Rusty Kuntz

[Brock Beauchamp]

Rusty Kuntz had a lengthy career for himself, playing in the majors over parts of seven seasons, but let's be real: we're all here for the name.

Russell Jay Kuntz was born in 1955 and played most of his career for the Chicago White Sox. He was traded to the Twins mid-season in 1983 for minor league third baseman Mike Sodders, who never made the majors. While in Minnesota only a partial season, Kuntz collected 113 plate appearances over 31 games (59 OPS+) before moving to the Tigers in 1984 and becoming a peripheral part of their championship winning team.

Looking back at Kuntz's career, it's not hard to see why he stuck around in the majors but never received more than 168 plate appearances in the season: he was comically bad against right-handed pitchers. While he posted a respectable .741 OPS against southpaws in his career, his OPS against righties was an abysmal .483.

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[Bodie]

Brings back memories of redheaded girl in college...

[gil4]

At first glance, I thought he was holding a beer.  Then I was disappoionted because he looks like he should be holding a beer.