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Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">August 17, 1986, for the Chicago White Sox</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last MLB appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">September 26, 1997, for the Chicago White Sox</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">Batting average</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">.221</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">96</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">Runs batted in</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">335</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/karkoro01.shtml">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Reference" title="Baseball Reference">Baseball Reference</a></b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7364012#P1825" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" 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href="/wiki/1997_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1997 Major League Baseball season">1997</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ronald Joseph Karkovice</b> (born August 8, 1963) is an American former professional baseball catcher. </p><p>Drafted by the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> in the 1st round of the 1982 <a href="/wiki/MLB" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB">MLB</a> amateur draft, Karkovice would make his <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> debut with the Chicago White Sox on August 17, 1986, and appeared in his final game on September 26, 1997. Based on Karkovice's great defensive prowess in throwing out baserunners attempting to <a href="/wiki/Stolen_base" title="Stolen base">steal bases</a>, White Sox broadcaster <a href="/wiki/Ken_Harrelson" title="Ken Harrelson">Ken "Hawk" Harrelson</a> nicknamed him "Officer Karkovice," jokingly warning opponents that the catcher would catch them stealing.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Karkovice&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When Karkovice was seven years old, his family moved to <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> after his father, who worked for <a href="/wiki/United_Airlines" title="United Airlines">United Airlines</a>, was transferred.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He began playing baseball in Little League at age eight. Karkovice later attended <a href="/wiki/William_R._Boone_High_School" title="William R. Boone High School">Boone High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando</a>, where he first started catching at 14,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was teammates with <a href="/wiki/Joe_Oliver_(baseball)" title="Joe Oliver (baseball)">Joe Oliver</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-deli_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deli-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was named to the 1982 <a href="/wiki/ABCA/Rawlings_High_School_All-America_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="ABCA/Rawlings High School All-America First Team">ABCA/Rawlings High School All-America First Team</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Karkovice was inducted into Boone's hall of fame in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playing_career">Playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Karkovice&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Karkovice was one of the best fielding catchers in the Major Leagues during his time with the White Sox. For his career, he threw out 41% of base stealers. In 1993, he threw out 54% of them. </p><p>On August 30, 1990, Karkovice hit an inside-the-park grand slam off of <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/David_West_(baseball)" title="David West (baseball)">David West</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Hubert_H._Humphrey_Metrodome" title="Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome">Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_career">Coaching career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Karkovice&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Coaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2001 Karkovice managed the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast_League_Royals" title="Gulf Coast League Royals">Gulf Coast League Royals</a>. He then coached the First Academy baseball team in Orlando in an assistant capacity, before moving on as head coach for Pine Castle Christian Academy.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2009 to 2011, Karkovice served as hitting coach for the <a href="/wiki/Newark_Bears" title="Newark Bears">Newark Bears</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_League_of_Professional_Baseball" title="Atlantic League of Professional Baseball">Atlantic League of Professional Baseball</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, Karkovice was named bench coach for the <a href="/wiki/Camden_Riversharks" title="Camden Riversharks">Camden Riversharks</a>, another Atlantic League team.<sup id="cite_ref-NJ_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NJ-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was promoted to manager of the club the next year.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Karkovice&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He is married to Kimberly Fuller Karkovice.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the 1990s, Karkovice was an early investor in Stix Baseball, a <a href="/wiki/Baseball_bat" title="Baseball bat">baseball bat</a> manufacturer that was eventually bought by <a href="/wiki/Easton_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Easton (company)">Easton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Karkovice opened Ronnie's Big League Deli in Orlando in November 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-deli_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deli-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Professional baseball pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jake_Brigham" title="Jake Brigham">Jake Brigham</a> is Karkovice's nephew.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style 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<li><span class="nowrap">1993: Christman</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Johnson_(catcher)" title="Mark Johnson (catcher)">Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Clemons_(baseball)" title="Chris Clemons (baseball)">Clemons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Liefer" title="Jeff Liefer">Liefer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Seay" title="Bobby Seay">Seay</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Dellaero" title="Jason Dellaero">Dellaero</a>, Kane, Caradonna, <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Myette" title="Aaron Myette">Myette</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Parque" title="Jim Parque">Parque</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Biddle" title="Rocky Biddle">Biddle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Kip_Wells" title="Kip Wells">Wells</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Rowand" title="Aaron Rowand">Rowand</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: Stumm, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Ginter" title="Matt Ginter">Ginter</a>, West, Purvis</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Borchard" title="Joe Borchard">Borchard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: Honel, Allen</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Royce_Ring" title="Royce Ring">Ring</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Anderson_(outfielder)" title="Brian Anderson (outfielder)">B. 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