Career
He was inducted in the Athletic Hall of Honor in 2002. Mogk enrolled at the in 1950. While attending Michigan, Mogk played baseball for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team from 1950 to 1953 and earned varsity letters in 1951, 1952, and 1953.
He was a second baseman as a sophomore in 1951 but moved to first base for his junior and senior years.
During the 1952 season, Mogk was perfect on defense, going the entire year (his first at first base) without an error. He was "the first Wolverine to play errorless for an entire season." In December 1952, Mogk was elected by his teammates as the captain for the 1953 team
Michigan"s 1953 infield consisting of Mogk, Bruce Haynam, Don Eaddy, and Gil Sabuco was sometimes referred to as the "million-dollar infield."
He graduated from Michigan in 1954 with a bachelor of arts degree in history. Mogk was inducted in the Athletic Hall of Honor in 2002.
He joined Bill Freehan (inducted 1979), George Sisler (inducted 1979), Buck Giles (inducted 1980), Bud Chamberlain (inducted 1982), and Dick Wakefield (inducted 1983), as Michigan baseball players in the Hall of Honor.
After graduating from Michigan, Mogk became a school teacher and administrator in the Grosse Pointe schools in suburban Detroit. He also served as the principal and baseball coach at Grosse Pointe South High School. He later became the president of Starlight Mobile Home Park, Incorporated., in Brighton, Michigan.
