Andrew Kosco
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Andy Kosco (October 5, 1941 - ) was a major league baseball player affiliated at various times with the Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, California Angels, Boston Red Sox, and Cincinnati Reds.
He was born in Youngstown, Ohio, a center of steel production near the Pennsylvania border. At six-foot-three and 215 pounds, Kosco pursued his baseball career, but mulled plans to secure a degree in law.[1]
[edit] Early career
Shortly before the 1959 season, he was signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent. In January of 1964, he was released by Detroit and promptly signed on as a free agent with the Minnesota Twins.
In August of 1965, Minnesota picked him from its AAA Denver club to replace injured player Harmon Killibrew. At this point, Kosco had already pushed the notion of a law degree to the back burner.[2]
As sports author Jim Thielman notes, it was common at the time for baseball's commissioner to have input on World Series rosters, and Commissioner Ford Frick suggested the Twins bring their roster to 25 men by dropping a player who had not participated for the entire season. As a late-season replacement who played outfield, a position where the Twins were well-stocked with veterans, Kosco was kept off the World Series roster.[3]
[edit] Later career
In October 1967, Kosco was purchased by the Oakland Athletics. A month later, however, he was drafted by the New York Yankees. In December 1968, he was traded by the Yankees to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Mike Kekich. Then, in February 1971, the Dodgers traded Kosco to the Milwaukee Brewers for Al Downing. He was traded again to the California Angels (for Tommie Reynolds) and Boston Red Sox (for Chris Coletta) before completing his professional baseball career with the Cincinnati Red Sox, which released him on March 27, 1973.
[edit] References
- ^ Jim Thielman, The Cool of the Evening: The 1965 Minnesota Twins (Minneapolis, MN: Kirk House Publishing, 2006).
- ^ Jim Thielman, Cool of the Evening: The 1965 Minnesota Twins (Minneapolis, MN: Kirk House Publishing, 2005).
- ^ Jim Thielman, The Cool of the Evening: The 1965 Minnesota Twins (Minneapolis, MN: Kirk House Publishing, 2006).
