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Art Kusnyer

Arthur William Kusnyer

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 197 lb.

Born: December 19, 1945 in Akron, OH
School: Kent State University (Kent, OH)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 37th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1970
Teams (by GP): Angels/Brewers/Royals/WhiteSox 1970-1978

Final Game: October 1, 1978
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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
1966	20	CHW-min	Rk	11	20	20		6	2	0	0						.300	.300	.400	.700		8							WHS · GULF
1967	21	CHW-min	A	81	292	292		73	8	3	7						.250	.250	.370	.620		108							APP · MIDW
1968	22	CHW-min	A	99	330	330		82	15	1	5						.248	.248	.345	.594		114							APP · MIDW
1969	23	CHW-min	A	129	465	435	58	108	19	7	13	66	5	3	30	65	.248	.297	.414	.711		180							LBG · CARL
1970	24	CHW-min	AA	122	396	396		99	14	2	12						.250	.250	.386	.636		153							MOB · SOUL
1970	24	CHW	AL	4	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200	-45	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1971	25	ANA-min	AAA	129	502	456	73	144	27	3	10	75	3	2	28	49	.316	.355	.454	.809		207		6	1	11			SLC · PCL
1971	25	CAL	AL	6	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.154	.154	.154	.308	-9	2	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1972	26	CAL	AL	64	198	179	13	37	2	1	2	13	0	0	16	33	.207	.276	.263	.538	65	47	2	1	1	0	3	2
1973	27	ANA-min	AAA	5	15	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400		3		0	0	0			SLC · PCL
1973	27	CAL	AL	41	67	64	5	8	2	0	0	3	0	1	2	12	.125	.149	.156	.306	-10	10	0	0	0	1	0	2

1974	28	MIL-min	AAA	128	479	440	64	107	10	0	17	63	0	0	25	84	.243	.292	.382	.674		168		7	3	4			SAC · PCL
1975	29	MIL-min	AAA	128	482	448	62	118	10	2	25	76	1	0	28	79	.263	.308	.462	.770		207		2	2	2			SAC · PCL
1976	30	MIL-min	AAA	55	232	203	40	66	9	2	11	45	1	0	23	38	.325	.390	.552	.941		112		1	1	4			SPO · PCL
1976	30	MIL	AL	15	37	34	2	4	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	5	.118	.167	.147	.314	-6	5	0	1	1	0	1	2

1977	31	MIL-min	AAA	90	329	293	42	68	15	2	7	40	1	0	26	62	.232	.294	.369	.663		108		2	3	5			SPO · PCL
1978	32	KCR-min	AAA	61	239	214	26	50	9	0	5	26	1	0	15	43	.234	.295	.346	.641		74		5	2	3			OMA · AA
1978	32	KCR	AL	9	15	13	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	4	.231	.333	.538	.872	140	7	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1979	33	CHW-min	AAA	48	136	123	15	25	4	0	2	10	0	0	11	24	.203	.272	.285	.557		35		1	0	1			IWA · AA
6 Yrs				139	340	313	21	55	6	1	3	21	1	1	21	61	.176	.231	.230	.461	39	72	2	2	2	1	4
162 Game Avg.				162	396	365	24	64	7	1	3	24	1	1	24	71	.176	.231	.230	.461	39	84	2	2	2	1	5

CAL (3 yrs)				111	278	256	18	47	4	1	2	16	0	1	18	48	.184	.239	.230	.470	43	59	2	1	1	1	3
KCR (1 yr)				9	15	13	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	4	.231	.333	.538	.872	140	7	0	0	0	0	0
MIL (1 yr)				15	37	34	2	4	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	5	.118	.167	.147	.314	-6	5	0	1	1	0	1
CHW (1 yr)				4	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200	-45	1	0	0	0	0	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
1970	24	CHW	AL	4	10	-2	0	0	-1	0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.428	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/2
1971	25	CAL	AL	6	13	-2	-0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.468	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$8,088	/2
1972	26	CAL	AL	64	198	-6	0	0	-9	3	-12	-1.5	6	-5	-0.8	.477	.491	0.3	-0.8	4	$10,000	2
1973	27	CAL	AL	41	67	-9	0	0	-2	1	-9	-0.9	2	-6	-0.7	.477	.494	-0.5	-0.0	-4	$15,000	2

1976	30	MIL	AL	15	37	-3	0	0	-1	1	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.477	.498	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	2

1978	32	KCR	AL	9	15	1	0	0	-1	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.2	-0.1	1	$	/2
6 Seasons				139	340	-21	0	1	-14	6	-28	-3.2	11	-16	-2.0	.477	.497	-0.3	-0.9	-2	$33,088

CAL (3 yrs)				111	278	-17	0	1	-11	5	-22	-2.6	9	-13	-1.6	.477	.495	-0.3	-0.7	-2	$33,088
KCR (1 yr)				9	15	1	0	0	-1	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.2	-0.1	1	$
MIL (1 yr)				15	37	-3	0	0	-1	1	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.477	.498	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$
CHW (1 yr)				4	10	-2	0	0	-1	0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.428	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$

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
1970	24	CHW	AL	10	9	0	0.0	98	.167	.100	.259	.100	.334	.100	.395	.200	.729	-45	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.111	.000	.000
1971	25	CAL	AL	13	11	0	0.0	86	.200	.154	.246	.154	.316	.154	.365	.308	.681	-9	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.182	.000	.000
1972	26	CAL	AL	198	145	14	2.6	78	.243	.207	.240	.276	.308	.263	.346	.538	.654	65	.352	-7.7	-0.9	.444	.145	.056	.0
1973	27	CAL	AL	67	58	1	0.5	86	.151	.125	.249	.149	.316	.156	.366	.306	.682	-10	.016	-9.0	-0.9	.193	.047	.031

1976	30	MIL	AL	37	31	1	0.9	84	.138	.118	.254	.167	.318	.147	.358	.314	.675	-6	.058	-4.6	-0.5	.267	.088	.029	.0

1978	32	KCR	AL	15	10	3	8.0	95	.250	.231	.263	.333	.329	.538	.388	.872	.717	140	.756	0.7	0.1	.900	.462	.308	.0
6 Yrs				340	264	19	1.9	82	.208	.176	.245	.231	.312	.230	.356	.461	.668	39	.220	-24.4	-2.6	.364	.121	.054	1.5
162 Game Avg.				396	308	22	1.9	82	.208	.176	.245	.231	.312	.230	.356	.461	.668	39	.220	-24.4	-2.6	.364	.121	.054	2

CAL (3 yrs)				278	214	15	1.9	81	.217	.184	.242	.239	.310	.230	.352	.470	.662	43	.215	-18.5	-2.0	.363	.113	.047	.0
KCR (1 yr)				15	10	3	8.0	95	.250	.231	.263	.333	.329	.538	.388	.872	.717	140	.756	0.7	0.1	.900	.462	.308	.0
MIL (1 yr)				37	31	1	0.9	84	.138	.118	.254	.167	.318	.147	.358	.314	.675	-6	.058	-4.6	-0.5	.267	.088	.029	.0
CHW (1 yr)				10	9	0	0.0	98	.167	.100	.259	.100	.334	.100	.395	.200	.729	-45	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.111	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1970	24	CHW	AL	10	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5			1.50	60%
1971	25	CAL	AL	13	0.0%	23.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.3			1.00	77%
1972	26	CAL	AL	198	1.0%	16.7%	8.1%	2.5%	14%	2.06	5.4	89.5	13.8	0.98	73%
1973	27	CAL	AL	67	0.0%	17.9%	3.0%	3.0%	25%	6.00	5.3		21.3	0.59	79%

1976	30	MIL	AL	37	0.0%	13.5%	2.7%	2.7%	25%	5.00	6.8		11.3	0.64	78%

1978	32	KCR	AL	15	6.7%	26.7%	13.3%	13.3%	67%	2.00	3.3	13.0	6.5	1.00	53%
6 Yrs				340	0.9%	17.9%	6.2%	2.9%	18%	2.90	5.1	104.3	14.9	0.85	74%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.6%	8.7%	6.1%	27%	1.57	6.5	46.0	8.8	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1970	24	CHW	AL	-2.0	-0.2	10	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.30	-0.2	-0.0	-2.5	-0.3	1.17	-1.8	0.24	1
1971	25	CAL	AL	-1.9	-0.2	13	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	1.31	-0.2	0.0	-2.6	-0.3	1.03	-1.9		0
1972	26	CAL	AL	-7.7	-0.9	201	-1.0	2.7	-3.8	1.06	-0.6	-0.4	-6.5	-0.7	0.98	-5.3	5.27	1
1973	27	CAL	AL	-9.1	-0.9	69	-0.7	0.8	-1.5	1.06	-0.9	0.2	-8.5	-0.9	0.96	-9.0		0

1976	30	MIL	AL	-4.6	-0.5	38	-0.1	0.6	-0.8	1.26	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	-0.0	1.04	-2.6	6.02	0

1978	32	KCR	AL	0.7	0.1	15	-0.0	0.2	-0.3	.93	0.1	-0.1	-1.0	-0.1	0.95	0.3		0
6 Yrs				-24.6	-2.6	346	-2.4	4.5	-6.9	1.09	-2.1	-0.1	-21.5	-2.4	0.99	-20.3	2.75	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1970	24	CHW	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	25	CAL	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	26	CAL	AL	3	1	21%	66	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	57%	8	4	3	1	1	0	5	0	5
1973	27	CAL	AL	1	0	50%	8	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2

1976	30	MIL	AL	3	0	33%	15	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20%	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	1

1978	32	KCR	AL	0	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				7	1	24%	98	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	50%	13	8	4	2	2	0	9	1	8

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
1970	24	CHW	AL	10	50%	1			1	0	0	0	0.24	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1971	25	CAL	AL	13	38%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	8	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1972	26	CAL	AL	198	37%	37			1	0	0	0	5.27	2	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	50%	37	2	5%	21	5	24%	130	11	8%	7	1	14%	7	3	43%	0
1973	27	CAL	AL	67	46%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	0	0%	7	1	14%	43	3	7%	4	2	50%	3	1	33%	0

1976	30	MIL	AL	37	57%	4			0	0	0	0	6.02	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	8	0	0%	4	0	0%	28	5	18%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0

1978	32	KCR	AL	15	53%	3			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	9	1	11%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
6 Yrs				340	42%	55			2	0	0	0	2.75	3	0	8	2	1	0	3	0	4	2	50%	62	2	3%	37	6	16%	226	20	9%	15	4	27%	12	5	42%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			76%			11%			33%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

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
1970	24	4	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200	-45	1	0	0	0	0	0
1971	25	10	23	23	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.130	.130	.130	.261	-25	3	0	0	0	0	0
1972	26	74	221	202	13	40	2	1	2	13	0	0	16	40	.198	.260	.248	.508	55	50	2	1	1	0	3
1973	27	115	288	266	18	48	4	1	2	16	0	1	18	52	.180	.234	.226	.460	39	60	2	1	1	1	3
1974	28	115	288	266	18	48	4	1	2	16	0	1	18	52	.180	.234	.226	.460	39	60	2	1	1	1	3
1975	29	115	288	266	18	48	4	1	2	16	0	1	18	52	.180	.234	.226	.460	39	60	2	1	1	1	3
1976	30	130	325	300	20	52	5	1	2	19	1	1	19	57	.173	.227	.217	.443	34	65	2	2	2	1	4
1977	31	130	325	300	20	52	5	1	2	19	1	1	19	57	.173	.227	.217	.443	34	65	2	2	2	1	4
1978	32	139	340	313	21	55	6	1	3	21	1	1	21	61	.176	.231	.230	.461	39	72	2	2	2	1	4

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
1970	24	4	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1971	25	6	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1972	26	67	216	194	18	46	2	1	2	18	0	20	34	.237	.312	.289	.600	18	64
1973	27	41	68	65	7	9	2	0	0	4	0	2	12	.138	.162	.169	.331	2	41

1976	30	15	38	35	3	5	1	0	0	4	1	1	5	.143	.189	.171	.361	1	15

1978	32	9	15	13	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	2	4	.231	.333	.538	.872	3	9
6 Yrs		142	360	330	29	63	6	1	3	29	1	25	62	.191	.251	.242	.494	24	139
162 Game Avg.		162	411	376	33	72	7	1	3	33	1	29	71	.191	.251	.242	.494	27	139

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