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4 unusual facts about Andy Kosco


Andy Kosco

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.

Kosco, who had largely reconsidered his plans to pursue law, accepted the opportunity.

He was traded again to the California Angels (for Tommie Reynolds) and to the Boston Red Sox (for Chris Coletta) before completing his professional baseball career with the Cincinnati Reds, with whom he batted .280 in 118 at-bats in 1973 on a team that won the National League West title but lost to the New York Mets in the NLCS.

Shortly before the 1959 season, Kosco was signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.



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