Dick Kokos

{{Short description|American baseball player (1928–1986)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Dick Kokos

|image=Dick Kokos 1949 (cropped).jpg

|width=160px

|caption=Kokos, circa 1949

|position=Outfielder

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1928|2|28}}

|birth_place=Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1986|4|9|1928|2|28}}

|death_place=Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 8

|debutyear=1948

|debutteam=St. Louis Browns

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 10

|finalyear=1954

|finalteam=Baltimore Orioles

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.263

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=59

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=223

|teams=

• St. Louis Browns / Baltimore Orioles ({{mlby|1948}}–{{mlby|1950}}, {{mlby|1953}}–{{mlby|1954}})

}}

Richard Jerome Kokos, born Kokoszka (February 28, 1928 – April 9, 1986), was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Browns/Baltimore Orioles from {{mlby|1948}} to {{mlby|1950}}, and again from {{mlby|1953}} to {{mlby|1954}}. In a 5-year, 475-game career, he compiled a .263 batting average (410-1558) with 239 runs, 59 home runs, 223 RBI, an on-base percentage of .365 and a slugging percentage of .441. Kokos was originally a Cleveland Indians prospect, and was traded on November 20, 1947 with $25,000, Joe Frazier, and Bryan Stephens for Walt Judnich and Bob Muncrief.{{cite news|title=Browns At It Again - Trade Muncrief And Judnich To Indians|work=St. Louis Star and Times|date=November 20, 1947|page=32|first=Ray|last=Nelson}}