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
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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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
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	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
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	8/97
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	8/7
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	987/D
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	-13	0	0	0	0	0	0	/3
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1979	24	CHW	AL	13	-2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	-2	-0.2	0.2	$	/987
1980	25	CHW	AL	67	-4	0	-1	0	2	-1	2	-2	-0.2	-4	-0.4	0.2	$	78/9
1981	26	CHW	AL	63	-1	0	-1	0	4	-1	2	4	0.4	-1	-0.1	0.5	$	789
1982	27	CHW	AL	28	-3	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$	8/9
1983	28	CHW	AL	48	-1	1	0	1	-2	0	2	0	0.0	3	0.3	-0.3	$	8/7
1983	28	MIN	AL	113	-5	0	-1	-1	-3	0	4	-6	-0.7	-3	-0.3	-0.4	$	8/9
1984	29	DET	AL	168	7	-1	0	0	-8	-2	5	1	0.2	9	0.9	-0.7	$	987/D
1985	30	DET	AL	7	-1	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/3
7 Seasons				507	-10	0	-3	0	-5	-4	16	-5	-0.5	-1	-0.1	-0.4	$

CHW (5 yrs)				219	-11	1	-2	1	6	-2	7	1	0.1	-6	-0.6	0.7	$
DET (2 yrs)				175	6	-1	0	0	-8	-2	5	0	0.1	8	0.8	-0.7	$
MIN (1 yr)				113	-5	0	-1	-1	-3	0	4	-6	-0.7	-3	-0.3	-0.4	$

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 Season (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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1979	CHW	AL	24	OF	5	4	2	26.0	13	12	1	0	1	1.000	2	92	4.50	2.60	.981	2.46	2.44
1979	CHW	AL	24	RF	3	3	1	18.0	9	8	1	0	1	1.000	1	93	4.50	3.00	.980	2.25	2.23
1979	CHW	AL	24	CF	1	0	0	3.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1	280	9.00	3.00	.983	3.00	2.90
1979	CHW	AL	24	LF	1	1	1	5.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-24	0.00	0.00		2.16	2.20
1980	CHW	AL	25	OF	34	16	9	162.2	48	45	2	1	1	.979	2	16	2.60	1.38	.979	2.47	2.46
1980	CHW	AL	25	LF	20	7	4	83.2	24	21	2	1	1	.958	1	17	2.47	1.15	.980	2.36	2.35
1980	CHW	AL	25	CF	10	5	5	52.0	18	18	0	0	0	1.000	1	21	3.12	1.80	.983	2.92	2.91
1980	CHW	AL	25	RF	6	4	0	27.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0	4	1.67	0.83	.976	2.13	2.12
1981	CHW	AL	26	OF	51	8	5	187.2	54	54	0	0	0	1.000	4	25	2.59	1.06	.983	2.48	2.47
1981	CHW	AL	26	LF	28	2	2	92.0	25	25	0	0	0	1.000	2	20	2.45	0.89	.979	2.38	2.38
1981	CHW	AL	26	CF	13	3	3	60.0	21	21	0	0	0	1.000	3	54	3.15	1.62	.988	2.90	2.89
1981	CHW	AL	26	RF	13	3	0	35.2	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-10	2.02	0.62	.980	2.17	2.15
1982	CHW	AL	27	CF	21	6	4	76.1	20	20	0	0	0	1.000	1	13	2.36	0.95	.985	2.84	2.83
1982	CHW	AL	27	OF	21	6	4	83.1	21	21	0	0	0	1.000	0	7	2.27	1.00	.982	2.47	2.46
1982	CHW	AL	27	RF	1	0	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-51	0.00	0.00		2.31	2.30
1983	TOT	AL	28	OF	57	41	32	363.0	111	106	3	2	1	.982	-6	-19	2.70	1.91	.981	2.50	2.48
1983	TOT	AL	28	CF	52	38	29	333.0	103	99	2	2	1	.981	-6	-22	2.73	1.94	.987	2.93	2.91
1983	CHW	AL	28	OF	27	14	9	127.0	41	40	0	1	0	.976	-2	-24	2.83	1.48	.981	2.50	2.48
1983	CHW	AL	28	CF	25	14	9	123.0	41	40	0	1	0	.976	-3	-26	2.93	1.60	.987	2.93	2.91
1983	CHW	AL	28	LF	2	0	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	60	2.25	0.50	.980	2.25	2.30
1983	MIN	AL	28	OF	30	27	23	236.0	70	66	3	1	1	.986	-3	-16	2.63	2.30	.981	2.50	2.48
1983	MIN	AL	28	CF	27	24	20	210.0	62	59	2	1	1	.984	-3	-19	2.61	2.26	.987	2.93	2.91
1983	MIN	AL	28	RF	3	3	3	26.0	8	7	1	0	0	1.000	0	14	2.77	2.67	.978	2.25	2.23
1984	DET	AL	29	OF	67	35	20	342.2	77	74	2	1	1	.987	-8	-27	2.00	1.13	.983	2.51	2.49
1984	DET	AL	29	RF	37	28	13	222.1	43	42	0	1	0	.977	-2	-13	1.70	1.14	.979	2.23	2.21
1984	DET	AL	29	CF	22	7	7	94.1	24	22	2	0	1	1.000	-5	-69	2.29	1.09	.986	3.01	2.99
1984	DET	AL	29	LF	12	0	0	26.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	0	9	2.42	0.58	.981	2.28	2.26
1984	DET	AL	29	DH	3	3
1985	DET	AL	30	1B	1	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	-0	-40	0.00	0.00	.990	9.90	9.70
	6 Seasons			OF	235	110	72	1165.1	324	312	8	4	4	.988	-5	-5	2.47	1.36	.982	2.49	2.48
	6 Seasons			CF	119	59	48	618.2	189	183	4	2	2	.989	-6	-12	2.72	1.57	.986	2.93	2.91
	5 Seasons			LF	63	10	7	210.2	57	54	2	1	1	.982	3	17	2.39	0.89	.980	2.35	2.34
	6 Seasons			RF	63	41	17	336.0	73	70	2	1	1	.986	-1	-5	1.93	1.14	.979	2.22	2.19
	1 Season			1B	1	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	-0	-40	0.00	0.00	.990	9.90	9.70
	7 Seasons			TOT	236	110	72	1168.1	325	312	8	5	4	.985	-5	-5	2.47	1.36	.982	2.51	2.51
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 11th round of the 1977 amateur draft.
June 21, 1983: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Minnesota Twins for Mike Sodders (minors).
December 8, 1983: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Detroit Tigers for Larry Pashnick.
October 9, 1985: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
December 8, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

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