Joe Kostal

{{Short description|American baseball player (1876–1933)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

| name=Joe Kostal

| position=Pitcher

| image=Joe Kostal.jpg

| bats=Right

| throws=Right

| birth_date = {{birth date|1876|6|01}}

| birth_place = Chicago

| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1933|10|10|1876|1|01}}

| death_place = Guelph, Ontario, Canada

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = July 14

| debutyear = {{baseball year|1896}}

| debutteam = Louisville Colonels

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = July 17

| finalyear = {{baseball year|1896}}

| finalteam = Louisville Colonels

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Games pitched

| stat1value = 2

| stat2label = Innings pitched

| stat2value = 2

| stat3label = Earned run average

| stat3value = 0.00

| teams =

• Louisville Colonels ({{baseball year|1896}})

}}

Joseph William Kostal (June 1, 1876 – October 10, 1933), nicknamed "Cudgey", was an American Major League Baseball player who pitched two games for the {{baseball year|1896}} Louisville Colonels. He pitched a total of two innings, gave up four runs, zero earned runs, and was charged with one error.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/K/Pkostj101.htm|title=Joe Kostal's career statistics|publisher=retrosheet.org|accessdate=2009-02-21}} Kostal was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died at the age of 57 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Note: His Baseball Reference Bio has him born on June 1, 1876.