Player Report for #45 Rusty Love

04/26/1981

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2B Rusty Love #45

STL Brownsville Eagles (STL)

Age: 32

Bats: R

Throws: R

Morale: Angry


	8-8, .500, 3.0 GB

G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	SB
12	21	5	1	0	1	7	8	2	.238	.419	.429	0

	Overall	Potential
Contact
Gap
Power
Eye
Avoid K's

Batting Ratings (OSA)
	Overall	Vs Left	Vs Right	Potential
Contact	8	9	8	8
Gap	8	9	8	9
Power	4	5	4	4
Eye	6	7	6	6
Avoid K's	14	15	13	14

Fielding Ratings
	Catcher	Infield	Outfield
Range:	-	16	4
Errors:	-	13	6
Arm:	1	20	6
Turn DP:	-	17	-
Ability:	2	-	-

Position Ratings
Pitcher:	-	Shortstop:	15
Catcher:	-	Left Field:	1
1st Base:	-	Center Field:	-
2nd Base:	13	Right Field:	-
3rd Base:	11

Run/Bunt Ratings
Running Speed:	11
Stealing Ability:	15
Baserunning Inst.:	16
Sacrifice Bunt:	11
Bunt for Hit:	2

Game Log, Last 10 Games
Date	Vs.	Result	AB	R	H	BI	HR	BB	K	SB
04/25/1981	@ HAR	Loss, 6-7	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
04/23/1981	@ TUL	Win, 9-8	3	1	2	3	0	0	0	0
04/20/1981	FRA	Win, 6-2	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	0
04/19/1981	FRA	Win, 1-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
04/18/1981	FRA	Loss, 1-4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
04/16/1981	@ LAR	Loss, 3-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
04/15/1981	@ LAR	Loss, 2-3	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	0
04/14/1981	EP	Win, 4-2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
04/13/1981	EP	Win, 6-5	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	0
04/12/1981	EP	Loss, 5-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Personality Ratings
Leader Ability:	High
Loyalty:	Normal
Desire f. Win:	Very High
Greed:	Normal
Intelligence:	High
Work Ethic:	Normal

Rusty Love
Birthday:	04/03/1949
Born in:	Belmont (California)
Nationality:	American
Height:	6' 0"
Weight:	192 lbs
Local Popularity:	Fair
National Pop.:	Insignificant

Status
Contract:	Major League Contract
Salary:	$95,000
Signed Through:	1981 Season
Major Service:	7 Years, 64 Days
Service This Yr:	None
40-Man Service:	9 Years, 73 Days
Pro Service:	13 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:	Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:	Out of option years
Contract Extension:	-
Drafted:	1968, 15th Pick in Round 1

South Texas League 1981 Batting Stats

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WOBA	ISO	VORP
Overall	12	21	5	1	0	1	7	7	8	2	.238	.419	.429	.848	.376	.190	1.7
Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	7	31	0	0	0	2	0	2	9	2	0	0	0.0	4.6	6.21
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Versus Left		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Versus Right		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Last Week		10	3	1	0	1	6	3	2	0	2	0	0	.300	.357	.700	1.057
April		21	5	1	0	1	7	7	8	2	2	0	0	.238	.419	.429	.848
Last Year		15	2	0	1	1	4	3	3	0	0	0	1	.133	.316	.467	.782
Career		470	109	21	4	8	44	55	32	93	5	0	9	.232	.291	.345	.635
Home		11	3	0	0	1	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	.273	.467	.545	1.012
Road		10	2	1	0	0	4	3	4	2	2	0	0	.200	.375	.300	.675
Grass		21	5	1	0	1	7	7	8	2	2	0	0	.238	.419	.429	.848
Day		5	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	.200	.556	.200	.756
Night		16	4	1	0	1	7	4	4	2	2	0	0	.250	.364	.500	.864

Career Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP
1970 Los Angeles - ABA	21	9	7	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.286	.250	.286	.536	50	-0.1
1971 Los Angeles - ABA	22	85	165	43	8	0	3	7	17	8	1	1	29	4	3	.261	.297	.364	.661	94	3.3
1972 Los Angeles - ABA	23	96	262	73	18	6	5	31	31	12	4	2	38	4	3	.279	.318	.450	.768	129	14.6
1973 Los Angeles - ABA	24	115	385	108	20	5	3	35	41	17	3	1	54	11	6	.281	.315	.382	.697	99	12.3
1974 Los Angeles - ABA	25	93	229	65	13	2	3	16	26	8	0	1	31	7	5	.284	.307	.397	.704	103	7.6
1975 Los Angeles - ABA	26	96	267	68	18	2	4	27	33	13	3	1	26	8	2	.255	.296	.382	.678	93	6.4
1976 Los Angeles - ABA	27	72	125	38	4	2	1	22	15	8	1	2	7	6	6	.304	.346	.392	.738	115	4.4
1977 St. Louis - ABA	28	47	110	18	1	1	1	14	8	10	4	2	9	5	3	.164	.254	.218	.472	33	-8.0
1978 St. Louis - ABA	29	48	92	16	2	0	0	6	5	2	2	1	8	2	1	.174	.206	.196	.402	18	-9.5
1979 St. Louis - ABA	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-0.2
1980 St. Louis - ABA	31	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-0.8
Total ABA		664	1646	431	84	18	20	160	178	78	18	12	203	47	29	.262	.300	.371	.672	94	29.9

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP
1968 Total - HS	19	21	95	53	9	3	1	33	49	6	4	2	4	19	3	.558	.589	.747	1.336	100	0.0
1968 El Monte - A	19	22	88	21	3	1	1	9	9	5	1	0	20	0	4	.239	.287	.330	.617	93	-1.0
1969 El Monte - A	20	56	228	66	14	1	3	30	37	19	6	2	34	6	2	.289	.357	.399	.756	118	13.1
1969 Galveston - AA	20	36	146	25	6	0	0	9	11	5	2	0	39	3	2	.171	.209	.212	.421	26	-10.4
1970 El Monte - A	21	18	72	25	4	2	0	8	12	7	1	0	12	0	2	.347	.412	.458	.871	151	6.3
1970 Galveston - AA	21	70	288	77	14	3	6	24	34	16	6	3	52	6	2	.267	.316	.399	.716	100	13.7
1970 Port Credit - AAA	21	15	55	7	0	0	1	3	4	6	2	1	9	0	2	.127	.234	.182	.416	22	-6.2
1972 Port Credit - AAA	23	20	79	22	4	1	1	8	12	7	0	2	8	1	1	.278	.330	.392	.722	120	4.2
1977 Hamilton - AAA	28	16	55	15	5	2	1	7	7	2	0	0	4	0	1	.273	.298	.491	.789	118	2.0
1978 Hamilton - AAA	29	26	49	10	0	0	2	4	4	2	0	0	6	0	0	.204	.235	.327	.562	61	-0.8
1979 Hamilton - AAA	30	90	165	43	6	3	5	27	19	9	4	4	9	2	1	.261	.308	.424	.732	105	4.3
1980 Brownsville - AA	31	5	15	2	0	1	1	4	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	.133	.316	.467	.782	115	0.9
1980 Hamilton - AAA	31	44	68	19	4	2	0	5	7	4	1	0	6	0	1	.279	.329	.397	.726	102	2.2
1981 Brownsville - AA	32	12	21	5	1	0	1	7	7	8	0	2	2	0	0	.238	.419	.429	.848	143	1.7
Total GHL		211	471	116	19	8	10	54	53	30	7	7	42	3	6	.246	.297	.384	.681	94	5.7
Total STL		123	470	109	21	4	8	44	55	32	9	5	93	10	4	.232	.291	.345	.635	81	6.0
Total SCL		96	388	112	21	4	4	47	58	31	8	2	66	6	8	.289	.352	.394	.746	119	18.4

Career Fielding Stats

Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RNG	ZR	EFF	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1970 Los Angeles - ML	SS	5	1	4	4	0	8	0	1.000	14.0	5.14	+0.6	1.175
1971 Los Angeles - ML	SS	59	40	65	120	30	195	10	.949	373.0	4.46	-1.7	.979
1972 Los Angeles - ML	SS	69	64	110	175	31	297	12	.960	557.2	4.60	+3.2	1.022
1972 Los Angeles - ML	LF	8	0	2	0	0	3	1	.667	16.1	1.10	-0.8	.644
1973 Los Angeles - ML	SS	93	90	133	234	43	387	20	.948	785.1	4.21	+3.0	1.015
1973 Los Angeles - ML	LF	14	2	5	1	0	10	4	.600	41.1	1.31	-5.3	.397
1974 Los Angeles - ML	SS	51	46	75	123	30	204	6	.971	388.0	4.59	+2.7	1.031
1974 Los Angeles - ML	LF	10	1	12	0	0	13	1	.923	32.2	3.31	-2.5	.764
1974 Los Angeles - ML	3B	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	6.2	2.70	+0.0	1.050
1975 Los Angeles - ML	SS	52	49	104	121	25	233	8	.966	433.0	4.68	+3.7	1.035
1975 Los Angeles - ML	LF	11	7	12	2	0	16	2	.875	64.1	1.96	-0.4	.949
1975 Los Angeles - ML	3B	6	2	1	3	0	5	1	.800	24.0	1.50	-2.0	.595
1976 Los Angeles - ML	SS	26	22	53	51	13	110	6	.945	192.0	4.88	+2.2	1.050
1976 Los Angeles - ML	LF	7	2	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	28.0	2.57	-1.0	.849
1976 Los Angeles - ML	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.1	0.00	0.0	.000
1976 Los Angeles - ML	2B	8	2	4	7	0	11	0	1.000	27.2	3.58	+0.2	1.039
1976 Los Angeles - ML	3B	3	2	1	3	0	5	1	.800	22.0	1.64	-0.4	.886
1977 St. Louis - ML	LF	4	3	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	27.0	2.67	-0.4	.938
1977 St. Louis - ML	2B	23	20	42	58	11	105	5	.952	185.0	4.86	-2.4	.941
1977 St. Louis - ML	3B	9	6	6	9	0	15	0	1.000	57.0	2.37	-0.3	.970
1977 St. Louis - ML	SS	7	5	6	18	6	24	0	1.000	45.2	4.73	+0.2	1.022
1977 St. Louis - ML	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0	.000
1978 St. Louis - ML	2B	20	5	14	20	0	36	2	.944	62.1	4.91	+0.1	1.004
1978 St. Louis - ML	SS	15	14	22	42	11	65	1	.985	126.0	4.57	+2.7	1.114
1978 St. Louis - ML	3B	7	5	1	13	0	16	2	.875	38.0	3.32	-1.0	.912
1978 St. Louis - ML	LF	3	3	5	1	0	6	0	1.000	28.0	1.93	-0.2	.955
1979 St. Louis - ML	3B	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	1.0	18.00	+0.1	1.047
1979 St. Louis - ML	2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0	.000
1979 St. Louis - ML	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0	.000
1980 St. Louis - ML	LF	1	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	6.2	5.40	-0.8	.767
1981 Brownsville - AA	LF	4	3	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	25.0	2.16	-1.5	.738
1981 Brownsville - AA	3B	3	2	0	2	0	3	1	.667	15.0	1.20	-0.6	.706
1981 Brownsville - AA	SS	2	1	2	8	1	11	1	.909	15.1	5.87	-0.4	.930
1981 Brownsville - AA	2B	2	1	3	3	0	6	0	1.000	9.0	6.00	+0.7	1.305

Player History
06/15/1968	Drafted in the 1968 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 15, 15th overall pick) by the Los Angeles Quakes, out of high school (Crystal Springs Uplands; Hillsborough, CA).
07/19/1968	Signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Quakes organization with a signing bonus of $88,800.
01/01/1969	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (8); Power: 1 (2); Eye: 2 (4).
04/14/1969	Named the #61 prospect in the ABA
04/25/1969	Injured (quadriceps strain), out for 3 weeks.
05/16/1969	Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 5 days.
01/01/1970	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (14); Power: 2 (5); Eye: 3 (6).
04/20/1970	Named the #74 prospect in the ABA
04/24/1970	Injured (foot contusion), out for one week.
07/24/1970	Injured (back spasms), out for one week.
01/01/1971	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (11); Power: 3 (4); Eye: 5 (6).
04/19/1971	Named the #61 prospect in the ABA
05/22/1971	Injured (bruised wrist), day-to-day for 3 days.
01/01/1972	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (11); Power: 5 (6); Eye: 4 (5).
08/16/1972	Injured (sprained knee), out for 6 days.
01/01/1973	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 10 (11); Power: 4 (5); Eye: 4 (4).
05/19/1973	Injured (hand soreness), day-to-day for 6 days.
07/08/1973	Injured (mild hamstring strain), day-to-day for 2 days.
08/30/1973	Injured (torn ankle ligaments), out for 3-4 months.
01/01/1974	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 10 (11); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 4 (5).
04/16/1974	Injured (knee soreness), out for 5 days.
09/10/1974	Injured (knee tendinitis), out for 4 weeks.
01/01/1975	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 13 (13); Power: 4 (5); Eye: 4 (5).
08/05/1975	Injured (separated shoulder), out for 5 weeks.
09/02/1975	Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another one week.
01/01/1976	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 5 (5); Eye: 4 (5).
05/30/1976	Injured (oblique strain), out for 4 weeks.
07/20/1976	Injured (mild shoulder strain), out for 1-2 weeks.
01/01/1977	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 5 (5).
01/22/1977	Was traded by the Los Angeles Quakes to the St. Louis Dredgers in exchange for MR Matt Huffman.
01/01/1978	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 5 (5); Eye: 5 (5).
01/01/1979	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 5 (5).
07/11/1979	Injured (sore hamstring), day-to-day for 5 days.
12/29/1979	Injured (undisclosed injury), out for 5 days.
01/01/1980	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 6 (6).
08/01/1980	Injured (strained Achilles tendon), out for 1-2 weeks.
01/01/1981	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 6 (6).

Leader Boards Appearances

Year	3B	Rank
1972	6	4