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Rusty Kuntz

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Full Name: Russell Jay Kuntz Primary Position: OF,CF,LF,RF
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/190 First Game: September 1, 1979
Birthdate: February 4, 1955 Final Game: April 24, 1985
Birthplace: Orange, California MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Rusty Kuntz (Russell Jay Kuntz) was born on February 4, 1955 in Orange, California. He made his Major League debut on September 1, 1979 for the Chicago White Sox. In 1983, his rookie year, he hit .211 with 3 home runs and 6 RBI. Kuntz played for the Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 7 year career.

Most people believe that Rusty Kuntz's best season was 1984, when he hit for a .286 average.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1979 CHI A 5 11 0 1 0 0 .091 .231 .091 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 1
1980 CHI A 36 62 5 14 0 3 .226 .284 .290 4 0 5 13 0 0 1 0 2
1981 CHI A 67 55 15 14 0 4 .255 .339 .291 2 0 6 8 1 1 1 0 1
1982 CHI A 21 26 4 5 0 3 .192 .250 .231 1 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 1
1983 MIN A 31 100 13 19 3 5 .190 .274 .310 3 0 12 28 0 0 0 0 4
1983 CHI A 28 42 6 11 0 1 .262 .354 .286 1 0 6 13 0 0 1 0 1
1983 TOT A 59 142 19 30 3 6 .211 .298 .303 4 0 18 41 0 0 1 0 5
1984 DET A 84 140 32 40 2 22 .286 .393 .414 12 0 25 28 1 0 2 1 2
1985 DET A 5 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .286 .000 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Total 277 441 75 104 5 38 .236 .328 .322 23 0 60 106 2 1 5 1 12

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1979 CHI A RF 3 3 18 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 CHI A LF 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 CHI A OF 5 4 26 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 CHI A CF 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 CHI A OF 34 16 162.2 45 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1980 CHI A RF 6 4 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 CHI A LF 20 7 83.2 21 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1980 CHI A CF 10 5 52 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 CHI A DH 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1981 CHI A CF 13 3 60 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 CHI A OF 51 8 187.2 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 CHI A RF 13 3 35.2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 CHI A LF 28 2 92 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 CHI A RF 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1982 CHI A OF 21 6 83.1 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 CHI A CF 21 6 76.1 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 MIN A CF 27 24 210 59 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1983 MIN A RF 3 3 26 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 MIN A OF 30 27 236 66 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1983 CHI A LF 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 CHI A OF 27 14 127 40 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1983 CHI A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1983 CHI A CF 25 14 123 40 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1983 TOT A CF 52 38 333 99 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1983 TOT A OF 57 41 363 106 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1984 DET A RF 37 28 222.1 42 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1984 DET A DH 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1984 DET A CF 22 7 94.1 22 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 DET A OF 67 35 342.2 74 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1984 DET A LF 12 0 26 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1985 DET A DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1985 DET A 1B 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 1B 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total LF 63 10 210.2 54 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .982
Total CF 119 59 618.2 183 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .989
Total OF 235 110 1165.1 312 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 .988
Total DH 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 63 41 336 70 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .986

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 11th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1977).
  • Traded by Chicago White Sox to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Mike Sodders (June 21, 1983).
  • Traded by Minnesota Twins to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Larry Pashnick (December 8, 1983).
  • Released by Detroit Tigers (October 9, 1985).
  • Signed by Oakland Athletics (December 8, 1985).

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