Eddie Kasko
1957–1966 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, NLS, St. Louis Cardinals
1,077G
.264AVG
.317OBP
.331SLG
More career statistics
935H
22HR
261RBI
31SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 353 | 352 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,879 | 3,881 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,077 | 3,879 | 3,546 | 411 | 935 | 146 | 13 | 22 | 261 | 265 | 353 | 31 | 31 | 20 | 21 | 1,173 | .264 | .317 | .331 | .648 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1959-08-17 to 1959-09-02
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1960-09-30 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1960-08-13 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1964-07-23 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 553 | 1929 | 460 | 6 | 122 | 129 | 164 | .261 | .305 | .324 |
| Away | 524 | 1952 | 475 | 16 | 139 | 136 | 188 | .266 | .313 | .338 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 94 | 331 | 79 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 33 | .263 | .314 | .360 |
| May | 176 | 605 | 151 | 1 | 27 | 46 | 54 | .276 | .326 | .330 |
| June | 192 | 711 | 157 | 3 | 36 | 59 | 54 | .245 | .304 | .300 |
| July | 217 | 783 | 182 | 3 | 55 | 46 | 70 | .253 | .291 | .315 |
| August | 199 | 700 | 164 | 5 | 53 | 47 | 70 | .255 | .301 | .328 |
| September | 194 | 732 | 199 | 6 | 61 | 40 | 70 | .294 | .327 | .371 |
| October | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .176 | .263 | .176 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| milwaukee-braves | 135 | 482 | 110 | 1 | 30 | 31 | 38 | .248 | .293 | .298 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 132 | 460 | 119 | 0 | 34 | 21 | 44 | .275 | .304 | .333 |
| chicago-cubs | 130 | 460 | 116 | 4 | 38 | 35 | 36 | .280 | .328 | .364 |
| san-francisco-giants | 118 | 439 | 103 | 2 | 15 | 33 | 30 | .259 | .310 | .312 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 116 | 438 | 94 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 41 | .231 | .269 | .310 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 112 | 411 | 102 | 2 | 32 | 25 | 43 | .271 | .309 | .335 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 112 | 432 | 112 | 3 | 34 | 40 | 44 | .293 | .352 | .374 |
| cincinnati-reds | 58 | 209 | 50 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 17 | .256 | .292 | .303 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 134 | 479 | 131 | 1 | 35 | 6 | .273 | – | – |
| 1958 | St. Louis Cardinals | 104 | 259 | 57 | 2 | 22 | 1 | .220 | – | – |
| 1959 |  Cincinnati Reds | 118 | 329 | 93 | 2 | 31 | 2 | .283 | – | – |
| 1960 | Cincinnati Reds | 126 | 479 | 140 | 6 | 51 | 9 | .292 | – | – |
| 1961 | Cincinnati Reds | 126 | 469 | 127 | 2 | 27 | 4 | .271 | – | – |
| 1962 | Cincinnati Reds | 134 | 533 | 148 | 4 | 41 | 3 | .278 | – | – |
| 1963 | Cincinnati Reds | 76 | 199 | 48 | 3 | 10 | – | .241 | – | – |
| 1964 |  Houston Astros | 133 | 448 | 109 | – | 22 | 4 | .243 | – | – |
| 1965 | Houston Astros | 68 | 215 | 53 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .247 | – | – |
| 1966 |  Boston Red Sox | 58 | 136 | 29 | 1 | 12 | 1 | .213 | – | – |