Rusty Kuntz
Russell Jay Kuntz
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 4, 1955 in Orange, CA
School: California State University, Stanislaus
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 11th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1979
Final Game: April 24, 1985
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Standard Batting

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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
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 AL 36 67 62 5 14 4 0 0 3 1 0 5 13 .226 .284 .290 .574 58 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 85 16 1 1 1 0 0 789/D
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 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 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 AL 5 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 .000 .286 .000 .286 -13 0 0 0 0 0 0 /D3
7 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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 99 .286 .226 .269 .284 .331 .290 .399 .574 .730 58 .272 -3.5 -0.4 .480 .161 .065 .0
1981 26 CHW AL 63 43 6 3.8 87 .298 .255 .254 .339 .318 .291 .369 .630 .687 85 .460 -0.8 -0.1 .571 .164 .036 .0
1982 27 CHW AL 28 22 1 1.2 98 .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 .270 .298 .333 .303 .408 .601 .740 64 .312 -7.1 -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 2.5 101 .229 .190 .270 .274 .333 .310 .408 .584 .740 59 .249 -5.9 -0.6 .506 .240 .120 .0
1984 29 DET AL 168 106 25 6.3 97 .339 .286 .264 .393 .326 .414 .398 .807 .724 125 .649 6.6 0.6 .808 .307 .129 2.0
1985 30 DET AL 7 6 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .261 .286 .327 .000 .406 .286 .733 -13 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .167 .200 .000
7 Seasons 507 356 50 3.8 98 .297 .236 .265 .328 .328 .322 .398 .650 .727 81 .420 -9.6 -1.0 .585 .227 .086 5.0
162 Game Avg. 297 208 29 3.8 98 .297 .236 .265 .328 .328 .322 .398 .650 .727 81 .420 -9.6 -1.0 .585 .227 .086 3
CHW (5 yrs) 219 158 17 2.9 96 .304 .230 .264 .307 .328 .270 .393 .578 .721 63 .312 -9.5 -1.0 .497 .163 .041 .0
DET (2 yrs) 175 112 25 6.0 97 .330 .276 .264 .389 .326 .400 .398 .789 .724 120 .625 5.9 0.6 .773 .303 .124 2.0
MIN (1 yr) 113 86 8 2.5 101 .229 .190 .270 .274 .333 .310 .408 .584 .740 59 .250 -5.9 -0.6 .506 .240 .120 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1984 29 DET AL ALCS KCR W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 29 DET AL WS SDP W 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 Season (2 Series) 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 ALCS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
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 Seasons 507 1.0% 20.9% 11.8% 5.5% 27% 1.77 4.2 88.2 11.6 0.96 66%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1979 24 CHW AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 25 CHW AL 0 0 26% 23 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1981 26 CHW AL 0 0 71% 52 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 42% 13 9 4 2 1 1 9 2 5
1982 27 CHW AL 0 0 57% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
1983 28 TOT AL 1 0 36% 60 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 63% 8 2 6 2 1 1 6 3 3
1983 28 CHW AL 1 0 35% 16 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 75% 4 1 3 1 0 1 3 1 2
1983 28 MIN AL 0 0 36% 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 50% 4 1 3 1 1 0 3 2 1
1984 29 DET AL 1 0 47% 103 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 8 42% 17 13 4 4 3 1 12 3 9
1985 30 DET AL 0 0 0% 0 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2 0 44% 249 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 6 1 8 18 47% 38 24 14 9 5 4 29 9 18
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 1 0 0% 0
1980 25 CHW AL 67 72% 14 3 2 0 0 2.39 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 20% 6 0 0% 36 3 8% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1981 26 CHW AL 63 52% 14 3 0 0 0 1.92 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 10 1 10% 6 1 17% 40 4 10% 3 1 33% 7 1 14% 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 1.27 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 25 5 20% 15 5 33% 75 3 4% 4 3 75% 10 3 30% 0
1983 28 CHW AL 48 75% 11 4 1 0 0 1.27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 9% 4 2 50% 32 1 3% 1 1 100% 4 2 50% 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% 6 1 17% 0
1984 29 DET AL 168 80% 40 9 4 0 0 0.88 2 0 7 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 25 2 8% 13 7 54% 101 20 20% 15 11 73% 13 5 38% 0
1985 30 DET AL 7 86% 0 2 0 0 0 3.57 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 9 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
7 Seasons 507 65% 104 21 7 0 0 1.58 5 0 13 2 3 3 2 0 1 1 100% 80 12 15% 45 13 29% 293 33 11% 27 16 59% 33 9 27% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B 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 0 2 6 .091 .231 .091 .322 -9 1 1 0 0 0 0
1980 25 41 80 73 5 15 4 0 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 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 0 10 2 0 15 35 .221 .294 .266 .560 58 41 5 1 1 0 0
1983 28 188 332 296 43 64 11 0 3 16 3 0 33 76 .216 .296 .284 .580 61 84 10 1 1 1 0
1984 29 272 500 436 75 104 23 0 5 38 5 2 58 104 .239 .329 .326 .654 82 142 12 2 1 3 1
1985 30 277 507 441 75 104 23 0 5 38 5 3 60 106 .236 .328 .322 .650 81 142 12 2 1 3 1

Neutralized Batting

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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 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1979 24 5 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .000 .154 .000 .154 0 5
1980 25 36 67 62 5 14 4 0 0 3 1 5 13 .226 .284 .290 .574 5 36
1981 26 101 100 87 27 25 4 0 0 7 2 11 12 .287 .380 .333 .713 11 67
1982 27 21 27 25 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 8 .160 .222 .200 .422 1 21
1983 28 59 161 142 19 30 4 0 3 6 1 18 41 .211 .298 .303 .601 13 59
1984 29 84 173 143 34 43 13 0 2 23 2 27 28 .301 .410 .434 .844 26 84
1985 30 5 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .286 .000 .286 0 5
7 Seasons 311 548 475 88 116 26 0 5 41 6 67 110 .244 .339 .331 .670 56 277
162 Game Avg. 162 285 247 46 60 14 0 3 21 3 35 57 .244 .339 .331 .670 29 277

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