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Craig
Kusick		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 237
 
Born: September 30, 1948 in Usa, WI, MILWAUKEE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1977   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 24 KCR AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 9 9 6 5 5
1974 25 KCR AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 10 9 9 6 5 5
1975 26 KCR AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 9 9 6 5 5
1976 27 KCR AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 7 7 5 5 5 10 9 9 6 5 5
1977 28 KCR AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 7 7 5 5 5 9 8 8 6 5 5
1978 29 KCR AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 8 7 7 5 5 5 9 8 8 6 5 5
1980 31 CLN NL $ 450,000   3 3 3 8 7 7 5 5 5 9 8 8 5 5 5
1981 32 CLN NL $ 450,000   3 3 3 8 7 7 5 5 5 9 8 8 5 5 5
1982 33 CLN NL $ 450,000   3 3 3 8 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 8 5 4 4
1983 34 NYA AL $ 450,000   2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 450,000   4 4 4 8 7 7 5 5 5 10 9 9 6 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 24 KCR AL 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4 0.2
    AA   135 529 86 129 22 1 31 77 3 0 105 86 .244 .369 .465 .834 96.9  
1974 25 KCR AL 43 117 20 26 6 1 6 15 0 0 25 24 .222 .361 .444 .806 21.0 3.7
1975 26 KCR AL 56 195 30 36 7 0 9 34 1 0 44 45 .185 .335 .359 .694 28.5 3.7
1976 27 KCR AL 5 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 .000 .222 .000 .222 -0.3 0.0
    AAA   31 106 24 30 5 2 7 17 0 0 24 18 .283 .415 .566 .981 24.6  
1977 28 KCR AL 48 165 29 37 9 2 6 21 0 0 22 31 .224 .317 .412 .730 20.4 2.4
1978 29 KCR AL 19 68 9 11 1 1 2 6 0 0 4 14 .162 .208 .294 .502 2.4 0.0
1979 30 A   137 438 91 136 22 1 48 96 1 0 119 61 .311 .458 .694 1.152 130.1  
1980 31 CLN NL 105 260 26 50 6 0 10 23 0 0 50 54 .192 .326 .331 .657 31.5 3.9
1981 32 CLN NL 45 174 22 38 7 1 13 32 0 0 17 30 .218 .294 .494 .788 26.2 5.2
1982 33 CLN NL 10 29 3 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 5 .103 .229 .172 .401 1.6 0.0
    AAA   111 381 50 77 10 1 28 72 0 1 64 71 .202 .317 .454 .771 59.8  
1983 34 AAA   80 283 48 70 16 1 26 61 0 1 49 57 .247 .358 .587 .945 59.4  
    AA   4 12 2 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 .417 .533 .833 1.367 4.2  
    A   53 190 49 67 12 0 28 50 3 1 42 33 .353 .470 .858 1.328 65.2  
9 Years Sim 333 1026 142 202 39 5 46 134 1 0 171 211 .197 .314 .379 .693 131.8 19.2
3 Years AAA 222 770 122 177 31 4 61 150 0 2 137 146 .230 .350 .518 .868 143.8  
2 Years AA 139 541 88 134 24 1 32 78 3 0 108 87 .248 .376 .473 .849 101.1  
2 Years A 190 628 140 203 34 1 76 146 4 1 161 94 .323 .468 .744 1.212 195.3  
7 Years Minors 551 1939 350 514 89 6 169 374 7 3 406 327 .265 .397 .579 .976 440.2  
162 Game Average 499 69 98 18 2 22 65 0 0 83 102 .197 .314 .379 .693 64.1  
Career Highs 105 260 30 50 9 2 13 34 1 0 50 54 .250 .361 .500 .806 31.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   295 36 48 8 1 9 27 0 0 42 67 .163 .271 .288 .559 25.3
vs LH   731 106 154 31 4 37 107 1 0 129 144 .211 .331 .416 .747 109.4
Home 155 463 61 87 14 1 15 54 1 0 73 104 .188 .298 .320 .618 50.1
Away 178 563 81 115 25 4 31 80 0 0 98 107 .204 .326 .428 .754 84.6
RISP   245 0 53 7 1 10 87 0 0 53 52 .216 .354 .376 .729 37.6
Pinch Hitting   18 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 .111 .273 .222 .495 1.3
Close/Late   111 12 22 5 0 7 15 0 0 14 33 .198 .291 .432 .724 14.9
Mar/Apr 54 165 20 27 9 1 6 21 0 0 29 32 .164 .286 .339 .625 18.3
May 61 200 28 44 8 0 14 33 0 0 39 44 .220 .349 .470 .819 35.2
June 54 162 28 33 9 0 7 23 1 0 30 40 .204 .325 .389 .714 23.1
July 49 153 22 32 4 0 7 15 0 0 18 30 .209 .292 .373 .665 18.0
August 65 205 21 39 6 1 7 24 0 0 27 41 .190 .294 .332 .626 21.2
Sep/Oct 50 141 23 27 3 3 5 18 0 0 28 24 .191 .333 .362 .695 19.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1973 24 KCR AL RF 2 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
1974 25 KCR AL LF 40 38 289.7 78 0 0 0 1.000 2.42   0.3
    1B 3 0 6.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1975 26 KCR AL RF 4 4 35.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.54   0.0
    CF 3 3 25.0 2 0 2 0 .500 0.72    
    LF 3 3 25.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.08    
    1B 1 0 4.0 4 0 1 0 .800 9.00   0.0
1976 27 KCR AL LF 4 3 26.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04   0.0
1977 28 KCR AL LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1978 29 KCR AL 1B 8 8 66.0 79 4 1 7 .988 11.32   0.1
1980 31 CLN NL 1B 33 24 238.0 315 26 0 21 1.000 12.89   0.5
    RF 9 6 55.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.4
    LF 8 5 41.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.96    
    3B 8 3 33.0 6 5 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
    CF 4 4 32.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.97    
    SS 3 3 23.0 2 12 0 3 1.000 5.48   0.2
    2B 4 0 5.7 1 0 1 0 .500 1.59   0.0
1982 33 CLN NL 1B 8 8 65.7 75 9 1 9 .988 11.51   0.1
    RF 2 0 4.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LF 56 49 385.0 93 0 0 0 1.000 2.17   0.4
  1B 54 40 380.7 479 39 3 37 .994 12.25   0.6
  RF 18 10 106.3 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.95   0.4
  CF 7 7 57.0 9 0 2 0 .818 1.42    
  3B 8 3 33.0 6 5 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
  SS 3 3 23.0 2 12 0 3 1.000 5.48   0.2
  2B 4 0 5.7 1 0 1 0 .500 1.59   0.0
Career Totals   150 112 990.6 613 56 6 40 .991 6.08   1.7
Career Highs   69 45 428.0 355 43 3 24 1.000 11.32    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1977 28 KCR AL 7 23 4 7 1 0 2 2 0 0 3 5 .304 .385 .609 .993
Career Post-Season Batting 7 23 4 7 1 0 2 2 0 0 3 5 .304 .385 .609 .993
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Kansas City in 1973
Had first career hit (double) on 9/5/1973, off Dave Giusti (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 5/12/1974, off Bill Landis (CLN)
4/2/1975: Signed a minor league contract extension with Kansas City
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 6/11/1975
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1977
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Kansas City to San Diego on 4/3/1979 (Going to SDP: CF Cleon Jones, DH Craig Kusick. Going to KCR: P Don Hood)
Injured on 5/11/1979 with a Bruised Neck, out for 5 days
Injured on 8/10/1979 with a Sprained Wrist, out for one week
Released by San Diego on 10/28/1979
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/4/1980 to a 4-year deal worth $450,000 per year
4/3/1981: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland (N)
 
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