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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1979 CHW AL 24 OF 5 4 26.0 13 12 1 0 1 1.000 2.0 92.3 2.0 0.8 1.2 0 4.50 2.60 .977 2.46 2.12
1979 CHW AL 24 RF 3 3 18.0 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 1.4 93.3 1.4 0.1 1.3 0 4.50 3.00 .978 2.25 1.87
1979 CHW AL 24 CF 1 0 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 280.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 9.00 3.00 .967 3.00 2.60
1979 CHW AL 24 LF 1 1 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -24.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.16 1.80
1980 CHW AL 25 OF 34 16 162.2 48 45 2 1 1 .979 2.2 16.2 2.2 1.4 0.8 0 2.60 1.38 .979 2.47 2.15
1980 CHW AL 25 LF 20 7 83.2 24 21 2 1 1 .958 1.2 17.2 1.2 0.5 0.7 0 2.47 1.15 .979 2.36 1.92
1980 CHW AL 25 CF 10 5 52.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 20.8 0.9 1.1 -0.2 0 3.12 1.80 .983 2.92 2.65
1980 CHW AL 25 RF 6 4 27.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 4.4 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0 1.67 0.83 .980 2.13 1.77
1981 CHW AL 26 OF 51 8 187.2 54 54 0 0 0 1.000 3.9 24.9 2.9 2.0 0.9 1 2.59 1.06 .983 2.48 2.16
1981 CHW AL 26 LF 28 2 92.0 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.5 19.6 1.5 1.0 0.5 0 2.45 0.89 .980 2.38 1.99
1981 CHW AL 26 CF 13 3 60.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.7 54.0 1.7 0.6 1.1 1 3.15 1.62 .986 2.90 2.61
1981 CHW AL 26 RF 13 3 35.2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -10.1 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 0 2.02 0.62 .975 2.17 1.75
1981 CHW AL 26 DH 5
1982 CHW AL 27 CF 21 6 76.1 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 12.6 -0.2 -0.5 0.3 1 2.36 0.95 .985 2.84 2.49
1982 CHW AL 27 OF 21 6 83.1 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 7.2 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 1 2.27 1.00 .981 2.47 2.15
1982 CHW AL 27 RF 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -51.4 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 2.31 1.90
1983 TOT AL 28 OF 57 41 363.0 111 106 3 2 1 .982 -5.6 -18.5 -4.6 1.6 -6.2 -1 2.70 1.91 .981 2.50 2.16
1983 TOT AL 28 CF 52 38 333.0 103 99 2 2 1 .981 -6.1 -22.0 -5.1 1.3 -6.4 -1 2.73 1.94 .987 2.93 2.56
1983 CHW AL 28 OF 27 14 127.0 41 40 0 1 0 .976 -2.5 -23.6 -0.5 1.2 -1.7 -2 2.83 1.48 .980 2.50 2.16
1983 CHW AL 28 CF 25 14 123.0 41 40 0 1 0 .976 -2.7 -26.3 -0.7 1.3 -2.0 -2 2.93 1.60 .988 2.93 2.56
1983 CHW AL 28 LF 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 60.0 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0 2.25 0.50 1.000 2.25 1.90
1983 CHW AL 28 DH 1
1983 MIN AL 28 OF 30 27 236.0 70 66 3 1 1 .986 -3.1 -15.8 -4.1 0.4 -4.5 1 2.63 2.30 .981 2.50 2.16
1983 MIN AL 28 CF 27 24 210.0 62 59 2 1 1 .984 -3.4 -19.4 -4.4 0.0 -4.4 1 2.61 2.26 .987 2.93 2.56
1983 MIN AL 28 RF 3 3 26.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 13.8 0.3 0.4 -0.1 0 2.77 2.67 .975 2.25 1.87
1984 DET AL 29 OF 67 35 342.2 77 74 2 1 1 .987 -7.7 -27.0 -7.7 -4.4 -3.5 0 2.00 1.13 .983 2.51 2.17
1984 DET AL 29 RF 37 28 222.1 43 42 0 1 0 .977 -2.5 -13.5 -2.5 -2.1 -0.4 0 1.70 1.14 .979 2.23 1.88
1984 DET AL 29 CF 22 7 94.1 24 22 2 0 1 1.000 -5.4 -68.7 -5.4 -2.1 -3.4 0 2.29 1.09 .987 3.01 2.62
1984 DET AL 29 LF 12 0 26.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 9.2 0.2 -0.2 0.3 0 2.42 0.58 .986 2.28 1.80
1984 DET AL 29 DH 10
1985 DET AL 30 DH 3
1985 DET AL 30 1B 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 9.90 8.70
6 Seasons OF 235 110 1165.1 324 312 8 4 4 .988 -4.7 -4.8 -5.7 0.9 -6.8 1 2.47 1.36 .981 2.49 2.16
6 Seasons CF 119 59 618.2 189 183 4 2 2 .989 -6.4 -12.4 -7.4 1.1 -8.6 1 2.72 1.57 .986 2.93 2.57
5 Seasons LF 63 10 210.2 57 54 2 1 1 .982 3.0 17.1 3.0 1.2 1.7 0 2.39 0.89 .981 2.35 1.93
6 Seasons RF 63 41 336.0 73 70 2 1 1 .986 -1.3 -4.6 -1.3 -1.4 0.1 0 1.93 1.14 .978 2.22 1.84
4 Seasons DH 19
1 Season 1B 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 9.90 8.70
7 Seasons TOT 236 110 1168.1 325 312 8 5 4 .985 -4.8 -4.9 -5.8 0.9 -6.9 1 0 2.47 1.36 .966 2.51 2.19
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1979 CHW AL 24 5 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 5 0 0 0
1980 CHW AL 25 36 16 36 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 10 6 34 0 4 1
1981 CHW AL 26 67 8 67 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 13 13 51 0 3 23
1982 CHW AL 27 21 6 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 1 21 0 0 1
1983 MIN AL 28 31 27 31 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 3 30 0 0 1
1983 CHW AL 28 28 14 28 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25 0 27 0 4 1
1984 DET AL 29 84 38 84 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 22 37 67 3 15 13
1985 DET AL 30 5 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
7 Seasons 277 113 277 236 0 0 1 0 0 0 63 119 63 235 3 31 40
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1979 CHW AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 11 64% 91% 55% 4 75%
1980 CHW AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 233 65% 79% 23% 28 64%
1981 CHW AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 8 6 75.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 276 55% 78% 24% 39 54%
1982 CHW AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 7 7 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 343 62% 78% 22% 44 45%
1983 MIN AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 17 14 0 19 1 0 3 1 0 5 1 0 2 1 1 46 18 39.1% 27 1 2.2% 1 983 50% 79% 27% 136 44%
1983 CHW AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 6 1 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 3 2 0 21 6 28.6% 15 0 0.0% 0 562 63% 80% 24% 75 53%
1984 DET AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 7 0 0.0% 6 1 14.3% 1 440 47% 78% 25% 26 85%
6 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 3 0 34 24 0 29 3 0 8 4 0 13 2 0 11 8 2 95 41 43.2% 52 2 2.1% 2 2848 55% 79% 25% 352 52%
MLB Averages 42.9% 2.3% 57% 79% 26% 64%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1979 CHW AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 21 86% 90% 24% 1 0%
1980 CHW AL 25 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 5 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 12 8 66.7% 3 1 8.3% 1 376 59% 78% 22% 47 47%
1981 CHW AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 4 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 13 7 53.8% 6 0 0.0% 0 380 59% 82% 26% 46 54%
1983 CHW AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 47% 93% 27% 1 100%
1984 DET AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 61% 81% 35% 7 100%
5 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 8 7 0 7 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 6 5 0 26 15 57.7% 10 1 3.8% 1 910 60% 81% 26% 102 54%
MLB Averages 58.3% 2.7% 57% 79% 26% 55%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1979 CHW AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 1 92 67% 75% 27% 10 80%
1980 CHW AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 112 68% 88% 26% 11 45%
1981 CHW AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 172 60% 80% 26% 11 73%
1982 CHW AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 77% 77% 27% 1 0%
1983 MIN AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 25.0% 2 1 25.0% 0 133 73% 71% 24% 12 67%
1984 DET AL 29 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 972 46% 79% 28% 44 95%
6 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 16 6 37.5% 9 1 6.3% 1 1507 53% 78% 27% 89 80%
MLB Averages 43.1% 3.1% 57% 79% 26% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1985 DET AL 30 15 73% 73% 0% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 15 73% 73% 0% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 95% 90%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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