finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date death_place finaldate image statlabel debutteam name throws caption birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1950 06 september 2007 1948 .254 6 94 chicago white sox 05 july 1921 palm beach gardens , florida july 2 al kozar 1949.jpg batting average home runs runs batted in washington senators al kozar right kozar 's 1949 bowman gum baseball card mckees rocks , pennsylvania april 19 right second baseman al kozar

al kozar

albert kenneth kozar -lrb- july 5 , 1921 -- september 6 , 2007 -rrb- was an american second baseman in major league baseball .
he played for the washington senators and chicago white sox over a three-year career in the major leagues .
born in mckees rocks , pennsylvania , kozar was signed by the boston red sox as an amateur free agent in 1941 .
kozar played for the red sox 's minor league affiliates , interrupted by a three-year break when kozar served in the united states army .
on december 10 , 1947 , kozar was traded to the washington senators along with leon culberson in exchange for stan spence .
kozar made his major league debut with the senators on april 19 , 1948 at griffith stadium , going 1 -- for -- 4 against the new york yankees .
kozar played for the senators until 1950 , when he was traded on may 31 to the chicago white sox along with eddie robinson and ray scarborough , in exchange for bob kuzava , cass michaels and johnny ostrowski .
kozar continued to play in the minor leagues until 1954 , and died on september 6 , 2007 in palm beach gardens , florida .
