Rusty Kuntz

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: February 4, 1955 in Orange, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 11th round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from California State University, Stanislaus (Turlock, CA).

Schools: Cuesta College (San Luis Obispo, CA), California State University, Stanislaus (Turlock, CA)

Debut: September 1, 1979 (Age 24-209d, 14,223rd in major league history)
vs. MIL 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 24, 1985 (Age 30-079d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Full Name: Russell Jay Kuntz

Nicknames: Player

Pronunciation: \KOONTS\

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1984 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.9

441

104

.236

RBI

OBP

.328

SLG

.322

OPS

.650

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-33 / in Starts: 14-27
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 161 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	75 (38-26-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 161 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	97 (48-33-16)

Most Driven In
Self	3
R Washington	1
T Laudner	1
T Paciorek	1
S Fletcher	0
V Law	0
T Brunansky	0

Most Driven In By
K Hrbek	5
Self	3
G Ward	3
T Paciorek	2
S Fletcher	1
T Bernazard	1
L Gray	1
J Castino	1

1983 Batting Game Log

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1983 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	130	2 (1)	Apr 5	CHW	@	TEX	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	8	1.32	-0.024	1.76	-0.02%	-0.19	CF
2	131	3	Apr 6	CHW	@	TEX	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	8	1.19	-0.024	1.50	-0.02%	-0.10	CF
3	132	6 (2)	Apr 12	CHW		BAL	L,8-10	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	8	1.04	0.043	1.14	0.03%	0.61	CF
4	133	7	Apr 14	CHW		BAL	W,12-11	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.455	.400	.855	8	.57	0.004	.58	0.00%	0.25	CF
5	134	9 (1)	Apr 16	CHW		DET	W,3-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.455	.400	.855	8						CF
6	135	10	Apr 17	CHW		DET	W,6-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.455	.400	.855	5						LF
7	136	11	Apr 19	CHW		NYY	W,13-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.417	.364	.780	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH CF
8	137	12	Apr 20	CHW		NYY	L,4-6	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.467	.385	.851	8	.37	-0.007	.47	-0.01%	0.49	CF
9	138	15 (2)	Apr 24	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.438	.357	.795	6	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	-0.11	LF
10	139	17 (1)	Apr 27	CHW	@	MIL	L,2-6	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.471	.357	.828	8	1.42	0.014	1.46	0.01%	0.13	CF
11	140	18	Apr 29	CHW	@	TOR	W,9-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.471	.357	.828	1						CF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	141	20 (1)	May 2	CHW		MIL	L,4-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.471	.357	.828	4						PR
13	142	21	May 3	CHW		MIL	W,7-6	6-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.474	.375	.849	1	.65	0.058	.60	0.03%	0.62	PH CF
14	143	22	May 4	CHW		MIL	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.368	.455	.368	.823	7	.83	0.071	.82	0.04%	0.61	CF
15	144	23	May 6	CHW		CLE	W,8-3	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.417	.333	.750	1	.07	-0.003	.07	0.00%	-0.82	PH CF
16	145	25 (1)	May 8	CHW		CLE	L,6-13	7-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.385	.304	.689	1	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	-0.83	CF
17	146	28 (2)	May 13	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.379	.280	.659	8	.93	-0.032	.91	-0.02%	-0.33	CF
18	147	29	May 14	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-8	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.344	.250	.594	8	.65	-0.049	.64	-0.03%	-0.67	CF
19	148	30	May 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.361	.258	.619	8	.71	-0.015	.69	-0.01%	0.29	CF
20	149	31	May 17 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-7	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.359	.242	.601	8	.63	-0.026	.72	-0.02%	-0.20	CF
21	150	33 (1)	May 18	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.350	.235	.585	1	3.88	-0.107	3.10	-0.05%	-0.49	PH CF
22	151	34	May 20	CHW	@	KCR	W,9-6	GS-6	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.381	.306	.687	8	1.01	0.047	.90	0.03%	0.55	CF
23	152	36 (1)	May 22	CHW	@	KCR	W,11-3	GS-7	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.256	.356	.282	.638	7	.97	-0.050	.93	-0.03%	-0.37	CF
24	153	39 (2)	May 25	CHW		BOS	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.262	.354	.286	.640	7	1.42	-0.094	1.16	-0.05%	-0.84	CF
25	154	41 (1)	May 27	CHW		TEX	W,3-2	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.354	.286	.640	5						CF
26	155	43 (1)	May 29	CHW		TEX	W,8-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.354	.286	.640	1						CF
27	156	44	May 30	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-4	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.354	.286	.640	6						CF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	157	46 (1)	Jun 1	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.354	.286	.640	7						CF
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Minnesota Twins
29	158	70	Jun 22	MIN	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.358	.298	.656	1	.82	0.023	.16	0.00%	0.13	CF
30	159	71	Jun 23	MIN	@	CHW	L,6-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.351	.353	.704	1	.77	0.039	.23	0.01%	0.61	CF
31	160	72	Jun 24	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.255	.339	.327	.666	1	.61	-0.048	.14	-0.01%	-1.01	CF
32	161	73	Jun 25	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.333	.310	.644	1	.70	-0.040	.19	-0.01%	-0.66	CF
33	162	74	Jun 26	MIN	@	CHW	L,7-9	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.242	.338	.306	.644	1	.97	-0.018	.17	0.00%	-0.72	CF
34	163	75	Jun 28	MIN		TOR	W,5-2	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.342	.303	.645	1	.56	-0.033	.07	0.00%	-0.67	CF
35	164	76	Jun 29	MIN		TOR	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.338	.300	.638	1	.76	-0.048	.11	0.00%	-0.25	CF
36	165	77	Jun 30	MIN		TOR	L,3-11	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.333	.297	.631	1	.48	0.007	.07	0.00%	-0.33	CF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	166	78	Jul 1	MIN		CHW	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.318	.282	.600	1	.89	-0.088	.09	-0.01%	-1.21	CF
38	167	79	Jul 2	MIN		CHW	L,2-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.308	.272	.579	1	1.25	-0.139	.17	-0.01%	-1.29	CF
39	168	80	Jul 3	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.305	.282	.588	1	.75	-0.011	.07	0.00%	-0.36	CF
40	169	81	Jul 4	MIN		CHW	L,6-12	GS-8	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.313	.326	.639	1	.77	0.110	.08	0.01%	0.78	CF
41	170	87 (5)	Jul 13	MIN		NYY	W,6-1	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.311	.323	.633	1	.82	-0.014	.09	0.00%	-0.28	CF
42	171	88	Jul 14	MIN	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.308	.320	.628	1	.82	-0.018	.11	0.00%	-0.27	CF
43	172	89	Jul 15	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.297	.307	.604	1	1.05	-0.104	.12	-0.01%	-0.81	CF
44	173	92 (2)	Jul 18	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.302	.305	.606	1	1.40	-0.020	.12	0.00%	0.01	CF
45	174	93	Jul 19	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.294	.296	.590	9	.90	-0.064	.07	0.00%	-0.81	CF
46	175	94	Jul 20	MIN	@	NYY	L,4-6	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.294	.296	.590	1						CF
47	176	95	Jul 22	MIN	@	CLE	L,5-8	GS-9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.295	.306	.601	9	1.11	-0.027	.03	0.00%	-0.41	CF
48	177	98 (2)	Jul 24 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.221	.294	.301	.595	1	.89	0.016	.05	0.00%	-0.07	CF
49	178	99	Jul 25	MIN		MIL	W,17-3	CG	6	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.220	.295	.305	.601	1	.21	0.039	.02	0.00%	-0.37	CF
50	179	100	Jul 26	MIN		MIL	W,6-5	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.299	.328	.627	1	1.30	0.053	.11	0.00%	0.69	CF
51	180	101	Jul 27	MIN		MIL	L,9-13	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.295	.323	.618	3	1.07	-0.054	.14	0.00%	-0.54	CF
52	181	102	Jul 29	MIN		SEA	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.295	.323	.618	1						CF
53	182	104 (1)	Jul 31	MIN		SEA	L,2-3	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.301	.323	.624	1	.80	-0.012	.08	0.00%	-0.11	CF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
54	183	105	Aug 1 (1)	MIN		CAL	L,6-12	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.297	.318	.615	1	.63	-0.082	.06	-0.01%	-0.36	CF
55	184	133 (27)	Aug 30	MIN	@	DET	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.297	.318	.615	5						PR
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
56	185	135 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.296	.311	.607	6	.65	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.37	RF
57	186	136	Sep 2	MIN		BAL	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.303	.314	.617	8	.94	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.49	RF
58	187	137	Sep 3	MIN		BAL	L,0-13	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.297	.307	.605	8	.44	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.74	RF
59	188	152 (14)	Sep 21 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.298	.303	.601	8	1.06	-0.061	.00	0.00%	-0.60	CF
							26-33		161	142	19	30	4	0	3	6	18	0	41	0	0	1	1	5	1	0	.211	.298	.303	.601		.82	-0.814	.33	-0.15%	-11.19

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