Mike Kozicky | |
Position: | Catcher / Shortstop |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Birth Date: | January 13, 1889 |
Birth Place: | Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania |
Death Place: | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | October 3 |
Debutyear: | 1909 |
Debutteam: | Cincinnati Reds |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | May 24 |
Finalyear: | 1910 |
Finalteam: | Cincinnati Reds |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Batting average |
Stat1value: | .250 |
Stat2label: | Home runs |
Stat2value: | 0 |
Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
Stat3value: | 1 |
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Michael Aloysius Kozicky (January 13, 1889, in Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania – July 9, 1971, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) was a major league baseball player and scout and a minor league manager.
Kozicky had a very brief major league career with the Cincinnati Reds. During the 1909 season, he was called up for two games and was used as a catcher. In the 1910 campaign, he saw action in a single game as a shortstop. In total, Kozicky had two hits in eight at bats for the major league club with a double, a run batted in and a walk.
Kozicky had a long minor league career with his best seasons coming at Reading. Playing first base for the Reading Coal Barons of the International League in 1919, he had a .335 batting average for the season. The newly renamed Reading Marines of 1920 were helped by Kozicky's stellar campaign. Now playing as a catcher, he hit .336 with 94 runs, 33 doubles, 11 triples, 22 home runs and a .575 slugging percentage.
Kozicky did some managing later in his minor league career including stints with the Virginia League Kinston Eagles and the New York–Penn League Binghamton Triplets.
Kozicky was a scout for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1961 to 1971.