Edward Michael Kasko (born June 27, 1932, Linden, New Jersey) is a former infielder, manager, scout and front office executive in American Major League Baseball. June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... Linden is a city located in Union County, New Jersey. ... An infielder is a baseball player who plays on the infield, the dirt portion of a baseball diamond between first base and third base. ... In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager; this individual controls matters of team strategy on the field and team leadership. ... Professional sports scouts are trained talent evaluators who travel extensively for the purposes of watching athletes play their chosen sports and determining whether their set of skills and talents represent what is needed by the scouts organization. ... MLB logo Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ...

A standout defensive player as a shortstop and third baseman, Kasko played for ten seasons (1957-66) with the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox. A righthanded batter, he lacked home run power but was a good "contact hitter." His career batting average was .264 in 1,077 games and 3.546 at bats. The position of the shortstop A shortstop moves to his left, toward the center of the field, to play a ground ball Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. ... The position of the third baseman A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in the sport of baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base, the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in a counterclockwise succession in order to score a run. ... * World Champion notes: St. ... The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team based in Houston, Texas. ... The Boston Red Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Boston, Massachusetts. ... For other uses of the phrase see Home run (disambiguation) In baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run himself (along with a run for each runner who was already on... Batting average is a statistic in both baseball and cricket measuring the performance of baseball hitters and cricket batsmen, respectively. ... In baseball statistics, an at bat (AB) is used to calculate other data such as batting average. ...

After the 1966 season, Kasko retired as an active player and managed the Red Sox' AAA clubs in Toronto and Louisville from 1967-69. He succeeded the popular Dick Williams as Bosox manager in 1970, and guided the club through four seasons, with mixed results. The Red Sox finished above the .500 mark each season, but only contended in 1972 when they finished a half-game out of first place, behind the Detroit Tigers, in the American League East. Kasko, seemingly a mild-mannered individual, suffered in comparison with the fiery Williams and was an easy target for Boston talk show hosts and fans. When the 1973 Red Sox again could not measure up to the powerful Baltimore Orioles of the era, he was finally relieved of his managerial duties. His final record with Boston, over four seasons, was 345-295 (.539). The Toronto Maple Leafs were a high-level minor league baseball club located in Toronto, Ontario. ... Richard Hirschfeld Williams (born May 7, 1929 in St. ... See also: 1971 in sports, 1973 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: A.J. Foyt won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty Indianapolis 500 - Mark Donohue USAC Racing - Joe Leonard won the season championship Formula One Championship - Brazil 24 hours of... The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. ... The American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. ... See also: 1972 in sports, other events of 1973, 1974 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Richard Petty wins the Daytona 500 in which singer Marty Robbins made his first appearance as a driver. ... The Baltimore Orioles are a Major League Baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. ...

But Kasko remained with the Red Sox for another two decades, as a scout, and then, after 1977, as the team's director of scouting and vice president, baseball development. He retired in 1994.