Craig Kusick
Craig Robert Kusick
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 232 lb.

Born: September 30, 1948 in Milwaukee, WI
School: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1973
Final Game: September 30, 1979
Died: September 27, 2006 in Minneapolis, MN
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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
1973 24 MIN AL 15 56 48 4 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 7 9 .250 .357 .292 .649 82 14 0 1 0 0 0 3/D7
1974 25 MIN AL 76 238 201 36 48 7 1 8 26 0 0 35 36 .239 .353 .403 .756 114 81 5 1 0 1 1 3
1975 26 MIN AL 57 183 156 14 37 8 0 6 27 0 0 21 23 .237 .346 .404 .750 110 63 3 5 1 0 1 3
1976 27 MIN AL 109 306 266 33 69 13 0 11 36 5 1 35 44 .259 .344 .432 .777 124 115 3 1 1 3 0 D3
1977 28 MIN AL 115 325 268 34 68 12 0 12 45 3 1 49 60 .254 .370 .433 .803 120 116 14 3 1 4 5 D3
1978 29 MIN AL 77 233 191 23 33 3 2 4 20 3 2 37 38 .173 .305 .272 .577 63 52 8 1 0 4 2 D3/7
1979 30 TOT AL 47 120 108 11 24 5 0 5 13 0 0 10 18 .222 .292 .407 .699 85 44 3 1 0 1 0 3D/1
1979 30 MIN AL 24 57 54 8 13 4 0 3 6 0 0 3 11 .241 .281 .481 .762 99 26 1 0 0 0 0 D/3
1979 30 TOR AL 23 63 54 3 11 1 0 2 7 0 0 7 7 .204 .302 .333 .635 72 18 2 1 0 1 0 3/D1
7 Seasons 496 1461 1238 155 291 50 3 46 171 11 4 194 228 .235 .342 .392 .733 105 485 36 13 3 13 9
162 Game Avg. 162 477 404 51 95 16 1 15 56 4 1 63 74 .235 .342 .392 .733 105 158 12 4 1 4 3
MIN (7 yrs) 473 1398 1184 152 280 49 3 44 164 11 4 187 221 .236 .343 .394 .738 107 467 34 12 3 12 9
TOR (1 yr) 23 63 54 3 11 1 0 2 7 0 0 7 7 .204 .302 .333 .635 72 18 2 1 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
1973 24 MIN AL 56 36 6 4.5 97 .308 .250 .264 .357 .334 .292 .388 .649 .722 82 .513 -0.8 -0.1 .611 .188 .042
1974 25 MIN AL 238 159 30 5.1 92 .253 .239 .263 .353 .328 .403 .378 .756 .706 114 .593 4.6 0.5 .741 .338 .164 .0
1975 26 MIN AL 183 123 23 5.0 94 .244 .237 .260 .346 .330 .404 .382 .750 .713 110 .570 2.6 0.3 .730 .301 .167 .0
1976 27 MIN AL 306 205 43 5.7 88 .271 .259 .259 .344 .324 .432 .366 .777 .690 124 .655 8.8 0.9 .771 .320 .173 6.9
1977 28 MIN AL 325 220 43 5.2 99 .280 .254 .265 .370 .329 .433 .403 .803 .732 120 .555 9.7 1.0 .791 .369 .179 4.8
1978 29 MIN AL 233 172 17 2.6 95 .190 .173 .263 .305 .329 .272 .388 .577 .717 63 .289 -8.6 -0.9 .542 .298 .099 3.4
1979 30 TOT AL 120 88 13 3.9 104 .221 .222 .272 .292 .337 .407 .412 .699 .749 85 .419 -2.5 -0.2 .632 .278 .185 .0
1979 30 MIN AL 57 42 7 4.4 105 .250 .241 .274 .281 .340 .481 .416 .762 .755 99 .473 -0.4 0.0 .690 .296 .241 .0
1979 30 TOR AL 63 46 6 3.5 102 .196 .204 .270 .302 .334 .333 .408 .635 .743 72 .365 -2.1 -0.2 .578 .259 .130 .0
7 Seasons 1461 1003 175 4.7 95 .251 .235 .263 .342 .329 .392 .386 .733 .715 105 .538 13.8 1.5 .708 .319 .157 17.8
162 Game Avg. 477 328 57 4.7 95 .251 .235 .263 .342 .329 .392 .386 .733 .715 105 .538 5 0 .708 .319 .157 6
MIN (7 yrs) 1398 957 169 4.7 94 .253 .236 .263 .343 .329 .394 .385 .738 .714 107 .544 15.8 1.7 .714 .322 .158 17.6
TOR (1 yr) 63 46 6 3.5 102 .196 .204 .270 .302 .334 .333 .408 .635 .743 72 .365 -2.1 -0.2 .578 .259 .130 .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
1973 24 MIN AL 56 0.0% 16.1% 12.5% 3.6% 17% 1.29 5.3 12.0 0.79 70%
1974 25 MIN AL 238 3.4% 15.1% 14.7% 6.7% 33% 1.03 5.6 25.1 7.7 0.82 66%
1975 26 MIN AL 183 3.3% 12.6% 11.5% 7.7% 38% 1.10 6.8 26.0 5.8 0.96 69%
1976 27 MIN AL 306 3.6% 14.4% 11.4% 7.8% 35% 1.26 6.0 24.2 7.4 0.77 70%
1977 28 MIN AL 325 3.7% 18.5% 15.1% 7.4% 35% 1.22 4.5 22.3 6.0 1.11 62%
1978 29 MIN AL 233 1.7% 16.3% 15.9% 3.9% 27% 1.03 5.0 47.8 9.6 0.97 66%
1979 30 TOT AL 120 4.2% 15.0% 8.3% 8.3% 42% 1.80 6.0 21.6 8.3 0.92 72%
1979 30 MIN AL 57 5.3% 19.3% 5.3% 12.3% 54% 3.67 4.9 18.0 9.0 0.48 70%
1979 30 TOR AL 63 3.2% 11.1% 11.1% 4.8% 27% 1.00 7.7 27.0 7.7 1.53 73%
7 Seasons 1461 3.2% 15.6% 13.3% 6.8% 34% 1.18 5.4 26.9 7.2 0.91 67%
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
1973 24 MIN AL 2 0 20% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 25% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1974 25 MIN AL 3 0 37% 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 46% 13 8 5 3 1 2 10 5 5
1975 26 MIN AL 3 0 14% 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 36% 7 6 1 2 1 1 5 2 3
1976 27 MIN AL 7 0 23% 103 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 37% 13 11 2 5 2 3 12 5 6
1977 28 MIN AL 5 0 20% 111 3 1 75% 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 7 6 43% 18 15 3 5 1 4 5 0 5
1978 29 MIN AL 0 0 28% 81 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 25% 12 11 1 1 1 0 7 3 4
1979 30 TOT AL 1 0 20% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 31% 7 5 2 2 2 0 4 2 2
1979 30 MIN AL 0 0 39% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40% 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 2
1979 30 TOR AL 1 0 6% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 25% 7 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 21 0 24% 509 11 4 73% 11 3 0 0 0 1 3 1 21 27 37% 72 58 14 18 8 10 45 18 26
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
1973 24 MIN AL 56 48% 12 1 0 0 0 2.89 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0% 6 0 0% 45 4 9% 5 1 20% 2 1 50% 0
1974 25 MIN AL 238 60% 48 7 2 0 0 1.51 8 0 9 3 5 2 6 0 0 0 56 5 9% 30 3 10% 161 20 12% 20 6 30% 12 3 25% 0
1975 26 MIN AL 183 50% 37 9 3 1 2 2.11 6 0 6 3 3 4 2 0 1 1 100% 32 3 9% 12 4 33% 140 21 15% 8 3 38% 15 3 20% 0
1976 27 MIN AL 306 64% 69 11 1 0 1 1.39 11 0 7 5 6 6 5 0 2 1 50% 48 3 6% 17 6 35% 178 26 15% 17 8 47% 18 6 33% 0
1977 28 MIN AL 325 73% 68 10 4 1 3 2.61 12 0 9 3 9 3 9 0 2 1 50% 53 14 26% 34 10 29% 221 36 16% 19 9 47% 27 6 22% 0
1978 29 MIN AL 233 73% 33 8 2 1 2 2.19 4 0 6 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 48 8 17% 31 5 16% 167 16 10% 14 6 43% 20 4 20% 0
1979 30 TOT AL 120 76% 24 6 1 0 0 2.52 5 0 2 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 24 3 13% 8 1 13% 66 8 12% 3 2 67% 2 1 50% 0
1979 30 MIN AL 57 63% 13 4 1 0 0 1.65 3 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 10 1 10% 4 0 0% 27 3 11% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1979 30 TOR AL 63 87% 11 2 0 0 0 4.26 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 14 2 14% 4 1 25% 39 5 13% 2 2 100% 1 0 0% 0
7 Seasons 1461 65% 291 52 13 3 8 2.05 46 0 41 17 29 20 26 0 5 3 60% 275 36 13% 138 29 21% 978 131 13% 86 35 41% 96 24 25% 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
1973 24 15 56 48 4 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 7 9 .250 .357 .292 .649 82 14 0 1 0 0 0
1974 25 91 294 249 40 60 9 1 8 30 0 0 42 45 .241 .354 .382 .735 108 95 5 2 0 1 1
1975 26 148 477 405 54 97 17 1 14 57 0 0 63 68 .240 .351 .390 .741 109 158 8 7 1 1 2
1976 27 257 783 671 87 166 30 1 25 93 5 1 98 112 .247 .348 .407 .755 115 273 11 8 2 4 2
1977 28 372 1108 939 121 234 42 1 37 138 8 2 147 172 .249 .355 .414 .769 116 389 25 11 3 8 7
1978 29 449 1341 1130 144 267 45 3 41 158 11 4 184 210 .236 .346 .390 .736 107 441 33 12 3 12 9
1979 30 496 1461 1238 155 291 50 3 46 171 11 4 194 228 .235 .342 .392 .733 105 485 36 13 3 13 9

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1973 24 15 59 50 4 14 2 0 0 4 0 8 9 .280 .390 .320 .710 6 15
1974 25 76 247 206 39 53 8 1 9 29 0 39 36 .257 .377 .437 .813 33 76
1975 26 57 192 162 15 42 9 0 7 30 0 24 23 .259 .375 .444 .819 25 57
1976 27 110 321 277 38 79 15 0 13 42 6 40 44 .285 .374 .480 .854 49 109
1977 28 115 327 270 36 70 12 0 12 47 3 50 60 .259 .376 .437 .813 45 115
1978 29 77 241 195 26 37 3 2 4 22 3 41 38 .190 .328 .287 .615 19 77
1979 30 47 120 108 11 23 5 0 5 12 0 10 18 .213 .283 .398 .681 12 47
7 Seasons 497 1507 1268 169 318 54 3 50 186 12 212 228 .251 .361 .416 .777 189 496
162 Game Avg. 162 491 413 55 104 18 1 16 61 4 69 74 .251 .361 .416 .777 62 496

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2143), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Joe Hague (958)
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