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Craig Kusick
Craig Robert Kusick

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 232 lb.
School University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Debut September 8, 1973
  vs. CHW 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 30, 1979
Born September 30, 1948 in Milwaukee, WI
Died September 27, 2006 in Minneapolis, MN

Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1973 24 MIN AL  15   48    4   12   2  0   0    4   0  0   7   9  .250  .357  .292   82   14   0   0   0   1   0
 1974 25 MIN AL  76  201   36   48   7  1   8   26   0  0  35  36  .239  .353  .403  114   81   0   1   1   1   5
 1975 26 MIN AL  57  156   14   37   8  0   6   27   0  0  21  23  .237  .346  .404  110   63   1   0   1   5   3
 1976 27 MIN AL 109  266   33   69  13  0  11   36   5  1  35  44  .259  .344  .432  124  115   1   3   0   1   3
 1977 28 MIN AL 115  268   34   68  12  0  12   45   3  1  49  60  .254  .370  .433  120  116   1   4   5   3  14
 1978 29 MIN AL  77  191   23   33   3  2   4   20   3  2  37  38  .173  .305  .272   63   52   0   4   2   1   8
 1979 30 TOT AL  48  108   11   24   5  0   5   13   0  0  10  18  .222  .292  .407   85   44   0   1   0   1   3
         MIN AL  24   54    8   13   4  0   3    6   0  0   3  11  .241  .281  .481   99   26   0   0   0   0   1
         TOR AL  24   54    3   11   1  0   2    7   0  0   7   7  .204  .302  .333   72   18   0   1   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      497 1238  155  291  50  3  46  171  11  4 194 228  .235  .342  .392  105  485   3  13   9  13  36
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        404   51   95  16  1  15   56   4  1  63  74  .235  .342  .392  105  158   1   4   3   4  12
 Career High    115  268   36   69  13  2  12   45   5  2  49  60  .259  .370  .433  124  116   1   4   5   5  14
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1973 24 MIN AL   56   36    6   4.5    97| .250  .264| .357  .333| .292  .388| .649  .722|  82  .513  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1974 25 MIN AL  238  159   30   5.1    92| .239  .263| .353  .328| .403  .378| .756  .706| 114  .593   4.6   0.5   0%
 1975 26 MIN AL  183  123   23   5.0    94| .237  .260| .346  .330| .404  .382| .750  .713| 110  .570   2.6   0.3   0%
 1976 27 MIN AL  306  205   43   5.7    88| .259  .259| .344  .324| .432  .366| .776  .690| 124  .655   8.8   0.9  83%
 1977 28 MIN AL  325  220   43   5.2    99| .254  .265| .370  .329| .433  .403| .803  .732| 120  .555   9.7   1.0  75%
 1978 29 MIN AL  233  172   17   2.6    95| .173  .263| .305  .329| .272  .388| .577  .717|  63  .289  -8.6  -0.9  60%
 1979 30 TOT AL  120   88   13   3.9   104| .222  .272| .292  .337| .407  .412| .699  .749|  85  .419  -2.5  -0.2   0%
         MIN AL   57   42    7   4.4   105| .241  .274| .281  .340| .481  .416| .762  .755|  99  .473  -0.4   0.0   0%
         TOR AL   63   46    6   3.5   102| .204  .270| .302  .334| .333  .408| .635  .743|  72  .365  -2.1  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1461 1003  175   4.7    95| .235  .263| .342  .329| .392  .386| .734  .715| 105  .538  13.8   1.5  73%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1979 30 TOR AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    3.7    3    2    2   1    0    0   0   0    14   0   0  4.91  4.32   88 0.818
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    3.7    3    2    2   1    0    0   0   0    14   0   0  4.91  4.32   88 0.818
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68  0  251.3  204  136  136  68    0    0   0   0   952   0   0  4.91  4.32   88 0.818

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1973 24 MIN AL 1B 11 86 5 1 7 .989 .992 8.27 8.27 9.41 9.86 10 87.0 LF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.70 1.44 2.02 2 18.7 DH 2 1974 25 MIN AL 1B 75 479 42 2 45 .996 .992 6.95 8.01 8.94 9.70 57 524.7 1975 26 MIN AL 1B 51 372 31 4 45 .990 .990 7.90 8.32 9.59 9.84 40 378.3 1976 27 MIN AL DH 79 1B 23 109 17 3 16 .977 .992 5.48 8.88 8.91 9.85 11 127.3 1977 28 MIN AL DH 85 1B 23 133 7 4 9 .972 .990 6.09 8.79 10.35 10.02 13 121.7 1978 29 MIN AL DH 35 1B 27 213 22 3 14 .987 .992 8.70 8.75 11.03 10.05 24 191.7 LF 9 15 0 1 0 .938 .974 1.67 1.78 2.30 2.21 7 58.7 1979 30 TOT AL 1B 28 209 18 4 20 .983 .992 8.11 8.85 11.29 10.08 21 181.0 TOT AL DH 13 MIN AL DH 12 1B 8 46 3 0 6 1.000 .992 6.12 8.85 11.61 10.09 3 38.0 TOR AL 1B 20 163 15 4 14 .978 .992 8.90 8.85 11.20 10.08 18 143.0 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 1.95 0 3.7 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1973 24 MIN AL 1B 11 86 5 1 7 .989 .992 8.27 8.27 9.41 9.86 10 87.0 1974 25 MIN AL 1B 75 479 42 2 45 .996 .992 6.95 8.01 8.94 9.70 57 524.7 1975 26 MIN AL 1B 51 372 31 4 45 .990 .990 7.90 8.32 9.59 9.84 40 378.3 1976 27 MIN AL 1B 23 109 17 3 16 .977 .992 5.48 8.88 8.91 9.85 11 127.3 1977 28 MIN AL 1B 23 133 7 4 9 .972 .990 6.09 8.79 10.35 10.02 13 121.7 1978 29 MIN AL 1B 27 213 22 3 14 .987 .992 8.70 8.75 11.03 10.05 24 191.7 1979 30 TOT AL 1B 28 209 18 4 20 .983 .992 8.11 8.85 11.29 10.08 21 181.0 MIN AL 1B 8 46 3 0 6 1.000 .992 6.12 8.85 11.61 10.09 3 38.0 TOR AL 1B 20 163 15 4 14 .978 .992 8.90 8.85 11.20 10.08 18 143.0 1973 24 MIN AL DH 2 1976 27 MIN AL DH 79 1977 28 MIN AL DH 85 1978 29 MIN AL DH 35 1979 30 TOT AL DH 13 MIN AL DH 12 TOR AL DH 1 1973 24 MIN AL LF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.70 1.44 2.02 2 18.7 1978 29 MIN AL LF 9 15 0 1 0 .938 .974 1.67 1.78 2.30 2.21 7 58.7 1973 24 MIN AL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.00 1.44 2.31 2 18.7 1978 29 MIN AL OF 9 15 0 1 0 .938 .980 1.67 2.13 2.30 2.47 7 58.7 1979 30 TOR AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 1.95 0 3.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 238 1601 142 21 156 .988 .991 7.32 8.43 9.73 9.86 176 1611.7 DH 214 Games not counted in Overall Total below LF* 11 18 0 1 0 .947 .973 1.64 1.76 2.10 2.17 9 77.3 P* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 1.95 0 3.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 250 1619 142 22 156 .988 .991 7.04 8.12 9.36 9.50 185 1693
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Transactions 

June 27, 1970: Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent.

July 25, 1979: Purchased by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Minnesota Twins.

October 22, 1979: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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