Jackie Kubiszyn was a Cleveland Indian infielder tryout in 1961 who played short, third and second. He batted .214, well enough to warrant a second year.
Unfortunately, this Crimson Tide product didn’t pan out in his sophomore year. In 1962, he batted .169 in 59 at bats for the 6th place Tribe and was released after the year was up.
| Split | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 Totals | 25 | 65 | 59 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .169 | .231 | .254 |
Kubiszyn did one thing in ‘62 that he didn’t the previous year. He hit for a little power. He managed to hit one homer and two doubles as opposed to his nine singles in ‘61. For that, he got two zeroes and a pretty nice second column (ten ones).
But after that, it’s just the standard 8-8-8-9-9 hit numbers for Jackie. While he may be a versatile fielder, he must not have impressed with the glove. APBA gave him a SS-6 fielding rating.
Ugly numbers: 25-39, 33-8, SS-6
Note in this 1962 reprint, APBA put the 12 on usually automatic 34. They moved the 31 down to 46. So he gets one of those cards that makes you think, “Hey, he’s got three… never mind.”
