Pete Coscarart
Peter Joseph Coscarart

Bats Right
Throws Right
Height 5'11.5
Weight 175

Born June 16, 1913
Escondidio, CA
Died July 24, 2002
Escondidio, CA (Aneurysm)

Batting  

 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 26 HAR    4    7    2   0   0   0    1    1    0    0   0   0   0   0  .286  .277  .286  .412    2       
 1942 29 HAR    2    9    3   0   0   0    2    0    0    2   0   0   0   0  .333  .265  .333  .394    3       
 1943 30 HAR   84  235   49  14   3   1   19   17   12   38   2   0   0   1  .209  .264  .306  .405   72       
 1943 30 FRE   59  204   46   5   0   8   19   22   15   25   0   1   2   4  .225  .262  .368  .403   75       
 1943 30 TOT  143  439   95  19   3   9   38   39   27   63   2   1   2   5  .216  .262  .335  .403  147       
 1944 31 FRE  111   72   24   3   0   0    2    7    4   12   0   1   0   0  .333  .266  .375  .402   27       
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
  4 Seasons   260  527  124  22   3   9   43   47   31   77   2   2   2   5  .235  .265  .340  .403  179
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 154 Gm  Avg  154  312   73  13   2   5   25   28   18   46   1   1   1   3  .235  ----  .340  ----  106
 Career High  143  439   95  19   3   9   38   39   27   63   2   1   2   5  .216  ----  .335  ----  147
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Yrs.  HAR   90  251   54  14   3   1   22   18   12   40   2   0   0   1  .215  .265  .307  .405   77       
 2 Yrs.  FRE  170  276   70   8   0   8   21   29   19   37   0   2   2   4  .254  .265  .370  .402  102         
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 

Shaded Text indicates partial season results.



Transactions

January 1, 1938: Drafted 6th round (39th overall) by Harlem.

July 26, 1943: Traded by Harlem with the first round pick in 1944 to Fremont for Arky Vaughan.


Biography
Coscarart played second base for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1938-41) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1942-46). He hit .243 with 28 HRs and 269 RBIs in his career. In 1940, Coscarart was on the All-Star team.

He was a member of the 1941 Brooklyn team that played New York in the World Series. Coscarart played in 3 games and had no hits in 7 at-bats.

In 1946, Coscarart was a supporter of a union to help negotiate pension benefits. He voted, along with some of his Pittsburgh teammates, to strike. That was his last year in the majors -- his contract was sold to San Diego of the Pacific Coast League.

"There's no way of proving it, but I've always felt I was cheated," Coscarart said in 1996 in an interview with The San Diego Union-Tribune.

The pension plan was adopted in 1947 -- too late for Coscarart.

In 1996, Coscarart and 75 other players from his era filed a lawsuit against MLB to be included in the pension plan. The players -- including Frank Crosetti, Dolph Camilli and Al Giofriddo -- argued that baseball was violating their rights by using their "names, signatures, photographs and/or likenesses" without the players' consent. A California Appeals Court ruled against the players in December 2001.

Following his baseball career, Coscarart worked as a scout for the Minnesota Twins and, later, the New York Yankees. While he was working with the Twins, he signed Graig Nettles. He later worked in real estate for 30 years.

His brother, Joe Cascarart, played for the Boston Braves (1935-36).



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