Bob Kuzava
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Kuzava with the New York Yankees in 1953
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Born: May 28, 1923 Wyandotte, Michigan |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 21, 1946, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
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| September 29, 1957, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 49–44 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.05 | ||
| Strikeouts | 446 | ||
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Robert Leroy "Sarge" Kuzava (born May 28, 1923) is an American former professional baseball player, a left-handed pitcher for the Cleveland Indians (1946–1947), Chicago White Sox (1949–1950), Washington Senators (1950–1951), New York Yankees (1951–1954), Baltimore Orioles (1954–1955), Philadelphia Phillies (1955), Pittsburgh Pirates (1957) and St. Louis Cardinals (1957). He was born in Wyandotte, Michigan. In 2003, Kuzava was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame.
Kuzava helped the Yankees win three consecutive World Series from 1951–53. He gained saves in the final games of both the 1951 World Series against the New York Giants (Game 6) and 1952 against the Brooklyn Dodgers (Game 7). He pitched in the ninth inning of a 1953 World Series Game 5 victory for the Yankees as well.
Although his success in the World Series came in relief, Kuzava was a starting pitcher for the Yankees for three seasons, throwing 12 complete games. He joined them on June 15, 1951, with the Washington Senators trading him to New York for three players, and proceeded to earn three championship rings as a Yankee.
Kuzava, whose nickname was "Sarge", finished fourth in voting for the 1949 American League Rookie of the Year for having a 10–6 record for the Chicago White Sox, with nine complete games. He had been a military policeman during World War II.
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