Cal Koonce Notable

b. November 18, 1940 · Chicago Cubs 1962–1967, New York Mets 1967–1970, Boston Red Sox 1970–1971

Cal Koonce played for three clubs across 10 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Chicago Cubs in 1962 and closing with the Boston Red Sox in 1971.

He went 47 and 49 with a 3.78 earned run average, pitching 971 innings in 334 games. He struck out 504 and threw 3 shutouts. Across 336 games he batted .100, with 24 hits and 20 runs. He finished with 3 doubles.

He was born in Fayetteville, NC, USA on November 18, 1940, and died on October 28, 1993. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1962	CHC	35	64	7	6	1	2	1	25	.094
1963	CHC	21	19	1	2	0	0	1	8	.105
1964	CHC	6	10	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000
1965	CHC	38	49	2	5	1	1	5	21	.102
1966	CHC	45	23	2	3	1	1	3	9	.130
1967	CHC/NYM	47	20	1	2	0	0	0	7	.100
1968	NYM	55	14	0	0	0	0	2	8	.000
1969	NYM	40	17	1	4	0	1	0	7	.235
1970	BOS/NYM	36	22	5	2	0	3	4	9	.091
1971	BOS	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.000
Career	—	336	239	20	24	3	8	17	99	.100

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1962	CHC	10	10	35	30	0	190.2	200	84	86	84	3.97
1963	CHC	2	6	21	13	0	72.2	75	37	32	44	4.58
1964	CHC	3	0	6	2	0	31.0	30	7	7	17	2.03
1965	CHC	7	9	38	23	0	173.0	181	71	52	88	3.69
1966	CHC	5	5	45	5	2	108.2	113	46	35	65	3.81
1967	CHC/NYM	5	5	45	6	2	96.0	97	40	28	52	3.75
1968	NYM	6	4	55	2	11	97.0	80	26	32	50	2.41
1969	NYM	6	3	40	0	7	83.0	85	46	42	48	4.99
1970	BOS/NYM	3	6	36	8	2	98.1	89	38	43	47	3.48
1971	BOS	0	1	13	1	0	21.0	22	13	11	9	5.57
Career	—	47	49	334	90	24	971.1	972	408	368	504	3.78

On this day & linked events

1940

Born November 18, 1940

Fayetteville, NC, USA

1993

Died October 28, 1993

1962

Major-league debut: Cal Koonce

Cal Koonce made a major-league debut on April 14, 1962.

1971

Final major-league game: Cal Koonce

Cal Koonce played a final major-league game on August 8, 1971.