{{Short description|American baseball player (1889–1971)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Mike Kozicky |position=Catcher / Shortstop |image= |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1889|1|13|mf=y}} |birth_place=Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1971|7|9|1889|1|13}} |death_place=Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=October 3 |debutyear=1909 |debutteam=Cincinnati Reds |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=May 24 |finalyear=1910 |finalteam=Cincinnati Reds |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.250 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=0 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=1 |teams= *Cincinnati Reds (1909–1910) }} '''Michael Aloysius Kozicky''' (January 13, 1889 – July 9, 1971) was an American Major League Baseball player and scout and a minor league manager.
==Biography== Kozicky had a very brief major league career with the Cincinnati Reds. During the 1909 season, he was called up for two games and was used as a catcher. In the 1910 campaign, he saw action in a single game as a shortstop. In total, Kozicky had two hits in eight at bats for the major league club with a double, a run batted in and a walk.
Kozicky had a long minor league career with his best seasons coming at Reading. Playing first base for the Reading Coal Barons of the International League in 1919, he had a .335 batting average for the season. The newly renamed Reading Marines of 1920 were helped by Kozicky's stellar campaign. Now playing as a catcher, he hit .336 with 94 runs, 33 doubles, 11 triples, 22 home runs and a .575 slugging percentage.
Kozicky did some managing later in his minor league career including stints with the Virginia League Kinston Eagles and the New York–Penn League Binghamton Triplets.
Kozicky was a scout for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1961 to 1971.
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