# Fred Koster

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fred_Koster
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fred_Koster.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Koster
> Source revision: 1316030329
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{short description|American baseball player (1905–1979)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Fred Koster
|image=
|position=[Outfielder](/source/Outfielder)
|bats=Left
|throws=Left
|birth_date={{birth date|1905|12|21}}
|birth_place=[Louisville, Kentucky](/source/Louisville%2C_Kentucky), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1979|4|24|1905|12|21}}
|death_place=[St. Matthews, Kentucky](/source/St._Matthews%2C_Kentucky), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 27
|debutyear={{baseball year|1931}}
|debutteam=[Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies)
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 27
|finalyear={{baseball year|1931}}
|finalteam=[Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies)
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.225
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=0
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Run_batted_in)
|stat3value=8
|teams=
*[Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies) (1931)
}}

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

Koster attended the [University of Louisville](/source/University_of_Louisville), where he played [college baseball](/source/college_baseball) for the [Cardinals](/source/Louisville_Cardinals_baseball) 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>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Baseballstats|br=k/kostefr01}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Koster, Fred}}
Category:1905 births
Category:1979 deaths
Category:Major League Baseball outfielders
Category:Philadelphia Phillies players
Category:Akron Tyrites players
Category:Dallas Steers players
Category:Jersey City Skeeters players
Category:Little Rock Travelers players
Category:Louisville Colonels (minor league) players
Category:Pine Bluff Judges players
Category:St. Paul Saints players
Category:Syracuse Chiefs players
Category:Toledo Mud Hens players
Category:Waco Cubs players
Category:Baseball players from Louisville, Kentucky
Category:Louisville Cardinals baseball players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

{{US-baseball-outfielder-1900s-stub}}
{{ULouisville-stub}}

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Fred Koster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Koster) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Koster?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.