RF Lou Rush #17
Age: 27 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
05/05/1975
RF LOU RUSH #17 - AGE: 27 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
22 67 18 2 0 2 8 5 9 .269 .324 .388 0 0.3
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
05/05/1975 @ LAS Loss, 6-7 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
05/04/1975 @ SEA Loss, 2-5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
05/02/1975 @ SEA Loss, 6-7 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
05/01/1975 @ SFS Loss, 1-3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
04/29/1975 @ SFS Loss, 6-9 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
04/28/1975 @ SFS Loss, 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
04/26/1975 DAL Loss, 2-8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
04/25/1975 DAL Win, 4-2 4 2 2 2 1 0 0 0
04/24/1975 SEA Win, 4-3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/23/1975 SEA Win, 9-3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:02/05/1948
Born in:Cicero, IL
Nationality:American
Height:6' 3"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Fair
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$15,000
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:2 Years, 41 Days
Service This Yr:28 Days
40-Man Service:2 Years, 41 Days
Pro Service:5 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1970, 5th Pick in Round 16
FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 22 67 18 2 0 2 8 8 5 9 .269 .324 .388 .712 .327 .119 104
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 19 75 1 0 0 1 1 1 26 4 0 0 0.0 8.8 4.55 .3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   6 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 .167 .375 .167 .542
Versus Right   61 17 2 0 2 7 7 4 8 1 0 0 .279 .318 .410 .728
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
This Week   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Last Week   13 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 .231 .333 .231 .564
April   54 14 2 0 2 8 8 4 6 1 1 1 .259 .317 .407 .724
May   13 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .308 .357 .308 .665
Spring Training   26 4 0 0 2 2 3 4 3 0 1 0 .154 .267 .385 .651
Last Year   586 144 22 1 12 58 56 45 88 2 22 1 .246 .300 .348 .648
2 Years Ago   562 140 18 0 22 92 63 49 94 4 10 1 .249 .308 .399 .707
Career   1338 341 46 1 37 168 136 108 211 7 35 3 .255 .310 .374 .684
Home   36 12 1 0 2 8 7 2 2 1 0 0 .333 .359 .528 .887
Road   31 6 1 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 1 1 .194 .286 .226 .512
Grass   25 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 .200 .286 .240 .526
Turf   42 13 1 0 2 8 8 2 5 1 0 1 .310 .348 .476 .824
Day   8 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
Night   59 17 2 0 2 8 7 4 8 1 1 1 .288 .338 .424 .762
As Starter   63 18 2 0 2 7 8 5 7 0 1 1 .286 .348 .413 .761
As Reliever / Substitution   4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   15 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 .200 .235 .200 .435
Inning 1-3   16 5 0 0 1 1 4 3 2 0 1 0 .312 .421 .500 .921
Inning 4-6   28 8 1 0 0 1 2 1 5 0 0 1 .286 .333 .321 .655
Inning 7-9   21 5 1 0 1 6 2 1 2 1 0 0 .238 .261 .429 .689
Extra Innings   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
0 Outs   20 7 0 0 2 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 .350 .381 .650 1.031
1 Outs   20 6 2 0 0 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 .300 .375 .400 .775
2 Outs   27 5 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 0 0 0 .185 .241 .185 .427
Scoring Position   21 5 1 0 1 7 5 2 5 1 1 1 .238 .320 .429 .749
Bases Empty   30 8 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 .267 .333 .400 .733
Runner on 1st   16 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .312 .312 .312 .625
Runner on 2nd   10 3 0 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 .300 .364 .600 .964
Runner on 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .500 .000 .500
Runner on 1st & 2nd   6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Runner on 1st & 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .667 1.167
Bases Loaded   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   30 7 2 0 2 6 4 3 9 0 0 0 .233 .303 .500 .803
First Pitch   11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .182 .182 .364
Count 0-1   4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Count 0-2   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   10 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .182 .200 .382
Count 1-1   3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Count 1-2   7 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 .286 .286 .857 1.143
Count 2-0   3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .750 .667 1.417
Count 2-1   3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333
Count 2-2   12 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 .333 .333 .583 .917
Count 3-0   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 3-1   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Full Count   8 1 1 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 .125 .364 .250 .614
Behind in Count   14 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 .286 .286 .571 .857
Ahead in Count   19 6 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 .316 .391 .316 .707
Batting 6th   5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .200 .333 .200 .533
Batting 7th   56 16 2 0 2 8 8 4 6 1 0 1 .286 .339 .429 .767
Batting 8th   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Batting 9th   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   24 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .250 .308 .250 .558
Medium Leverage   28 8 2 0 2 5 6 2 2 0 1 0 .286 .333 .571 .905
High Leverage   15 4 0 0 0 3 2 1 6 1 0 1 .267 .333 .267 .600
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+ wRC+ WAR
1972 Kansas City - FABL 24 34 123 39 4 0 1 10 9 9 0 0 20 0 0 .317 .364 .374 .738 122 125 0.6
1973 Kansas City - FABL 25 160 562 140 18 0 22 92 63 49 1 4 94 0 0 .249 .308 .399 .707 101 101 1.9
1974 Kansas City - FABL 26 160 586 144 22 1 12 58 56 45 1 2 88 0 0 .246 .300 .348 .648 89 88 1.1
1975 Kansas City - FABL 27 22 67 18 2 0 2 8 8 5 1 1 9 0 0 .269 .324 .388 .712 93 104 0.3
Total FABL 376 1338 341 46 1 37 168 136 108 3 7 211 0 0 .255 .310 .374 .684 97 97 3.9
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+ wRC+ WAR
1970 Savannah - A 22 30 101 28 4 2 2 17 13 23 1 5 13 0 0 .277 .400 .416 .816 140 143 1.5
1970 Wilmington - A 22 37 125 38 8 1 2 27 12 23 2 5 17 0 0 .304 .406 .432 .838 137 144 1.4
1970 Youngstown - AA 22 4 14 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 .214 .267 .214 .481 23 25 -0.1
1971 Wilmington - A 23 54 194 54 13 1 3 24 25 48 2 1 29 0 0 .278 .424 .402 .827 135 152 2.9
1971 Youngstown - AA 23 48 155 43 7 1 4 21 21 33 2 0 20 0 0 .277 .411 .413 .823 115 117 0.9
1971 Rochester - AAA 23 22 67 15 2 0 3 12 8 6 0 1 15 0 0 .224 .284 .388 .672 85 84 0.1
1972 Des Moines - AAA 24 75 243 62 7 0 12 34 25 34 3 3 32 0 0 .255 .350 .432 .782 130 124 2.2
Total EA 52 169 46 7 1 4 22 22 34 2 0 23 0 0 .272 .400 .396 .796 108 111
Total UL 22 67 15 2 0 3 12 8 6 0 1 15 0 0 .224 .284 .388 .672 85 84
Total MAL 91 319 92 21 2 5 51 37 71 4 6 46 0 0 .288 .417 .414 .831 136 149
Total SEL 30 101 28 4 2 2 17 13 23 1 5 13 0 0 .277 .400 .416 .816 140 143
Total CL 75 243 62 7 0 12 34 25 34 3 3 32 0 0 .255 .350 .432 .782 130 124
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1970 Wilmington - A C 3 3 25 2 0 27 0 1.000 28.0 8.68 +0.2 1.047 0 2 1 50.0
1970 Savannah - A C 2 2 14 1 0 15 0 1.000 18.0 7.50 +0.2 .000 0 1 1 100.0
1970 Wilmington - A CF 6 6 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 42.0 1.71 -0.0 1.030
1970 Youngstown - AA RF 4 4 10 0 0 10 0 1.000 32.0 2.81 +0.5 1.040
1970 Wilmington - A RF 31 27 45 0 0 46 1 .978 240.0 1.69 +1.6 1.024
1970 Savannah - A RF 27 27 57 0 0 58 1 .983 237.0 2.16 +3.8 1.069
1971 Rochester - AAA C 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 4.1 6.23 +0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
1971 Youngstown - AA C 4 4 26 2 0 28 0 1.000 36.0 7.00 -0.2 1.119 1 3 1 33.3
1971 Wilmington - A C 5 4 24 4 1 28 0 1.000 38.0 6.63 +0.1 1.086 0 5 2 40.0
1971 Rochester - AAA CF 10 10 11 0 0 11 0 1.000 80.0 1.24 -0.7 1.011
1971 Wilmington - A CF 6 6 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 53.0 1.53 -0.2 1.024
1971 Rochester - AAA RF 13 8 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 86.1 1.25 +0.6 1.063
1971 Youngstown - AA RF 37 37 62 0 0 62 0 1.000 324.1 1.72 +1.4 1.054
1971 Wilmington - A RF 43 43 79 0 0 79 0 1.000 382.2 1.86 +6.9 1.071
1972 Des Moines - AAA C 12 12 73 11 1 85 1 .988 106.0 7.13 +0.1 .989 1 8 3 37.5
1972 Des Moines - AAA CF 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 8.0 2.25 +0.3 .998
1972 Kansas City - MLB RF 33 33 53 2 0 58 3 .948 283.0 1.75 -0.6 1.001
1972 Des Moines - AAA RF 59 57 115 5 0 121 1 .992 489.2 2.21 +4.6 1.043
1973 Kansas City - MLB RF 153 153 245 19 1 269 5 .981 1346.2 1.76 +3.7 1.031
1974 Kansas City - MLB CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1974 Kansas City - MLB RF 157 156 310 21 1 341 10 .971 1362.0 2.19 +1.7 1.014
1975 Kansas City - MLB C 2 0 3 2 0 6 1 .833 6.0 7.50 +0.1 1.000 0 2 1 50.0
1975 Kansas City - MLB CF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 3.0 3.00 +0.1 1.021
1975 Kansas City - MLB RF 19 19 31 1 0 33 1 .970 160.0 1.80 +0.2 1.002
TOTAL C 29 25 168 22 2 192 2 .990 236.1 7.24 +0.5 1.022 2 21 9 42.9
TOTAL CF 24 23 31 0 0 31 0 1.000 186.0 1.50 -0.5 1.019
TOTAL RF 576 564 1019 48 2 1089 22 .980 4943.2 1.94 +24.2 1.031
PLAYER HISTORY
06/18/1969 Was not drafted and returned to college.
06/18/1970 Drafted in the 1970 first-year player draft out of college (Grange College; Louisville, KY) by the Cleveland Foresters. (Round 16, Pick 5, 365th overall pick).
05/10/1971 Wins the MAL Player of the Week Award.
11/19/1971 Was traded by the Cleveland Foresters to the Kansas City Mavericks in exchange for RP Jim Elliott.
06/09/1972 Injured (bruised calf),day-to-day for 5 days.
07/17/1972 Wins the FABL CA Player of the Week Award.
07/23/1972 Injured (strained oblique),out for 4-5 weeks.
07/03/1974 Injured (quadriceps soreness),day-to-day for 5 days.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1974 156 3
Year RBI Rank
1973 92 8
Year SH Rank
1974 22 4
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