Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1979
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1979
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 277
- AB
- 441
- R
- 75
- H
- 104
- HR
- 5
- RBI
- 38
- SB
- 5
- AVG
- .236
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | CHW | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 |
| 1980 | CHW | 36 | 62 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .226 |
| 1981 | CHW | 67 | 55 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .255 |
| 1982 | CHW | 21 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .192 |
| 1983 |  CHW/MIN | 59 | 142 | 19 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .211 |
| 1984 | DET | 84 | 140 | 32 | 40 | 2 | 22 | 2 | .286 |
| 1985 | DET | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- AB
- 2
- R
- 0
- H
- 0
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 1
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .000
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 507
- TB
- 142
- XBH
- 28
- HBP
- 2
- IBB
- 1
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | CHW | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | CHW | 67 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | CHW | 63 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | CHW | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | CHW/MIN | 161 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | DET | 168 | 58 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | DET | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -1.1
- RC
- 52.1
- RC/27
- 4.10
- ISOP
- .086
- SECA
- .227
- BB/K
- 0.57
- AB/HR
- 88.2
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | CHW | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .000 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | CHW | 0.0 | 5.5 | 3.1 | .065 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | CHW | 0.1 | 6.4 | 4.1 | .036 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | CHW | -0.1 | 1.4 | 1.8 | .038 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | CHW/MIN | -0.8 | 14.2 | 3.4 | .092 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 47.3 | 0 |
| 1984 | DET | -0.1 | 25 | 6.5 | .129 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 70 | 0 |
| 1985 | DET | -0.2 | -0.2 | -1.1 | .000 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Rusty Kuntz's career stats?
Rusty Kuntz played 7 seasons for the White Sox and the Tigers. He was a career .236 hitter with 104 hits, 5 home runs and 38 RBI. His best season was 1984: a .286 batting average, 2 home runs and 22 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
7 seasons, 1 postseason, 1979 to 1985
Championships
- 1984 World Series with the Detroit Tigers
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