George Felix Kopacz (born February 26, 1941) is an American former

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who played for the

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() and the Pittsburgh Pirates (). Listed at and , Kopacz batted and threw

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. In his two MLB trials, Kopacz was a .120 hitter (3-for-25) with one run scored in 16 games. He did not have any

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and did not drive in a run. However, he played 14 seasons (1960–1973) of minor league baseball and in 1970 he was the Most Valuable Player of the Triple-A International League, with a

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of .310, 29 home runs and 115 RBI.

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