LF Art Ziska #18
Age: 38 | Bats: R | Throws: L | Morale: Very Good
01/20/1975
LF ART ZISKA #18 - AGE: 38 - BATS: R - THROWS: L - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
PERSONALITY
Birthday:07/24/1936
Born in:Lorain, OH
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:None, None
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:11 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1954, 3rd Pick in Round 5
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1954 Tuscaloosa - R 17 57 194 52 5 2 2 29 27 33 1 2 23 2 2 .268 .374 .345 .719 89 84 0.5
1955 Tuscaloosa - R 18 44 87 22 3 3 3 11 11 8 1 0 11 1 0 .253 .323 .460 .783 111 98 0.6
1956 Tuscaloosa - R 19 53 138 30 3 3 0 9 13 21 0 0 23 4 3 .217 .321 .283 .603 64 58 -0.2
1956 Vancouver - A 19 10 28 7 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 .250 .267 .286 .552 62 44 -0.3
1957 Tuscaloosa - R 20 60 214 54 10 2 1 20 27 26 3 0 29 1 3 .252 .342 .332 .673 77 71 0.2
1957 Vancouver - A 20 10 34 8 2 0 2 5 6 0 0 0 9 0 0 .235 .235 .471 .706 102 114 0.1
1958 Vancouver - A 21 61 201 51 9 3 0 17 14 7 1 3 34 0 0 .254 .278 .328 .607 76 59 0.3
1958 Davenport - A 21 18 64 18 5 1 1 7 3 6 1 0 11 0 1 .281 .352 .438 .790 119 123 0.4
1959 Davenport - A 22 35 116 26 4 1 2 13 15 16 2 1 18 0 0 .224 .326 .328 .654 77 78 0.2
1959 Chattanooga - AA 22 98 310 92 7 6 7 42 36 21 1 2 51 1 5 .297 .341 .426 .767 112 98 0.5
1960 Davenport - A 23 44 162 36 6 2 1 9 15 25 1 1 33 1 0 .222 .328 .302 .631 71 69 0.0
1960 Chattanooga - AA 23 76 245 66 11 2 5 17 33 31 2 3 33 1 1 .269 .352 .392 .744 101 97 1.1
1961 Davenport - A 24 60 198 51 4 5 5 33 27 27 0 1 34 0 1 .258 .345 .404 .749 102 106 1.0
1961 Chattanooga - AA 24 66 205 48 7 1 5 28 25 34 3 3 39 2 1 .234 .347 .351 .698 93 89 0.9
1962 Chattanooga - AA 25 69 102 25 5 2 2 15 17 22 1 1 13 0 0 .245 .381 .392 .773 113 105 0.4
1962 Buffalo - AAA 25 21 32 7 1 0 1 7 5 3 0 0 6 1 0 .219 .286 .344 .629 77 66 0.0
1963 Chattanooga - AA 26 64 229 61 13 1 3 25 29 32 3 1 25 1 6 .266 .362 .371 .733 104 104 0.6
1963 Buffalo - AAA 26 55 110 29 5 0 3 7 12 10 0 0 18 0 1 .264 .325 .391 .716 107 108 -0.1
1964 Chattanooga - AA 27 34 89 26 8 1 0 6 10 10 2 0 17 1 0 .292 .376 .404 .781 112 115 0.4
1964 Buffalo - AAA 27 35 48 10 2 0 1 4 5 6 0 0 5 0 0 .208 .296 .312 .609 71 64 -0.1
1965 Davenport - A 28 4 11 4 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .364 .417 .455 .871 134 122 -0.0
1965 Chattanooga - AA 28 47 96 17 2 0 1 7 9 19 0 1 20 0 0 .177 .310 .229 .540 49 53 -0.8
1965 Buffalo - AAA 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 53 122 0.0
Total DIX 454 1276 335 53 13 23 140 159 169 12 11 198 6 13 .263 .351 .379 .730 101 96
Total HL 161 551 135 20 9 9 65 61 75 4 3 96 1 2 .245 .338 .363 .701 90 91
Total UL 112 191 46 8 0 5 18 23 20 0 0 29 1 1 .241 .313 .361 .674 92 90
Total COW 81 263 66 12 3 2 24 21 8 1 4 46 0 0 .251 .272 .342 .614 77 64
Total GSL 214 633 158 21 10 6 69 78 88 5 2 86 8 8 .250 .345 .343 .688 82 76
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1954 Tuscaloosa - R LF 1 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 8.0 4.50 +0.3 .966
1954 Tuscaloosa - R RF 57 54 100 0 0 102 2 .980 447.2 2.01 +3.9 1.013
1955 Tuscaloosa - R LF 5 4 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 26.1 1.37 -0.2 .962
1955 Tuscaloosa - R RF 40 20 45 1 0 47 1 .979 208.1 1.99 +4.1 1.080
1956 Tuscaloosa - R LF 15 13 16 0 0 16 0 1.000 110.1 1.31 +0.4 1.049
1956 Vancouver - A CF 5 5 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 32.0 0.84 -1.7 .729
1956 Vancouver - A RF 5 5 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 39.0 1.15 -0.3 .967
1956 Tuscaloosa - R RF 39 37 57 0 0 60 3 .950 274.2 1.87 +2.5 1.045
1957 Vancouver - A LF 7 7 15 0 0 16 1 .938 59.2 2.26 -0.6 .954
1957 Tuscaloosa - R LF 54 53 86 0 0 87 1 .989 447.0 1.73 +5.2 1.102
1957 Vancouver - A CF 3 3 8 1 0 9 0 1.000 24.2 3.28 -0.1 .977
1957 Tuscaloosa - R CF 7 7 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 52.2 2.05 +0.4 .959
1957 Tuscaloosa - R RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1958 Davenport - A LF 11 11 16 0 0 16 0 1.000 92.0 1.57 +0.3 1.041
1958 Vancouver - A LF 3 2 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 18.1 3.44 -0.0 .973
1958 Davenport - A CF 4 3 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 27.1 2.30 +0.4 .988
1958 Davenport - A RF 4 4 5 0 0 6 1 .833 28.1 1.59 -0.2 .985
1958 Vancouver - A RF 59 58 122 6 2 129 1 .992 495.1 2.33 +6.4 1.075
1959 Chattanooga - AA LF 39 27 45 1 0 46 0 1.000 254.1 1.63 +1.5 1.053
1959 Davenport - A LF 25 25 38 1 0 40 1 .975 210.1 1.67 +0.8 1.042
1959 Chattanooga - AA CF 68 68 137 0 0 139 2 .986 544.2 2.26 -4.9 .945
1959 Davenport - A CF 3 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 10.2 3.38 +0.0 .997
1959 Chattanooga - AA RF 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 13.0 1.38 +0.0 1.011
1959 Davenport - A RF 9 9 11 2 0 13 0 1.000 62.1 1.88 +1.0 1.084
1960 Chattanooga - AA LF 32 32 51 2 0 53 0 1.000 263.2 1.81 +2.8 1.092
1960 Davenport - A LF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 8.0 1.12 -0.0 .967
1960 Chattanooga - AA CF 28 25 60 0 0 60 0 1.000 228.0 2.37 -2.4 .930
1960 Davenport - A CF 3 3 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 27.0 2.00 -0.8 .843
1960 Chattanooga - AA RF 21 16 34 1 0 35 0 1.000 142.2 2.21 +4.1 1.226
1960 Davenport - A RF 40 40 73 1 0 79 5 .937 336.2 1.98 +2.8 1.028
1961 Chattanooga - AA LF 22 22 44 0 0 47 3 .936 176.2 2.24 +1.7 1.077
1961 Davenport - A LF 5 5 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 44.0 1.64 +0.7 1.273
1961 Chattanooga - AA CF 5 4 18 0 0 18 0 1.000 38.0 4.26 -0.9 .922
1961 Chattanooga - AA RF 40 38 76 1 0 81 4 .951 334.2 2.07 +4.8 1.100
1961 Davenport - A RF 47 47 94 3 1 99 2 .980 391.2 2.23 +2.2 1.023
1962 Buffalo - AAA 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1962 Buffalo - AAA LF 9 4 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 39.2 1.82 +0.1 1.003
1962 Chattanooga - AA LF 25 20 38 0 0 38 0 1.000 179.0 1.91 +0.0 .992
1962 Buffalo - AAA CF 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 6.2 2.70 +0.3 .999
1962 Chattanooga - AA RF 6 0 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 11.2 3.09 -0.1 .965
1963 Buffalo - AAA LF 11 11 15 0 0 16 1 .938 97.2 1.38 -0.1 .970
1963 Chattanooga - AA LF 53 53 75 2 1 80 3 .963 443.2 1.56 +0.0 1.015
1963 Buffalo - AAA CF 9 9 24 0 0 24 0 1.000 76.2 2.82 -5.2 .791
1963 Chattanooga - AA CF 3 3 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 25.0 2.88 +0.3 .999
1963 Buffalo - AAA RF 7 0 4 1 0 5 0 1.000 24.1 1.85 +0.4 1.312
1963 Chattanooga - AA RF 5 4 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 37.0 1.46 +0.1 .990
1964 Buffalo - AAA 1B 10 8 76 5 8 81 0 1.000 64.1 11.33 -0.2 .989
1964 Chattanooga - AA 1B 16 15 119 12 13 131 0 1.000 124.2 9.46 +0.1 1.014
1964 Buffalo - AAA LF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 3.0 3.00 +0.1 1.003
1964 Chattanooga - AA LF 9 3 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 34.1 1.83 +0.2 1.015
1964 Chattanooga - AA CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1964 Buffalo - AAA RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1964 Chattanooga - AA RF 4 3 14 0 0 15 1 .933 27.0 4.67 -0.4 .967
1965 Chattanooga - AA 1B 23 16 132 8 18 142 2 .986 143.2 8.77 -0.7 .921
1965 Davenport - A 1B 3 3 12 1 4 14 1 .929 23.1 5.01 -0.8 .531
1965 Chattanooga - AA LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8.1 0.00 -0.7 .000
1965 Chattanooga - AA CF 7 6 13 0 0 13 0 1.000 55.0 2.13 -3.2 .831
1965 Buffalo - AAA RF 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 3.0 3.00 0.0 .000
1965 Chattanooga - AA RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1965 Davenport - A RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 1B 52 42 339 26 43 368 3 .992 356.0 9.23 -1.7 .942
TOTAL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL LF 334 293 479 6 1 495 10 .980 2524.1 1.73 +12.5 1.045
TOTAL CF 147 137 302 1 0 305 2 .993 1150.1 2.37 -17.7 .921
TOTAL RF 392 336 652 17 3 689 20 .971 2884.1 2.09 +31.3 1.055
PLAYER HISTORY
06/19/1954 Drafted in the 1954 first-year player draft out of high school (Pershing; Detroit, MI) by the Toronto Wolves. (Round 5, Pick 3, 67th overall pick).
09/22/1958 Wins the 1958 Championship with the Davenport Dusters!
09/19/1960 Wins the 1960 Championship with the Chattanooga Reliables!
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 2; Eye: 3.
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 3; Power: 2; Eye: 3.
09/12/1965 Wins the 1965 Heartland League Heartland League Championship Series with the Davenport Dusters!
09/21/1965 Retired from professional baseball.
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