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Dick Rozek
Richard
Louis Rozek
Born: March 27, 1927
in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Died: September 27,
2001
Debut: 1950 | Pos: P
H: 6'0.5" | W: 190 | B: L | T: L
| Yr | W | L | G | SV | IP | SO | ERA |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 65.1 | 26 | 4.55 |
>> Visit the Dick Rozek biography on Baseball Almanac for complete statistics.
Dick Rozek pitched in 33 games from 1950 to 1954, finishing his career with a 1-0 record in 33 games (4 starts) and totaled 65.1 innings in the major leagues with a 4.55 ERA.
Following his service in the military, he was with Cleveland from 1950 to 1952 and with the Athletics from 1953 to 1954.
On May 16, 1951, Rozek became part of history as he surrendered Mickey Mantle's first home run at Yankee Stadium in an 11-3 loss. Mantle hit 206 HR out of Yankee Stadium in his career.