Fred Koster

{{short description|American baseball player (1905–1979)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Fred Koster |image= |position=Outfielder |bats=Left |throws=Left |birth_date={{birth date|1905|12|21}} |birth_place=Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1979|4|24|1905|12|21}} |death_place=St. Matthews, Kentucky, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=April 27 |debutyear={{baseball year|1931}} |debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 27 |finalyear={{baseball year|1931}} |finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.225 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=0 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=8 |teams= *Philadelphia Phillies (1931) }}

'''Frederick Charles Koster''' ["Fritz"] (December 21, 1905 – April 24, 1979) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Phillies during the {{baseball year|1931}} season.

Koster attended the University of Louisville, where he played college baseball for the Cardinals from 1926 to 1928.<ref name=almanacalums>{{cite web|title=University of Louisville Baseball Players Who Made It to the Major Leagues|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/university_of_louisville_baseball_players.shtml|work=Baseball-Almanac.com|accessdate=May 27, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509233605/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/university_of_louisville_baseball_players.shtml|archivedate=May 9, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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