Biography

After being acquired by the New York Yankees in June 1951, the 6-year major league veteran complied a 8-4 record by starting 8 games and with 15 relief appearances. Although, Kuzava appeared only once in both the '51 World Series and '52 WS, he collected a save in each appearance. Stengel sent the big 6-2, 200-pounder into Game 6 of the '51 WS with the bases loaded and no outs, Yankees leading 4-1. He got the first two New York Giants' batters out on two sacrifice flies and got the last out on a line out to Hank Bauer, who made a diving catch, and the Yankees won the championship again. In Game 7 of the '52 World Series , Stengel brought in Kuzava again with the bases loaded, one out. Kuzava got Duke Snider on a pop-up to third. Then, Jackie Robinson hit a Texas-League double to right that scored 3 Dodger runs. Kuzava then proceeded to hold the Dodgers scoreless in the 8th and 9th innings and the Yankees collected another World Series' ring. Baseball History

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1946	CLE (AL)	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	12.0	9	7	4	0	11	0	4	0	1	0	3.00
1947	CLE (AL)	4	4	1	1	0	1	1	21.2	22	10	10	1	9	0	9	1	1	0	4.15
1949	CHW (AL)	29	18	10	6	0	9	1	156.2	139	76	70	6	91	0	83	2	1	0	4.02
1950	WSH (AL)	22	22	8	7	0	8	1	155.0	156	80	68	8	75	0	84	5	1	0	3.95
1950	CHW (AL)	10	7	1	3	0	1	0	44.1	43	28	28	5	27	0	21	3	0	1	5.68
1951	NYY (AL)	23	8	8	4	5	4	1	82.1	76	27	22	5	27	0	50	2	1	0	2.40
1951	WSH (AL)	8	8	3	3	0	3	0	52.1	57	34	32	5	28	0	22	0	2	0	5.50
1952	NYY (AL)	28	12	8	8	3	6	1	133.0	115	53	51	7	63	0	67	2	1	0	3.45
1953	NYY (AL)	33	6	6	5	4	2	2	92.1	92	35	34	9	34	0	48	0	0	0	3.31
1954	BAL (AL)	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	23.2	30	11	11	0	11	0	15	1	0	0	4.18
1954	NYY (AL)	20	3	1	3	1	0	0	39.2	46	30	24	3	18	0	22	1	0	0	5.45
1955	BAL (AL)	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	12.1	10	7	5	0	4	1	5	1	0	0	3.65
1955	PHI (NL)	17	4	1	0	0	0	0	32.1	47	26	26	5	12	1	13	0	0	0	7.24
1957	PIT (NL)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	9.00
1957	STL (NL)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	4	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.86
15 years		213	99	49	44	13	34	7	862.0	849	427	388	54	415	2	446	18	8	1	4.05

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1946	CLE (AL)	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	SLG
1947	CLE (AL)	4	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	SLG
1949	CHW (AL)	29	56	1	2	0	0	0	1	3	19	0	0	0	0	5	0	.36	.85	SLG
1950	CHW (AL)	10	12	3	1	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.83	.267	SLG
1950	WSH (AL)	22	50	5	5	0	0	1	4	5	23	0	0	0	1	3	0	.100	.196	SLG
1951	WSH (AL)	8	17	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.300	SLG
1951	NYY (AL)	24	22	4	3	1	0	0	2	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.296	SLG
1952	NYY (AL)	28	43	2	4	0	0	0	1	5	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	.188	SLG
1953	NYY (AL)	33	21	3	1	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	.48	.200	SLG
1954	BAL (AL)	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.0	.0	SLG
1954	NYY (AL)	20	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.143	SLG
1955	BAL (AL)	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1955	PHI (NL)	17	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	SLG
1957	PIT (NL)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1957	STL (NL)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
15 years		214	256	21	22	1	0	1	10	29	96	0	0	0	1	12	0	.86	.182	.SLG

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