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Rusty Kuntz

Russell Jay Kuntz

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 4, 1955 in Orange, CA
School: California State University Stanislaus (Turlock, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 11th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1979
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Tigers/Twins 1979-1985

Final Game: April 24, 1985
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1977	22	CHW-min	Rk	51	223	174	49	50	9	5	3	33	8	1	40	29	.287	.409	.448	.857		78		0	3	6			WHS · GULF
1978	23	CHW-min	AA	113	470	395	68	104	25	7	10	57	11	5	61	76	.263	.358	.438	.796		173		1	6	7			KNX · SOUL
1979	24	CHW-min	AAA	122	463	394	67	116	27	5	15	57	4	4	56	111	.294	.382	.503	.885		198		2	8	3			IWA · AA
1979	24	CHW	AL	5	13	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.091	.231	.091	.322	-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	/987
1980	25	CHW-min	AAA	91	387	339	47	99	20	2	11	54	9	6	37	61	.292	.360	.460	.820		156		1	6	4			IWA · AA
1980	25	CHW	AL	36	67	62	5	14	4	0	0	3	1	0	5	13	.226	.284	.290	.574	59	18	2	0	0	0	0	78/9
1981	26	CHW	AL	67	63	55	15	14	2	0	0	4	1	0	6	8	.255	.339	.291	.630	86	16	1	1	1	0	0	789D
1982	27	CHW-min	AAA	69	249	193	35	52	11	2	7	34	7	11	50	54	.269	.415	.456	.871		88		0	3	3	1		EDM · PCL
1982	27	CHW	AL	21	28	26	4	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	8	.192	.250	.231	.481	34	6	1	0	0	0	0	8/9
1983	28	CHW-min	AAA	13	50	43	6	15	2	1	1	8	1	2	6	7	.349	.440	.512	.952		22		1	0	0	0		DEN · AA
1983	28	TOT	AL	59	161	142	19	30	4	0	3	6	1	0	18	41	.211	.298	.303	.601	64	43	5	0	0	1	0	8/97D
1983	28	CHW	AL	28	48	42	6	11	1	0	0	1	1	0	6	13	.262	.354	.286	.640	77	12	1	0	0	0	0	8/7D
1983	28	MIN	AL	31	113	100	13	19	3	0	3	5	0	0	12	28	.190	.274	.310	.584	59	31	4	0	0	1	0	8/9
1984	29	DET-min	AAA	10	36	27	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	7	.185	.353	.185	.538		5		0	2	0	2		EVN · AA
1984	29	DET	AL	84	168	140	32	40	12	0	2	22	2	2	25	28	.286	.393	.414	.807	125	58	2	1	0	2	1	987D
1985	30	DET-min	AAA	74	208	167	24	37	5	0	7	29	7	6	33	39	.222	.351	.377	.728		63		2	3	3	0		NVL · AA
1985	30	DET	AL	5	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	.000	.286	.000	.286	-12	0	0	0	0	0	0	/D3
7 Yrs				277	507	441	75	104	23	0	5	38	5	3	60	106	.236	.328	.322	.650	81	142	12	2	1	3	1
162 Game Avg.				162	297	258	44	61	13	0	3	22	3	2	35	62	.236	.328	.322	.650	81	83	7	1	1	2	1

CHW (5 yrs)				157	219	196	30	45	8	0	0	11	3	0	21	48	.230	.307	.270	.578	63	53	6	1	1	0	0
DET (2 yrs)				89	175	145	32	40	12	0	2	22	2	3	27	30	.276	.389	.400	.789	120	58	2	1	0	2	1
MIN (1 yr)				31	113	100	13	19	3	0	3	5	0	0	12	28	.190	.274	.310	.584	59	31	4	0	0	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1979	24	CHW	AL	5	13	-2	0	-0	2	-0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.498	.500	-0.2	0.2	-2	$	/987
1980	25	CHW	AL	36	67	-4	0	-0	2	-1	-2	-0.2	2	-0	0.0	.493	.498	-0.3	0.1	-3	$	78/9
1981	26	CHW	AL	67	63	-1	-0	0	4	-3	-0	-0.0	2	2	0.1	.499	.500	-0.3	0.1	-2	$	789D
1982	27	CHW	AL	21	28	-2	0	-0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.489	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	8/9
1983	28	CHW	AL	28	48	-1	0	1	-2	-0	-2	-0.2	2	-1	-0.1	.492	.499	0.2	-0.2	2	$	8/7D
1983	28	MIN	AL	31	113	-6	0	-1	-3	-0	-10	-1.0	4	-7	-0.7	.465	.493	-0.4	-0.3	-4	$	8/9
1984	29	DET	AL	84	168	5	-0	-0	-8	-3	-6	-0.6	5	-1	-0.1	.492	.496	0.7	-1.1	7	$	987D
1985	30	DET	AL	5	7	-1	-1	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.458	.499	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	/D3
7 Seasons				277	507	-12	0	-0	-5	-9	-26	-2.5	15	-10	-1.1	.490	.498	-0.7	-1.2	-5	$

CHW (5 yrs)				157	219	-10	1	0	6	-5	-7	-0.7	7	-1	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.8	0.2	-7	$
DET (2 yrs)				89	175	4	-1	-0	-8	-4	-8	-0.8	5	-3	-0.3	.490	.497	0.5	-1.1	5	$
MIN (1 yr)				31	113	-6	0	-1	-3	-0	-10	-1.0	4	-7	-0.7	.465	.493	-0.4	-0.3	-4	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1979	24	CHW	AL	13	11	0	0.0	102	.200	.091	.270	.231	.334	.091	.408	.322	.743	-9	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.273	.182	.000
1980	25	CHW	AL	67	50	5	2.7	98	.286	.226	.268	.284	.330	.290	.397	.574	.728	59	.272	-3.4	-0.3	.480	.161	.065	.0
1981	26	CHW	AL	63	43	6	3.8	86	.298	.255	.253	.339	.317	.291	.368	.630	.684	86	.460	-0.7	-0.1	.571	.164	.036	.0
1982	27	CHW	AL	28	22	1	1.2	99	.278	.192	.264	.250	.328	.231	.402	.481	.730	34	.081	-2.4	-0.2	.364	.115	.038
1983	28	TOT	AL	161	118	13	3.0	101	.273	.211	.269	.298	.332	.303	.406	.601	.738	64	.312	-7.0	-0.7	.530	.225	.092	1.5
1983	28	CHW	AL	48	32	5	4.2	101	.379	.262	.270	.354	.333	.286	.408	.640	.740	77	.462	-1.2	-0.1	.594	.190	.024	.0
1983	28	MIN	AL	113	86	8	2.5	100	.229	.190	.269	.274	.331	.310	.406	.584	.737	59	.249	-5.8	-0.6	.506	.240	.120	.0
1984	29	DET	AL	168	106	25	6.3	96	.339	.286	.262	.393	.325	.414	.396	.807	.721	125	.649	6.8	0.7	.808	.307	.129	2.0
1985	30	DET	AL	7	6	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.260	.286	.326	.000	.404	.286	.730	-12	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.167	.200	.000
7 Yrs				507	356	50	3.8	97	.297	.236	.264	.328	.327	.322	.397	.650	.724	81	.420	-9.1	-0.9	.585	.227	.086	5.0
162 Game Avg.				297	208	29	3.8	97	.297	.236	.264	.328	.327	.322	.397	.650	.724	81	.420	-9.1	-0.9	.585	.227	.086	3

CHW (5 yrs)				219	158	17	2.9	96	.304	.230	.264	.307	.327	.270	.393	.578	.719	63	.312	-9.4	-0.9	.497	.163	.041	.0
DET (2 yrs)				175	112	25	6.0	96	.330	.276	.262	.389	.325	.400	.396	.789	.721	120	.626	6.1	0.6	.773	.303	.124	2.0
MIN (1 yr)				113	86	8	2.5	100	.229	.190	.269	.274	.331	.310	.406	.584	.737	59	.250	-5.8	-0.6	.506	.240	.120	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SF
1984	29	DET	AL	ALCS	KCR	W	1	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1984	29	DET	AL	WS	SDP	W	2	2	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
1 Yr (2 Series)							3	3	2	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
1 ALCS							1	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 WS							2	2	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1979	24	CHW	AL	13	0.0%	46.2%	15.4%	0.0%	0%	3.00	1.8			0.67	38%
1980	25	CHW	AL	67	0.0%	19.4%	7.5%	6.0%	29%	2.60	4.8		20.7	1.31	73%
1981	26	CHW	AL	63	0.0%	12.7%	9.5%	3.2%	14%	1.33	6.9		13.8	1.50	75%
1982	27	CHW	AL	28	0.0%	28.6%	7.1%	3.6%	20%	4.00	3.3		8.7	2.00	64%
1983	28	TOT	AL	161	1.9%	25.5%	11.2%	4.4%	23%	2.28	3.5	47.3	23.7	0.85	61%
1983	28	CHW	AL	48	0.0%	27.1%	12.5%	2.1%	9%	2.17	3.2		42.0	0.80	60%
1983	28	MIN	AL	113	2.7%	24.8%	10.6%	5.3%	32%	2.33	3.6	33.3	20.0	0.87	62%
1984	29	DET	AL	168	1.2%	16.7%	14.9%	8.3%	35%	1.12	5.0	70.0	6.4	0.70	67%
1985	30	DET	AL	7	0.0%	28.6%	28.6%	0.0%		1.00	2.5			0.33	43%
7 Yrs				507	1.0%	20.9%	11.8%	5.5%	27%	1.77	4.2	88.2	11.6	0.96	66%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.2%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.58	6.8	43.8	8.5	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1979	24	CHW	AL	-1.7	-0.2	13	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.79	-0.2	-0.2	-2.7	-0.3	0.92	-2.0		0
1980	25	CHW	AL	-3.5	-0.4	69	-0.3	1.0	-1.3	.99	-0.3	0.0	-4.5	-0.5	0.92	-4.7	2.35	3
1981	26	CHW	AL	-0.8	-0.1	66	-0.6	0.4	-1.0	.77	-0.3	-0.5	-2.5	-0.3	0.93	-3.0	1.97	3
1982	27	CHW	AL	-2.4	-0.2	28	-0.2	0.3	-0.4	.64	-0.2	0.0	-2.5	-0.2	1.01	-2.6		0
1983	28	TOT	AL	-7.1	-0.7	163	-0.8	1.6	-2.5	.82	-0.7	-0.3	-11.3	-1.1	0.90	-9.2	1.29	4
1983	28	CHW	AL	-1.2	-0.1	50	-0.2	0.5	-0.7	.84	-0.1	-0.2	-1.7	-0.2	0.94	-1.1	1.29	4
1983	28	MIN	AL	-5.9	-0.6	113	-0.6	1.2	-1.8	.82	-0.7	-0.1	-9.6	-1.0	0.88	-8.2		0
1984	29	DET	AL	6.6	0.6	178	1.2	3.5	-2.2	.94	0.6	0.7	5.6	0.6	0.98	4.8	0.85	12
1985	30	DET	AL	-0.7	-0.1	8	-0.6	0.0	-0.6	1.92	-0.1	-0.2	-3.1	-0.3	1.39	-1.6	3.62	4
7 Yrs				-9.6	-1.0	525	-1.5	6.7	-8.2	.89	-1.3	-0.3	-21.0	-2.1	0.95	-18.3	1.64	26

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1979	24	CHW	AL	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	25	CHW	AL	0	26%	23	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	1	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1981	26	CHW	AL	0	71%	52	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	3	6	42%	13	9	4	2	1	1	9	2	5
1982	27	CHW	AL	0	57%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0
1983	28	TOT	AL	1	36%	60	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	1	3	63%	8	2	6	2	1	1	6	3	3
1983	28	CHW	AL	1	35%	16	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	1	75%	4	1	3	1	0	1	3	1	2
1983	28	MIN	AL	0	36%	44	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	2	50%	4	1	3	1	1	0	3	2	1
1984	29	DET	AL	1	47%	103	2	2	50%	2	2	2	0	3	8	42%	17	13	4	4	3	1	12	3	9
1985	30	DET	AL	0	0%	0	0	1	0%	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				2	44%	249	5	3	63%	5	3	6	1	8	18	47%	38	24	14	9	5	4	29	9	18

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1979	24	CHW	AL	13	69%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	3	0	0%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1980	25	CHW	AL	67	72%	14			3	2	0	0	2.35	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	2	20%	6	0	0%	36	3	8%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1981	26	CHW	AL	63	52%	14			3	0	0	0	1.97	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	10	1	10%	6	1	17%	40	4	10%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	0
1982	27	CHW	AL	28	43%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	1	0	0%	25	3	12%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1983	28	TOT	AL	161	52%	30			4	1	0	0	1.29	3	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0		25	5	20%	15	5	33%	75	3	4%	4	3	75%	6	3	50%	0
1983	28	CHW	AL	48	75%	11			4	1	0	0	1.29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	1	9%	4	2	50%	32	1	3%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0
1983	28	MIN	AL	113	42%	19			0	0	0	0		3	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0		14	4	29%	11	3	27%	43	2	5%	3	2	67%	4	3	75%	0
1984	29	DET	AL	168	80%	40			12	5	0	0	0.85	2	0	7	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		25	2	8%	13	7	54%	101	20	20%	15	11	73%	3	1	33%	0
1985	30	DET	AL	7	86%	0			4	0	0	0	3.62	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
7 Yrs				507	65%	104			26	8	0	0	1.64	5	0	13	2	3	3	2	0	1	1	100%	80	12	15%	45	13	29%	293	33	11%	27	16	59%	12	5	42%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			83%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1979	24	5	13	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.091	.231	.091	.322	-9	1	1	0	0	0	0
1980	25	41	80	73	5	15	4	0	3	1	0	7	19	.205	.275	.260	.535	48	19	3	0	0	0	0
1981	26	108	143	128	20	29	6	0	7	2	0	13	27	.227	.303	.273	.576	64	35	4	1	1	0	0
1982	27	129	171	154	24	34	7	0	10	2	0	15	35	.221	.294	.266	.560	59	41	5	1	1	0	0
1983	28	188	332	296	43	64	11	3	16	3	0	33	76	.216	.296	.284	.580	62	84	10	1	1	1	0
1984	29	272	500	436	75	104	23	5	38	5	2	58	104	.239	.329	.326	.654	83	142	12	2	1	3	1
1985	30	277	507	441	75	104	23	5	38	5	3	60	106	.236	.328	.322	.650	81	142	12	2	1	3	1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1979	24	5	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.000	.154	.000	.154	0	5
1980	25	36	67	62	5	14	4	0	3	1	5	13	.226	.284	.290	.574	5	36
1981	26	101	99	85	26	23	3	0	7	2	10	12	.271	.361	.306	.667	9	67
1982	27	21	29	27	5	6	1	0	4	0	2	8	.222	.276	.259	.535	2	21
1983	28	59	161	142	19	30	4	3	6	1	18	41	.211	.298	.303	.601	13	59
1984	29	84	171	142	35	42	13	2	24	2	26	28	.296	.404	.430	.833	25	84
1985	30	5	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.286	.000	.286	0	5
7 Yrs		311	547	474	90	115	25	5	44	6	65	110	.243	.336	.327	.663	54	277
162 Game Avg.		162	285	247	47	60	13	3	23	3	34	57	.243	.336	.327	.663	28	277

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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